First off what I really liked: "No one should be sad alone." Cece showing a side of her that is actually useful. And Ty's sportmanship. Hope it works out to the better for everyone involved.
In which Dana Sue turns back into a hell of a mother (in the more literal sense), poor Annie, and Noreen remains a spoiled, egoistic (+1.5) brat. She wants to be a mom so badly she's basically running over others, including other children, just to prove a point or two. Whatever Bill sees in her, after having such a smart, silver-tongued wife. Maybe he needed a downgrade... but whenever I see them together, it just doesn't seem to... fit. It feels so weird. Like he doesn't actually want to marry Noreen at all. But lo and behold, it seems to be mutual. Poor child though, if she's trying to make it her one reason to be happy in a sea of unhappiness. That doesn't normally work out too well.
Back to Dana Sue though... no one else seeing a problem here? She basically terrorises her kid for hours or days, before she gets all sweet on her like "you're way better than I ever was" or "I love you so much", "I only did this to you because you were lying to me" etc, with this big bang of relief and love being felt, yet, what happened last time Annie felt good with her mom? It imploded again just a little while later. Where is the line between manipulation in the extant of mental abuse and Dana Sue "just being a strict parent"... Just the way she handles things don't seem much different from how abusers handle situations when they think their abusee slipped up :unamused:
Review by KyriaCrosszeriaBlockedParent2020-06-20T18:09:06Z
First off what I really liked:
"No one should be sad alone."
Cece showing a side of her that is actually useful.
And Ty's sportmanship. Hope it works out to the better for everyone involved.
In which Dana Sue turns back into a hell of a mother (in the more literal sense), poor Annie, and Noreen remains a spoiled, egoistic (+1.5) brat. She wants to be a mom so badly she's basically running over others, including other children, just to prove a point or two. Whatever Bill sees in her, after having such a smart, silver-tongued wife. Maybe he needed a downgrade... but whenever I see them together, it just doesn't seem to... fit. It feels so weird. Like he doesn't actually want to marry Noreen at all. But lo and behold, it seems to be mutual. Poor child though, if she's trying to make it her one reason to be happy in a sea of unhappiness. That doesn't normally work out too well.
Back to Dana Sue though... no one else seeing a problem here? She basically terrorises her kid for hours or days, before she gets all sweet on her like "you're way better than I ever was" or "I love you so much", "I only did this to you because you were lying to me" etc, with this big bang of relief and love being felt, yet, what happened last time Annie felt good with her mom? It imploded again just a little while later. Where is the line between manipulation in the extant of mental abuse and Dana Sue "just being a strict parent"... Just the way she handles things don't seem much different from how abusers handle situations when they think their abusee slipped up :unamused: