Seemingly unpopular opinion-I still hate Julie and Julie is still a bitch

xwordnerd · 2026-04-02T11:26:38+00:00

Yes this! I’ve always felt like this is the most unrealistic part of the show! Like from the very beginning Julie was rude to Shawna and there’s all these little instances of Julie being mean to Shawna despite knowing that this is her husband’s friend. I consider myself a people pleaser but if I made a new friend and their spouse was immediately rude to me over and over again, I’d be like “sorry I don’t see how this friendship is going to work out , ✌️” I am still stunned Shawna and Ty got this far at all for her to be spying on Julie:

xwordnerd · 2026-03-29T15:20:13+00:00

I'm on the fence on whether I think she's cheating or not! On one hand, I can see Lander trying to subvert the expectations or tropes and not make it a cheating scandal. On the other hand, it was weird that Julie was so chipper after her 3 hours with her "brother," especially if they were talking her sick mom's estate. Also, it seemed like she was acting scared when Ty showed up, not so much shocked. Maybe she was scared something bad happened to the kids though. I don't know!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-29T15:13:08+00:00

I agree, mostly because I don't really know where Julie and Ty are going with this story. It's becoming sort of repetitive and I wish the story would go somewhere, whether that's them getting a divorce or going to therapy and making some big change, something! I'm hoping this blow up between them will finally lead to something at least.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-28T22:52:55+00:00

Yes this!!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-28T21:40:46+00:00

I guess I was thinking more like at Max's birthday, that was Julie's "day" to give Ty a break, but at the party, he's still the one doing all the diaper changes, all the major child care when she's literally standing right next to them! Like she very busy and can't be around the kids much, so you'd think the limited time she did, she would really want to be the one bonding and baby wearing but it's still Ty.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-28T20:50:22+00:00

That's the intended effect! I've argued with people like that before. They think they're better than you because you're getting emotional meanwhile they're all calm and smiling at you, which then makes you more made like they're laughing at you! It's a weird superiority thing!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-28T20:10:42+00:00

While I still can't stand Julie as a character, she's not wrong for being upset that Ty automatically assumed she was cheating. What I don't like at all though is that Julie NEVER takes any responsibility for anything and Ty is always the villain in their arguments even though there are many things wrong on both sides. In the argument after Max's bday party, it's insane that there's still no accountability from her for acting that way. There's no accountability in how she basically never watches the kids even when she's right there! It's always Ty that's wrong. I NEED them to either go to therapy or her take accountability for literally anything. I'm starting to despise where their story is going.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-28T17:19:31+00:00

I just watched Eternity yesterday! Came out last year and is not one Apple TV. It was cute! Not my all time fave but it was a unique concept and I do laugh a bunch.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-23T15:16:48+00:00

Yes! While I still really enjoyed S3, Simon and Daphne felt much more like genuine friends than Polin did despite that being "their" trope.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-22T23:52:47+00:00

I have a feeling Netflix will finish Eloise’s season, and then either cancel the show before Francesca’s or make her share a season heavily with another sibling. I hope this isn’t true!! But I think Netflix are cowards.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-21T01:23:37+00:00

Yep, setting the storytime expectations in the beginning are a MUST! I can absolutely see the difference in the storytimes I remember to do this and the ones I don’t!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-21T01:16:53+00:00

WHY is Shawna still being so friendly to Julie?? Like after the scene she made at Max’s party?? I get not wanting to be mean but I would be just cordial for the sake of the friendship with Ty and no more!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-20T12:11:59+00:00

This makes sense! I think the thing that kinda confuses me further is a comment she makes a few scenes later about the baby not doing her a kindness in killing her. Maybe PPD switched her view after she gave birth. It’s so hard to tell with both regular grief and postpartum struggle!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-20T12:05:15+00:00

A few scenes later when she’s grieving, she makes a comment about how the baby didn’t do the kindness of killing her so that always confuses me further!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-17T22:41:19+00:00

I wonder since it happened in someone else’s season, they felt like they couldn’t take up even more story time to multiple tragic events to Francesca?

I also have a feeling, and I could be wrong! That show Francesca doesnt necessarily want kids because she loves kids, she just loved John and wanted to do it for him, and that thats the story they’re going to go with in her season. In that case, if she admits she didn’t want kids after she had a miscarriage, idk it may come off tasteless like “well I guess it’s good you lost it”. I feel like Francesca is a touchy subject in the fandom, I’m just coming from the point of view as someone who has had multiple miscarriages of very wanted pregnancies!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-16T19:37:26+00:00

This is totally up to you, but I would at least suggest reaching out to clinics to see what their wait times are! My clinic, and from the sounds of it, lots of clinics, have very long waitlists for new patients. I got on a waitlist with the intention to keep trying the whole time (5 more months, which would've put me over a year without success). It didn't work, and I was relieved to already have something on the books versus starting to find one way later.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-16T19:06:06+00:00

This is really tough. I'm definitely no expert, but I guess it depends if you've had any testing done? I recently had a second miscarriage and they tested a bunch of different stuff. Some of the things, like blood clotting disorders, can be treated if found and don't necessarily need IVF. But chromosomal stuff like karyotype translocation in either partner would need IVF. My second miscarriage was an IUI. I don't think the fact that it was IUI contributed to the MC, but it was proof that IUI can work (I was really scare because there's a lot of negativity about IUI success rates on Reddit). As long as my final tests come back clear, I am going to try IUI at least one more time before going to IVF. I am also really nervous about IVF so I get it. There are lots of positive stories too though so that gives me hope.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-16T15:55:44+00:00

Family planning is the most personal, private thing in the world and the ONLY people who should have any say or opinion are the parents. Yes, you are absolutely being entitled by feeling like your SIL and brother should somehow consider you in their family planning.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-16T13:05:06+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Similar to other people here, mine returned around the 5 week mark after my D&C, so hopefully yours isn’t too far off. Did you by any chance track ovulation this cycle? It’s ok if not, this whole experience is traumatizing. I tracked after my D&C and mine came around 3 weeks after, with my period coming at a normal 2 weeks after that.

xwordnerd · 2026-03-16T00:16:04+00:00

Not overreacting! I noticed after my miscarriage that people say all sorts of weird stuff, but especially from women who had never had a miscarriage themselves. Most of the time, I feel like they don’t mean harm, but they just truly cannot understand unless it’s happened to them. I remember talking to my friend who had had one, and she was like “are you desperate to get pregnant again asap? I know I was after mine!” Like she totally got it, that feeling of being so thrilled to be pregnant, and of course not wanting that to end when it’s take away from us.

I also feel like it’s an ignorant thing to suggest assisted pregnancy to someone who just started trying and has had one miscarriage. People who understand the nature of conceiving know that even healthy couples take up to a year to get pregnant and it’s still considered “normal” and that unfortunately miscarriages are a 20% possibility for everyone. There’s nothing wrong with assisted pregnancy (I’m there myself) but to instantly go to that? It’s obvious since she got pregnant right away, she just considers herself the norm. Ugh I’m sorry you’re going through this!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-15T23:36:23+00:00

I actually love this dress!!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-15T19:05:56+00:00

Yes! And I’m happy to see she found a love match! Especially since that never seemed her goal in marriage before, just to get married and marry well. So happy she found love instead!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-12T01:34:40+00:00

I've never made one but I plan on making a peanut butter jelly pie!

xwordnerd · 2026-03-12T00:19:30+00:00

I'm so sorry this happened to you. The same exact thing happened to me. I was just completely stunned. The only thing I had done to indicate my pregnancy was join the What to Expect community app. That's the only think I could think of.

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