From: steph@ivy.Princeton.EDU (Stephanie Eggers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC:  Hayley/Brian/Dixie
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:09:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: Princeto.1992Oct12.200946.19281
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From: Jennifer Allyson Turner <jt3j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>Okay, I like Hayley and I feel it's time that I jumped in and defended
>her.  I know that she jumped off the wagon and wasn't pushed, but
>everything wasn't her fault.

Agreed.

>When Brian and An Li got married, Hayley had a right to be upset, after
>all, Brian was HER boyfriend.  And even if Brian was doing this for a
>noble reason, he should at least have talked about it with Hayley
>beforehand.  But he didn't.  He married An Li and he and Hayley broke up.

I thought this whole thing with Brian and An Li was very dumb.  I would
hope that my boyfriend wouldn't jeopardize our relationship by marrying
a girl that is supposed to be just a friend with making sure that I
at least understood.

>Hayley married Will, and I think this pretty much cancelled out Brian's
>wrong.  (I know, two wrongs don't make a right, but they each married
>the wrong person.  They could forgive each other and move on.).

Agreed.

>After this, Brian slept with An Li.  It's true that he and Hayley had
>broken up, but he slept with An Li twice and neglected to mention the
>fact to Hayley when they got back together.  Now, you could argue that
>Hayley had no right to know about this, but Brian shouldn't have lied
>about it.  He led Hayley to believe that the marriage was in name only.

When they got back together they said "no more lies, etc. etc." and
Brian was the only one doing the lying.  They were both supposed to
come clean with their feelings.

>She told him that she had never slept with Will, and he made her believe
>that he had never slept with An Li.  If this isn't lying and betrayal,
>then I don't know what is.

>And then we come to Dixie.  Hayley could have lived with the fact that
>Brian was bopping some other *girl* while they were apart.  She expected
>as much anyway.  In fact, she was *sure* that he was.

>What makes Brian such a scum is that he got Hayley's hopes up about them
>getting back together and then she found out that he was sleeping with
>her father's ex-wife, a friend of hers.

>If Brian and Dixie thought that what they were doing was perfectly fine,
>then why did they keep it a secret?  Why was it so important that Hayley
>not know?
   
>Dixie took total advantage of Hayley!  I know that Dixie didn't ask to
>be Hayley's confidante, but there's a difference between just listening
>to someone's problems and giving them advice.  How can you give a rival
>advice about the boy you're both going after?  Especially when the rival
>doesn't know that you're rivals?

I think this was really wrong on Dixie's part because she never even
really told Brian that Hayley had been coming to her and spilling her
guts and I think this was her way of holding on to Brian.  She really
had the upper hand.

>Brian and Dixie just botched this whole thing up royally.  If Brian was
>saying goodbye, why in the hell did he have to sleep with her?  Wasn't a
>good-bye hug or a peck on the cheek more suitable?

I thought this was pretty ridiculous on both parts.  Dixie let herself
be used and Brian used her.

>-Jenn

To top all that off I still cannot believe that Dixie took Brian back
when it was so obvious that the only reason he came back to her was
because Hayley didn't forgive him.

Stephanie Eggers
steph@ivy.princeton.edu
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