Mary Anne Vs Logan BSC Snark

Chapter One

It starts off with MA getting her panties in a twist about going over to sit at the Prezzioso's. She makes Dawn approve of her outfit and Dawn's all, 'bitch chill you're only going to babysit'. Has this ever been a problem with the Prezzioso's? Mrs. P disapproving of the way the sitters are dressed? I mean, she lets CLAUDIA watch Jenny for fuck's sake, and we all know how she dresses. MA continues her complaints against the innocent Prezzioso family by bitching that Mrs. P has only gotten "worse" since she found out she was going to have another baby (hello, Andrea!) Dawn comments on how only she and MA know the gender of the baby and the rest of the BSC doesn't even want to know. So, do the Prezzioso's know the gender? Because later in the book it seems like Mr. and Mrs. P are both surprised with the gender reveal. If that's the case, then how in the hell do Dawn and MA get to know the gender before the parents do? Is one of them secretly psychic? Did they sneak into the doctor's office and look at the file? Did they show up uninvited to Mrs. P's OBGYN appointment? Hmmm?

Right on page 2, MA promises to tell us all about the BSC later. Oh goody. Next we get the family story. Richard and s̶t̶o̶n̶e̶r̶ Sharon started banging again, they got married, moved into the "very old" farmhouse, and now MA and Dawn are stepsisters. Then MA launches into a description about herself. Thankfully, it's pretty much condensed into a paragraph. We know the gist. Brown hair, brown eyes, boyfriend, shyest person on the planet. But wait! What's this? "For a while now, Logan and I haven't been getting along all that well. We've hit a few rough patches." OH NOOOOOOO! Thirteen year olds having relationship issues? Dear God, what's next? MA does a little spiel about how Logan did jack shit to help when Dawn, Claudia, and a couple of kids went missing after a sailing incident. We get this comment: "I wanted to be a searcher, but I have very fair skin, so I can't stay out in the sun for too long." Mary Anne, your step sister and one of your oldest friends (plus a couple of kids) are missing and you can't find it in you to help search because you might get SUNBURNED? Unless you're secretly a fucking vampire, I should think you'd want to help look regardless of whether you get burnt or not. Damn. I think this is referring to a Super-Special and I never read any of those, so I guess I can't comment anymore on this incident. But, Logan acted like a dick in another instance. This one I have read, it's Mary Ann and the Search for Tigger (Book 25), where Logan acts like an insensitive D-Bag while MA wrings her hands in worry for her little angel. They've had "some other difficult times, too." C̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶L̶o̶g̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶M̶A̶'̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶'̶w̶a̶i̶t̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶r̶r̶i̶a̶g̶e̶'̶.̶.̶.̶?̶ ̶MA ponders if she's "falling out of love with Logan''. Whoa, MA's using the big four letter word. And I don't mean 'fuck'. Have they always said that they loved each other? I can't remember, maybe they have. But still, this is setting some pretty unrealistic expectations for girls to have for their middle school boyfriends.

Moving on! MA's about to head over to her sitting job but the phone rings. It's Logan, wanting to take Mary Anne to a movie. MA explains that she has to sit for Jenny, and Logan pulls out the old "But we're a couple, Mary Anne." Then he suggests that since Dawn is free, why doesn't she sit instead? MA won't send Dawn instead, (which is responsible of her) and Logan gets all butthurt about it. Fuck off, Logan, she said no. She finally gets off the phone and hauls ass to the sitting job. Jenny shows her all sorts of new "big girl" stuff that her parents have bought her. Logan calls her at the Prezzino's. How the hell does he have their number? Logan may be an associate member, but he doesn't sit all that often. I certainly don't remember him sitting for Jenny. And even if he has sat there before, he has the number on hand? Creep. MA says she can't talk right now. Jenny makes a comment on how her parents want her to like the baby and that's why she's getting all the new stuff. MA puts her to bed, and Logan calls again. Twenty minutes later, Logan calls for the third time. For fuck's sake, Logan. Leave her alone! He pressures her into going out the next night, where he decides that they'll do pizza and a movie. MA internally pouts about this, wondering "What had happened to me in our relationship?"