Very true Perdita, but with one exception. Michelle Conner knew Steve McDonald was a ratbag in Corrie, but married him anyway. Steve McDonald always was a lying cheating fool.
In Neighbours, Toadie was duped with fake Dee just for monetary gain at first. Then along the way Fake Dee fell in love with Toadie. Until fake Dee turned up, Toadie was an excellent husband and Father.
I`m not excusing Toadie cheating on Sonya for one second, he was definately in the wrong. When Toadie was in London he thought his marriage to Sonya was over when his daughter said Mark was in he and Sonya`s bed. I`m not excusing his behavior, but I can understand that when he was at his lowest ebb Fake Dee took advantage of it. It was just bad luck that Toadie forgot to close out his Skype call to Sonya, and she witnessed it which started off a long chain of events.
I feel bad for both Toadie and Sonya, what a horrific year for both of them. All Sonya wanted to do was help her best friends have a baby. Even though Toadie wasn`t as keen as Sonya, he still went ahead with it for Sonya`s sake. I don`t know if their marriage will ever survive this. And it`s a shame because I liked Sonya and Toadie as a couple.
Oops sorry, I didn`t mean for my reply to you becoming a mini novel Perdita.