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Post by aln1982 on Jun 10, 2007 16:25:32 GMT -5
^ I would think so, too. That is an interesting possibility, though, as I wonder how it would impact the situation between Mrs. Barrett-Dewitt and the kids. For example, would Lindsey learn to turn to her as she grew older because she didn't have a mom? As for Hamilton, I am disappointed that we don't know more about him but maybe that's better because I don't think I would like him very much. Did anyone get any kind of impression of any of his traits in the brief mention - young or older, etc? Just kind of curious about him.
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Post by alula on Jun 10, 2007 17:17:28 GMT -5
I haven't read "Hello, Mallory" in a long time, but in seems kind of weird that only Buddy would be visiting him, doesn't it? If it were Buddy and Suzi, and Marnie stayed behind, that might make a little more sense, but it's like in the whole course of the series he only ever sees Buddy! Hmm.
Taking Buddy is all kinds of messed-up. I don't know if it's technically custodial interference (although it would be if he kept Buddy until Mrs. Barrett figured out she'd messed up the scheduling--did he say that was his plan, or do I misremember? Anyway, it is custodial interference to hold your child longer than your scheduled visitation), but it's creepy and manipulative, and it definitely is using Buddy as a pawn between the adults. It really does seem like a pretty nasty divorce.
And yeah, it's weird there's no mention of Mrs. DeWitt. Actually, I think it's really weird that in all the blended families, it's like there's never any mention of the kids resenting their new stepparents. (Except Carol and Dawn, and and a little bit with Sharon and Mary Anne at the beginning, but mostly just when Tigger throws up). Maybe Ann or the editors thought that would be a bad example, but it's so completely normal for kids to have some resentment and resistance in that situation. Maybe Lindsey would eventually see Mrs. Barrett as her mom (what do the kids call them, anyway? First names? I can't even think of Mrs. B's first name), but if she's eight and Ryan's two, she definitely remembers her mother, and it would be perfectly normal for her to not want that person/memory to be completely effaced or replaced.
(Of course, this is also probably related to my whole being-an-apologist-for-Mary Anne thing; it drives me crazy when people say she isn't nice enough to Sharon or doesn't try to get close to her after not having a mom, when I think, given the crazy emotional stuff going on in that household, Mary Anne is much more accepting and gracious towards Sharon than a lot of thirteen-year-old girls would be in that situation).
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Post by mckay on Jun 11, 2007 0:14:05 GMT -5
OT, but in reply to alula, I thought it was odd that while Mary Anne and Dawn seemed to resent their respective parents taking their stepsiblings' sides in arguments, there wasn't any mention of Mary Anne being upset that Sharon was "taking her father from her." Which I know she wasn't, but a girl Mary Anne's age raised by a single father, I would have expected something of the sort.
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Post by fluffycakes on Jun 11, 2007 21:38:53 GMT -5
^ Yeah, it's kind of strange that Mary Anne quickly accepted Sharon as her step-mom. I know that she grew up without a mother, and she was thrilled to have Dawn as a step-sister, and there are a few storylines in which Mary Anne does have problems with Sharon, but...it seems a little unrealistic that Mary Anne didn't resent Sharon a bit for marrying her dad. Especially since Mary Anne seemed pretty close to her dad after he "loosened up," you'd think she might have a touch of resentment about no longer being the number one person in Richard's life.
Back to Mr. Barrett...sorry if someone mentioned this already but Buddy writes to his dad a few times in Sea City, Here we Come. It seems like Mr. Barrett was a bit of a Patrick Thomas, because Buddy wrote stuff like "Write back ok???!!?" Maybe he was just being a kid and being over-excited or whatever, but it gives me the impression that Buddy was trying to keep in touch with his dad without getting much in return.
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 11, 2007 23:37:19 GMT -5
^ I had forgotten about Buddy's letters in Sea City. I'll bet that is one reason I also compare Mr. Barrett to Patrick and don't really like him. Of course, I am also in the minority who likes Mrs. Barrett, so that might be why, too.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 12, 2007 9:26:20 GMT -5
I just found in Here Come the Bridesmaids where Suzi says her daddy lives in Milwaukee. Was it ever mentioned again where Mr. Barrett lived? He obviously moved after Impossible Three???
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Post by greer on Dec 12, 2007 16:04:08 GMT -5
and jake kuhn's dad moved to texas... these stoneybrook divorced parents don't seem to stick around.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 12, 2007 20:39:33 GMT -5
^ Maybe there are no jobs for them if they're not lawyers. ;D
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Post by lyricalangel on Dec 12, 2007 21:12:28 GMT -5
^ ;D. That's funny.
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Post by anzuhana on Sept 16, 2011 19:41:37 GMT -5
It was disturbing how he kidnapped Buddy. Too bad he was written out and we never saw him bonding with his kids.
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