It's only natural that Rob would prefer Kris over Barbie. As Barbie could only give him a "wooden" performance. ;-)

You shouldn't have called her "five," dude. Women are way more willing to embrace their inner child than men. And, that's a fact, Jack!

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He just never learns does he? *Shakes head*

Ah, yes! American pop culture. You never know when one person's random trivia will become another's vitally needed info!

Now, when I was growing up, if anybody in my hometown was asked who the Big Four were, we'd correctly reply: "ABC, NBC, CBS, and WNEW-TV (Channel 5, NYC)."

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He may not be able to do much but he still has his random facts!

That was good deductive reasoning on Rob's part. Indeed, I even agreed with his self-imposed restriction on not overly interrogating Kari, concerning whether or not there had been some well-intentioned conspiracy during the first few days of his shrinkage!

Never ask questions to which you might hate the answers.

Nice! Who knows? Maybe the two of them will rekindle the old flames in a new kind of fireplace.*

*Sorry! I suck at coining metaphors.

Wait. So is that the answer then? Is Kari the best friend?

I feel like this story is the giantess version of "How I Met Your Mother". Really enjoyable, but stringing us along for eight seasons to answer the simplest question ever.

Another bad thing about the end of his relationship is that he'll probably never have any kind of relationship like that again.  The closest thing to sex he'll get is being used by his new master.  And hooking up with someone closer to his own size is out, since according to the rules of this world, that person would be depraved and untrustworthy,  That is unless another mistake is made like with him. 

I feel for the guy.  Its one blow after another as his life is being taken apart one relationship at a time.  I might be looking for hope where there is none, since his final destination will probably be  with a complete stranger who will believe that he's the worst kind of person.  But I still hope that he can find some kind of happiness in this pile of crap that his life is becoming.

He may calm down, Rob's Mom. But, he'll NEVER understand. And he'll ALWAYS think of it as having been kicked out. I know I would! But, then, I'm part Italian. And we part-Italians can hold on to grudges tighter than a pit-bull terrier with a T-bone steak.

Glad to see you're continuing with this story.   I'm suprised to see Kari volunteering to take care of him.  I'd assumed she was trying to find a "nice" way of breaking up with him.  I'm still anxious to see which of his friends he'll belong to.   With his incredibly small size, I would imagine the prospective "owner" would need some measure of training in handling people that (as his mother demonstrates in her poor handling).

I have to feel a bit more contempt than pity for Rob's mother. Whether or not he doesn't "think of it like that," kicking him out is precisely what she's doing! And, while I can intellectually understand why she's doing it ("Only criminals shrink; my son has shrunken; so, he MUST be a criminal; which means, I must disown him"), I can't honestly agree with it. No matter how heart-wrenching her sadness, what she's doing is still hypocritical. And, what hypocrites do is just plain unjustifiable in any way/shape/form.

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Wow, that is a way of looking at it I did not expect lol. I viewed it as an overreaction to nearly killing her son mixed together with longtime stress from several factors. His size must be stressful dealing with not just on an emotional level but on a daily one. I mean, every day she has to be on the lookout to make sure she doesn't accidentally crush him and the one time she's not paying attention she nearly does just that. Of course one of the many reasons would be exactly what you've brought up. She may love her son but all evidence points to something she just has to accept and ultimately deal with.