Originally Posted by lolasofie:
“I do , i think Debbie's whole life has being tragic except for her kids and even then her daughter was so sick .....
Also remember debbie had to get pregnanat with Andy and wait to find out of the baby was a match and if not she would have to have an abortion and try again and again ,....the pressure and stress of that is awful .
I think it is a missed oppurtunity that they never developed her adoption story more ....Her adoptive mother was Pat , we dont know did she have a partner or husband , what about her parents ...etc ...they could have created an older sibling for debbie to give her a pull away from the Dingles ..
I think Debbie would have turned out different if she had stayed with Paddy and Emily ....
Also i guess Cameron is the only person who truly loved Debbie and she loves him .....okay her parents love her but they neevr put her first and then her mum left her for 5 years and Cain left her for 2.5 years ....
She went from being adopted to foster care , to her real parents who left her for long periods of time .....she never had any stability or proper healthy attention from her parents ....
It is not so odd to that she clings to the person who tells her he loves her more then anything in the world ...she is desperate for love and affection .
Zak loves debbie and has always looked out for her and we can see how differnet and more open and honest she is with him ......shows the contrast between her and her parents who she always keeps at a distance .”
I feel sorry for her too, she has had a tough time. That said I don't like her and I do think she needs to grow up and stop blaming her parents, (at least one of whom had an equally bad if not worse childhood) and that she's very selfish. She uses her parents mistakes to emotionally blackmail them, yet never shows any gratitude for the things they have done for her. She also makes every situation about how much she's suffered, without any thought to anyone else's feelings IMO.
Nevertheless, she has had an extremely tough time, and when she drops the hard, aggressive, shouty, demanding shell can be quite likeable. If only we could see more of that Debbie, and she was much less selfish and inclined to make every situation about her, I might like her. I had a lot of admiration for the way she coped with Sarah's illness and her pregnancy and the fact that she was prepared to go to such extremes. I've also thought that one of her redeeming features was that she was a good, responsible parent, who maintained a civilised relationship with Andy. It's been a shame to see this go out of the window.
My issue with this 'great romance' that I really find it hard to believe that her and Cameron love each other. there's no chemistry, but they also don't act like an everyday couple who cared for a kid together, went to work, just lived their life together. They just don't seem intimate in any way, or even relaxed in each other's company.
I really don't think she's beyond redemption though. TBH I don't understand why people are implying that she murdered gennie, and why she's getting the flack for it. She acted in the heat of the moment, did something remarkably stupid (chasing someone at high speed) under pressure and Gennie had a potentially fatal accident as a result. She did cause the accident, but Cameron is the one who had it in him to murder a seriously injured, defenceless person. Gennie might well have died as a result of her injuries, but that does not make Debbie a murderer - that's why the legal system has crimes like manslaughter, and 'death by dangerous driving.' There is a vast difference between someone who can knowing kill a person and someone who causes death accidentally.
Sorry for rambling on there