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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
Somnus Eternus:
I'm actually reading Marten's, "But she'll be OKAY, right?" as guilt on his part - NOT THAT I THINK HE HAS REASON TO FEEL GUILTY. However, this is Marten. He's seen Faye drink to relieve stress and pain in the past and hasn't done much about it except mildly admonish her. He knew she was falling apart after the breakup with Angus and saw her drinking to relieve some of that pain and while (IIRC) he did give her some flak for it, he was more focused on his new relationship and spent more time on that which he would have otherwise spent on Faye - NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. From the reader perspective, the dude has every right to pursue a relationship and not play Faye's surrogate mother while she's behaving irresponsibly. But from Marten's perspective, he might feel like he's failed her. I don't think it's going to have an impact on his relationship with Claire, though - it seems like a knee-jerk kind of guilty reaction that, once Faye is back up, will work itself out.
I actually think moving to New York would be the worst possible thing for Faye right now, because even if Angus did take her back, it'd just be putting a Band Aid over the very serious underlying issues she has that are causing her to drink, and she'd be without a support system should things go south there. Moving back with her mother might make more sense than New York and would give her more opportunities to address what remains of the scarring from what happened with her dad, but I don't think it'd be the best thing for her either. Really, she's right where she needs to be - regardless of whatever is going on with Dora, she has all of her other friends in Northampton, and that's what she's going to need most of all right now.
WareWolf:
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--- Quote from: Oilman on 26 Jan 2015, 21:11 ---I can't really see how FAYE can stay in Northampton. She has no income, for one thing, and Marten can't afford to carry her financially.
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She has no INCOME, that doesn't mean she has no savings. If she's been smart, she should have 2-3 months rent socked away. She should be able to find a job in that time. If she's smart she will go to that gallery and see if she can get any commissions.
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Man these US american problems are so weird to us europeans.
Do you really not have any form of general unemployment insurance over there in the USA ?!?
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In most places, you're not eligible for it if you get fired, especially or being drunk on the job. Jesus does not approve of tax money going to support the drunken and/or slothful.
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: phyllis on 27 Jan 2015, 02:27 ---
I'm not convinced that going to NY would solve anything for Faye, even assuming that Angus would be interested in renewing their relationship. We already know that he had issues with her drinking when they were together, so this might have thrown any slim chance that they would get back together out of the window.
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NYC is the LAST damn place you want to go if you want to quit drinking.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: stephber on 27 Jan 2015, 00:09 ---
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 26 Jan 2015, 21:45 ---She has no INCOME, that doesn't mean she has no savings. If she's been smart, she should have 2-3 months rent socked away.
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Hopefully Faye did have those 2-3 months of emergency money remaining. How else she going to pay the hospital / psych bill? (If she has medical insurance through CoD, that's gone now).
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Your insurance doesn't end the same day you are fired. Most insurance still goes through the end of the month you left your job.
NilsO:
Lady doctor: "I anticipate a full recovery"
Marten: "But she'll be OKAY, right?"
My understanding is that Marten just has problems understanding doctorspeak.
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