Chapters 22-26

I think his infidelity is caused by his fear of death. He doesn’t want to get too attached and then have his loved one die, so he cheats on Laura. I think this is a more legitimate reason then his other ones. This is something that I can understand, although I do not think that you should not get attached to someone because you’re afraid of suffering when they die. It’s like the old saying it’s better to have loved and lost to have never last at all. Rob’s reaction to Laura’s dad dying is that he doesn’t know how to feel. He says that people are supposed to wish things when other people die. They’re supposed to wish that they had been nicer or closer to the person who has died. But he doesn’t think that he should have done anything differently, he thinks that he treated his “common father-in-law” just fine. He says on page 230, “It’s just that I can’t find any mistakes and omissions. He was my ex-girlfriend’s dad, you know? What am I supposed to feel?” I’m not sure how I feel about his reaction to the death. I feel like he should feel at least a little sad because it was someone that he knew decently well. I think it is good that he isn’t dwelling on what he could have done better while Ken was alive. That is something that a lot of people do when someone they know dies but that doesn’t mean that you should think about the mistakes that you made while that person was alive.