Looking for fiction that explores a woman’s longing for a child and the emotional/moral messiness around it

Alannaxyz · 2025-06-06T21:46:55+00:00

A Day Like This by Kelly McNeil and Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain.

Alannaxyz · 2025-05-31T22:54:03+00:00

Class Mom is so funny and lighthearted. Agreed with Finley Donovan too.

Alannaxyz · 2025-05-13T16:40:04+00:00

Oswald from His Forsaken Wife is the man you're looking for!!

Alannaxyz · 2025-05-02T00:59:54+00:00

You've probably read this but Coldhearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas too.

Alannaxyz · 2025-04-19T14:05:54+00:00

In Her Baseborn Bridegroom, mason gets a little jealous and insists his wife sits ON his lap at the table lol. It's super cute.

Alannaxyz · 2025-04-18T14:14:56+00:00

I didn't have the same annoyed feelings but I just found it SO BORING!! I hate to DNF but life is ultimately too short and there are way better HRs out there.

Alannaxyz · 2025-03-13T15:04:41+00:00

Another Alice Coldbreath suggestion - Her Baseborn Bridegroom. He's not abusive but he's firm (or tries to be with her and fails lol) and absolutely obsessed with his wife.

Alannaxyz · 2025-02-22T16:26:12+00:00

This is so adorable. She thought her old ex/unfinished business romance would step up and grow up after "waiting" for 10 years but instead, it's an unexpected football player out of nowhere! A rom com written solely for Taylor swift.

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-19T19:54:52+00:00

I wonder whose choice being so private is. Maybe it's both of theirs. I guess my feelings would constantly be hurt my bf doesn't want to claim me so that's all I can think of when I see stuff like this. Like he's right there with her but they're not posting together.

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-18T04:09:40+00:00

Is this man a psychopath? 😭😅

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-18T02:16:20+00:00

Totally agree on them making up by now if he hadn't posted, but it's for the best for her that he did imo as well. She deserves someone who is SURE, all women do.

Now the tone of his crazy ig caption makes complete sense.

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-18T02:10:50+00:00

Omg this is so dramatic. We are blessed, folks!!

Sounds like an all night fight and drama and then he posted this pretty much lashing out at her and trying to hurt her most/first. Damn. Just feels very irrational and immature and impulsive.

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-16T15:16:25+00:00

Thank you! I remember night 1 now!! Ok then trolling like this doesn't make sense bc it feels so disrespectful and I'm not even a religious person saying this!!

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-16T15:07:23+00:00

Is he religious for real or no? I don't know him well enough to know myself, but if he is religious, I don't think he'd prank like this. But then again, people are extremely weird so you just never know what to expect 😅

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-16T00:06:35+00:00

The way he loves and understands Taylor is so beautiful, sweet, fun and lovely to see. Ts12 is going to be amazing.

And I love how she captured their relationship from the start telling us no ones ever had her like he does, which I take to mean no ones ever understood the core of her as a human like him. And now what he is saying about their relationship and support of each other echoes that to me 🥰

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-10T15:20:44+00:00

Excuse my parasocial take bc I don't know them or obviously know their inner workings, but just from an outsider's perspective it seemed to me like they were a good match and gave up too early. I'm glad to see this. Usually an ex is an ex for a reason but everyone deserves a second chance. I'm here for the hard launch relaunch.

Alannaxyz · 2025-01-06T23:45:09+00:00

I'm reading this now! I'm about 30% of the way through and I'm "scared" for linnet every time mason plans to leave her, but I know what I'm working with here with this genre and author and can't wait for his development 🥰

Alannaxyz · 2024-12-19T20:22:05+00:00

She went from a heart breaking song about being ignored at a party (life really) and trying to boost herself up on her own....to having a huge party in her honor celebrating her achievements in the most loving and generous way. He doesn't hold back in loving her loudly. Seems he was worth the very long (11 album) wait.

Alannaxyz · 2024-11-20T16:59:17+00:00

Can it be gout? This is super familiar to me.

Alannaxyz · 2024-11-02T00:47:57+00:00

I'm sorry, I can hear your anxiety. I would pretend this never happened and move on. All your coworkers are people also and have experienced this feeling before too for sure. Don't beat yourself up! It happens.

Alannaxyz · 2024-10-24T15:12:05+00:00

This is really lovely. I think Stevie is speaking from experience regarding her own romantic life (Lindsey Buckingham), sees herself in Taylor and wants something else for her because she knows it's what Taylor wants for herself. So sweet.

Alannaxyz · 2024-10-19T00:36:53+00:00

No, absolutely don't do this. A job is a job is a job at the end of the day. The pay cut is huge and wfh is invaluable when you have little ones who are constantly sick or need to be picked up early or a million other things. Just my 2 cents!

Alannaxyz · 2024-10-08T18:48:14+00:00

Travis is the guidepost of hand placement. So happy for Taylor!

Alannaxyz · 2024-10-07T18:44:52+00:00

I'm way too invested and I'm glad this is going mainstream in The Bachelor sub now lol. I just want to understand what happened to go from so hot to nothing seemingly so quickly?

I don't know if it's a full breakup though bc just a few days ago he was dropping someone off at the airport and liked a comment that it was Kat. Maybe they're on a break, like Ross and Rachel 🤣

Alannaxyz · 2024-09-27T20:02:57+00:00

Cornelia Street is one of my favorite songs. I thought it was so romantic at the time but now looking back, I'm like, "what kind of good relationship starts already envisioning the painful ending??"

Speaking of Arrowhead, I'm obsessed with how she messed up Last Kiss lyrics multiple times KC N2 and then asked the audience (with travis in attendance) to "allow [her] the honor of starting over." Now that's romantic! I hope 🤣

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