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Old 03-11-2015, 08:30
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Bernice has two daughters Gabby and Dee Dee. Gabby was born on Christmas Day in 2001 but what about Dee Dee ?? Have we ever seen her on-screen ?? Is she older or younger than Gabby ??
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Old 03-11-2015, 08:43
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Cant find an age for her just this on wikipedia....if she was born in 2004 then she would be about 11 now.

Bernice returns in 2004 to attend Tricia's funeral. Now living in Brighton, she tells her father that she wants Gabby to live with her but when she goes to discuss the idea with Ashley, she sees how close he and Gabby are and realises that it would be unfair to take Gabby away. Bernice returns to Brighton, leaving Ashley and Diane unaware of her intentions. Bernice gets engaged to her partner, Charlie, and gives birth to another daughter who she names Diane, after her mother.
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Old 03-11-2015, 11:06
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Cant find an age for her just this on wikipedia....if she was born in 2004 then she would be about 11 now.

Bernice returns in 2004 to attend Tricia's funeral. Now living in Brighton, she tells her father that she wants Gabby to live with her but when she goes to discuss the idea with Ashley, she sees how close he and Gabby are and realises that it would be unfair to take Gabby away. Bernice returns to Brighton, leaving Ashley and Diane unaware of her intentions. Bernice gets engaged to her partner, Charlie, and gives birth to another daughter who she names Diane, after her mother.
And we know that Dee Dee is living in Australia. With her dad I presume then.
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Old 03-11-2015, 13:18
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I'd like to see Dee Dee make an appearance. Can you imagine how jealous Gabby would be? Everything that Dee Dee would have from Lawrence and Bernice would be seen as "stolen from her" in Gabby's mind. I could see Gabby doing all sorts of mean and spiteful sneaky things to her sister, to begin with anyway. They would be friends eventually I'd suppose.
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Old 03-11-2015, 13:42
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And we know that Dee Dee is living in Australia. With her dad I presume then.
Yea didnt Bernice and Lawrence go to Australia a few weeks ago to see her.
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Old 03-11-2015, 14:05
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Yea didnt Bernice and Lawrence go to Australia a few weeks ago to see her.
I could be wrong but this might signify Dee Dee joining Emmerdale. I hope so. Poor Lawrence (who is rich, I mean put upon when I say poor), well he will be nagged for two ponies, one each! Maybe Lachlan will develop a thing for Dee Dee and this could lead to a decision for Bernice. I do have a feeling though that the Lachlan thing was partly written because Natalie Anderson was leaving and he might not do it again. Mind you a lot of sex offenders do it more than once The actor playing Lachlan is very good and also very brave to act this storyline. Some members of the public can be pretty stupid at times when it comes to TV fiction.
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Old 03-11-2015, 14:25
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Dee Dee should go to the wedding
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Old 03-11-2015, 14:33
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Dee Dee should go to the wedding
Great idea. I'd like to see that. It would be a lovely surprise for Bernice if Dee Dee arrives unannounced.
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Old 03-11-2015, 15:12
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I wonder why Dee Dee lives with her dad and not Bernice.
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Old 03-11-2015, 15:20
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I wonder why Dee Dee lives with her dad and not Bernice.
If I remember correctly I think Bernice and Dee Dee lived with Dee Dee's dad. Bernice had an affair and Bernice then moved to Emmerdale leaving Dee Dee behind. I think.
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Old 03-11-2015, 15:31
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Dee Dee versus Gabby.
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Old 03-11-2015, 15:32
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I think soap writers deliberately do things like this so they can pave the way for future story lines.

So who knows in the future...
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Old 03-11-2015, 17:32
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If I remember correctly I think Bernice and Dee Dee lived with Dee Dee's dad. Bernice had an affair and Bernice then moved to Emmerdale leaving Dee Dee behind. I think.
But why would she leave her own daughter behind ??
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Old 03-11-2015, 19:51
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But why would she leave her own daughter behind ??
Cos its Bernice and they will bring her back in at some time in the furture lol....Minus the Australian accent ..and older than she should be
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Old 03-11-2015, 19:53
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But why would she leave her own daughter behind ??
I love Bernice but maternal she ain't
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Old 03-11-2015, 20:49
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But why would she leave her own daughter behind ??
The same reason she left Gabby behind when she shacked up with DeeDees dad in Brighton. Bernice is great and I adore her but she has form for putting men before her kids. Essentially she met Steve and broke up his (and her own) marriage then was banished by her husband to Yorkshire as punishment for her deceit.
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Old 03-11-2015, 22:05
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But why would she leave her own daughter behind ??
She did exactly the same thing to Gabby. Back in 2002 Bernice left Gabby with Ashley revealing that she didn't have any maternal feelings towards her daughter and she would be better off being brought up by her dad. In 2004 it was mentioned that she had married again to a bloke called Charlie and had another daughter Diane (or DeeDee) however neither Charlie nor DeeDee have ever appeared onscreen. In 2012 when Bernice returned to the village she was with a new boyfriend (that posh bloke whose name escapes me) and it was revealed she had cheated on Charlie before leaving him and their daughter. Exactly like she cheated on Ashley before abandoning him with Gabby. Bernice is lovely and sweet natured these days but there is no denying she is a terrible mother. She may have reconnected with Gabby in the last few years but it is at the expense of her other daughter.
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Old 03-11-2015, 22:25
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I think it's terrible that the writers have made Bernice a bad mother. Mainly because she's a nice person really. When she left Gabby you could sort of see why as she had severe post natal depression. But there was no good reason as to why she left her younger daughter. Maybe that Charlie bloke kicked her out, but he couldnt of stopped her from seeing Dee Dee. Bernice could of gone to court if she really wanted full custody of her daughter, but she never did. Just seems strange as Bernice must have bonded with Dee Dee. Unlike with Gabby.
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Old 03-11-2015, 22:32
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I'd like to see Dee Dee make an appearance. Can you imagine how jealous Gabby would be? Everything that Dee Dee would have from Lawrence and Bernice would be seen as "stolen from her" in Gabby's mind. I could see Gabby doing all sorts of mean and spiteful sneaky things to her sister, to begin with anyway. They would be friends eventually I'd suppose.
That's a good idea for a storyline, it would be interesting to see how Bernice and Diane dealt with it.
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Old 03-11-2015, 23:07
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I'd like to see Dee Dee make an appearance. Can you imagine how jealous Gabby would be? Everything that Dee Dee would have from Lawrence and Bernice would be seen as "stolen from her" in Gabby's mind. I could see Gabby doing all sorts of mean and spiteful sneaky things to her sister, to begin with anyway. They would be friends eventually I'd suppose.
It would be classic! The poor kid would be lucky to last a month before suffering a series of strange 'accidents', culminating in either her death or ( if she was sensible) fleeing back to Australia
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Old 04-11-2015, 07:09
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I think it's terrible that the writers have made Bernice a bad mother. Mainly because she's a nice person really. When she left Gabby you could sort of see why as she had severe post natal depression. But there was no good reason as to why she left her younger daughter. Maybe that Charlie bloke kicked her out, but he couldnt of stopped her from seeing Dee Dee. Bernice could of gone to court if she really wanted full custody of her daughter, but she never did. Just seems strange as Bernice must have bonded with Dee Dee. Unlike with Gabby.
I really like Bernice and I never thought that she would do something like that.
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Old 04-11-2015, 08:33
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Some people can be lovely, sweet natured etc but useless parents. My friends think a lot of me but I deliberately chose not to have children as I knew I'd be a useless mother. I'm now 51 and have never once regretted that decision.
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Old 04-11-2015, 10:26
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I really like Bernice and I never thought that she would do something like that.
To be fair the issue was explored in some depth at the time. Diane was utterly mortified that Bernice could leave yet another child behind in favour of a man, and gave her hell about.

I think the way Bernice explained it away was by saying that, due to her affair, Charlie was so angry that he prevented Bernice seeing Deedee as punishment, and by the time he had calmed down Deedee was so upset with Bernice for spoiling their family with her affair that she refused to see her. I distinctly remember Diane going to visit Deedee quite often, with the intention of calming things down so that Bernice could mend her relationship with her daughter and start being more of a mother, but before she could have any impact, Charlie decided to move to Australia, and he even invited Diane to move with them, so that Deedee had a maternal figure in her life. Diane was actually going to go, but something stopped her at the last minute (not sure what)
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