Robbie BOIIII

Rob’s relationships have obviously been rocky, but a lot of it has to do with Rob’s fear of death. He never wants to be too dependant on one person, because if he has have to rely on one person, especially one whom he loves, and that person ends up dying, then he never wants to feel that pain. Also the unpredictability and uncertainty of not knowing when a person could die affects Rob’s relationships, so he thinks it’s better to keep going from one woman to the other so that he doesn’t have to become so dependant and attached. I think that his reasoning is actually a good one. Death is really painful, and I can understand that he doesn’t want to be attached for a long amount of time with another woman because of the thought of losing her, but I also don’t believe everything that Rob is saying. If he didn’t want to stay with one person for too long, but move on to the next woman after the next, then he shouldn’t try and keep in contact with them like he tried to with all his ex-girlfriends. He tried finding out where they were in their lives, but to save him from that experience of finding out that they were dead, and then he should have just called the relationship quits and never contacted them again. He also shouldn’t have been in the relationship in the first place, because obviously if his past relationships affected him that much that after 10 to 20 years he wanted the talk to them, then he shouldn’t of had relationships with them.
I think Rob’s reaction of Laura’s father’s death is natural. Not only are Rob and Laura broken up, but also Rob wasn’t that close to her father, so I think it is only human that he’s not sure how to feel about his ex-girlfriends father’s death. But after the funeral when they all go outside, I think his emotion of sadness is actually legitimate. He isn’t trying to act like he’s sad or trying to cry and fake his feelings, but Rob actually feels horrible for Laura. It also opened up his eyes to death in general and how it has a connection to his life and explains why he acts the way he does.