Carly Morris - Sharyn Hodgson

[project90]

Just little further into 1990 and I just wanted say how much I hate Ben. I know I'm 33 years too late but wow

[cymbaline]

He's pretty terrible, isn't he? He's not a pleasant fellow when things don't go his way and that's being kind to him. That's before you get to the times when he wasn't honest with Carly and when he made big decisions without consulting her. Surprisingly he and Carly are still married in the Home and Away afterlife, even though the writers like to break up couples offscreen. 

[j.laur5]

I think it would have been better if they had just written out Ben and Carly after they got married as both did nothing on show for remainder of time except act as younger parents of house when Pippa was not in episode, 

[Bobby Forever Missed]

On 01/06/2023 at 08:43, cymbaline said:

He's pretty terrible, isn't he? He's not a pleasant fellow when things don't go his way and that's being kind to him. That's before you get to the times when he wasn't honest with Carly and when he made big decisions without consulting her. Surprisingly he and Carly are still married in the Home and Away afterlife, even though the writers like to break up couples offscreen. 

He’s financially abusive too, he withheld Carly’s credit card yes she wasn’t what we would call financially responsible but it was in her name legally he had no claim to it

[project90]

I haven't gotten that far yet but not surprised. It would have been better if their relationship turned into a domestic violence relationship. It doesn't even have to be a physical one but just a controlling one. Show how slowly it can all start but might been bit too advance for the 90s

[cymbaline]

Theirs is a relationship that you could easily see turning abusive, isn't it? I got those vibes from it and it's interesting to see other people thinking along the same lines. It would've been a brave thing in the '90s, having the "love at first sight" relationship between the two main characters taking a sinister turn.

[j.laur5]

I think had Tom lived then I think Tom and Ben would clash with living together!. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by j.laur5

[nenehcherry2]

On 05/06/2023 at 02:35, j.laur5 said:

I think had Tom lived then I think Tom and Ben would clash with leaving together!. 

Clashed with "leaving" together or "living" together?

[j.laur5]

1 hour ago, nenehcherry2 said:

Clashed with "leaving" together or "living" together?

I fix it up I meant living together. 

[homeandawayroxsomuch.]

On 31/05/2023 at 23:43, cymbaline said:

He's pretty terrible, isn't he? He's not a pleasant fellow when things don't go his way and that's being kind to him. That's before you get to the times when he wasn't honest with Carly and when he made big decisions without consulting her. Surprisingly he and Carly are still married in the Home and Away afterlife, even though the writers like to break up couples offscreen. 

If you looked at a list of Home and Away weddings, the only ones before 2000 that haven't ended in death or divorce and are (to our knowledge) still around today are Carly and Ben and Travis and Rebecca, but Ben was the WORST (I used to call him "Danger Benito").

I wonder what kind of career Carly had with Ben rejoining the army and them having 4 kids by 2001.