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But Nicole is smart enough to have made copies.  One would hope anyway.  She could be bluffing, but if she was clever enough to think that up on the spot, she would have/should have been clever enough to anticipate that he’d wrestle the device away from her.

That plot thickens…

Jenn

He’s really older than his bio might say.  When his parents were celebrating their 80th anniversary (just before his father passed, over 100 years old), somebody published immigration records or something that showed that Joe was born earlier than he said he did.

In any event, he looks and acts great for his age – whatever it might be 

Jenn

Jay/Phil needs a haircut in the worst way.  Maybe I’m in the minority but when his overgrown hair falls into his face, it spoils his appearance.  It looks greasy, and like he’s past due to make a trip to the barber. 

I still have money on Nathan being the one to spill the beans, mainly because he’s been so quiet about it while everybody else talks about it.

I guess Phil forgot that he and Belle had to use invitro to conceive a child?  Since Claire was Shawn’s, it appears not to have been a problem with Belle’s plumbing…

Considering both Phil and Chloe have fertility issues, this whole storyline seems rather far-fetched, even if it turns out that Daniel is the father.

It’s actually pretty gross, how many, "who’s the daddy" stories this show has had.  I guess the women in Salem can’t say, "NO". (Never mind the women OR men using contraception!)

I’m surprised that half the down doesn’t have some nasty STD.

Jenn

Although Mom didn’t always take her own advice…

She always said, "Expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed."  Sometimes we set our expectations too high, and we set ourselves up for disappointment.

If you *expect* nothing, then anything will be welcome and appreciated, and if you receive nothing, it’s no biggie.

Placing our own expectations on others will almost inevitably lead to disappointment.

Jenn

Hanging on to bad feelings over one day is one thing, but if he’s a good man the other 364 days of the year, that’s more important than not making a huge fuss over a birthday.

My mother used to drive us crazy over "occasions"… she still does.  Me, I don’t care.  My ex-husband’s family don’t seem to make a big deal over birthdays and anniversaries and I learned early on that these things often pass without mention.  My kids’ grandparents rarely ever send cards or gifts on time.  They do send them, but my son whose birthday is in April, received his card in July – with my daughter’s (her b’day is in July).  My kids as a result, don’t make a big stink over birthdays either – which is a good thing since these days we can’t afford even a few extras.

Even up til this year, I would give my ex-husband the day off (we own a business together) on his b’day and Father’s day and he’d spend it with our kids.  I NEVER had the favor returned.  This year even my kids opted to go to their father’s on Mothers’ Day.  That ticked me a bit, given that I’d always done the right thing.  But it is what it is – I’ve moved on.  They spent Fathers’ Day with their father too.  I’m the one that always makes sure they have all that they need (their father has been unemployed for nearly 10 months now and is ridiculously behind on child support…)  But I guess Dad is the "fun" parent these days… (Exh and I own a business together, but he always had maintained full time work in IT, and I have run the business full time.  He helps out part-time, even though he’s unemployed – that’s a whole other can of worms).

So this year I didn’t offer him the day off on Fathers’ Day.  He didn’t take it either.  If it’s just another day for me, then so it should be for him.  Ditto on birthdays.  Just another day.

These things are only big deals because of the slick marketing by Hallmark and others in the gift industry.  We’ve all gone along with it and now many have high expectations.

My boyfriend’s b’day is the day before mine.  This year, we are financially strapped, so we didn’t even do cards.  My daughter made a cake for both of us – that was sort of unexpected.  Personally I’d rather let the day pass without event.

It’s just another day.  Blowing it out of proportion by being hurt by your husband’s omission, effectively cancels out all the good he’s done during the rest of the year.

If you want a party and a big deal – organize it for yourself, then you won’t be disappointed.  We’re all grown ups.  Birthday suprises are for kids, IMO.

Jenn

I thought that initially, Carly and Lawrence were to be in an arranged marriage or something like that.  And Jennifer pretended to be Carly or something (around the time of the rape).  It was a long time ago so the details are a bit blurry for me.

Then it turned out that the boy Viv raised, was Nicholas – Carly and Lawrence’s child – I guess Carly isn’t so good at raising her own kids, eh?

Here’s soapcentral’s blurb on Lawrence:

http://www.soapcentral.com/days/whoswho/lawrence.php

Jenn

I was glad she made mention of the fact that Lawrence raped her.  Although that is kind of weird that her best friend ended up marrying him and all that (Carly)…

I’ve always loved Melissa Reeves and the character of Jennifer Rose.  Maybe it’s because we’re the same age- I could always relate to Jennifer.

Jenn