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amother

Jetblack

Sat, Apr 08 2023, 11:22 pm

amother Honey wrote:

Obviously teigman could be Bella's mother's maiden name.
They could have made up a story about his grandmother - died, very sick and lives across the ocean, etc.

Not very plausible. I have a child in shidduchim now and before we agree to a date, we know everything about their grandparents, great grandparents etc.... and we're not even a family that does tons of research at all. I can't imagine that Miri's mother didn't do the same... it just feels so fake to me.

amother

Honey

Sat, Apr 08 2023, 11:57 pm

amother Jetblack wrote:

If you're told a grandmother died, you don't believe?

birdie1

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 1:00 pm

It's not realistic to not know about an estranged gradparent when doing shidduch research. Especially when they all live in the same city.

amother

NeonPurple

Sun, Apr 09 2023, 5:21 pm

Do any of your men communicate so openly and with vulnerability as Aryeh in the story? The same with the main male character in "Enough".
Where in the world do you find/create such spouses who are open with their feelings, admit mistakes, and say just the right things at all times? I'm perplexed.
Dont know

amother

Yolk

Wed, Apr 19 2023, 11:43 pm

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU?
anyone can fill me in?

brightness

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 8:09 pm

What do you think about this weeks episode?

amother

DarkCyan

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 9:31 pm

brightness wrote:

What do you think about this weeks episode?

Wow, we all knew this family was dysfunctional but she had us thinking it was so different for most of the story!

Bella needs some serious therapy.

amother

Ivory

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 9:51 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

Wow, we all knew this family was dysfunctional but she had us thinking it was so different for most of the story!

Bella needs some serious therapy.

And seems like the husband ain’t so bad actually

amother

DarkCyan

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 10:03 pm

amother Ivory wrote:

And seems like the husband ain’t so bad actually

Lately Bella has seemed so mentally ill that I was having a feeling it was more her issue than his.

I wonder what their deal is.

amother

Salmon

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 10:42 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

Lately Bella has seemed so mentally ill that I was having a feeling it was more her issue than his.

I wonder what their deal is.

Maybe something that he did that he doesn't want repeated? Did she blackmail him?

amother

NeonPink

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 10:44 pm

amother DarkCyan wrote:

Wow, we all knew this family was dysfunctional but she had us thinking it was so different for most of the story!

Bella needs some serious therapy.

Do tell please, for those of us who didn't yet get their hands on the magazine!

amother

Honey

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 10:47 pm

Please tell us what happened, with a warning for those who don't want to read.
It was Bella who's abusive, after all, and not her husband?

amother

Crystal

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 11:09 pm

I found this week written very poorly.
Not like Riva.

amother

Offwhite

Thu, Apr 20 2023, 11:13 pm

I didn’t really understand this week. Anyone else?

amother

Impatiens

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 7:19 am

I don't like how sudddenly the husband is painted as the tzaddik.

Yes, his wife has issues. HUGE issues.

But we definitely got glimpses in previous chapters of his terrible tempter, of his yelling and making horrible comments to his wife. He shouldn't suddenly be vindicated just because we realise that she has the main? problems.

amother

DarkCyan

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 9:15 am

amother Impatiens wrote:

I don’t think he looks like a tzaddik. It just seems that maybe he wasn’t the source of the dysfunction. But he definitely went along and added to it.

amother

Plum

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 11:37 am

Both Bella and her husband are terribly dysfunctional, each in their own way. None of them are innocent.

birdie1

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 11:57 am

I don't totally get why she cut off from her mother. Because of her dysfunctional marriage, and her too close relationship with Bellas brother? It's seems extreme. Also why did she make all her siblings cut off from her? She's kind of a monster IMO.

InnerMe

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 12:16 pm

amother Impatiens wrote:

Right. I don't understand this. I haven't been following every week but I try to read it when I can get it. But like suddenly he's the angel?

Even if his wife has major issues it is no excuse to act so violent and have temper tantrums and say oh, it's because my wife is basically out to lunch with my son. Which is what he's saying when he says that this is how his wife's parent's relationship was. That absolutely doesn't excuse his terrible behavior.

Also, what about the marriage until Aryeh was old enough to be that confidant etc. The wife didn't have this relationship with Aryeh from the minute he was born. What happened then? What does the father blame those times on?

I will say I do like how Ami allows real-life scenes that include yelling and screaming because I can't see those being approved in Family First. Overall I appreciate the quality of Mishpacha more but I just can't see them including those scenes of the father being that chutzpadig to the mother in front of a child!

amother

Blushpink

Sun, Apr 23 2023, 12:32 pm

This week was a mumble jumble… probably has to end soon so she’s squeezing everything in but I agree, it really wasn’t clear

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