Summer House
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It was the absolute perfect ending to an absolute perfect season.
Carl and Lindsay were cued up for the greatest fight of their career.
This is not the time to let the camerapersons go home.
Its basically over but Lindsays goes to join the revelers, leaving Carl alone in his Michael Jackson jacket.
(Heres to Joe the Balloon guy for friend of next season.)
He says not really.
Sorry, but there is a difference.
Theres the notion of romantic love that is way deeper than platonic love; it just is.
Ciara says she cant understand where Wests priorities are because he seems casual about everything.
Lindsay says that is not realistic and thats just never the person shes going to be.
Lindsay says, Youcouldbe successful.
Carl only hears the word could.
He wants Lindsay to say, Yes, babe.
Youre a rock star.
Well, she could say that, but shes lying.
This brings up something Lindsay says to Danielle after the fight while talking upstairs.
No harder, he says to her.
But after that fight, Lindsay says, I have nothing left in the tank for him.
Just like Vicki Gunvalson, her love tank is empty and thats when shit really goes bad.
Lindsay elaborates on the fight later when she and Carl have the breakup conversation.
That alone is really dark behavior.
This makes me realize that we dont know thehalfof it.
These two were fighting so much and so viciously that the landlord emailed them about noise complaints.
What are they like alone?
What terrible things are they saying to each other when no one is watching?
I dont think any of us want to know.
Nor should anyone in a relationship.
I think Lindsay wanted to change some things about Carl (I suspect mostly his earning potential) too.
Thats never going to work.
You cant get into a relationship expecting the person to change.
Carl says the way that they fight is not normal, but he is right.
Lindsay, I have something to tell you: its time to quit.
Theyve been in couples therapy since November.
Its been almost a year, and things have not improved.
Theyve talked, theyve changed, theyve gone to therapy.
There is nothing left for them to do.
But I will give Lindsay tons of credit.
The Lindsay we saw this summer is not the Lindsay who shouts about sandwiches.
They have failed, and what he did was the best thing he could have done.
(Wait for the reunion.)
Lindsay meets the girls, and I think everyone on Danielles velvet sofa is correct.
Gabby says Carl was right to break up but didnt like how he did it.
Paige says its for the best.
They both say fucked up things about each other, she says.
And I hear it from both sides.
I dont think we can point fingers … Because we all witnessed everything that went down this summer.
You have to look at their whole relationship.
Lindsay tells the women that shes blindsided and humiliated.
I see how she was blindsided and humiliated, but I dont think shes as humiliated as she thinks.
Shell come back from this, so will Carl, and so will all of us.
