Originally Posted by sarah21
It doesn't excuse Sonia one bit, but what I'm saying is Martin isn't this wonderful, perfect boy that everyone is trying to make out. He has made mistakes in his life, as Sonia is now but at least he has always had his mother for support.
Martin didn't want Chloe then. He told his mother straight he didn't when she was going for custody of the child before it was adopted. He stopped her. And Martin knew Chloe was his. He only had to work out the dates, its simply that he wouldn't admit it, even to himself.
Martin might regret Jamie, as I'm sure that Sonia will regret how she is behaving now, but he still killed him by his reckless driving. He still drove while he was banned and he used his mobile. You can hardly compare killing someone to leaving a marriage.
There is still the blackmailing Kareena and the letting Derek have a criminal record to cover up his pot growing that Martin has been responsible for. I still can't compare how badly Martin has behaved in the past with Sonia's behaviour now. Yes, she is behaving badly and totally out of character, but after the last 6 years that she has been through from when Carol left her with Robbie and her granddad to look after at 14, she was bound to have some form of crisis and this is it.