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[Anonymous]

I could do with a little less focus on Mel's sexual issues. Enough, already.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Amanda Peet's character. She whines that she cheated on her dh because he wasn't present enough. Meanwhile, he was busy providing for her extravagant lifestyle. And now that she ousted him from her life to shack up with her affair, he is being SO nice to her and she continues to whine about him being not present enough while asking for more, more and more money. She is a selfish and clueless princess.

No

The above is 90% of gray divorces

The work addict father who neglects his wife and kids to do his personal hobbies and work 24/7 and has no relationship or connection with them. Believes being an egotistical Paycheck Provider is the end of be all of his life’s demands.

She, also working but solely raising the children and maintain the home/staff, divorces him once they kids are older and independent. She may still be in love with how he was before these adult responsibilities, the ones he cannot and will not handle.

Once the kids are launched, by other adults, he reverts back to bachelors days. Or worse.

DP. Another woman here. Can't stand Amanda Peete's character either. She's just not sympathetic no matter how you paint it above.

I can't stand how her character represents women in their late 40s. She's completely controlled by her hormones, beefing with the neighbor about dog poo, overly-controlling her daughter, and drinking too much. How about, I dunno, she enters this new stage of life by finding a fulfilling job, hobby, or volunteer work?

A lot of women are just like that at that age and in those circumstances.

And a lot are not.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Amanda Peet's character. She whines that she cheated on her dh because he wasn't present enough. Meanwhile, he was busy providing for her extravagant lifestyle. And now that she ousted him from her life to shack up with her affair, he is being SO nice to her and she continues to whine about him being not present enough while asking for more, more and more money. She is a selfish and clueless princess.

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The above is 90% of gray divorces

The work addict father who neglects his wife and kids to do his personal hobbies and work 24/7 and has no relationship or connection with them. Believes being an egotistical Paycheck Provider is the end of be all of his life’s demands.

She, also working but solely raising the children and maintain the home/staff, divorces him once they kids are older and independent. She may still be in love with how he was before these adult responsibilities, the ones he cannot and will not handle.

Once the kids are launched, by other adults, he reverts back to bachelors days. Or worse.

DP. Another woman here. Can't stand Amanda Peete's character either. She's just not sympathetic no matter how you paint it above.

I can't stand how her character represents women in their late 40s. She's completely controlled by her hormones, beefing with the neighbor about dog poo, overly-controlling her daughter, and drinking too much. How about, I dunno, she enters this new stage of life by finding a fulfilling job, hobby, or volunteer work?

Agree.
The writers really want to make her or women look bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could do with a little less focus on Mel's sexual issues. Enough, already.

Yes, husbands are all lapping it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I could do with a little less focus on Mel's sexual issues. Enough, already.

Yes, husbands are all lapping it up.

I have to wonder if the show was written by men.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Amanda Peet's character. She whines that she cheated on her dh because he wasn't present enough. Meanwhile, he was busy providing for her extravagant lifestyle. And now that she ousted him from her life to shack up with her affair, he is being SO nice to her and she continues to whine about him being not present enough while asking for more, more and more money. She is a selfish and clueless princess.

No

The above is 90% of gray divorces

The work addict father who neglects his wife and kids to do his personal hobbies and work 24/7 and has no relationship or connection with them. Believes being an egotistical Paycheck Provider is the end of be all of his life’s demands.

She, also working but solely raising the children and maintain the home/staff, divorces him once they kids are older and independent. She may still be in love with how he was before these adult responsibilities, the ones he cannot and will not handle.

Once the kids are launched, by other adults, he reverts back to bachelors days. Or worse.

DP. Another woman here. Can't stand Amanda Peete's character either. She's just not sympathetic no matter how you paint it above.

I can't stand how her character represents women in their late 40s. She's completely controlled by her hormones, beefing with the neighbor about dog poo, overly-controlling her daughter, and drinking too much. How about, I dunno, she enters this new stage of life by finding a fulfilling job, hobby, or volunteer work?

A lot of women are just like that at that age and in those circumstances.

And a lot are not.

That's right, but just like in real life, the ones that are seem to fixate and talk about it a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Amanda Peet's character. She whines that she cheated on her dh because he wasn't present enough. Meanwhile, he was busy providing for her extravagant lifestyle. And now that she ousted him from her life to shack up with her affair, he is being SO nice to her and she continues to whine about him being not present enough while asking for more, more and more money. She is a selfish and clueless princess.

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The above is 90% of gray divorces

The work addict father who neglects his wife and kids to do his personal hobbies and work 24/7 and has no relationship or connection with them. Believes being an egotistical Paycheck Provider is the end of be all of his life’s demands.

She, also working but solely raising the children and maintain the home/staff, divorces him once they kids are older and independent. She may still be in love with how he was before these adult responsibilities, the ones he cannot and will not handle.

Once the kids are launched, by other adults, he reverts back to bachelors days. Or worse.

DP. Another woman here. Can't stand Amanda Peete's character either. She's just not sympathetic no matter how you paint it above.

I can't stand how her character represents women in their late 40s. She's completely controlled by her hormones, beefing with the neighbor about dog poo, overly-controlling her daughter, and drinking too much. How about, I dunno, she enters this new stage of life by finding a fulfilling job, hobby, or volunteer work?

A lot of women are just like that at that age and in those circumstances.

And a lot are not.

That's right, but just like in real life, the ones that are seem to fixate and talk about it a lot.

Her mentioning that was the only thing I didn’t like about the long scene in the basketball court between Peet and Munn. That’s not information you’d ever want your frenemy to have. Otherwise, great work.

[Anonymous]

The show is really sexist to a degree where a lot of the viewership doesn’t accept as fact certain of the known bits about Mel: that she worked, is also highly educated, and that Cooper did not contest being disconnected in their marriage.

I think the show is wasting Peet and marsden, and I think a lot of the commentariat - more on Reddit than here thank god - are unusually envious and stupid men who love AI images, think they’re owed a wife like the writhing, fake, f—ng brunette in the opening credit montage, don’t see the disconnect between the tires almost McMansion facades with the “lifestyle” of a 150k Seder and endless cash for country clubs, 200k cars, private schools and staff full time. It’s just crazy. The writers don’t know enough about the tristate or wealth management or what and how and why people spend as they do. It only coheres superficially, it’s a mess inside.

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Anonymous wrote:The show is really sexist to a degree where a lot of the viewership doesn’t accept as fact certain of the known bits about Mel: that she worked, is also highly educated, and that Cooper did not contest being disconnected in their marriage.

I think the show is wasting Peet and marsden, and I think a lot of the commentariat - more on Reddit than here thank god - are unusually envious and stupid men who love AI images, think they’re owed a wife like the writhing, fake, f—ng brunette in the opening credit montage, don’t see the disconnect between the tires almost McMansion facades with the “lifestyle” of a 150k Seder and endless cash for country clubs, 200k cars, private schools and staff full time. It’s just crazy. The writers don’t know enough about the tristate or wealth management or what and how and why people spend as they do. It only coheres superficially, it’s a mess inside.

Eh, last season this board talked about how well they wrote the female characters. Turns out female viewers need characters who make terrible choices have to some more self reflection.

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Anonymous wrote:The show is really sexist to a degree where a lot of the viewership doesn’t accept as fact certain of the known bits about Mel: that she worked, is also highly educated, and that Cooper did not contest being disconnected in their marriage.

I think the show is wasting Peet and marsden, and I think a lot of the commentariat - more on Reddit than here thank god - are unusually envious and stupid men who love AI images, think they’re owed a wife like the writhing, fake, f—ng brunette in the opening credit montage, don’t see the disconnect between the tires almost McMansion facades with the “lifestyle” of a 150k Seder and endless cash for country clubs, 200k cars, private schools and staff full time. It’s just crazy. The writers don’t know enough about the tristate or wealth management or what and how and why people spend as they do. It only coheres superficially, it’s a mess inside.

She worked. But she doesn’t work anymore and her financial future is quite perilous. That’s the thing that annoys me. She is just assuming that coop, who she couldn’t depend on as a father and a husband, and who has been fired and shunned from his industry once before, is now fine and taking everything that he says at face value. it’s a situation that was more common a generation ago, but I expect more of a 50 year-old educated woman today. she needs to go back to work. Her financial feature is hanging by a thread and it’s upsetting to watch. She thinks her daughter is a brat who is entitled, but she is acting exactly the same and 50 and it’s maddening.

I don’t agree that the men look like they are living a fantasy life here. Did you not see the last episode? The old man can’t get an erection and he had to get a medic from the side effects of the pills that he’s taking to help him in that front? Not exactly a fantasy life from men here, he basically said that he’s invisible. Which is what women have been saying for years. I like that the show is shedding a light on aging for both genders. It’s no picnic for anyone.