From: jt3j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jennifer Allyson Turner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: AMC: Hayley/Brian/Dixie
Date: 12 Oct 92 02:09:47 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>Well, I hafta disagree with you here. I don't think Brian got her hopes
>up. He told her several times he needed space to think about who he
>wanted to be with. She was pushy to the max, throwing herself at him.
>Now I'm not saying all of this is Haley's fault. But Haley has turned
>into a feminine version of Adam. She didn't *really* think Brian would
>choose his "bimbo", since she decided she wanted him. Haley has become
>whiney to the max, and thinks everything should go her way because
>that's the way she wants it. I used to like Haley when she was
>independent and had some common sense. But not anymore.
> 
>Personally, I think Haley needs to spend some time ti herself and forget
>about romance for awhile. She needs to grow up. I'm tired of her
>whiney-ness. Maybe if she spent some time just doing "normal" stuff,
>like work & go to school, she'd be happier & more mature. (Of course,
>Haley lives in PV, so I don't know why I'd think she'd every manage
>without a romantic interest 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.)
> 
>....posted for Beverly H.

Yeah, but isn't it getting her hopes up just telling her that he'll
"think" about it?  If he was really serious about this other *girl*, he
wouldn't have had to think about it.

Seems to me that if he had really been over Hayley, he would have just
told her to get lost the first time she told him she wanted to get back
together with him.

Hayley didn't *really* think that he would choose his bimbo because when
he agreed to think about giving them a second chance, he implied (no
matter how unknowingly) that the relationship (with the bimbo) wasn't
that serious, or if it was, that Hayley was at least as important, maybe
more.  Hayley thinking that Brian couldn't really choose the bimbo was
more a combination of the impression she got from Brian and wishful
thinking on her part.  After all, how could a couple of months
relationship compare to *true love*?

And I don't think that Hayley is getting to be like Adam AT ALL.  If
this were true, she would have tried to manipulate Brian behind his
back.  Instead, she told him up front that she wanted him back.  (I know
she tried to get Dixie to help her win Brian back, but in the end, she
DID tell Brian that she wanted him back.  Has Adam ever done this except
as a last resort?)

About Hayley coming on strong:  Hayley has ALWAYS come on strong.  When
Hayley first came to town, she crashed Myrtle's Thanksgiving Party and
totally took over.  When Terrence first came to town, Hayley immediately
made her *friendship* with Brian into a threesome, totally overriding
Brian (and even Terrence if he had protested).  When Natalie chose
Dimitri over Trevor, Hayley had lots to say to Natalie (most of it
pretty harsh about Natalie).  And there are lots and lots of other
instances.  Coming on strong is just a part of Hayley's personality.

About half the population of Pine Valley needs to forget about
relationships for a while and grow up: Edmund, Brian, Dixie, Angelique,
Erica, Dimitri, to name several.  Doesn't seem like Hayley's too out of
the ordinary here.

-Jenn

PS  Jack's survived this long without a romantic interest, I don't know
why Hayley couldn't.  :^)