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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
Lubricus:
--- Quote from: StevenC on 12 Oct 2011, 09:38 ---May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
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Yeah, you know all those couples starting their second batch of children after leaving their initial spouses? Practically all of those couples met each other at work...
themacnut:
--- Quote from: StevenC on 12 Oct 2011, 09:38 ---May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
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Which is why there are all those rhymes and rules, bec ause of all the times those relationships go bad and the work environment is poisoned for everyone as a result-who wants to be working around a recently broken-up couple? For that matter, who wants to BE either member of that former couple, having to work with an ex? Yes some people manage to break up amicably, but most don't. Makes for an ugly workplace situation.
As to the comic, it's rather ironic that even though Marten didn't plan things to go the way they did, they are going pretty much EXACTLY the way Steve predicted. Few will believe Marten didn't plan things this way, and Elliot won't be among those few. Marten could be in for a beating after all.
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Soulsynger on 12 Oct 2011, 05:31 ---[...]
@HiFranc:
Hm... I'm an apathetic of sorts, so I still can't fully understand why she needs to actually MOVE away. Wouldn't it be a little easier if she just asked for a few months time off from the bakery to care for her grandma?
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Some illness last more than a few months. For example, the average life expectancy of someone suffering Alzheimer's disease (time from diagnosis) is 5 years!
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 12 Oct 2011, 06:12 ---[...]
I have to agree with Akima, I don't really care how sad Padma is. Everytime she talks it's "me, me, me". When Marten tried to talk about his feelings she skipped away. Hey Padma, if you don't want to go, then don't go. If you're going to go, stop whining about it. You're just setting yourself up to resent your grandma for ruining the best years of your life.
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I think the unspoken part is that either:
[*] Her family have probably put a lot of pressure on her to move back and/or
[*] It is a relation who she always saw as vibrant (for whom the thought of being in bad health is unthinkable).[/list]
grimeyville:
What will Marten do is the question however. Will he say no, and kindly walk away? I mean... People always see him as a noble idiot, always trying to be nice or pleasing.
Paranoid:
Personally I feel Marten should be the 'noble idiot' here. Hooking up with someone with a timer over her head doesn't sound like something that would appeal to him. If she had genuine feelings for Marten it'd be one thing, but I just don't see that. Now, as previously mentioned she might only be interested in Marten as a friend. However we shouldn't ignore that Marten is infatuated with her, even if he's man enough to put it aside for the sake of Elliot. I don't see any good coming out of this, and that's without Elliot finding out and potentially accusing Marten of some 'Keyser Soze shit'*.
That said, I also remember a QA dump of Jeph's where he lists Marten's happiness as one of the few things he's permanently written out of the script. Which means my bet's on him being the 'self-serving idiot' instead. :laugh:
*Disclaimer: Elliot's feelings for Padma are only an issue (remotely!) because there's already no real reason for Marten to pursue this already given the absence of 'true feelings' from Padma for him. If there was a chance that Padma would abandon her plans to move in order to pursue a long-term relationship with Marten then Elliot would just have to deal with it, just like Marigold had to do for Angus. I'm not saying he should be jumping for joy over the idea, just to be a man and accept that he wasn't what Padma wanted.
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