tangodancer208 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

tangodancer208 wrote:

I had an e-conversation with a friend today.   She and I live in different places but have bonded over watching DWTS over the years.   She knows I like Maks and she likes Derek (and I don't!), but we both loved Gilles Marini.   Anyway, I was telling her how some other friends of mine () and I think Maks & Meryl are still together.   She made the comment that she hoped it didn't happen, because "it would be the worst thing that ever happened to Meryl."   I didn't try to enlighten her, because I've tried for several years to get her to see that Maks wasn't really the way he seemed on the show.   It just broke my heart to think that she's not alone in being one of the people who believe that Maks is what he seemed before on the show, not what we know him to be and what Meryl was able to bring out this season.  

I agree that he won't give up easily on "this one."   If things were not all right in Maksyl world, I think we would be able to see it on his face.   Even when he doesn't have his Meryl smile, he stlil looks happy.   Either they are moving forward (YES!) or there is still hope or we would know it from looking at him.  

 
HI, tango.....so sorry that your friend doesn't have the faith in Maks that we do but I can understand that there is often no point in trying to convince the non-believers of anything because their minds are made up. Good thing to pick your battles--and if she is a Derek fan, it's probably a waste of time and energy.

However, let's listen to Maks when he said, "She (Meryl) deserves me better than I was before" and "I'm different--let's be real!" Then he's said that Meryl is (one of) the best human beings he has ever met---and the best one in a very long time (I would say best one he has ever met and become involved with). Why would he want to lose that? He knows that he was often a jerk but must also realize (I think he must have had some therapy or counseling along the way) that he was miserable and this led to problems and attitudes (blow back) that he didn't need to create for himself. He is also very philosophical and quite spiritual in that he makes comments like "There was a reason it didn't happen before; it was meant to happen with 'this one'". He knows sometimes when two people come together there is a bigger reason for it. Sometimes a passing acquaintance that touches and molds us; sometimes much more. This, of course, is the "much more".

Sometimes we just have to smile inside and leave the rope on the ground. Time will tell.....not worth upsetting a friendship. If they end up in a lifelong relationship, we will have the best reason to smile!!

Thanks so much, Jet.   It would be so easy to get discouraged without the sisterhood supporting each other and talking us off the rail of the ship as we are ready to jump.    I just wanted to cry when I read that, though, not so much because of my friend, but because it made me think about some of the s**t Maks has to deal with as fallout from TPTB at DWTS making him into the bad guy.   I thought back to the show he did where they found the woman who just hated him unreasonably based on what she saw/perceived on TV.   He was finally able to win her over, but he shouldn't have to do that on such a large scale.  

I noticed she wasn't wearing any jewelry in the hospital pix except her good luck ring and earrings.
 

Hey Tango, i wouldn't worry about her not wearing the "special" jewelry today...she knew she was going to be spending alot of quieter time with fans who might have (and probably would have) asked alot of questions about it that she's not quite ready to answer yet...by not wearing it she avoided those questions, pretty smart actually

CEK40 wrote:

april6263 wrote:

CEK40 wrote:

Looking good....

do we know where he was at in this??? 

No clue april...there are two or three different pics of Maks like this and I can't find out where they are from or when...

lol...I was wondering if there was another interview out there i hadn't seen

annieahoy wrote:

tangodancer208 wrote:

Carrie, can we have another thread?   How about a thread for links to, for want of a better word, evidence?  Like the tweet she responded to day, or when she favorites a tweet, or jewelry sightings, and better yet pix with Maks.   That way when any of us feels the urge to jump ship, we can go there and be reminded why we are on board.   What does anyone else think?

Sounds like a good idea to me. 
 

I think I have one - I have a picture one, an article one, and a youtube one.  If I get a chance tonight I'll start one, but I still have about 10 pages to read.  It might have to wait until the weekend unless if someone else can check if they can start a thread.

CEK40 wrote:

jmeridith:
[quote888]The real baby Maks and Mama C[/quote888]

 
AWWWW...he played with the front of his hair even back then!!![/quote888]