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sisharil t1_j0cfy82 wrote

Reply to comment by ModeMex in Is Clare, ('The Time Traveler's Wife') "tone-deaf", insensitive, or just plain stupid? by ModeMex

When the heck did this happen? It's been a long time since I read the book, but I don't remember Clare having a notable best friend or ever cheating on time traveller dude.

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ModeMex OP t1_j0cgkxa wrote

That scene was after Henry died. Gomez and her "bestfriend" had Clair's daughter over for a sleepover. Clair was picking her up and was greeted by Gomez.

Gomez had been in "love" with Clare while dating his then girlfriend, and they had sex before Clare met "current time Henry." That was the first time.

The second time was after Henry died. She actually moaned Henry's name after she had sex with Gomez on the dining room table. Then she volted to the bathroom because her "bestfriend" was arriving with the kids.

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sisharil t1_j0cgzae wrote

Huh. I have literally no memory of that.

Most of what I remember is the creepy grooming stuff, the scene where Time Traveller dude threatens a teenager who had been too aggressive in pursuit of also-then-teenage-Clare and compares Clare's sex appeal to "being a kitten that doesn't know the sharpness of its claws" or smth, the magical daughter who controls her time travel abilities, and the scene where Time Traveller Dude's ex kills herself in front of him.

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ModeMex OP t1_j0chu1o wrote

>Traveller dude threatens a teenager who had been too aggressive in pursuit of also-then-teenage-Clare and compares Clare's sex appeal to "being a kitten that doesn't know the sharpness of its claws" or smth,

I don't remember that part, but I remember the rest of what you mentioned.

Clair's "bestfriend" and Gomez were a constant presence in their lives (they even had kids - three if I remember correctly). Gomez actually referred Henry to a fertility specialist doctor after he and Clare were going through so many miscarriages. In a way, he was a "male friend" of Henry's.

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