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Hmmmm
Not the reaction I expected from simon.
Strange reactions
Looking back, if I felt overwhelmed in the details of designing a system, at times I could be quite crabby. Other times if I felt I was in real danger, I often began to crack jokes. And if the danger was really, really bad, then I cried. Not very macho for a male construction worker, but no one ever made fun of me over it.
K
I Thought About Commenting
... about the discussion in the first part of the chapter, but, in light of the second part, that would be very inappropriate. So beautiful, so sad.
Portia
Portia
Strong negative emotions are
Strong negative emotions are often the other side of the coin of helpless love, particulary where parents are concerned.
CaroL
CaroL
Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1322
Simon is scared about seeing his mum. I wonder how much Cathy reminds him of her, or Monica?
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
I think...
he's just trying really hard not to fart.
Poor Devil...
One time I heard that we do not deal with these issues when we are younger because they would overwhelm us with all that we have going on. Then as we get older and our lives settle out, these old wounds and griefs seem to surface. It feels dreadful at the time but perhaps there are some who feel that ultimately we are the better for it.
Nice Episode
Khadijah
It appears Simon reverted
to the schoolboy bravado as a coverup, and then when it ran out of air, it started to overwhelm him. Nicely written. and good news about Trish, but I wonder what he was waiting for. Maybe for one of those few times when she is not in trouble for being too old for her age.
Emotions
Years of pent up fury; years of waiting for reconciliation; emotions runnimg full steam; trying to hide the tears leaking out.
Next is full breakdown; Cathy needs to hold and comfort.
From juvenile humour to pathos
Thanks A+B+I (poached eggs): I don't know of many authors (or authoring teams) that could have pulled this off, but you've managed it superbly. You've shown us two different aspects of Simon that are in many respects opposite extremes.
I, for one, am glad to see him grieving for his mother because his reaction suggests that he didn't get the opportunity at the time of her death (stiff upper lip old chap, and all that).
I'm picking that this shared experience is going to bring Simon and Cathy even closer as a couple, and that Simon is going to be better off for having had the opportunity (at long last) to gain closure on this part of his history.
So, thanks again, A+B+I, for taking the risk of the gamut from farce (farts?) to tender emotion. I'll certainly be reading the next Bikesode with intense interest.
Parental Sorrow
Bike Resources
Bike Resources
Thanks for posting your interpretation
I hadn't thought of it that way and it makes so much sense.
And now, the juvenile...
Fart Categories
Pungent Smells
Bike Resources
Bike Resources
So is the list Exhaustive? :)
or is it half-assed and we have to wait for the End? :)
Kim
Perhaps...
It's just blowing in the wind.
Angharad
Angharad
As we knew it
SBV (..But Violent), or simply, stepping on a duck.
Getting away from the flatuous, nice chapter. Will be interesting to see how the visit changes his family dynamics.
Still nothing.
Well, I followed this chapter in several veins of thought. Firstly just to see how Simon would be affected. Secondly to see how Cathy would be afected and finally to see if I would be affected.
I think I can understand how Simon was affected because it's akin to the way my brother was affected as I described in the comment to the last chapter.
I don't understand what emotional mechanisms drive Cathy to tears except perhaps a powerful love and therefore empathy for Simon.
As far as I'm concerned; nope, still nothing. Not even a brick out of the wall.
Still an emotional chapter Angie and I see from the comments that lots are moved by this chapter.
Sorry, call me a stone, call me a prick or a twat but I just don't feel anything for my parents. The nearest I come to filial emotions is a pleasure drawn from my brother's acceptance of me and my transgenderism and a sadness that he hates his parents for the childhood loss of his brother. We are becoming quite close and that is a good thing.
Love and hugs Angie.
XXX
Beverly.
Growing old disgracefully.
Different things...
...affect different people in varying ways. In close relationships, empathy can develop in which we share each other's pain. I suspect this might be the mechanism in Cathy's tears, she sees and feels Simon's distress enough to feel distressed herself.
I'll possibly try to explain what Simon's feeling in the next or future episodes - but some sort of catharsis is probable.
Why some readers feel affected - dunno, but it probably ain't clever writing, I leave that to clever people - me I'm just a simple Cardiff girl.
Angharad
Angharad
i can symphasize with Simon,
maybe I cant ... like him i've never been to my parents gravesites. or most of the other major key adults in my childhood. even to point of making sure of staying on my side if the state, which now ... leaves me on one side & only 3 cousins i know about over there. at some point i know i need to go. I just cant seem to ... enuff said :-[
Cathy read Simon pretty well,
which she doesn't always do. He needed her compassion now more that most, and still does.