Silvia and Pepa
First thing I gotta say is "DAAAAAAAAMN!!" I just watched finished watching my Spanish soap opera (goofy--I know) but LHDP is seriously funny and very entertaining (even though I don't understand Spanish) and the actresses--super hot! But I digress...I want to rant about the latest episode of the show...
I just finished watching ep 81 and I gotta say that I feel sad and more than a little anxious. The loving lesbian couple have obviously hit a little rough patch (things were going too smoothly what with their happy, out in the open, loving relationship) so naturally it was time to turn up the angst meter--writers, you all cranked down hard on that particular lever.
I don't know how many lesbians out there have decided to start a family with their partners but I'm sure it's probably a great deal more than in decades past. I, myself, have dated many a woman with kids (granted most of them from previous relationships with men) but occassionally I've run into a lesbian that decided to have a child with her significant other and then, for whatever reason, ended up leaving the relationship and taking the kids. While this is much rarer (IMO) I believe it will become more prevalent in the future when the tides shift and our divorce rate (or break-ups since we can't legally marry here--in my state anyway) rise like that of non-gays.
I say all that to say this, I've been where Pepa's been and had preeeetty much the same reaction. Would I get into a relationship with a woman that already has kids? Been there, done that. Do I want kids of my own? Sure, some day. Would I ultimately like to find a partner (who if they didn't already have kids would like to eventually have kids)? Yes. However, having the conversation after a handful of months together?!?!...it's enough scare the piss right outta me!
The writers have done such a nice job showing a sweet, naturally progressing relationship (again, IMHO) between these two that it seems both odd and a little...I want to say scary but I think the words "effin' crazy" seem more fitting...for what they've already built as the basis for them as a couple. Right before they went on winter hols Siliva was lying just to spend time with Pepa...now, x-amount of months later she's like "Hey, I called a buddy of mine and we're all set to see about putting a bun in your oven."
Uh...I have a quick question here--WTBF?!!!?
I fear what I always fear in these types of situations (both in real life and on the tube) that one person is ready to mash the gas and the other...not so much. And in the end, it blows a perfectly good thing to sh**. It prematurely shortens the lifespan of any good relationship for one person to start the car, punch the gas and rush headlong down a winding road without giving their passenger/partner any choice in the matter or even a chance to put on their freakin' seatbelt.
*grr* I'm irritated by this turn of event because I really like Silvia and Pepa as a couple. I think the actresses do an outstanding job playing these characters. I think their story, while rarely center stage, is sweet and hopeful and well-written when it's given the attention it's due. I loathe the very idea that they're mashing the gas on this one and speeding one of my favorite tv couples to, what appears to be, their doom.
If anybody knows anything about the rest of this season--feed me! I'll take any table scraps I can get here. Seriously, please send me a message or post a reply. I doubt I'll sleep much tonight. I'll probably be busy scouring the web for all the little morsels of these two while they're on the forefront of some nice vid-maker's mind.
I just finished watching ep 81 and I gotta say that I feel sad and more than a little anxious. The loving lesbian couple have obviously hit a little rough patch (things were going too smoothly what with their happy, out in the open, loving relationship) so naturally it was time to turn up the angst meter--writers, you all cranked down hard on that particular lever.
I don't know how many lesbians out there have decided to start a family with their partners but I'm sure it's probably a great deal more than in decades past. I, myself, have dated many a woman with kids (granted most of them from previous relationships with men) but occassionally I've run into a lesbian that decided to have a child with her significant other and then, for whatever reason, ended up leaving the relationship and taking the kids. While this is much rarer (IMO) I believe it will become more prevalent in the future when the tides shift and our divorce rate (or break-ups since we can't legally marry here--in my state anyway) rise like that of non-gays.
I say all that to say this, I've been where Pepa's been and had preeeetty much the same reaction. Would I get into a relationship with a woman that already has kids? Been there, done that. Do I want kids of my own? Sure, some day. Would I ultimately like to find a partner (who if they didn't already have kids would like to eventually have kids)? Yes. However, having the conversation after a handful of months together?!?!...it's enough scare the piss right outta me!
The writers have done such a nice job showing a sweet, naturally progressing relationship (again, IMHO) between these two that it seems both odd and a little...I want to say scary but I think the words "effin' crazy" seem more fitting...for what they've already built as the basis for them as a couple. Right before they went on winter hols Siliva was lying just to spend time with Pepa...now, x-amount of months later she's like "Hey, I called a buddy of mine and we're all set to see about putting a bun in your oven."
Uh...I have a quick question here--WTBF?!!!?
I fear what I always fear in these types of situations (both in real life and on the tube) that one person is ready to mash the gas and the other...not so much. And in the end, it blows a perfectly good thing to sh**. It prematurely shortens the lifespan of any good relationship for one person to start the car, punch the gas and rush headlong down a winding road without giving their passenger/partner any choice in the matter or even a chance to put on their freakin' seatbelt.
*grr* I'm irritated by this turn of event because I really like Silvia and Pepa as a couple. I think the actresses do an outstanding job playing these characters. I think their story, while rarely center stage, is sweet and hopeful and well-written when it's given the attention it's due. I loathe the very idea that they're mashing the gas on this one and speeding one of my favorite tv couples to, what appears to be, their doom.
If anybody knows anything about the rest of this season--feed me! I'll take any table scraps I can get here. Seriously, please send me a message or post a reply. I doubt I'll sleep much tonight. I'll probably be busy scouring the web for all the little morsels of these two while they're on the forefront of some nice vid-maker's mind.