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Originally Posted by parkerman
steve needs to be away from michelle she is causing his depression by the looks of it he was happy in the bistro :p
so bye bye peter
did beth buy tracy a bottle of red wine in the pub is she minted
craig has a wee crush on cilla me thinks :p
I cannot believe Fiz left the girls behind. She is going to be away a while. At least 3 months? I suppose its the invisible free childminder at play again.
tyrone wont cope emily will be needed :p fiz could have taken hope with herQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
sad to cilla go already
tyrone wont cope emily will be needed :p fiz could have taken hope with herQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
sad to cilla go already
It was good to see Cilla back again, maybe she can return with Fiz whenever maternity leave for Jennie is over :)
Both children could have gone with her not just her own biological child. They are are a couple now. She could have found a child minder in Wolverhampton for the time her mum was actually having surgery through the Council list of registered childminders. Then when she was home she could have managed like we all do.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
Both children could have gone with her not just her own biological child. They are are a couple now. She could have found a child minder in Wolverhampton for the time her mum was actually having surgery through the Council list of registered childminders. Then when she was home she could have managed like we all do.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizann
So what is the difference with Tyrone taking the kids to a childminder when he is working and looking after them after work .. like we all do??? I like to think that men can look after children in the same manner as women do. At least, the children are in a familiar environment and have various people look after them who they know, that must be of a benefitQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Difference being it would have been the cheaper option as she wouldnot be at 'work' and the call on childminders would be less. I have no issue with male and female roles as my husband was a house husband for years and cared for the children while I built up my career.
But she would need to work in Wolverhampton too ... they both need to work to pay the bills as was made clear after Ty's accident. So Fiz would not be able to suddenly stop working to care for Cilla
There was no mention of her getting a job in Wolverhampton. She is going there to care for her mother. Realistically she will not be able to get one even if she tried with the sad state of the country. She would be looking for a temporary job as well. They are even harder to find. Therefore Tyrone would be more financially hard up. So he would not be able to cover full time care for 2 kids. I am just voicing the practicalities here having 11 years of childminders and the rest of main care carried out by my husband as I worked all hours. There is only so much that friends can support you with. You cannot burden your friends especially elderlly ones with full time care. Tyrone has already had a lot of time off.
I can see what you mean now. Although she will be gone for at least 6 months, I expect, in reality, she would not be able to take that much time off work to look after her mother, she would need to find some work, part time at least and with Underworld being so busy now, can't see Carla being impressed with having to find a replacement for her .. although in soapland, that never seems to be a problem.
Like in most temporary departure stories, I find the excuses given most of the time lazy scriptwriting and quite unbelievable. Same as Peter, he could move to another part of Manchester to avoid seeing Carla on a regular basis but closer for Simon to be able to see him much more frequently than he will in Portsmouth.
I can see what you mean now. Although she will be gone for at least 6 months, I expect, in reality, she would not be able to take that much time off work to look after her mother, she would need to find some work, part time at least and with Underworld being so busy now, can't see Carla being impressed with having to find a replacement for her .. although in soapland, that never seems to be a problem.
Like in most temporary departure stories, I find the excuses given most of the time lazy scriptwriting and quite unbelievable. Same as Peter, he could move to another part of Manchester to avoid seeing Carla on a regular basis but closer for Simon to be able to see him much more frequently than he will in Portsmouth.
He has some ties to Portsmouth and its a place he turns to for some reason. Not sure how long Fiz will be away. I thought she would be away for 3 months but maybe she can afford to be off longer with her restaurant and that.
Fizz should be able to get a care allowance for looking after Cilla.Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Attendance Allowance as well.
I think your point about not burdening elderly friends/Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
relatives with full time child care is very relevant. People
are having their first child at a later age so grandparents
are older. Also the retirement age for pensions is disappearing
over the horizon.
People I have worked with have had quite unrealistic expectations
of their parents.eg parent giving up own job before pension age
And expecting a widowed father well over 70 to care for 2 active
toddlers full-time.And other less extreme cases
Probably dont want to pay for childcare which is expensive and
can be difficult to find.
I think your point about not burdening elderly friends/Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
relatives with full time child care is very relevant. People
are having their first child at a later age so grandparents
are older. Also the retirement age for pensions is disappearing
over the horizon.
People I have worked with have had quite unrealistic expectations
of their parents.eg parent giving up own job before pension age
And expecting a widowed father well over 70 to care for 2 active
toddlers full-time.And other less extreme cases
Probably dont want to pay for childcare which is expensive and
can be difficult to find.
One of my Aunts'is expected to look after 4 girls and she has long terms conditions and is 65. My other Aunt had her own 7 kids and had to look after all her grandchildren. I do not think I would have to energy to look after children full time even if I was retired. Not little babies any how. If they were above 7 no problem. Two people need to work to make ends meet so I can understand the pressures. But I feel strongly that if you have a kid it is your responsibility and no pressure should be put on others or guilt.
As someone said above (can't remember who, sorry!) it's really silly that Peter would move so far away from Simon (and Ken) just to get away from Coronation Street. I know he has ties to Portsmouth, but they must be pretty weak by now, having spent the last decade or so in Weatherfield. In reality, he'd just have moved a few miles away and would see his family all the time. It could be mentioned occasionally that Simon had been at Peter's to keep the illusion going.
I wish soap writers would think situations like this through!
I'll miss Chris Gascoyne as Peter and hope he returns to Corrie in a few years. There's no doubt Peter was going around in circles so a break might be a good thing.
I'm sorry to see Cilla go too.
Was me that said it was silly about Peter moving so far away, I agree with everything you say.. I really hope to see Chris Gascoyne back on the Cobbles in the not too distant future. The same applies to Cilla :)
I should have known it was you, Perdy :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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what ties?Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
navy buddies
Re Fiz - although the character may be dippy- I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
the actress is more astute. She has outside business
interests as a fall-back and has seen what has happened
to the ones who played Hayley & Tina. I know they said they
wanted to leave/take break but probably hoped/expected to
come back.at some stage as they were deemed very popular
I did wonder whether the over-playing the part with Roy
-who is popular and seems happy to stay- was to make
her character less disposable. Shes on Maternity Leave
so does have the right to return-but things can change.
Re Peter - sorry to see him go and agree his leaving
story could have been more plausible.
Hope he returns some time - but not to Carla- she was
a stronger more interesting character initially but I don't
think someone at Corrie likes strong women- theyre not
allowed to stay that way!
She also does a lot of charitable work around mental health so making a contribution to society. I hear Michelle Keagen has some acting part now.
Peter leaving was terrible, poor Simon at least Carla was there for him, liked their scenes, Carla should not have miscarried imo
It would have taken the Carla out of theQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
rut shes been written into and given
the character a new dimension that I
would have welcomed.
I did wonder tho if it was another
"soap education message" which
there are a lot of.( sometimes not accurate
or well researched)
This time about pregnancy & drinking
It would have taken the Carla out of theQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
rut shes been written into and given
the character a new dimension that I
would have welcomed.
I did wonder tho if it was another
"soap education message" which
there are a lot of.( sometimes not accurate
or well researched)
This time about pregnancy & drinking
leanne has done worse in her past and isn't muslim and she can date kal so why cant gary date anya
gail don't do drunk very well
Different rules for the men in Asian families. I dont understand on the one hand they show a very non traditional muslim asian family (except when they do Eid etc) then they have this big issue with Alya.
Love Craig even more
Different rules for the men in Asian families. I dont understand on the one hand they show a very non traditional muslim asian family (except when they do Eid etc) then they have this big issue with Alya.
Love Craig even more
It seems that Craig has a crush on Faye.
Agreed Liz, Gail acting drunk was pretty embarassing. What a coincidence that Michael's son Gavin is an experienced cocktail waiter at the same time the bistro is understaffed! :D
I enjoyed Sally and Anna's scenes, especially "Anna " slutty" Windass ". :D
It was fun to see Tim (ie the writers) scramble to explain his seemingly effortless reading in the past! :rotfl:
Craig is great glad he is being used more now
Faye can be a very rude ungrateful child
Sally and Tim and Anna scenes were good too
Does Steve just want to get bladdered now on cocktails, is this part of his depression storyline
Ive liked Craig since he first appeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I cannot say the same about Faye- the
only time she was bearable was when
acting with the string- vested cake-
maker( who - strangely I liked)
I do hope Craig will not be the father
of Fayes much publicised future baby.
That would spoil his character development.
Ive liked Craig since he first appeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
I cannot say the same about Faye- the
only time she was bearable was when
acting with the string- vested cake-
maker( who - strangely I liked)
I do hope Craig will not be the father
of Fayes much publicised future baby.
That would spoil his character development.
No I don't think he is, it will be someone else from school. I imagine Graig will be a big support to her though.
Did Norris get his package yet and why couldn't he get it delivered to the Kabin