Status Updates From Ben & Gavin

"I'll be your anchor in still waters and your shelter in the storm."

*sigh* That is so romantical! It has my little jaded heart going pitter pat.

// You know what, I’m done!! I think Gavin IS a brat, I think he IS immature, and I think he has a lot of growing up to do!! He dismisses, scoffs at, or invalidates Ben’s feelings, and I can’t take into anymore!! I am done!!

// “When it came down to it, Gavin might as well have been the baby daddy.”

~ Seriously?!!? Dude, I get what you’re trying to say but fucking hell that’s his sister!!
What on earth happened to this author? The previous book in this “universe” was terrific, but this one is falling waaaaay short! The MCs are straight up obnoxious!!

I'm finding it difficult to like Gavin right now! I thought he would be a super sweet guy - refusing to be kept down by trials and tribulations - that would be easy to like and sympathize with! Meh, he's coming across as a rude, prima-dona with a chip on his shoulder where Ben is concerned! I was expecting to want to shake Ben and root for Gavin, but I'm finding it difficult to do so because now I feel sorry for Ben!

// Gavin is really irritating me! As far as I’m concerned he cane get the fuck out of Ben’s apartment and take his pregnant sister with him, until he realizes Ben’s feelings are valid too!!

// You can’t judge Ben for being a dick when you’re being a fucking dick!! So back the fuck off, Gavin 😡😡😡!!

// No, Pedro Pascal is most definitely NOT hot!!

// “Gavin didn’t even hesitate. “You’re gonna live with us,” he said firmly. “For as long as you want.” [To his sister, Tina]!

~ Ummmm don’t you think you should talk to BEN first?!!? What the fuck?!!!!!

Gavin, you’re strumming my last nerve like it’s a fucking banjo!!!!

// Fuck you, Gavin, now YOU are pissing me off!! Ben was definitely NOT being rude!! Ben should come first to you ... BEN, not some sister that shows out of the fucking blue because she got knocked up and needs something all of a sudden ... no matter how many times she bats her eyelashes at you!! BEN is your family!! BEN!! So don’t be a fucking jackass!!

// Mmmmmm I definitely get where Ben is coming from and I do believe Gavin should be siding, understanding, and uniting with Ben on this score! DNA does not a family make/create! And yes, Tina, might be related to Gavin, but BEN is his family, so Gavin has to understand, respect, and accept why Ben feels the way he does and why he’s so suspicious and protective!!

// From what I know so far I really appreciate Tony and his deep & supportive friendship with Gavin :-)!!

// I don’t like it when characters (or people in general) say “love you” or “love you so much”! I feel like it’s a cop out on the sentiment and power behind “I love you” and what it’s supposed to mean or convey! There is a lot of power in “I” within this context and I feel like it shouldn’t be taken lightly; it needs to be included, otherwise “love you” ends up being more a pleasantry than verbal emotion!!

// ❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️!!

// “Anything Gavin needed, anything he wanted, Ben wanted it too. He wanted to give Gavin the world, grant every wish like a demon genie from a lost and ancient world. He didn’t feel like he could ask Gavin to make promises, tie himself to Ben for better or worse, but damn it all, Ben was well past that and had been for years. His gasping heart belonged to Gavin, and nothing was ever going to change that.”

// “Ben groaned softly into Gavin’s mouth, pushed his tongue deeper and slid it against Gavin’s. He wanted to bury himself in Gavin—literally and figuratively. He wanted to push himself in and never let Gavin go.”

~ 🔥🔥🔥!!

// Also, remember, what we fear, we sometimes create!! So pushing each other away just because you’re scared may in fact accelerate what you’re trying to avoid. Misery. Only you’ll be miserable and alone, because you’ve destroyed the best thing that’s ever happened to you, your relationship!! So stop. Ben, trust that Gavin knows what he wants ... he wants you and he wants everything WITH you!!

// “The idea of you hitting thirty or forty and having regrets because you didn’t get to… I don’t know, sow your wild oats or whatever, it scares the hell outta me. I don’t wanna be the reason you’re unhappy down the road.”

~ This ties in with my previous update. This. THIS is the turning point and it’s a wonderful one :-)!!

// Good for you, Ben :-)!! I know it’s difficult to put yourself out there and try to explain what’s in your heart, but the fact that you’re doing that, that you’re communicating, that you’re letting Gavin IN, is a truly wonderful thing!! It’s super awesome that you’re trying to explain what you MEANT and that your heart was ALWAYS in the right place!! Communication is the heart and soul of relationship positivity!!

// [See previous quote] ...

Such a powerfully intelligent thought packed into such a small paragraph <333!!

// “He didn’t have a problem with religion, any of them. Some of his best friends, even his own mother, had strong spiritual beliefs. Ben knew deep down that it was only the odd few—the Quiverfull baby farmers and the Westboro Baptist types—that gave the rest a bad name. He hoped all the extremists were in the minority, but far too often those minorities were the ones picking on his minority.”