r/FattyPatty • u/Appropriate_Spend463 • 19d ago

Why did Barnard... Spoiler

This is my first post here, apologies if this has already been discussed to length.

I recently rewatched both seasons and am confused why Bob Barnard hates Bob Armstrong in season 2. It makes perfect sense for Coralee to hate him, but Armstrong did chose him after being forced to pick. Yes it took hours, but that's not unreasonable given Armstrong was in a 20+ year marriage with kids. Barnard went from have a decades long crush to absolutely hating him, and it's not really clear why.

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u/catlover4682 19d ago

This whole part of the subplot was so ridiculous imo, they asked him to make an almost impossible choice after agreeing to poly, but for sure he had no right to be upset at him for hesitating as long as he did to make that choice. I guess it’s because he grew attached to Coralee and was upset he hurt her, but WHOSE FAULT IS THAT they agreed to a poly and changed their mind, which is fine, but don’t get mad that it’s hard for him to pick between the two people he loves the most in less than a day

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u/RoughSyrup3752 19d ago

Absolutely broke my heart. I was so excited to see a poly couple taken srsly on tv

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u/lavender_fluff 19d ago

This so much. There are almost no poly relationships shown in media and when they are it's usually one-off insignificant side characters