This Blessed House

When I read this story the first time I felt bad for the couple. I just got married this past summer, so I can relate to the changes couples have to go through when they move in together. Even when you are dating someone for a long time, things are very different when you live together. Both people need to make a lot of sacrifices.
This is where the characters for This Blessed House come in. Throughout the story, we read how Twinkle and Sanjeev react to each other and make a few sacrifices. I did not like the way Sanjeev treated Twinkle. It almost made me mad when I read it. At first I got the feeling that Twinkle was full of life, open to change, and excited for this new step in her life. I felt like Sanjeev kept shutting her down and was dull, and boring. As we talked about it as a class, I realized that maybe Twinkle was a little over board. I can see how she would be hard to live with. At the end of the story, I felt better when Sanjeev gave in.
When we discussed this story in our group, Lauren informed us that the author of This Blessed House did not grow up with brothers and was not close to her father, so she wanted to write more about a man's character. This makes the story more clear to me. I felt as though most of Sanjeevs character was revealed, and Twinkel’s was not as much.
I liked this story a lot, mostly because I can totally relate to some of the feelings Twinkel went through, not that it’s all bad.