I am surprised that Owen takes on the job that Gary gets sacked from. Shame Tony lets down Liz i thought they were suited to each other.
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I am surprised that Owen takes on the job that Gary gets sacked from. Shame Tony lets down Liz i thought they were suited to each other.
Was obvious from the start that Tony would cheat on Liz .. no surprise for me ...
I thought maybe it might be with EileenQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
The red sofa looked so uncomfortable! I laughed when Sally changed her mind about it being hideous when she found out how much it cost. :rotfl:
Thank god this show has Tim, loving him with Sally and his scenes with Kevin too
OK, now I just NEED to know the truth about the tarantula in Freshcos!
Was all over the news!!! :lol:
Sally was great yesterday. Definitely at her most snobbish.
Strange i thought she would prefer her as a friend rather than have her sofa. Her being posh and all. That sofa is awful. I cant remember how Sallys sofa looked like though.
I thoroughly enjoyed Friday's fun episodes, especially the Sally/Tim/Kevin scenes. That trio is comedy gold! :D
Nice to have some lighthearted episodes to enjoy for a change. They had a classic Corrie feel to me.
I agree Dazzle. I thought both episodes were very humorous. Corrie back to what it does best.
she is the new mrs. bucket :p tim is her richardQuote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
no interest in sean and maria or their love lives
kylie needs to grow up
There was some good drama between David and Kylie in last night's episodes.
It seems that Kal has a dark side then. That goes some way towards explaining why he
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I'm quite sad that Diane's made her final appearance on the cobbles (at least I'm assuming she has). I'd have loved to see her and Sally develop a comic friendship.
Sean's description of his new love interest as being high up in a global company that owns many buildings and does lots for charity was rather inventive to say the least! It looks to me like the vicar has potential to be an interesting character.
I too hope to see Diane again and in a relationship with Kevin, in my opinion they had a good chemistry. And yes, it would be great fun to watch her and Sally :D I like the new vicar and look forward to the storyline with Sean developing :)
You could really see Kylie was pregnant in the last episodes. Looked like no attempts were made to hide the fact
I was thinking the same thing. It's ironic that Paula Lane's currently playing a drug addict when looks even more healthy and glowing than usual. The bump was noticeable in some shots too!Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Given David's pretty sordid past, he's showing a remarkable lack of understanding to Kylie. He's obviously right to be concerned about the kids, but he could ensure she's not left alone with them at the moment. Maybe he'll calm down when he gets over the shock.
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He did try and trust her a bit after she was taking Max's pills. I agree that none of them are exactly parent of the year
None of the kids have had easy parenting on the street faye, simon, amy.
He did try and trust her a bit after she was taking Max's pills. I agree that none of them are exactly parent of the year
None of the kids have had easy parenting on the street faye, simon, amy.
When Sean and Eileen were discussing his relationship with the new vicar, the track on the Rovers' juke box was Hozier's "Take me to Church" - INSPIRED!!
Just watched wednesdays episode. Need to catch up. Thought Sean was funny with his clever religious references.
Does anyone else feel it's way too soon in Alya and Gary's relationship for them to be acting as if they're Romeo and Juliet? Maybe if they'd been seeing each other for six months or more...
The family's hostile reaction may be as much to do with the fact that Gary's not exactly a good catch as to do with religion. Kal would have got to know Gary extremely well when they served in the army together.
I really like Luke and I think Maria deserves a good man. There's bound to be complications though!
zero interest in gary and alya and also luke and maria, maria will ruin luke run very fast luke
kal knows about gary ptsd
zero interest in gary and alya and also luke and maria, maria will ruin luke run very fast luke
kal knows about gary ptsd
Does Steph not want Luke with any girl?
I thought the scenes were played out realistically in the Gary and Alya scenes on Friday for the first time. Having experienced it through my brothers who both married who they wanted to and we girls were not allowed to do the same.
How unfair for you! :angry:Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
I can get my head around (although I profoundly disagree with) parents preferring that their children marry within their own religion/culture/race etc (especially among those who put great value on tradition). What I can't remotely comprehend is treating girls so differently to boys. It's so hypocritical!!!
It'll be interesting to see if the Nazirs apply the same rules to Zeedan as they do to Alya.
I think that Kal will see reason first, once he's got over the shock of Alya seeing his best mate.
They believe the family can only be dishonoured by girls. Boys get grief but are forgiven eventually. Having said that my mother refused to talk to my brother for years when he married a white british women. It was awful.
Thanks Swmc. It's very interesting to get an insight from someone who's lived this experience. I hope your family's troubles have been ironed out now. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
I did think that getting Kal together with Leanne prior to the Alya/Gary storyline was a mistake as it makes Kal's reaction to the couple nonsensical. But then Swmc has explained that the rules are different for Alya anyway, so maybe the writers did it to highlight his hypocrisy...
There does seem to be some difference to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Kal has been married had children etc- presumably
with parents approval and is now widowed-perhaps
he thinks-its me time! Would he in real life be stigmatised
for having an affair after wifes death. What would
the attitude be to a widow in these circs.
Alya is a young girl who has not been married yet
and is a different time/ generation.
I expect its only part of equation but Kal knows abt
the PSTD and will have seen Gary in even worse situations
than the viewers so I would hope there is some
concern for his daughters welfare in with the
hypocracy.
I agree girls should not be forced into marriages
where boys wouldnt. One thing that concerns
me is where although the groom is religiously
& ethnically acceptable but has some impairment
or unpleasant personality would the parents try
to find anr choice - accepting the girl wont be in
love in either case- or plough ahead with first
choice.
Although its only a very small strata of English/
British society /in the arisocracy etc money still
marries bigger money and titles marry titles- in fact
its prob how they got them centuries ago. There are
well known examples in recent decades and don't
think males has more choice in matter than females.
But its many thanks to swmc for her answer .
The situation poses many questions and I hope
there will be equal treatment for girls in the
near future- but thats against centuries of
practise.
There does seem to be some difference to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Kal has been married had children etc- presumably
with parents approval and is now widowed-perhaps
he thinks-its me time! Would he in real life be stigmatised
for having an affair after wifes death. What would
the attitude be to a widow in these circs.
Alya is a young girl who has not been married yet
and is a different time/ generation.
I expect its only part of equation but Kal knows abt
the PSTD and will have seen Gary in even worse situations
than the viewers so I would hope there is some
concern for his daughters welfare in with the
hypocracy.
I agree girls should not be forced into marriages
where boys wouldnt. One thing that concerns
me is where although the groom is religiously
& ethnically acceptable but has some impairment
or unpleasant personality would the parents try
to find anr choice - accepting the girl wont be in
love in either case- or plough ahead with first
choice.
Although its only a very small strata of English/
British society /in the arisocracy etc money still
marries bigger money and titles marry titles- in fact
its prob how they got them centuries ago. There are
well known examples in recent decades and don't
think males has more choice in matter than females.
But its many thanks to swmc for her answer .
The situation poses many questions and I hope
there will be equal treatment for girls in the
near future- but thats against centuries of
practise.
Thankyou v much for your reply swmc.Quote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
Ive also sent a reply to Dazzle.
One question that I would like to ask please-
If you dont think it impertinent.
"shame can only be brought by Girls".
I wondered if that was part of the original
tracts or some religious persons interpretations
of them. In other religions a lot of problems
are caused more by"interpretations" than
the original teachings!!
Thanks again MM
I don't know what kind of mobile phone Kylie has but I can block unwanted callers on mine and I can put it on Silent if I don't want others to know when somebody is calling me .... just saying :wall:
all she needed was a new sim (new number) not a new phoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
all she needed was a new sim (new number) not a new phoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
That would be another option, yes
Girls must not have had relationships before marriage. Same rule applies to boys but they get away with it as boys will be boys and they cannot come home pregnant. i was told two weeks before I got married that I was going to get married. My mother booked the hall first and ordered the invite cards before telling me. It was a shock and i became really ill. You could call it a forced marriage. Horrible times especially as they had educated me etc and i was born here. But the pressure was immense and in my early 20's i did'nt think i could fight it. The only option was to run away but i did'nt want to do that as I loved my family. My parents thought this was normal but my siblings did not. They were brought up here too. But i was the first one they did this to. Having said that I have been married 23 years ... The first 10 were not very nice times but we are in a good place now. I would not do this to my children at all so times are changing.
you must have a very strong character to haveQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
come thru all this and yet retain your postitivity.
I think big changes can be made by individuals
making changes in own attitudes and its good
to know your children wont be treated the same
as you were.
There have been some unpalatable( by todays
standards) marriage customs in this country
until relatively recently!
It takes courage to go against long-held
traditions so its good that you did not
turn against your parents- tho it must have
been hard not too.
you must have a very strong character to haveQuote:
Originally Posted by swmc66
come thru all this and yet retain your postitivity.
I think big changes can be made by individuals
making changes in own attitudes and its good
to know your children wont be treated the same
as you were.
There have been some unpalatable( by todays
standards) marriage customs in this country
until relatively recently!
It takes courage to go against long-held
traditions so its good that you did not
turn against your parents- tho it must have
been hard not too.