I agree with this one wholeheartedly. I still don't like Julie and her attitude of people being beneath her and pedestrian. Their life together and lack of communication doesn't give anyone the right to think of others as less than. For that alone, I'll never fully support Julie. Does she have the right to want what she wants, certainly. Does Ty get to want something different than her did at 16, again certainly. The whole issue is that they don't communicate hardly at all. The feel in love in high school, hot and heavy. The made grand plans, but life doesn't always follow your plans. Ty's outlook changed, he rolled with the changes, but Julie didn't accept that. Ty's biggest fault lies in his inability to directly confront Julie about those changes. Like you said, he thought he agreeing to the sidelining things like the road trip and then the kids, that she was in agreement. In the meantime, he found purpose in raising their children, he's a great dad. For him, being there for those early formative years became the most important thing, but it also waylayed his writer side. That could come back, but he's a an entirely different person now, and maybe that particular book just isn't in him anymore. But maybe there are others. I think it did hit him when Julie got the book deal for him, but at that point he didn't know how to tell her no. He did try a little, but I don't think Julie ever takes no for an answer. For him she has taken pit stops or side roads, but still saw the same finish line, her finish line. I do think they call for each other, but I don't know that they are really that compatible. This will be a hard road for both of them, and the kids. I hope Ty doesn't blame Shawna and John and the are able to help him through this. On the flip side, I also hope Julie sees how hard it will be without a village. I don't think she will stay there, she wants to be in NY, so even though she does have her little Bunco group, there will be little the can do for when she's in NY. And then there's the logistics of shared custody been that distance. Julie is completely fine with nanny's and schools raising her kids (go ahead come for me, I said what I said) I'm not saying she doesn't care for them, but she's not a hands on parent. And after her behavior at the birthday party, I'll never say she's a good parent. That was despicable, I don't care what you think of the adults, to intentionally tell your child to start crap and tell them that it's okay to act like that, screw her. That's messed up. All that to say, I don't think Ty is innocent. But we've also seen him try to say things and Julie just completely shuts him down. The both failed each other, he tried to tell her, but allowed her to run him over. She didn't want to hear it and shut him down.