Originally Posted by SecretLifeoBees:
“Amy is more tolerable than Simon even when she is being a complete bratfink! What annoys me is, both children have had difficult lives yet all the adult just worry about Simon. Amy mouths off and they are all "Amy's a naghty child, taking after Tracy" yet when Simon does somehing they stand around wringing their hands making a fusss and makung excuses "Simon is upset, Simon is tired blah blah." No! Simon has always been rude, cocky and mouthy since the start and very rarely pulled up on it. Even when he was younger it wasn't cute, just obnoxious. Look how horrible he was to Carla for a long time, now Leanne is getting it despite his fuss to stay with her and not Peter even after she divorced his dad and could have walked away. Simon is much worse than Amy because at least she doesn't cover up her nastiness by pretending to be nice.”
“Amy is more tolerable than Simon even when she is being a complete bratfink! What annoys me is, both children have had difficult lives yet all the adult just worry about Simon. Amy mouths off and they are all "Amy's a naghty child, taking after Tracy" yet when Simon does somehing they stand around wringing their hands making a fusss and makung excuses "Simon is upset, Simon is tired blah blah." No! Simon has always been rude, cocky and mouthy since the start and very rarely pulled up on it. Even when he was younger it wasn't cute, just obnoxious. Look how horrible he was to Carla for a long time, now Leanne is getting it despite his fuss to stay with her and not Peter even after she divorced his dad and could have walked away. Simon is much worse than Amy because at least she doesn't cover up her nastiness by pretending to be nice.”
Yes, that's how I feel about it too. They're both brats but Amy is recognised as such and reprimanded for it unlike Simon.
If i had dealings with either of them in real life i'd either be telling them off or telling their parents what I thought about how they were bringing them up. But watching them on screen, i do at least find what they're doing with Amy (traits of Blanche, Deardre and Tracy) faintly amusing.
Simon has always been easily bought - both Lucy's father and Nick became his favourites because they got him expensive presents.
