Do You think that...

[sweetcandy189]

Lon(or whatever his name is) would have been AS committed as Noah was. I mean do you think he would be doing all the things Noah(James Garner) was doing with his lady love, even though she couldn't remember him if Allie HAD stayed with Lon.

[Kwin]

that's a good question.

i wanna say yes, but seeing as how lon is more.. i guess, logical, probably not. he might hear the doctor say "it can't be cured" and just take it as that. with noah, the love is there and it's obvious that he loves her so much, that he would believe in being able to help her.

i hope that makes sense. i feel like i'm rambling.

[ThoseSummerNights]

sweetcandy189 said:

Lon(or whatever his name is) would have been AS committed as Noah was. I mean do you think he would be doing all the things Noah(James Garner) was doing with his lady love, even though she couldn't remember him if Allie HAD stayed with Lon.

I think Lon would have been committed, but in a different way. It would not have been as passionate and amazing as Noah was, b/c her love with Lon was different.

[iLuVrYaN]

yeah. Lon was very commited to his career too. Allie was just like the perfect little wife he needed to start a family and keep his house running. I think he loved her but obviously in a different way. I mean if Allie saw in Lon what she had seen in Noah, well she never would have left Lon. What Noah and Allie had was once in a lifetime, and super rare.

[notebookfan]

I think Lon would think he'd be the "bread winner" of the house and expect Allie to stay home with the children. A bit controlling I think. Where as Noah would let Allie reach her goals and follow her dreams. He would give her the chance to finally be "free" as he thought her to be when they first met.

[Mary-Lynn]

I dont think Lon would have been as commited as Noah was. If the doctors told him that Allie couldn't be cured I think he would leave it as that.And If she had stayed with Lon they would hve never wrote the story of thier life, and the story of thier life is what always brang Allie back to Noah

[Kwin]

Mary-Lynn said:

I dont think Lon would have been as commited as Noah was. If the doctors told him that Allie couldn't be cured I think he would leave it as that.And If she had stayed with Lon they would hve never wrote the story of thier life, and the story of thier life is what always brang Allie back to Noah

yes, my thoughts exactly it was the book, story of our lives, that brough allie back to noah. plus, there was more of a story to be writtened between them than allie and lon.

[Mary-Lynn]

Kwin said:

plus, there was more of a story to be writtened between them than allie and lon.

Yes I forgot to add that to what I said

[AznIntegra521]

i think he would have, but not in the way Noah was. I mean Noah was all out committed. He was willing to do NETHING for Allie. Even if it ment giving up his own happiness to see her happy and cheering her up when she's down. I dun think Lon would have done HALF the things Noah done for Allie..

[SimplyLuscious]

Opinions: Lon would not be committed to Allie if compared to Noah. From my view, I think that after understand and doing full research on Alzheimer, and resulted into conclusion that when a person is diagnosed with such disease and will not be able to regain any memories in the advance stages, he would leave it as it be. He's more of the guy that flow with the wind, going whatever course is destined for him. If she cannot remember, he would might try and say, "It's me Lon, your husband." But you know that those lines still result in complete failure. Lon would just drop it there, not willing to attempt anything unexpected and out of the ordinary. Maybe he might retell brief stories of them during their marriages, but it's short. Nothing spectacular.

As for Noah, he'd taken the time to sit with her everyday and read to her. For a man that is aging in time and encountered frequents heart attacks, that's amazing. No man in his condition would carry the stamina to read to his beloved. One thing that I think define Noah from Lon is that Noah continue to reach for the unknown, while Lon cease his reach from researches and words from the experts. Noah cared less of what others say. Instead, he continued to possess hope in him and take every second he was able to and help Allie in regaining her memories. Another thing is that Noah never give up hope because he still have full faith in Allie. She told him to read to her and she'll remember, and that is exactly what he did. He throw away the doctors' words, the reality and did as his heart compelled him to. I think Lon would have given up on hope too soon.

[Goslingfan04]

SimplyLuscious said:

Opinions: Lon would not be committed to Allie if compared to Noah. From my view, I think that after understand and doing full research on Alzheimer, and resulted into conclusion that when a person is diagnosed with such disease and will not be able to regain any memories in the advance stages, he would leave it as it be. He's more of the guy that flow with the wind, going whatever course is destined for him. If she cannot remember, he would might try and say, "It's me Lon, your husband." But you know that those lines still result in complete failure. Lon would just drop it there, not willing to attempt anything unexpected and out of the ordinary. Maybe he might retell brief stories of them during their marriages, but it's short. Nothing spectacular.

As for Noah, he'd taken the time to sit with her everyday and read to her. For a man that is aging in time and encountered frequents heart attacks, that's amazing. No man in his condition would carry the stamina to read to his beloved. One thing that I think define Noah from Lon is that Noah continue to reach for the unknown, while Lon cease his reach from researches and words from the experts. Noah cared less of what others say. Instead, he continued to possess hope in him and take every second he was able to and help Allie in regaining her memories. Another thing is that Noah never give up hope because he still have full faith in Allie. She told him to read to her and she'll remember, and that is exactly what he did. He throw away the doctors' words, the reality and did as his heart compelled him to. I think Lon would have given up on hope too soon.

I couldn't have said it better my self. BRAVO. well put