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In all the years I've watched soaps, I've always been able to muster up a little sympathy for the spouse of a cheater. Even with characters I didn't like. Sadly, it took Lisa going completely psycho for me to feel a twinge of sympathy for Robin, a character I've never disliked. As for the whole Patrick cheating thing, I don't feel the slightest bit of sympathy for Robin. I've tried, but all I can think about are all the years that she's been devoted to Stone. Don't get me wrong. First love is very powerful & when that love is taken away so cruely, it is magnified by the spector of the "what ifs? & maybes". But, most people face the fact that the person is gone & not coming back. She never has.
She spoke today about Patrick breaking his marriage vows. She did that first. Part of the marriage vows include "forsaking all others". Robin never stopped her affair with Stone. An affair of the heart is still an affair. I'm not excusing what Patrick did. It was wrong. But, if he was really still that cheating dog he used to be, wouldn't that have come out when Robin was going through PPD & being obnoxious to him? I would imagine that kind of abuse would've brought out the need to find another woman a lot sooner than now. But, he didn't cheat on her then. He was faithful & devoted to her despite the obnoxious way she acted toward him.
Sleeping with Lisa was stupid, but how much hell is he supposed to go through to atone for that? One slip up & that's it. Divorce. Funny how she can pick & choose what vows to honor, but he only makes one mistake & she's done. What about "in good times & bad"? She's pathetic.
This unforgiving attitude from the woman who still thinks Sonny is the greatest thing since sliced bread & Stone & he has never been faithful to a single woman he's been with, including the fabulous Brenda Barrett. Her double standard coupled with her immaturity is a joke.
Oh & she even picks & chooses which words of the almighty Stone she'll listen to, as well. As long as she goes through life listening only to what she wants to hear & clinging to the memory of a dead lover, she will never be happy. I say Patrick should cut his losses & go after a woman that doesn't have the maturity level of a hormonal teenager.
I fast forwarded through most of the scenes between Robin and Patrick because I knew how it would end. Saint Robin needs a reality check. Everything that Luvsjason73 said is true. She can't forgive and forget and of course she had done nothing wrong. What was the purpose of bringing Stone back if she couldn't grow and move on. Her daughter should have been enough reason for her to want to live. Not a dead lover. Seriously, if it weren't for Emma, I'd tell Patrick to run, run and never look back. I can't stomach any more scenes of him begging for forgiveness. And Mac needs to get a woman and a life. His overprotectiveness of both Maxie and Robin is ridiculous. Neither one is without flaws. At least Maxie acknowledges hers. They are grown women that can make their own decisions and will have to live with the consequences. He puts them on pedistals and they begin to believe the hype. It's time he kept his opinions to himself. What makes him such an authority on relationships?
Robin likened her marriage to a broken vase: "You can glue it back together, but it still has a crack in it." She's made up her mind that marriages can't survive adultery. Right about now (when GH seems to be trying to relive the glory days) would be an excellent time for Robin to be in the attic at Mac's & find a copy of the memoirs of Lilah Quartermaine that Felicia wrote or have a heart to heart with Monica about her marriage to Alan. Then, maybe she'd grow up & realize that not only could the marriage be repaired, but it could grow & thrive. Both of those marriages lasted many years & the love survived beyond death. Edward & Lilah especially. Their love story lasted through not only dozens of mistresses, but a multitude of illigitimate children as well. They are also two couples that Robin has always been close with & admired. But, sadly, this show doesn't seem to know how or when to make use of it's rich history so it probably won't happen.
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That is Bob Guza's writing. No strong women that can fully think for themselves allowed.Robin has been Guzanated.