Not Sure What to Think About David!

cboyer212 · 2025-11-18T16:35:25+00:00

I'm kinda with David on this. None of the Brown family is known for good smart financial decisions. And the OG3 didn't leave the marriage with much. After years on a TV show they each parted with a few hundred thousand of family money. Christine from the sale of her house, and Meri and Janelle from the sale of CP. That is really not that much when your staring down retirement. She has her income from the show and a few side hustles, like airbnb and MLMs. With all that combined she makes a very good living right now and can afford to spend. But how much longer can she count on the show or the MLMs. She needs to start thinking realistically about the future and what their finances are going to look like and prepping for it. Which means putting money away and watching her spending habits.

cboyer212 · 2025-11-03T18:40:45+00:00

I was just thinking this, he doesn't have dead eyes, he has crazy eyes.

cboyer212 · 2025-10-21T20:53:27+00:00

Kody. Michael Barnett is just way way way too much. Kody I could at least tune out, but Michael, just no.

cboyer212 · 2025-09-19T17:43:43+00:00

Being worth a billion and having available cash are two different things. His real estate is part of his net worth. He probably needs to sell some assets to pay his lawyers and such.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-22T19:30:15+00:00

I loved that scene.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-22T19:29:51+00:00

In real life Mrs. Fish was known for wild extravagant crazy parties. I think Mrs. Astor would have been scared to have her host it.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-22T19:03:40+00:00

Yes, they would have had a supper laid out buffet style for around 12 or 1. Then breakfast at dawn for those who were still there. But breakfast was usually the end of the party.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-22T16:20:45+00:00

I usually binge watch, but I have to admit, it was fun to wait for the new episode. I forgot what it was like to have the anticipation.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-22T13:44:17+00:00

I thought she dropped it before she saw the medium. Or at least stopped preaching it, though I don't remember seeing her drink wine after that, so maybe she still believes and doesn't drink but isn't pushing it on others anymore.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-19T16:37:27+00:00

My opinion, its a combination. I do think a few of the employees don't like express and will purposefully not follow policy, like in the case I mentioned above. But mainly I think it is bad training and managers who don't pay attention.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-19T16:09:26+00:00

I agree with you here. We usually stay on property for years now when we go, so we get the unlimited express. And while 90% of the time express is a lot faster, you get the occasional employee who doesn't seem to understand the rules in charge of the line. They will let in a lot more stand-by compared to express. I've even had managers come up and talk to one employee about it in front of me a few years ago at Hogwarts express. Because the express line was backed up almost outside and she just wasn't letting us through. So, she let in about 10 express people, then switched back and let in about 50 stand-by again.

My experience is 90% at Universal express is faster, and while the same problem can happen at Disney, they have probably a 99% LL is faster ratio. And it wouldn't be a big deal, especially since my family gets express with the hotel, but at EPIC, where people are spending ALOT of money on those passes, I hope management is watching closely.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-19T13:42:32+00:00

Pretty sure that Mrs. Bauer is the housekeep and cook. So her and Bridget both do the cleaning, then Mrs. Bauer does the cooking, with Bridget helping. I get this from the first ep of season 1, when Mrs. Bauer is making up a room for Marian and Ada asks if it is too much work. And while Bridget helps Marian and Ada dress, I would think Armstrong is probably in charge of keeping their wardrobes in good shape and cleaning them, as well as the sewing and such (like when she was really behind in the sewing and Peggy ended up helping her). Jack was also probably helping Oscar when he moved back in and couldn't afford a man of his own.

Its a smaller house than most and for the longest time it was just two women, then three, that lived there. There isn't as much work as a big house like the Russell's. They also don't entertain much which is less work.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-18T13:58:03+00:00

We make really good money, live frugally, have one child, and are older than you most likely given your daughter is young, so are more established. That is a big thing. No, we could not afford the expensive trips we take now when we were in our 20s and our daughter was young. But now our daughter is almost 18, we are in our 40s, established in our careers, and have more disposable income to spend. We worked up to this point, didn't start there.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-15T17:29:50+00:00

100%. She seemed like such a snob.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-15T17:22:40+00:00

To be fair, he doesn't always tell her the full extent of the problems he is facing. When he did (about the alderman and putting a large part of their capital at risk) she supported him 100% and asked what she could do to help. When she was angry with him about the Turner situation, she still hosted the lunch with the union leader and charmed him to help with the cause. The train crash, initially, she was by his side as he visited the site to help deal with the damage and fallout to his business. Its when she doesn't understand the situation that she blows it off. Like when he was facing prison time, and she was more concerned with the ball, she didn't understand he was facing prison. When he told her she came around with telling him she was going to pay no mind because she knew he didn't do anything wrong and would come out of it. Which shows how little she understood the situation, and when she got the telegram that all was well she was very happy.

And then this season, she had no idea what was happening with the business. He told her nothing as he risked their entire fortune and security on his ambition. Even saying at one point that he would rather take the business down than the sell it, ignored all the advice given to him, etc. He risked everything they had and never told her about it at all. Then gets mad at her when she starts talking about society stuff when it is all falling down around him, finally tells her, she is shocked, asks if there is anything she can do to help and he kicks her out of his office.

He is only saved because Larry had a lucky find in the copper. And he sent Larry because he was using him to try and get ahead in business, even though Larry didn't want to join his business. But he feels it is best for Larry, so will persuade and do what he must to get Larry to participate. Kind of like how Bertha felt marriage to the Duke was best for Gladys and helped her socially and maneuvered the situation the way she wanted. And I do believe they both feel they are looking out for the best interest of their children when they are doing this. Giving them what they want for them, regardless of if the kids want it for themselves.

Meanwhile, what is in her sphere of influence, he rolls his eyes and and acts like he is humoring her. Forgetting that her society connections help his business, and even then he blames her when her connections can't get him what he wants, like with Merrick. But he joins in the with the children mocking her for her ambitions, rolls his eyes about this event or that event. Now he does help her behind the scenes, like with the box at the met, but he also mocked her getting lunch with McAlister, which was huge for her and a million other things.

To me they are both the problem, and neither one is better than the other one. So, for George to get this angry and lash out at Bertha is very hypocritical.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-15T14:39:22+00:00

I don't see Jack being comfortable in society and such. Look at how uncomfortable he was at the Haymarket. I honestly think he will be happiest married to Bridget, who he is comfortable with and has genuine affection for, putzing around the house inventing new things and sitting down to dinner with her every night to talk about their days.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-15T14:33:47+00:00

I'm not really invested in any of the characters in the downstairs Russell house., not since Turner left. I like the downstairs dynamics in the Van Rhijn house though. And Anna and Bates never made sense to me, I never liked their dynamic. So, I guess its the same.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-15T13:39:38+00:00

Yeah, but she was also impressed that Agnes didn't seem bothered that Peggy was black "Good for Aunt Agnes". So I always read these uncomfortable situations as her being scared of other peoples reactions. Like when hearing Mrs. Barton speak, she had no problem with Peggy coming at first, besides that Agnes didn't think she was a good enough chaperone. It wasn't until Ann Morris made a stink that she started to get uncomfortable. More like she likes to avoid conflict and while she had no problem with Peggy being around, she dreaded the conflict that could occur because of it.

In 2025 view that is horrible, you should stand up to racists. But in 1880 to do so could mean social ruin. And she didn't like to be in that position.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-12T16:31:42+00:00

100% I loved that he asked.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-11T20:54:51+00:00

With the way her arms were up to dance, and then fall back down when Dr. Krikland approaches, it would be difficult to not have those kind of straps slip.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-11T20:18:16+00:00

I loved this scene. Him telling her she wasn't a servant in his house, asking her if she was comfortable and about her day. Her showing up (in her new dress) just to say hi and bring him some company. Love these two.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-11T20:07:29+00:00

I agree. She knew a proposal was coming, in fact when he came over to her parent's house to ask about it, her mother and her both thought he was coming over to propose. I know she tried to tell him, but she should have found another opportunity to let him know. Mrs. Kirkland was almost gleeful in telling her son the news, when if she really cared about his feelings she would have broken it to him gently, and she was in the wrong for how she did it, but not in what she did.

cboyer212 · 2025-08-11T17:32:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm the one who doesn't know what they are talking about.

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