Okay I?ve read that really long article now and I have a few issues.. I suppose Waldman?s essay shouldn?t really be taken out of context of being part of a wider collection of similar essays. It doesn?t stand up on it?s own though and should?ve stayed marginalized. It?s the Guardian editor who?s most at fault for publishing out of that context?probably.
But what about these corkers??
"This generation is more obsessed with their kids, for better or worse, and with parenting," said Camille Peri, author of one of the essays in "Because I Said So" ? are they? How do they know that?? I beg to differ!!
?On Oprah and beyond, Waldman tried to interpret what she meant about "bed death" -- that mothers lose themselves and their primary romantic relationship by focusing all their passion on their children.? I didn?t choose to do that, it just happened! And it doesn?t preclude any refocusing in future when the need, ahem, arises.
?So couldn't she just have said she loved him in a different way, not more? She thought about that, but rejected it. "We wouldn't even be here having this conversation," if she had, she said. "None of this would be happening."? Doesn?t that explain it then? She knew it?d get a response so she said it?