Old H&A Fan Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 8 hours ago, harrietjames said: It was more that he didn't want any more. He was happy to take the package of the existing family Yeah, then in mid-1992 he and Pippa decided to have Dale Quote
Red Ranger 1 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Old H&A Fan said: Yeah, then in mid-1992 he and Pippa decided to have Dale Well, they didn't decide to have him, he just...happened. 1 Quote
Old H&A Fan Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 Uh-uh. No. Sorry, but these things don't "just happen". Quote
Red Ranger 1 Posted January 13, 2017 Report Posted January 13, 2017 Well, obviously you have to do something for them to "happen", but not every pregnancy is planned.In soap operas, almost no pregnancy is planned. 1 Quote
Matt Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Old H&A Fan said: Uh-uh. No. Sorry, but these things don't "just happen". In fact, condoms are only 99% effective, as is the pill, so these things do 'just happen'. Quote
harrietjames Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 On 13/01/2017 at 7:35 AM, Red Ranger 1 said: Well, they didn't decide to have him, he just...happened. 8 hours ago, Old H&A Fan said: Uh-uh. No. Sorry, but these things don't "just happen". Didn't Pippa foster originally because she was she was unable to have children? In that context, it is somewhat appropriate to say "just happened" 1 Quote
Red Ranger 1 Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 1 hour ago, harrietjames said: Didn't Pippa foster originally because she was she was unable to have children? In that context, it is somewhat appropriate to say "just happened" It's slightly more complicated than that.She wasn't infertile or anything but she had a weak heart from a childhood bout of rheumatic fever that meant a pregnancy could be dangerous, so she and Tom decided not to risk it.Then, of course, Christopher happened.And by the time of Dale, inappropriate or not, that was the way it was presented: It was an unplanned pregnancy that everyone was happy about and, aside from one very ambiguous throwaway comment, there was no mention of any health troubles. Quote
Old H&A Fan Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Very ambiguous throwaway comments. Yes. How convenient. Ambiguous indeed. And we're supposed to be able to make sense of how Christopher "happened" (despite the so-called life-and-death risks they seemed so sure about). Edited January 14, 2017 by Old H&A Fan Quote
Red Ranger 1 Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Old H&A Fan said: And we're supposed to be able to make sense of how Christopher "happened" (despite the so-called life-and-death risks they seemed so sure about). Well, that one was at least explained: Tom had a vasectomy so there wouldn't be any accidents but it reversed itself without them knowing. Quote
Matt Posted January 14, 2017 Report Posted January 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, Red Ranger 1 said: Well, that one was at least explained: Tom had a vasectomy so there wouldn't be any accidents but it reversed itself without them knowing. Which is actually possibly if the vasectomy was botched, many of which are... Quote
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