Extra Credit Post

For the extra credit post I read Aimee Bender's short story "I Will Pick Out Your Ribs (From My Teeth)". I chose this story because I feel that it represents the helplessness and hopelessness that seem to play a large role in multiple things that we have read this year from other Aimee Bender stories to Jhumpa Lahari. The story is about a boyfriend who is forver going to the hospital with his girlfriend because she takes pills and overdoses. It goes through his afternoon coming home and his conversation with his girlfriend and his thoughts about her, their life, and his life. The end of the story does leave the reader feeling like the man had no choice but to continue the relationship because he clearly cares for her but at the same time is sick of her behavior. He does the right thing in taking her to the hospital and hiding her pills but is afraid to take the next step and get rid of them altogether.