You know... The story was beautiful. But it makes me really sad that despite all this love, it wasn't enough for them to stay in touch all of those years. They're so far apart in age, yet they can't even stay in touch and visit and stay in each other's lives in the time they have left to live? That's pretty unfortunate and it broke me, honestly. I have friends and a lover who live very very far away from me, yet I try my damn best to talk to them regularly and keep them in my life, that to me is love! Romantic love... Platonic love... They both take sacrifice of every day to keep that relationship going. Love is not a one and done deal... I'm genuinely very very sad because of this story. And the end of not even knowing if they even become lovers again is very sad to me. It makes me feel like all this "love" that they had wasn't really love. It felt really disappointing, honestly. I'd like to see that maybe true love makes it so you stay in touch and try to make things work. It's like... They both just gave up on even being together or trying to make it work. Trevor is older... He's like now what... 55? And Gene is like 34 or something... Even if they end up together, they won't last very long due to the age difference. I haven't cried this hard for a story in a long time... It was such a tragic but happy ending?
I know this isn't my story, blah blah blah... But I can't help but be just very sad for this sad reality that people can just easily move on. In fiction, I like for life to be different... For love to make the impossible happen... For love to win the battle of life. I didn't feel it with this. It felt like it was so easy for them to just move on, especially Gene... Like what was he even thinking?
However, to play devils advocate:
Like... I know they loved each other, but it just hurt to see that they couldn't even stay in touch and write letters at least? They couldn't visit during their vacations? They couldn't do any of that? Is it because Gene was just wanting to be somebody in order to perhaps prove of life that he did something with the sacrifice e both Trevor and he put for him to be let go etc...?And yeah... It does fucking hurt because I can't even picture not being in contact with even my platonic relationships for so fucking long! I would be incredibly heartbroken. And reading their story and suddenly it just... Went so long without each other. That's incredibly lonely. Especially for a very sensitive reader like myself. ╥﹏╥ I get Gene wanted to be somebody in order to perhaps make that sacrifice worth something... It's just sad. And then that part where he was sitting on the other side of the door alone while his adoptive family were hugging and stuff... His parents and brother came over and were like, "what are you doing over there alone?" and then you see the brother drew a family photo, including Trevor... Oh man! My heart just broke so hard! （/TДT)/
But the parallels of perhaps Trevor doing that for Gene that his family did... Reach out to Gene who was pushing Trevor away. Trevor is that home Gene was too lonely to return to. Ans perhaps he felt awkward because he didn't feel like he ever did become someone who was worthy to say, "look! I did it." Trevor accepted him regardless. I'm sure Gene's family was the same, but in the end Trevor was the home Gene needed... At least that's my hope. The author said, "they are more honest and closer than ever..." that gives me hope that they'll never be apart again, making up for the awkwardness at the end. （/T⌒T)/
You know... The story was beautiful. But it makes me really sad that despite all this love, it wasn't enough for them to stay in touch all of those years. They're so far apart in age, yet they can't even stay in touch and visit and stay in each other's lives in the time they have left to live? That's pretty unfortunate and it broke me, honestly. I have friends and a lover who live very very far away from me, yet I try my damn best to talk to them regularly and keep them in my life, that to me is love! Romantic love... Platonic love... They both take sacrifice of every day to keep that relationship going. Love is not a one and done deal... I'm genuinely very very sad because of this story.
And the end of not even knowing if they even become lovers again is very sad to me.
It makes me feel like all this "love" that they had wasn't really love. It felt really disappointing, honestly.
I'd like to see that maybe true love makes it so you stay in touch and try to make things work. It's like... They both just gave up on even being together or trying to make it work.
Trevor is older... He's like now what... 55? And Gene is like 34 or something... Even if they end up together, they won't last very long due to the age difference.
I haven't cried this hard for a story in a long time... It was such a tragic but happy ending?
I know this isn't my story, blah blah blah... But I can't help but be just very sad for this sad reality that people can just easily move on. In fiction, I like for life to be different... For love to make the impossible happen... For love to win the battle of life. I didn't feel it with this. It felt like it was so easy for them to just move on, especially Gene... Like what was he even thinking?
However, to play devils advocate:
Like... I know they loved each other, but it just hurt to see that they couldn't even stay in touch and write letters at least? They couldn't visit during their vacations? They couldn't do any of that? Is it because Gene was just wanting to be somebody in order to perhaps prove of life that he did something with the sacrifice e both Trevor and he put for him to be let go etc...?And yeah... It does fucking hurt because I can't even picture not being in contact with even my platonic relationships for so fucking long! I would be incredibly heartbroken. And reading their story and suddenly it just... Went so long without each other. That's incredibly lonely. Especially for a very sensitive reader like myself. ╥﹏╥
I get Gene wanted to be somebody in order to perhaps make that sacrifice worth something... It's just sad. And then that part where he was sitting on the other side of the door alone while his adoptive family were hugging and stuff... His parents and brother came over and were like, "what are you doing over there alone?" and then you see the brother drew a family photo, including Trevor... Oh man! My heart just broke so hard! （/TДT)/
But the parallels of perhaps Trevor doing that for Gene that his family did... Reach out to Gene who was pushing Trevor away.
Trevor is that home Gene was too lonely to return to. Ans perhaps he felt awkward because he didn't feel like he ever did become someone who was worthy to say, "look! I did it." Trevor accepted him regardless. I'm sure Gene's family was the same, but in the end Trevor was the home Gene needed... At least that's my hope. The author said, "they are more honest and closer than ever..." that gives me hope that they'll never be apart again, making up for the awkwardness at the end. （/T⌒T)/