Before Beth and Gabriel consummate their affair, do you think Beth is being fair to Frank by keeping the extent of her emotional connection to Gabriel a secret? Is it possible for someone to fully move on from a past relationship if they haven’t completely healed from it?
No I do not think Beth is being fair to Frank. As hard as it would be she should have confessed that she had feelings for Gabriel.
No, she wasn’t respectful of Frank. While she claimed to love them both, her love did not seem to be of equal depth at the time she reunited with Gabriel.
No, she absolutely was not being fair to Frank. I don’t think she truly moved on from Gabriel and probably couldn’t move on because of Bobby. The connection would always be there. An affair always hurts someone.
I think the correct answer is no, Beth is not being fair. Yet while reading the book, I imagine that many of us can understand that Beth is trying to not totally implode her life with Frank and that Beth is telling herself that longings or emotions aren’t the same as actual physical involvement.
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She was not being fair at all. And, after learning how Frank “rescued” her when she was pregnant, I was even more furious with her regarding her actions towards Frank.
No, she’s not being fair to Frank at all. Frank is the serous, steady man in her life, and Gabriel is that more exciting, passionate young love. Myabe she had to do what she did in order to work Gabriel out of her system. Plus, there was the connection of Bobby between them.
I could understand the feelings that Beth maintained for Gabriel, but it was obvious that her marriage to Frank was fulfilling in every way. Frank had supported her wholly. For me, Beth’s affair was selfish.
Part of a good relationship is being honest so no I do not think Beth was being fair to Frank, in fact I believe Frank would have understood the connection as he is the one who helped pick the pieces Gabriel left her in all those years ago! I do not think Beth completely healed from that broken relationship with Gabriel because she had a secret she kept from Gabriel! Until she told Gabriel about their child how could she mentally move on?
No, Beth was not very likable to this reader. Selfish and very self centered. She did not take into consideration how important Frank was in her life. He loved her since he was 16 and she used him as a doormat, it was obvious she had not moved on from Gabriel.
I think that Beth needs to tell Frank about her feelings, but I also think that Frank knew a lot by intuition. When he is more of the slow, steady type…he probably observes things that he keeps to himself. He knew about Beth’s feelings for Gabriel and Gabriel’s feelings for Beth. You can move on from that type of relationship, but I was really suprised at Beth’s acceptance to participate in a situation that may have put her entirely on a very different path.
Beth was selfish!!! As another responder mentioned, Frank had rescued her when she was pregnant. No wonder he doesn’t;t share his feelings–perhaps he senses what is going on! I think she should have thought of someone besides herself!
I don’t think it was fair how Beth became more involved with Gabriel without admitting that to Frank. As others have mentioned, Beth was selfish. Frank didn’t deserve that from Beth, as he had once rescued her. The moving on part of this question is probably different for each person and circumstance. There were very deep feelings involved and the relationship ended so quickly, with Beth then marrying Gabriel, there was no time to grieve and heal from the love lost.