A very interesting exegesis on a topic sadly neglected by Professor Tolkien. Shoe fetishes eh? my the things these Little Folk get up too.
I must admit I find it rather hard to believe that Bilbo lived all those years without a discreet liaison or two with respectably unattached ladies of a scholarly or adventurous bent.
As for Frodo, given his prospects it's hard to believe that a Hobbit lass or two didn't set her cap for him from time to time, and while he obviously never married he might have dallied - from time to time. I am *quite* certain Merry and Pippin did!
Sam on the other hand strikes me as the kind who falls in love young and never falls out again. I very much doubt there's ever been any girl for him but Rosie. And while nothing's actually been *said*, (Rosie can't object to Sam's going off on the quest because he 'hasn't spoken yet') I'm quite sure there's been an silent understanding there for a *very* long time.
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