[Report This]Date: Jan 10, 2019 12:11 am Title: Chapter 19
What Ben sees in all his friends is the little qualities Michael shows only for the praise while these men are like this and don't need praise to be Happy.
Michael is whiny because he doesn't like change, but every second of every minute of every hour is change, so that crutch can be retired now, it isn't change that Michael resents its anyone usurping his place that has his acting like a child who has been denied his favorite toys, he resented Justin for stealing his spotlight and now years later he resents these sweet kids for doing it too.
Ben can make a thousand Pros and Cons list but it won't change that Michael is used to pouting to get his way and now no one is running to make him feel better or fix his problems, the heart may want Michael but Ben's brain and instincts are telling him to ditch the little weasel.
Michael is so selfish he doesn't care that he is his hurting Jenny and his actions is making her grow up too fast, Ben should listen to Drew and just have fun with Jenny Michael will still be there when they get home.
Brian may detest everything Disney Amusement Park Fun but he is willing to put that aside to make sure Max and Gus are having fun, Justin is man enough to accept his punishment with a smile and a slight limp lol
Emmett and Drew will enjoy their day together just as soon as they get back to their sons <giggles>
Hunter should be there but he is probably going to try one more time to get through to Michael, who is either ready to admit it's time to grow up for real this time or will there be more pouting and whining?
Thanks for the Update. Happy New Year:)
Date: Jan 08, 2019 12:38 pm Title: Chapter 19
Sounds like the Disney trip is coming along. You simply must get Brian out on a ride. It's no fair Emmett is having all the fun. Besides, Em needs a break. He needs his feet on the ground for a while. Just think how much Billy would love having his Buddy to hang around with. I guess we didn't get to hear about Disney from the boys' POV. I can see a wide-eyed Billy and Colton so very well.
Michael must not have taken the conversation in the diner to heart. He was told point blank they didn't want him around their kids. Yet he's upset he's not there. But he needs to realize that his daughter needed a father there, too. Hence the reason Ben is there.
Poor Ben. He's got a case of - What's the old adage - The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants. - You simply cannot just decide to stop loving somebody, no matter how hopeless. And dear lord - Michael is a hopeless cause. He's forty-five and acts more of a child than Billy. Grow up Michael - or Go Away. Let people be happy. Does he plan to be a manchild until the day he dies? If he don't change - and soon - he's got many years of lonliness ahead.
Thanks for the update on this story. I've really been missing it.
HUGS ~ Cathy
Date: Jan 08, 2019 4:37 am Title: Chapter 19
Great chapter. Just want to push Michael off of a cliff and let Ben and everyone else have great lives. Terrific writing.
[Report This]Date: Jan 08, 2019 2:21 am Title: Chapter 19
Sadly I think Ben and Drew are right about Michael. At least the kids are having fun.
Date: Jan 07, 2019 9:22 pm Title: Chapter 19
I could imagine Brian's pain at DisneyLand: the crowd, the kids, the music, ... He should see the joy in the kids' eyes and how excited they are. I bet Justin will have to spend quality time with Brian, in order to lower his misery.
When I read Ben's idea of a great catch, it highlights that Michael is the anti of each person Ben is naming. Love makes us do weird things!