From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL:
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:49:21 GMT

In article <9183@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> cf@planck.physics.purdue.edu (Coleen Flanagan) writes:
>
>                Poor Nikki!  I think Lawrence and Carly should be
>                arrested for child abuse.  They say they are doing
>                what is best for their son but everyday they are
>                mentally abusing Nicholas.  Children aren't stupid
>                and they're very aware of what is going on around
>                them.  The constant whispering that surrounds him,
>                having to use a tutor instead of attending school,
>                keeping him a virtual prisoner in his own home with
>                Larry and Carly as his wardens, killing Zeus (this
>                is about as bad as it gets), plus Lawrence is
>                constantly lying to him.  Nicholas hasn't been able


I totally agree with all this!   Esp. the part about killing Zeus.
Oooh, just let me get out my PETA handbook and see how they should
be dealt with!  :-)


>                some guard watching them.  I think Vivian was right
>                in taking this child away from Carly and raising
>                him herself.  He was a happier more well-adjusted
>                child before he came to live in Lawrence's house
>                of horrors. 


Whoa!   While I like Vivian an awful lot and do agree that she is
a better caregiver than Carly, I can't agree that she was right to
take the child.   Part of the reason that he is so unhappy now is
his complicated past, which is Viv's fault.   If she never took him
away then Carly wouldn't be in this situation and wouldn't have the
opportunity to botch everything up.   There is a *slight* chance
that she would have been a good mother if things unfolded normally
after Nikki's birth.


>                watches these sick chain of events unfold.  I'm 
>                glad her fallopian tubes are inoperative.  I shudder
>                to think she could breed again.


Oooh, harsh.   Don't you think she deserves a fair shot at having
a child and actually getting to raise it herself?


>                One last thought, I about choked when Roman mentioned
>                to Marlena that he wanted another child.  Is this a
>                clever way of saying this couple is still vibrant? 


I think that Marlena is supposed to be about 40-42, which certainly
makes child-bearing possible.    Maybe not plausible, but hey, what
is around here?   And as you know [I hope you know :)] men are
"vibrant" forever and ever.  ;-)

I thought this kind of came out of nowhere too, but I have to agree
that the point about missing all the time with Sammy and Eric was 
a good one.  And Roman didn't even get to see Carrie as a toddler
either, come to think of it.



>                this simply ages Roman and Marlena even more.  I know
>                Vix will squash me like a raisin, but I think John
>                should be paired with someone new in town.  If Marlena


Well, I can buy the John/Marlena thing, but if it is someone new in
town I sure hope it isn't that Rebecca.   I don't like her one bit!


>                is having dreams of him now why wasn't she when Izzy
>                was still alive.  I know, I know, DAYS couldn't allow
>                that because Izzy was pregnant and soon after was dying
>                of cancer.  


Well, maybe being so righteous Marlena guilted herself out of thinking
about him while he was "attached".   


>                ======
>                Coleen
>                ======

Tim

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