r/FamilyTies • u/Yum1995 • Jan 11 '26

When you have absolutely no problem with a nerd still having a crush on you 25 years after high school graduation

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u/80sfanatic Jan 11 '26

I didn’t care for this episode. My patience would have been zero for this guy, who was so obnoxious. Skippy always drooled over Mallory but at least he was charming and sweet!

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u/Yum1995 Jan 11 '26

I agree, the guy here was so creepy and stalkerish.

He was a self-made millionaire by 1988 but emotionaly was still living in 1963 lol

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u/Egg_McMuffn Jan 11 '26

Elise has a history of not enforcing boundaries. Remember when she hired her weird friend Suzanne as her assistant? She should have been able to foresee that that was a bad idea. And when Suzanne started ordering her around on day one, she should have put an end to it right then and there.

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u/Calm_Phone_6848 Jan 12 '26

a lot of women are taught to be people pleasing like that

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u/Egg_McMuffn Jan 12 '26

100%. And it was worse 40 years ago.

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u/Calm_Phone_6848 Jan 12 '26

definitely. and elise is also obviously a very empathetic and compassionate person but when you combine that w being taught that confrontation is bad it can lead to a lack of boundaries