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and, for me, she was completely justified for lashing out at her father. Sometimes some things just need to be said….right, wrong or otherwise. Jack didn’t respect his family when he walked out on them, and to Abbey and Jen he left them, with no further word from him in over a year. The mess he got himself into in Afghanistan was of his own doing, and the result of his predicament has now cost him dearly. Like Abbey had to remind him, how many times has Jack pulled this disappearing act on them in the past. I think she was just so fed up with him doing this to them that she finally reached the point where she had to let go, and if it wakes him up, then I applaud her. She’s not a child any longer. Respect is a two way street. It has to be earned before it can be given.
He cheated on my mom and I was angry because he left and my mom and I had no money. He made all the money in the family. So I was trying to get money from him and told him that the fight with mom and him affected me too as I was living with my mother. He said I could move in with him and I said, "What? Sure I will move in and live with you and your whore of a girlfriend?" I was about the same age as Abigail and he hurt me, so I wanted to hurt him back. So I think the way she is acting is very normal and the way that Jack hurt her, he would have no right to flip out on her. My dad did not flip out on me, in fact he handed over a check to me and left. He knew he hurt me and I was lashing out because of it. I LOVE the fact that she didn’t go into his arms and just thank him for being home now. I love that she is expressing real feelings, I am really loving this new days with REAL SLs.
but it was kind of surprising to me that Abby was so unwilling to forgive him or even listen to his explanation. In the past, Abby adored her dad so much it was hard to believe she would be so harsh–however justified–with him.
Maybe we’ll see a reconciliation in the near future but I don’t believe she will be able to continue to push him away much longer. No matter what he did, he’s still her daddy and I believe she loves him dearly. If she didn’t this wouldn’t have hurt her so badly.
What worries me is how this is going to affect Jen after divorcing him and now learning that he’s always loved her and didn’t abandon her. Geeze, I hate these triangles.
I think when Jack left in the past Abby was younger and just wanted daddy home. This time she was older and the effects of him leaving so many times are coming to light and she’s hurt by his selfish actions.
As far as Jen I hope she doesn’t just look at the fact that he was held against his will and always loved her but remembers all the times his lies and secrecies have caused him to hurt her in the past. He left when Abby was little and she was sick because he couldn’t deal with it. His leaving and them thinking he was dead the last time he came back wasn’t his fault since the DiMera’s were behind it all and kept him held captive but his antics and just jumping before he thinks things through are usually the cause of his problems.
So her reaction didn’t shock me. The closer you are, the more it hurts, the more you lash out on the person that hurt you.
When I was younger and my dad did stupid things I would forgive him, but as I got older, I would lash out more and more. Looking back, I could get pretty nasty with him. We eventually got to an understanding before he passed away. But I never totally forgave him. So I am REALLY hoping Abby doesn’t have a turn around in one day and want her parents together. I hope in all of this that she keeps an understanding of who her dad is and what he has done and doesn’t just blindly want her parents together. In fact if Jack and Jenn do get together, I hope at first Abby is against it. I think that would be more realistic than replaying how Sami acted at this same age with her parents.
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