Neighbours (Aus) Spoilers 2nd - 6th November 2015

[Ruffed_lemur]

They have 3 kids together and 20 years worth of history, I think that's more than enough reason to care.

He does care.

[lizann]

He did try and said he'd be back. He certainly doesn't want her dead. You really have got his character wrong.

brad and lauren have fans and are loved despite doing so much wrong

[Ruffed_lemur]

brad and lauren have fans and are loved despite doing so much wrong

Yes they do have fans, but not so many here it seems!

[LauBuch]

He did try and said he'd be back. He certainly doesn't want her dead. You really have got his character wrong.

He has cheated on EVERY woman he has ever been with. He was with Terese for 20 years, got together with Lauren 2 years (?) later, moved in right across from his family, even though he knew it would hurt his family with Terese.
He then flaunts his relationship with Lauren in public, practically blames Terese for pushing him into Laurens arms. Takes about two seconds to acknowledge how much hurt he has caused and then goes straight back to his feelings for Lauren.
And now it looks like he is going to try and re-establish some sort of relationship with Terese. A guy with morals? Don't think so.
They make him out to be a saint on the show, but his history and current actions say otherwise. He just seems like he can never be content with what he has.
And don't even get me started on Paige, it seems she got a lot of her selfish genes from her father.

[Ruffed_lemur]

He has cheated on EVERY woman he has ever been with. He was with Terese for 20 years, got together with Lauren 2 years (?) later, moved in right across from his family, even though he knew it would hurt his family with Terese.
He then flaunts his relationship with Lauren in public, practically blames Terese for pushing him into Laurens arms. Takes about two seconds to acknowledge how much hurt he has caused and then goes straight back to his feelings for Lauren.
And now it looks like he is going to try and re-establish some sort of relationship with Terese. A guy with morals? Don't think so.
They make him out to be a saint on the show, but his history and current actions say otherwise. He just seems like he can never be content with what he has.
And don't even get me started on Paige, it seems she got a lot of her selfish genes from her father.

Terese did push him into Lauren's arms.

[Sparklydee]

Terese did push him into Lauren's arms.

Oh yes, poor Brad. He's so hard done by when all he ever wanted was to be happy. Let's have a reality check here. Brad is being made out to be a poor long-suffering husband driven into the arms of his teenage sweetheart by his nagging shrew of a wife. Rubbish! The reality is that Brad is a long-time serial cheater and selfish idiot. He lost his job as gym manager due to teaching yoga on the side to pay for a private detective to find Paige-he kept that from Terese, also Lauren. It was Terese who made him tell Lauren. When Susan offered him a teaching job, for which he was qualified, he whinged about how he never wanted to be a teacher and had been previously pushed into it by Terese (ignoring the fact that someone clearly needed to have steady job earning money as Terese couldn't work for a while after she had the twins). Presumably he had to also pay child support for Ned-so studying marine biology wasn't gonna cut it. He could have done this part time or at night, but he didn't. So Terese had to tell him how it was and that their lifestyle and kids cost money-so basically take the job and be grateful. Then when he started to make surfboards again Terese supported him and she (and Paige, might I add!) tried to help him turn it into a business, so he could live his dream and make money at the same time. He wouldn't have had to teach if he did that, but he refused, as it was too much like hard work! Then he continually put Paige and Lauren first and whinged about Terese to them. Also, he glossed over the fact that Terese was really hurt by Paige trying to push him and Lauren together, didn't accept that Paige was a manipulative brat, and displayed a total lack of understanding about her feeling threatened and wanting Paige to leave with Mary. Then, when Terese developed a drinking problem due to the stress he caused her, he again whinged to Lauren, showed only a token amount of support to Terese and used the fact that she didn't attend her AA meeting as an excuse to storm out and sleep with Lauren. Oh yeah, poor Brad. What a prince 😂

[LauBuch]

Terese did push him into Lauren's arms.

Nope, sorry. No one forces anyone to cheat. That is a conscious choice made by Brad and Brad alone.
If he wanted to be with Lauren, the least he could have done was sat Terese down and talked to her before anything happened.
Terese isn't perfect, but she can't be blamed for her husband choosing to cheat! Along with Paige's manipulation and Brad and Lauren refusal to see Paige's true colours, no wonder Terese turned to drink, no one believed her when she said Paige was manipulative.

What about all the other times Brad cheated? Was he pushed into those womens arms too? Including when he cheated on Lauren? Was that Lauren's fault?

Brad thinks Terese gave him a rough deal by (like Sparklydee said) supporting his surf board dream and getting him into a steady job to support his family.
Nope, sorry, don't think so.
No one forced him to cheat, he made that decision himself.

[Perdita]

I don´t have a problem with people falling out of love with their partners .. it happens, for a variety of reasons. But I believe that if you are attracted to somebody else, clearly there are issues in the current relationship and you need to sit down with your partner to discuss things. Sometimes things can be worked out and the attraction to somebody else goes .. if things can´t be worked out then finish your existing relationship before moving on!

[tammyy2j]

Terese did push him into Lauren's arms.

I'm sorry but Terese was right in her paranoia over Brad and Lauren, Lauren has wanted Brad since he moved next door so Terese didn't push them together and Brad will go with anyone boosting his ego and Paige was pulling strings also to get her real parents together

[indigodance]

When I hear the phrase "pushed in to someone's arms" - I always think that the perpetrator is just running away - not being pushed. For example Terese's assumptions on Lauren and Paige were correct. Her woman/mother instincts kicked in to see the threat - so like anyone under stress the barriers went up and the questions started to be asked ...... but like any one (so called "pushed") they run away and say its your fault you pushed me ...... in reality it is usually cos they wont own up, acknowledge or deal with the concerning issues .... Brad wanted the soft cushy life (like he had with Terese for 20 years as she was the high earner) .... as Terese was making him question his actions ..... she forced him out of his comfort zone ..... and his rebellion was to run ..... certainly not pushed .....