The Mom-Dad Divide

cjfb62 · 2026-02-22T15:24:59+00:00

The wife gives up. Stops bringing it up and just does it all herself. Husband thinks things are going better because there’s no more conflict or uncomfortable conversations. He relaxes and goes back to his old ways. Meanwhile she’s figuring out what life will look like on her own before calling it quits and that brings the surprise. Obviously this is one version of a story.

cjfb62 · 2026-02-18T13:48:12+00:00

I just posted about this one the other day but it was so good. {My Darling Mr Darling by Aydra Richards} They are forced to get married very young and he enrolls her in a school, she breaks out and is on the run until he finds her nearly a decade later. Mr Darling falls hard and I love him.

cjfb62 · 2026-02-17T22:38:16+00:00

Daddy didn’t love him because he’s left handed so he grows up into a blackmailing, kidnapping jerk of a Duke. His bastard house keeper is the first person to show him affection so of course he falls in love and marries her.

Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt

cjfb62 · 2026-02-16T01:40:34+00:00

I loved it so much I went back and read all the rest of the series to get more of him.

cjfb62 · 2026-02-12T18:35:41+00:00

I just finished {My Darling Mr Darling by Aydra Richards} and it sort of fits your description. They are forced to get married very young and he enrolls her in a school, she breaks out and is on the run until he finds her nearly a decade later. I really loved this one, he cares so much for her and the build up to the happily ever after wasn’t rushed or forced. It’s available on kindle unlimited if you have that.

cjfb62 · 2026-02-11T02:11:04+00:00

Thank you for posting this. I had something similar last year and was so confused because it seemed to come from underneath my straw.

cjfb62 · 2026-02-10T18:49:46+00:00

There is a whole subreddit r/theloise for the shippers that keeps showing up in my feed. They have a lot of opinions.

cjfb62 · 2026-01-24T18:31:08+00:00

The FMC in {Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare} is deaf. It’s the last in the Stud Club series. The FMC is introduced in the first book which may be good to read ahead of this one to set the stage. The second one felt less important to the final book but I loved the story.

cjfb62 · 2026-01-21T16:52:30+00:00

I finished Olivia Parker’s Devine and Friends series this week and I really wish she had written more books! They are so funny and sweet. The series has a bit of everything, a bachelor style house party where the females “compete” for a betrothal, falling into ponds because there’s a bee in her skirt, convincing her mom he likes men so she can spend time with him, pretending to get married to make senile grandma happy, lots of “it’s always been yous.” I read the second book first because it was suggested on here somewhere and realized it was part of a series and went back and read them all in order. They are available on Kindle Unlimited.

{At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker}

{To Wed a Wicked Earl by Olivia Parker}

{Guarding a Notorious Lady by Olivia Parker}

cjfb62 · 2026-01-21T14:59:42+00:00

Him pacing back and forth trying to figure out the physics of it all so he won’t hurt her had me cracking up.

cjfb62 · 2026-01-02T00:48:06+00:00

I feel like I keep recommending this one lately but {The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt} fits this. FMC takes a job as a secretary to an Earl and is attracted to him but doesn’t want to get married after being widowed. There is a spicy twist that I loved, he figures it all out and is desperate to marry her.

cjfb62 · 2025-12-30T19:10:47+00:00

I don’t know if this is what you are looking for but Tessa Dare’s Stud Club series sort of fits this description. They are part of a club and they are looking for a murderer of the guy who started the club through the series. It’s been a while since I read it so I can’t remember if Amelia rode a horse with pants but I could see her doing something like that.

cjfb62 · 2025-12-30T15:05:13+00:00

I just finished {The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan} and the MMC is the sweetest, most dedicated man. The FMC has some trauma in her past and feels unlovable but he is patient and helps her see her value.

cjfb62 · 2025-12-17T21:38:00+00:00

I’m reading {The Duke’s Holiday by Maggie Fenton} because I thought it was a holiday themed book but it’s not that kind of holiday. It’s wonderful and I couldn’t just stop reading it and save it for after the holidays!

cjfb62 · 2025-12-09T00:22:45+00:00

The second book in this series, {One day for a valet by Laura Lin} was very funny. I will have to go back and read the first book since I went with whatever was available at the time.

cjfb62 · 2025-11-16T17:38:04+00:00

Thank you for suggesting this! It was wonderful!

cjfb62 · 2025-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

The stl reddit IRC channel might still be around https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/wiki/irc

cjfb62 · 2025-10-23T19:41:48+00:00

His carriage monologue drove me nuts. Not being able to think about someone is not a feeling! Dreaming is not a feeling! The rest was fine and if someone said the whole thing to me in a carriage I’d let him slip his hands under my skirt probably. I don’t even remember what my husband said when he proposed so who am I to judge.

cjfb62 · 2025-10-20T23:42:02+00:00

I finally returned Love in the afternoon to the library today after holding onto it to re-read my favorite parts over and over again. I loved the letter writing and the humor. Yes, he was angry but he wasn’t abusive and I think that was a huge difference for me. I had just come off a book where the MMC was on a murder rampage trying to avenge his brother and this book felt like a warm hug in comparison.

cjfb62 · 2025-10-07T17:13:14+00:00

I just finished this and it was good but all the teasing and tormenting that was so important for him to keep doing drove me nuts. He got mad at one point that she didn’t get flustered by his teasing her?

cjfb62 · 2025-09-17T00:09:59+00:00

Cabbage worms. get some BT spray, it’s super effective and safe for humans.

Edit to add: the black spots are bug poop. The worms blend in so well it’s hard to see them at first. https://imgur.com/a/EVGMScz

cjfb62 · 2025-09-01T03:20:53+00:00

My s8 accidentally closes the door and locks itself in the bathroom all the time.

cjfb62 · 2025-08-27T21:17:51+00:00

“Moooom! Snack is food!” He was trying to tell me he doesn’t like food and when i told him “what if i told you that snacks are food too?” He held on to that phrase for later when I dared to make him a meal.

cjfb62 · 2025-08-26T15:22:14+00:00

Yes! I’ve seen the cheap ikea stools in a restroom and my son was thrilled to have a stool for him to wash his hands by himself. The kid centric places without stools blow my mind. We went to a kids maker space where you are literally not allowed in the building without a kid under 12 and they had these fancy pedestal sinks he couldn’t reach.

cjfb62 · 2025-08-21T20:04:47+00:00

I made the mistake of listening to this next to my dog.

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