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WDCT 10-14 January 2011 (1836-1840)
Razgriz:
--- Quote from: leahneedsanap on 12 Jan 2011, 12:25 ---Yeah, she punched him after the break-up--when he was drunkenly trying to assault her, which is pretty much what is going on when a someone lumbers at you acting entitled to your body when you are saying no.
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Please don't bring this up again. It's been settled weeks ago and really looks like you're just trolling for reactions now.
tomart:
--- Quote from: Cybit on 12 Jan 2011, 13:28 ---Marten's mom either (a) feels that Faye is the one for Marten, and knowing what she does about relationships, knows that if this is the case, the response from Faye will be very, very telling as to whether this is possible, or (b) genuinely believes Faye & Marten ... are just friends, and doesn't think her comment should state anything but the obvious.
if (a) is the case, then maybe she's trying to make Faye realize that the one she needs is really standing next to her all the time. Plus, people in Faye's position can often assume they have someone like Marten in the bag (as long as he was single). Hell, that's kinda Dora's big issue, she could never stop believing that Faye would always be a threat to them, and add in her general view of men (as scumbags), she believes that if Faye ever made a move on Marten, Marten would dump her for Faye. Which, ... despite Marten's protestations to the contrary, ... he might actually do it, depending on how pissy Dora has been at the time and to what extent Faye would be willing to go to get him.
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Good analysis, ...and further supporting my idea that Dora was maybe justified (in her mind, anyway) in ending a relationship that might have been doomed beyond my poor recognition...
Also, is it a coincidence that the only significant person missing from the poll (Faye) is the one V messes with?
Carl-E:
There's been a lot of speculation in the last few comments about Veronica's "motives", but I really don't think she has any. What I think several people are missing is the simple fact that we often have blind spots about the people who are closest to us, when removed by a generation. I had them about my parents (my wife was kind enough to open my eyes to many of them), and still have several about my own children. Some of it comes from incrementalism - we don't notice the small day-to-day changes that happen right under our noses and then we're surprised by what seems a sudden development. But the worst come about when a child leaves home - they go through a great deal of growth and change without being observed, and then are expected to still be the same person when they come home (or home comes to them).
Veronica isn't being purposefully mean, nor is she working under some grander scheme to snap Marten out of it in some bizarre reverse-psychological hit-and-run. She's just being the mom she always was, to the boy she used to have. And we see a big part of who Marten's become in her treatment of him. We also see one reason he was so willing to move cross-country at the drop of a hat. It's the same reason my wife and I settled halfway between our parent's homes. Each one is 500 miles away, in opposite directions - we can visit once a year or so, but no one drops by on a whim...
And Kazukagii, you're going to have more people on the yacht than there are other boats in the "shipping lanes"! Hope there's plenty of beer in the cooler.
Where's the bottle opener, anyway?
Wraith11B:
A point that I haven't seen brought up, is it is possible that Veronica is referencing as to what would have happened had Faye and Marten been involved and the present situation had exploded.
It would be (very likely) far far worse than the present situation, as--and I'd like to think that I'm reading the characters right--Faye had a goodly percentage of Marten-strings. Now, just because Dora came along, those strings were by no means cut, simply redirected and the tension on them was slackened. Had they been tightened, there would have been a far harder fall than what's going on right now.
cuzsis:
Not exactly sure why everyone is treating V's relationship advice so seriously.
This is from a woman who was so successful at her own relationship that she married a gay guy... :lol:
Advice about relationships are like buttholes....everyone's got one.
-If the person giving you advice has been married/together for 10+yrs. You may want to consider it. They've got enough experience and wisdom to start seeing past most of the crap.
-If the person giving you advice is giving you advice about what caused them to breakup/divorce. You may want to consider it. They've already screwed the pooch on this particular issue.
-If the person giving you advice is none of these, then only consider it long enough to see if it makes sense and if it doesn't, don't bother about it. They are likely just talking out of their collective buttholes. I'm not saying they're doing it on purpose or to be mean...but they almost certainly don't know enough about relationships (much less the intricacies of yours, which you'll never be able to tell them all the minute details anyway without taking several years to do it) to give good advice unless they hit the monkey on the keyboard just right by accident. :psyduck:
Cheers!
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