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Ronnie the mother (eastenders)
Sorry if there is a thread on this, I did have a look but may have missed it
Why is Ronnie such a rubbish mother. She tried for years to be one, had a couple of children who sadly died, but now she has one she doesn't seem to give a crap about him! It just all seems a bit odd, I haven't watched in a while so if this has been explained on screen firstly I apologise and secondly can someone explain it to me please? |
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I'm a bit confused too. Ronnie is more interested in Vincent. She lost a baby so I would have thought she wold dote on her son but she hardly bothers with him and doesn't talk about him at all which is so weird. You'd think she'd put some of the energy she uses on Roxy and Vincent into Matthew.
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I suspect after all the heartache, she's possibly holding back a bit just in case something goes wrong. I don't think Ronnie is deliberately cold or unfeeling, but she is a product of what she has been through in life. But then to be fair, I've no interest in seeing her coo over her baby.
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I dunno why they even bothered giving her a child to be honest. Unless like u say she's holding back on purpose leading too a future storyline. I've never cared for Ronnie but it just intrigued me after watching New Years day
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I dunno why they even bothered giving her a child to be honest. Unless like u say she's holding back on purpose leading too a future storyline. I've never cared for Ronnie but it just intrigued me after watching New Years day
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Let's not forget that when Matthew was born Ronnie was in a coma for months afterwards. She missed some key bonding time there, and she was extremely hurt to learn Roxie had stepped into the mother (and wife) role during the interim.
When they gave her a child I suspect they hadn't planned for Jack to return so it's conceivable they imagined Ronnie and Charlie had a lot more mileage. But it's also out of character for us to see a soft side of Ronnie anymore too. She has to be cold, calculating and removed from reality. That's just how she functions and who she is now. What will be nice is seeing Jack can break through and bring out her softer side. |
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Let's not forget that when Matthew was born Ronnie was in a coma for months afterwards. She missed some key bonding time there, and she was extremely hurt to learn Roxie had stepped into the mother (and wife) role during the interim.
When they gave her a child I suspect they hadn't planned for Jack to return so it's conceivable they imagined Ronnie and Charlie had a lot more mileage. But it's also out of character for us to see a soft side of Ronnie anymore too. She has to be cold, calculating and removed from reality. That's just how she functions and who she is now. What will be nice is seeing Jack can break through and bring out her softer side. |
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I think it's a case of 'happy ever after' doesn't exist. Ronnie always thought that a child would fill the void in her life, and when she got what she always wanted, she realised it didn't make her half as content as she thought it would.
Matthew's mother is Ronnie and his grandparents are Nick and Archie. This and his mother being totally distant as he grows up = the next Walford psychopath. |
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Agreed. The thing is that if she hasn't bonded why aren't we shown her reaction to having difficulties? Why does no one mention to her that she isn't bonding or why does she not admit she finds it hard to Roxy maybe? It's just like they gave her a kid and then just couldn't write for them.
Jack did point out Matthew needing her this week, which could be a hint of something. But just because we don't see her cooing over him all the time doesn't mean she's a bad mother. Plus just because she's a mother, doesn't mean she can't deal with other dramas. The amount of murder plots over the last 2 weeks she's had to deal with, I can forgive her for being a bit of a distracted mother! |
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I think it's a case of 'happy ever after' doesn't exist. Ronnie always thought that a child would fill the void in her life, and when she got what she always wanted, she realised it didn't make her half as content as she thought it would.
Matthew's mother is Ronnie and his grandparents are Nick and Archie. This and his mother being totally distant as he grows up = the next Walford psychopath. |
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I think it's a case of 'happy ever after' doesn't exist. Ronnie always thought that a child would fill the void in her life, and when she got what she always wanted, she realised it didn't make her half as content as she thought it would.
Matthew's mother is Ronnie and his grandparents are Nick and Archie. This and his mother being totally distant as he grows up = the next Walford psychopath. I don't think Ronnie is a bad mother. I just meant there hasn't been much writing for them. |
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Maybe Dot being his great grandmother will be his redeeming feature?
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Poor writing for Ronnie did this.
If EE wants to help her character at all this year they need to keep her away from this gangster nonsense. Leave it Phil when he's recovered. I'd like to see them focus on Ronnie's "healing", paying attention to being a mum to Matthew. I also want to see them soften her character who socialises with the other women on the Square. I think her and Honey could be a nice friendship. They could also have her mixing with Linda and Sharon. |
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Poor writing for Ronnie did this.
If EE wants to help her character at all this year they need to keep her away from this gangster nonsense. Leave it Phil when he's recovered. I'd like to see them focus on Ronnie's "healing", paying attention to being a mum to Matthew. I also want to see them soften her character who socialises with the other women on the Square. I think her and Honey could be a nice friendship. They could also have her mixing with Linda and Sharon. |
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Poor writing for Ronnie did this.
If EE wants to help her character at all this year they need to keep her away from this gangster nonsense. Leave it Phil when he's recovered. I'd like to see them focus on Ronnie's "healing", paying attention to being a mum to Matthew. I also want to see them soften her character who socialises with the other women on the Square. I think her and Honey could be a nice friendship. They could also have her mixing with Linda and Sharon. |
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No thanks. Ronnie despite her obsession with her sister isn't a "girl's girl". She gets on better with men. Some women are just like that. I don't want scenes with her being friends with Sharon, Linda and especially not Honey. I think someone like Honey would annoy the hell out of a woman like Ronnie. To be honest I don't find the female friendships on Eastenders at all believable. All this "best friends" crap when they've known each other 5 minutes gets on my nerves.
I can see Kathy, Denise and Carmel being decent friends though. I've decided, we need another female lock in at the Vic. Love it when they get the women all together and let them get pissed. |
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Why give Ronnie a child ??
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Some of them work. Tanya and Jane did, and Linda and Sharon kind of works (though Sharon is constantly letting Linda down). Denise and Shabnam and Shabnam and Stacey have nice friendships though.
I can see Kathy, Denise and Carmel being decent friends though. I've decided, we need another female lock in at the Vic. Love it when they get the women all together and let them get pissed. |
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I often wonder whether Ronnie has had trouble building a relationship with Matthew. She was in a coma, which meant that Ronnie was missing in those precious and important few months of a child's life. A bond is created instantly between a child and a mother. But it wasn't for Ronnie. Which I often wonder whether that was done to mirror the difficulty of when Kat had trouble bonding with Tommy when he returned to her.
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https://youtu.be/lOYTeruBQTQ
There was this scene that made me want to cry at 7:14 and there was a scene of her playing in the lounge in September |
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Ronnie isn't a believable mother but I want her to bond with Matthew properly.
Honey and Ronnie's friendship needs to be explored properly. They live in the same house and Honey could bring out Ronnie's softer side. I want Ronnie to have less scenes with Vincent. Vincent brings her down, in my opinion and Richard Blackwood is an atrocious "actor". No chemistry with Ronnie and Vincent. |
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To busy trying to murder Vincent, rescue philmor control Roxy. Honeslty Charlie should be given custody of Matthew. Ronnie does not deserve kids and he would be better off unborn or adopted then have Ronnie for a mother. I used to love Ronnir, now I just despise her.
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Honey and Ronnie's friendship needs to be explored properly.
If they became close friends, they could each make up for what the other lacks. |
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She is an appalling mother given that she has lost two children and suffered a miscarriage prior to having Matthew. You would think she would dote on him and never let him out of her sight but she seems more interested,as others have said, in Vincent and of course, her main obsession, Roxy.
Maybe the fact that she was in a coma for the first few months of Matthew's life has led to a poor attachment for her but I would like to see this properly addressed instead of just ignored. If Jack thinks he can come back and play happy families with her, good luck to him. |
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Sorry if there is a thread on this, I did have a look but may have missed it
Why is Ronnie such a rubbish mother. She tried for years to be one, had a couple of children who sadly died, but now she has one she doesn't seem to give a crap about him! It just all seems a bit odd, I haven't watched in a while so if this has been explained on screen firstly I apologise and secondly can someone explain it to me please? I've said much the same myself in other threads, why can't Ronnie finally be happy and be a devoted mother? It would seem that gangstering it up is her preferred lifestyle choice though I couldn't really get beyond her frightening Matthew's father off for good but then still not to be there for her son even more now that he doesn't have a father due to her and instead shoving him from pillar to post in order to threaten all kinds of dangerous people on the Square makes me just give up on her completely
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I've said much the same myself in other threads, why can't Ronnie finally be happy and be a devoted mother? It would seem that gangstering it up is her preferred lifestyle choice though
I couldn't really get beyond her frightening Matthew's father off for good but then still not to be there for her son even more now that he doesn't have a father due to her and instead shoving him from pillar to post in order to threaten all kinds of dangerous people on the Square makes me just give up on her completely