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WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011

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Wagimawr:

--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 21 Oct 2011, 00:56 ---the literal meaning of "bollocks"
--- End quote ---

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks

No, it's actually surprisingly not a euphemism.

seaflower:
I really don't buy the whole Marten can't sense something is up. Both him and Dora have called Faye out for drinking in the past and her going to the therapist is common knowledge and lastly this behaviour is out of character with all the improvements she has been making. I think there is enough there for Marten to at least stick around, wait for Faye to sober up and be there to talk. Him leaving the situation when she seems to be backtracking is just wrong.

Plus Faye drinking when the break up was happening is another clue that fits with her having problems and a dependency on alcohol to avoid some emotional problems.

I get the he has a thing for Padma but Faye deserves more from him. She's been a bitch in the past but considering how she has grown and being there for him through the Dora thing...

I say either Marten's an ass , blind or a blind ass.

WAYF:
How do we know that it's out of character for Faye to be drunk? As I recall, the problem was that she was drinking as a coping mechanism for stress. While that is certainly the case here, Marten doesn't know that, and I don't blame him, because this time around, Faye is actually being cheerful. The only thing he has to go on is that she got drunk unusually early, and she's apparently putting on a British accent. Given that he doesn't have a good indicator of what's going on, it's very difficult for him to handle that situation well. Therefore, if I'd had to deal with that sort of situation, I probably would have left her to sober up as well. If there is a problem, she will be more coherent and less likely to have a mood swing when she is sober.

akronnick:
Marten hasn't actually left yet, it's possible that Faye will do or say something in Moday's strip that will alert him that something is amiss.




I can hope right?

Paranoid:
I have to join the chorus and admit to being disappointed in Marten at the very least.  Alcoholic or not, Faye does have a history of abuse, something Marten knows all too well.  Now, I'm willing to go out on a limb here and suggest that he's still too nervous about dancing with Padma to think straight, but by now I would really like to think Marten would know Faye well enough that he doesn't need his full mental energy to figure out something is up.  I mean even at her worse I doubt Faye's ever been slammed before 8 before*, at least not when she had plans later that evening.  Now, I'm going to keep this in perspective and remember that Marten is not perfect, and that this comic wouldn't be as enjoyable to read if he was, but I still hope Hanners chews him out when he explains Faye's absence to her.

*Pre-moving in with Marten.  I make no claims nor judgments about her behavior before she moved upstate, especially given the circumstances leading up to that move.

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