The plural of "baby" is "babies," not "baby's." "Baby's" is possessive, as in "the baby's bottle."

There's no such thing as "might of," "could of," "would of," "should of," etc. It's MIGHT'VE (which sounds like "of.") "Might've" is the contraction for "might have." The same is true of the others.

It's EAVESDROPPING, not EASE DROPPING.

And yep, further with the double standard of Mary's little interview with Marianne is totally okay while Isabel and Matthew trying not to worry her over Richard isn't...

And geeze Cora. Way to miss a whole lot of points... on the subject of an actual heir. The correct answer (ignoring any actual inheritance laws) is the person who WANTS the responsibility. Whether it be Grace, Robbie, Maggie or a future baby. Heck, my cousins and I are faced with deciding who wants to take over parts of the family business from our grandfather... and again, we're trying to decide who actually WANTS to do what parts.

Man Cora is a piece of work. I mean, sure, in a lot of families throughout history, bloodlines and lineage have been extremely important. But it always is like nails on chalkboard in another fandom I read where one of the main characters is adopted, when writers reference his biological parents its always as his 'real' parents... not birth, biological or even, in a fic where he's a kid, first. And in universe his parents died when he was very young so he has no memory of them... yet they are still often referred to as the 'real' parents.

And again with the double standards. Not telling Mary about some of the interactions with Richard was a cardinal sin, but Mary concealing her meetings with the man's wife is a-ok.

Mary is also a super snob in the whole 'you once had a fling with the man who later became my husband while I'd cut him out of my life to the point that he'd given up on ever SEEING me again, so no we can't be friends no matter how much we get along' attitude.

And here again we have precious Lady Mary being the be all and end all of the universe. Who cares about Matthew's trauma and demons, who cares about his hurts. Who cares that she never even had to hesitate about embracing the sister who slapped her child. Let's make Matthew dance to her toon til she's satisfied with his penance. That she can sit there and say she hated him while he was in a dark place is disgusting and makes me actually question whether being with her is healthy for him.

I really hate Mary here. All through this story, people have been helping her and catering to her over her trauma. But here we have Matthew being the one needing the care and support while he deals with HIS demons... and her response is to completely disavow him? To say that this isn't her husband? To treat him as an entirely different person? It sickens me that he's tried so hard to help her (though admittedly not perfect) and all she can give back is emotional abandonment.

Am I the only person who thinks Mary totally over reacted here? *sigh* Trying to compare what is essentially a rebound fling to traumatic events and then getting mad because Matthew didn't share every little detail... I get that she's lost her equilibrium and is a bit needy over that but man lady, get over yourself, the world doesn't revolve around you alone!

This absolutely is one of the best stories in the whole FF universe. How I wish you still were writing!

There's no such thing as WOULDN'T OF. It's WOULDN'T HAVE. The same thing is true for WOULD OF. It's WOULD'VE or WOULD HAVE.

The 1000th review. The chapter said please and although the very enticing Next button was RIGHT THERE, the review counter said 999 and you absolutely deserve the 1K designation, even if you've moved on! What a masterpiece! Still so many more chapters!

This is the most romantic wedding ever! I'm just going to *blush* about the rest, which was also very outstanding. You said to review and there was no expiration date

I wonder how much of Mrs. Larson is autobiographical?

This is truly wonderful (and not at all intended to make you work more quickly because you are probably far from the scene). In case you're still around, or still have this email, I just wanted you to know that this is much appreciated and quite surprising that Mary is actually a good and willing mother! You have written that quite brilliantly! I hope to find out what Matthew is doing in New York York the next chapter!

"She shouldn't of." It's SHOULDN'T HAVE. There's no such thing as "shouldn't of."