04-10-2017, 05:23 PM
(04-10-2017, 03:07 PM)irukandji Wrote: That's not true. She was there for him when he got into trouble with the muse, she helped him when he got the zombie poison, she was nursing him when he was getting headaches before becoming a grimm. Unless she was working late, she was always there when he came home at night. The one thing we saw about Juliette that we have never seen with regard to Adalind, is she made dinner for Nick. Not only dinner, but his favorite dishes. If that's not evidence of caring for the man, I don't know what is. I didn't see a lot of evidence of a sizzling chemistry between them, but I got the impression that they were very good friends and in my opinion, there's not a better path to true love than being a friend when in need. Sometimes a loved one needs a friend, not a bedpal.
As for the mother of my children effect, there have been studies where marriages end up in trouble at the arrival of a child. You wouldn't think it would happen but guess who gets ignored when the baby comes into play? The man of the house. A baby creates untold stress on a marriage/relationship, especially if the woman vows to be the best mother possible.
Nick is a complete doofus who values being a grimm above everything else, so it probably didn't affect him in the least. I never saw Adalind dote on him, but then the doofus in him probably didn't miss that either.
LOL, I think you really missed the caveat: here is a male perspective.
You are evaluating this from the sentient male filter, which is the standard female filter. Not the more visceral male filter.
I am going through this with a buddy of mine. when he dated his now wife, he fell deathly ill. They thought he would die. She was his nurse, emptying his bedpans, caring for him, nursing him back to health. She owed him nothing the just dating when he fell ill. Eventually they married. She was the ultimate in competent wife. A good earner, a fantastic mother, a great housekeeper, meals ready when he came home, his best friend. But she is not his snuggle bunny. She does not coo around him, stroke his ego, tell him what a big strong man he is, she does not drop to her kness to pleasure him his bequest. More importantly, to a man, she does not need him, She can stand alone and it is obvious. So he is planning to leave her and their children. That is also the difference between Juliette and Adalind. Men are strange animals. Men run off with young women because of the way she makes him feel about himself. It isn't that they are young, it is the they stroke his ego. That, is the difference between Juliette and Adalind, Juliette did not need Nick, Adalind creates teh illusion that she does. If your female logic applied to men, men would not be leaving their wives for snuggle bunnies all the time. It does not make it right, but it is reality.
Kindest regards,
Izod
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