Quote:I'm not trying to be rude here, but I'm wondering why, whenever observations about Adalind are brought up, all of the sudden a hundred things about how terrible Juliette is suddenly pop into the discussion. I know what Juliette did, but I don't really want to discuss her. The thread is about Nick and Adalind. Juliette really has no bearing on them, in my opinion, of course.
You mentioned that Nick was basically this guy who had no choice other than Adalind because Juliette was the one who chose to leave him, when it was obvious that juliette still had feelings for him and missed him at times. It wasn't that Nick didnt have an option, he was able to move on with his life with another person who he was happy with, whereas Juliette was the one who was presented as basically being unhappy and had no option but to live with who she became. I felt sorry for her more than I did for Nick. Nick got his happily ever after, Juliette didn't.
Quote:Im sure they thought she was attractive. And not to be crude, but I imagine these men also thought she was a good lay but would never be a good wife. That is not such an attractive feature about a woman.
Yet Nick thought she was a good enough woman to be his girlfriend and maybe even his wife. Meisner seemed to have only good non sexual thoughts about Adalind, specifically about her being a good mother. Nick thought so too, when he told Monroe she was an amazing mother to Kelly. So you're wrong about that as well.
Quote:Nick lusted after her even when he was still with Juliette, he very much enjoyed his tryst with her both when she pretended to be juliette and when juliette looked like her.
And posters wonder why Juliette refused his engagement ring. What you wrote about Nick above says it all.
The reality is guys as well as women check out people who are not their significant other if that said person is attractive. It's human nature to look at and admire something or someone who is beautiful/handsome. Nick never cheated on Juliette, finding someone attractive does not equate to cheating.
Quote:You're stating Nick was not Adalind's only option. What other options could she have chosen instead of going to Nick?
Why would she have chosen to date someone so soon after having Kelly? She could have remained single, and let's pretend that the characters did exist off screen. Adalind was still hot, she could have dated other men besides Nick. Just because she was a single mother would not stop guys from wanting to be with her. She was young, attractive and when she got her job back, financially able to rely on her own. She would be considered a catch even with children. Also, if we stick to other characters in the show, Meisner thought highly of Adalind. So no, Nick wasn't the only option for Adalind. Even Renard was willing to play happy families with her, she could have easily gone back to him as another option besides Nick.
Quote:Maybe I'm missing something here, but when I see people in love, they generally take some real pride in themselves. They try to please the one they love. They're happy. I didn't see that with Adalind.
Adalind was kind, sweet and caring towards Nick. She named their baby Kelly after Nick's mother, and even started working again so she wouldn't be a burden to Nick. She also opened herself and showed her vulnerability, by confessing that she had become a hexenbiest again. How does that not show that adalind didn't try to please Nick?
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Quote: for Nick, I saw no improvement in him either. He didn't spruce himself up so Adalind would take notice of how good looking he is. He didn't surprise her with flowers or take her out to dinner just to show her how special she was to him.
Why would he need to? They weren't dating when they were living together, they weren't expecting to have a relationship. The fact that they inevitably fell in love wasn't intended or planned by them. They became friends first and then lovers.
Quote:Adalind got domestic and frumpy. Nick became even blander than he was before. But really, when you stop and think about it, there wasn't really anything Nick didn't already know about Adalind and vice versa. They were old news to one another. I think that's the way they approached this arrangement they had. They simply acknowledged they were living together, no one else was going to come along for either of them, so they may as well just go for staying together. Was it love? Maybe, but it had about as much of an emotional impact as changing a tire. It's really one of the strangest arrangements I've seen in a series.That's your bias talking. I know you hate the idea of nadalind but Ive read a few posts here that seem to confirm the popularity of the couple. The viewers bought it, because like another poster here said, if it was unpopular, they wouldn't have made nadalind the end game. Personally, I like the idea of liking and loving someone for who they are, warts and all, without having to go to extreme lengths just to please someone. In the real world, most people would probably prefer a comfortable low key relationship over a high maintenance drama filled one.