Ha! I NEVER thought of it that way.mikkib wrote:Does anyone think that Renee took Bella living with her father really well? She sent him a maybe boring but very mature and responsible teenager. Within a few months, the girl almost got killed, then went catatonic, left for days without any word, and got married by 18.
I guess Renee is self-absorbed, eclipserox (I'm not sure I would use that word, but I can't think of another way to describe it). For the record, though, there was a brief mention of Renee coming to see Bella when she was catatonic in NM. It was selfish of her to let Bella move.
As for Charlie, I think he seems super-clueless because he just doesn't know how to express it. He hasn't lived with his daughter full-time in, what, 17 years? He just has no idea how to be a dad -- especially to a teenage girl. (I feel like even dads who live with their daughters from day 1 don't always know what to do). Charlie has the best of intentions, I just don't think he knows how to actually DO it. I mean, just when I counted Charlie out... he came out with the whole "promise me you'll say goodbye before you run away w/ Edward" thing!