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"Everything just happens. Nothing's your fault," says Jack.

posted 8 years ago by ToHelenBackAgain
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Maybe he could consider that some things might be HIS fault. That doesn't seem to occur to him.

He had the affair, he broke up his marriage, he thrust together a grieving young woman and his son, he talked about his ex-wife's pregnancy, he broke up his new marriage too. None of that "just happened," no. He made those choices.

At least one of those choices was actually good. Emilia's an excellent influence on his mollycoddled, spoiled, and initially rather mean-spirited child. The boy improves considerably in her care.

But the things that aren't so good, Jack needs to take responsibility there. This is what he wanted and this is what he did. His actions are not dictated by Emilia; they are his actions.

"You were dead. Now you’re not. That’s completely fυϲking mad."

[–] king_maker_1428 7 years ago

OK, so Emelia's some sort of mindless ROBOT who made NO bad choices here?

Baloney.

The TWO of them cheated Carolyn, NOT just Jack, BOTH of them disrespected Carolyn beyond belief.

Emelia did damage to the marriage JUST LIKE Jack did. They are BOTH responsible for the damage, NOT just Jack.

Emelia's "excellent influence" on Will includes teaching Will to LIE to his MOTHER?

That's pretty sick there lady.

Excuse me while I go vomit.