So what happened to Mindy and Randy?
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cpoet — 10 years ago(May 16, 2015 07:23 PM)
she replied within an hour of my message and asked to get together it will be strange to see her, but i'm really excited! i'll definitely let you know how it goes.. i would never have had the nerve to contact her without your prompting
This made me happier than anything else I've seen in 10+ years on IMDb. -
Erin-Leigh-14 — 10 years ago(August 18, 2015 08:05 AM)
aww! i'm glad!! it went remarkably well - it was definitely a bit awkward for a few minutes considering we don't know each other anymore so it was like 2 strangers sitting at a table hahaha but that went away pretty quickly because we had a lot to talk about and catch up on, and it was really nice to see what kind of an adult she's turned into. we've friended each other on facebook now so i no longer have to creep her profile
and she said she'd tried to find me on there but i am under my married name so she couldn't find me. her sisters, who were much younger than we were, no longer live in the same city as we do, so hopefully when they come home at Christmas i'll be able to see them, too. anyway, it was a good experience - we may not be able to re-establish the relationship we had when our parents were together, but i'm really glad we re-connected
have you tried that crazy wrap thing?!
http://erinleighmckenzie.myitworks.com -
Erin-Leigh-14 — 10 years ago(August 18, 2015 09:47 PM)
such a simple tune - such a deep meaning. thank you for giving me the courage to reach out xox
have you tried that crazy wrap thing?!
http://erinleighmckenzie.myitworks.com -
robbystoner — 10 years ago(April 30, 2015 05:58 PM)
Dont listen to Shelemm. He/she doesnt know what they are talking about. It is going to be weird and complicated. Just leave those people alone.
"Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, to be stuck inside of mobile
with the memphis blues again" -
Erin-Leigh-14 — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 03:41 PM)
it was weird for the first few minutes of our first get-together.. and then it became fantastic. we are both happy i reached out to her. as i said in another post, she had been looking for me, too. thanks for your advice, but it's all good!
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palisade-1 — 11 years ago(March 27, 2015 08:24 AM)
She probably
had
to leave them behind (legally, that is). Besides reporting the abuse to CPS her options were limited she almost certainly obtained a restraining order against Bill, and that would have meant he could not contact her or the kids, but also vice versa she could not contact him or
his
kids.
This thread from last month covers many important points (including that this exact thing apparently happened to Linklater as a boy when his mother changed partners and he lost track of his step-siblings):
http://www.imdb.com/board/11065073/board/nest/240048239 -
Link6321 — 11 years ago(March 27, 2015 07:36 PM)
Thanks for the link.
I do realize she
had
to leave them behind and had no choice in the matter because she wasn't their legal guardian, and that having no closure on them is more "realistic" because that's how it sometimes is in the real world. I do get all of that, but I guess it's just selfishness on my part for wanting a bit of closure on the step-kids mainly because I became emotionally invested in them.
I mean, after Bill broke all those dishes and the kids were hanging out in their room, Sam and Mindy had each other, Mason was watching a comedy skit on the laptopbut Randy was lying on the ground, staring at the ceiling. I felt bad for all of the kids, but mainly Randy because he had no one. It seemed like Mindy got the better end of the bargain because her dad wasn't AS big an beep to her ("I trust you.") as he was with Randy ("Are you feeling left out?!"). Mason at least had his mom to run to; Randy had no one except his sister.
Then when Olivia finally left Bill and took Sam and Mason away, the shot of Mindy and Randy on the staircase, utterly helpless, as they watched the only decent people they had in their lives at that moment leave so abruptlyjust really broke my heart.
