thecarriebradshaw wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

Morning cek....Thanks for posting the news this morning. I did enjoy last night's show. As view mentioned it was way better produced then lasts seasons. I could hardly stand to watch that season just because it seemed so all over the place but so far so good for this year.

I don't get why that swaying one of peta and maks gets to me...I am not a mnm shipper anymore so why does it hurt a little? Crazy..lol

Hi Luv, if I may answer.....I saw the backstage footage.  Some of it didn't come up for me because I will have to wait until I get home.  I am at school because I am in a dodgeball tournament for the track team to raise money for the track team and I didn't go home....so while I am waiting around for it to start I thought I would come on here....anyways, I saw this post and I thought I would respond.

I think that for one it is sad to see because remember that footage of Maks and Meryl swaying from last year at the finale?  I think seeing him do that with Peta makes you think back on Maks and Meryl....also I think that all of the pictures that have been coming out about Maks and Peta they aren't very affectionate so those pictures still bring up the well they must just be friends...his pictures with Meryl are much more affectionate.....I think that seeing backstage footage where they are just being themselves and not knowing that they are on camera, it captures them being real....those are intimate moments between the two that we saw so I think it makes it more obvious that they are a couple.

I think Maks and Peta are together and it looks like Meryl is with someone - so all is good.  If Maks and Meryl were at odds, she wouldn't be dancing in Sway.

I also don't really fault Maks for going back to Peta....I know people feel he is a hypocrit because of his remark about not dating an ex....but I just feel like he went with Peta after his break up from Karina, who was the love of his life at that time, and probably just wasn't ready.  He's ready now.....if you love someone let them go, if they come back it's yours!!!!!!

I agree with what you've said here, Carrie...and I am not faulting or criticizing anyone....but the question I have is, why does it seem Maks has emotional relationships with every woman (or at least many) he is around but none seem to last or turn into the lifetime commitment he says he wants?  Unfortunately so many of the words and images conflict...and it seems that this past year has now really highlighted that.  I have always liked the guy and believed he was who he says he is.  Now I feel a bit disappointed...or perhaps conflicted is a better word.  Kind've like when your child who has let you down...not because of the choice he made or what he did but because after trusting his words, the actions are not consistent.  For a while you have to take things with a grain of salt to see what is real and what isn't.

But it is what it is...and I agree that Meryl wouldn't be dancing in Sway unless she wanted to, knowing what the situation is.  They have always said they had a "special friendship" and I do hope that is not in jeopardy.  It IS possible for men and women to have friendships that are not with their spouses or significant others.  Time will tell.

Last edited by JetmamaDiDi (3/17/2015 5:01 pm)

Popping in really quick before supper...I just heard on ENews at 7pm that tomorrow on the show will be Val and Rumer...

Just wanted you to know...will catch up later...

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

thecarriebradshaw wrote:

LuvSeason18 wrote:

Morning cek....Thanks for posting the news this morning. I did enjoy last night's show. As view mentioned it was way better produced then lasts seasons. I could hardly stand to watch that season just because it seemed so all over the place but so far so good for this year.

I don't get why that swaying one of peta and maks gets to me...I am not a mnm shipper anymore so why does it hurt a little? Crazy..lol

Hi Luv, if I may answer.....I saw the backstage footage.  Some of it didn't come up for me because I will have to wait until I get home.  I am at school because I am in a dodgeball tournament for the track team to raise money for the track team and I didn't go home....so while I am waiting around for it to start I thought I would come on here....anyways, I saw this post and I thought I would respond.

I think that for one it is sad to see because remember that footage of Maks and Meryl swaying from last year at the finale?  I think seeing him do that with Peta makes you think back on Maks and Meryl....also I think that all of the pictures that have been coming out about Maks and Peta they aren't very affectionate so those pictures still bring up the well they must just be friends...his pictures with Meryl are much more affectionate.....I think that seeing backstage footage where they are just being themselves and not knowing that they are on camera, it captures them being real....those are intimate moments between the two that we saw so I think it makes it more obvious that they are a couple.

I think Maks and Peta are together and it looks like Meryl is with someone - so all is good.  If Maks and Meryl were at odds, she wouldn't be dancing in Sway.

I also don't really fault Maks for going back to Peta....I know people feel he is a hypocrit because of his remark about not dating an ex....but I just feel like he went with Peta after his break up from Karina, who was the love of his life at that time, and probably just wasn't ready.  He's ready now.....if you love someone let them go, if they come back it's yours!!!!!!

I agree with what you've said here, Carrie...and I am not faulting or criticizing anyone....but the question I have is, why does it seem Maks has emotional relationships with every woman (or at least many) he is around but none seem to last or turn into the lifetime commitment he says he wants? Unfortunately so many of the words and images conflict...and it seems that this past year has now really highlighted that. I have always liked the guy and believed he was who he says he is. Now I feel a bit disappointed...or perhaps conflicted is a better word. Kind've like when your child who has let you down...not because of the choice he made or what he did but because after trusting his words, the actions are not consistent. For a while you have to take things with a grain of salt to see what is real and what isn't.

But it is what it is...and I agree that Meryl wouldn't be dancing in Sway unless she wanted to, knowing what the situation is. They have always said they had a "special friendship" and I do hope that is not in jeopardy. It IS possible for men and women to have friendships that are not with their spouses or significant others. Time will tell.

I'll add my 2 cents...and you know I haven't shipped them for quite a while, so there's that.  

Cent # 1 I just want to interject that I have thought for some time about that phrase… "an ex is an ex for a reason"… because it frequently is quoted. That is surely the truth.  There is no argument there.

But for quite some time, that "reason" has seemed to me as if it could be many things - from the unforgivable, anger, heartbreak type of reason for a breakup.  To general incompatibility. All the way over on the scale, to the reason being mutually agreed to, temporary, provisional.  And conditions can certainly change that would make some reasons no longer an issue.   And people change.

True story in my circle of friends. She, a teacher, he, not yet retired from the military.  They unequivocally broke up, and yet at the end of the 16 months many of the "reasons" were non-issues.  And the opportunity to date others had left them both valuing each other more. 

Cent # 2 Have you read Karina's book?  Just wondering.  No special reason.  But he does have a chapter in there.

(BTW - If I were a man, I would not date Karina, or any of the girlfriends who contributed to that book...They are petty, certainly exagerate, and think nothing of belittling the man to fill the pages.  No wonder they're not married, and she finds herself un-engaged once again.)
 

View, unobstructed wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

thecarriebradshaw wrote:

Hi Luv, if I may answer.....I saw the backstage footage.  Some of it didn't come up for me because I will have to wait until I get home.  I am at school because I am in a dodgeball tournament for the track team to raise money for the track team and I didn't go home....so while I am waiting around for it to start I thought I would come on here....anyways, I saw this post and I thought I would respond.

I think that for one it is sad to see because remember that footage of Maks and Meryl swaying from last year at the finale?  I think seeing him do that with Peta makes you think back on Maks and Meryl....also I think that all of the pictures that have been coming out about Maks and Peta they aren't very affectionate so those pictures still bring up the well they must just be friends...his pictures with Meryl are much more affectionate.....I think that seeing backstage footage where they are just being themselves and not knowing that they are on camera, it captures them being real....those are intimate moments between the two that we saw so I think it makes it more obvious that they are a couple.

I think Maks and Peta are together and it looks like Meryl is with someone - so all is good.  If Maks and Meryl were at odds, she wouldn't be dancing in Sway.

I also don't really fault Maks for going back to Peta....I know people feel he is a hypocrit because of his remark about not dating an ex....but I just feel like he went with Peta after his break up from Karina, who was the love of his life at that time, and probably just wasn't ready.  He's ready now.....if you love someone let them go, if they come back it's yours!!!!!!

I agree with what you've said here, Carrie...and I am not faulting or criticizing anyone....but the question I have is, why does it seem Maks has emotional relationships with every woman (or at least many) he is around but none seem to last or turn into the lifetime commitment he says he wants? Unfortunately so many of the words and images conflict...and it seems that this past year has now really highlighted that. I have always liked the guy and believed he was who he says he is. Now I feel a bit disappointed...or perhaps conflicted is a better word. Kind've like when your child who has let you down...not because of the choice he made or what he did but because after trusting his words, the actions are not consistent. For a while you have to take things with a grain of salt to see what is real and what isn't.

But it is what it is...and I agree that Meryl wouldn't be dancing in Sway unless she wanted to, knowing what the situation is. They have always said they had a "special friendship" and I do hope that is not in jeopardy. It IS possible for men and women to have friendships that are not with their spouses or significant others. Time will tell.

I'll add my 2 cents...and you know I haven't shipped them for quite a while, so there's that.  

Cent # 1 I just want to interject that I have thought for some time about that phrase… "an ex is an ex for a reason"… because it frequently is quoted. That is surely the truth.  There is no argument there.

But for quite some time, that "reason" has seemed to me as if it could be many things - from the unforgivable, anger, heartbreak type of reason for a breakup.  To general incompatibility. All the way over on the scale, to the reason being mutually agreed to, temporary, provisional.  And conditions can certainly change that would make some reasons no longer an issue.   And people change.

True story in my circle of friends. She, a teacher, he, not yet retired from the military.  They unequivocally broke up, and yet at the end of the 16 months many of the "reasons" were non-issues.  And the opportunity to date others had left them both valuing each other more. 

Cent # 2 Have you read Karina's book?  Just wondering.  No special reason.  But he does have a chapter in there.

(BTW - If I were a man, I would not date Karina, or any of the girlfriends who contributed to that book...They are petty, certainly exagerate, and think nothing of belittling the man to fill the pages.  No wonder they're not married, and she finds herself un-engaged once again.)
 

I haven't read Karina's book, view.  What does it say on Maks?  It seems that many of the plans Maks had at the end of S.18 haven't worked out,  the acting, the judging dwts-US, no repeat apparently of the judging gig in India.... Btw. I wouldn't be surprised if he comes back as a pro.  To seek the comfort of a long-standing friendship/relationship makes sense, especially if he was wanted back as we assume.  Isn't that what we do when the ego is dented, we need someone to build us up ect.  to lean on someone whose qualities we know well?  Obviously they both know well what they got in each other after having been de facto spouses in the past.  I mean no bashing of anyone, just pondering....     
Edit to add, also no appearances in S.19 to keep his profile up....

Last edited by gabriele (3/17/2015 8:28 pm)

The twitter world is all a-twitter over PLL tonight.  Hope Carrie got a chance to watch it.  



Speaking of books...what with the slow down in activity here on the board; missing our evening party girl, April; and virtually (get it?) no ships at sea...I am getting back in to the habit of evening reading.  And am reading "TheUnlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"  

On the New York Times Best Seller list in my nook, there was a book called "The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy" that I thought sounded good.  As I read the reviews the nook provides, it mentioned that it was the follow up to Rachel Joyce's bestseller of 2012.  So I thought I should read this one first.  And then go on to her 2015 best seller.  It's pretty good.  I would give it 4 stars perhaps, out of 5.

Any good recommendations I would be pleased to get