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Geoff & Yasmeen storyline in Corrie

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Thedogscollar · 05/02/2020 22:07

AIBU in wanting to punch through my TV screen in frustration at this storyline. It made me cry tonight to see how manipulative and evil this character is, even when Yasmeen finally started to realise this is not a healthy and loving relationship Geoff manipulated her again abusing her love and trust in him.
It is heartbreaking to see this played out on tv but even more so to realise that for thousands this is their life right now, be it a woman or a man. I hope it gives the abused the strength to see this is not what a loving relationship involves and to move on to a better life.

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/02/2020 22:17

I'm the same. I felt like jumping in the Telly the other night when he called poor Yasmeen a bitch and. When he had her walking out to the chippy in the k pisses of rain I was nearly crying. Horrible nasty little man. Audrey certainly dodged a huge bullet, didn't she. The wa y she wanted Tim to stay for tea. She must have been terrified. I'm wondering if all that bullying is the reason why Tims mum left. Reading between the lines Tim seems to be a huge daddy's boy and has taken his side over his mother. Did he not see him manipulate and bully her when he was younger. I really don't understand.
I'm sure the actor who plays Geoff will be delighted that his character is despised and get s people's back up. It shows he doing a brilliant job in portraying his character.

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Thedogscollar · 05/02/2020 22:24

HI babyspider, yes the actor playing Geoff is going a great job suppose that us the sign of a good baddy in that you want to tip their head of Angry
Just hope it gives people who are in abusive relationships the strength to break free as nobody deserves to be manipulated and abused on any level.

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Thedogscollar · 05/02/2020 22:25

Ha ha rip their head off.

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TheBouquets · 05/02/2020 22:28

It is awful to watch this storyline. I want to give Yasmeen a shake and tell her not to take any more of his cr@p.
Even worse is the fact that I know people who are actually being treated in similar terms but they cant see it at all. The manipulator has stopped their victim watching "soaps" so she wont even be seeing this to start any thoughts of how their treatment is similar.
One of the bad sides of this type of abuse is that we have to wait for the victim to see the light. It is hard to do this without screaming in frustration

bigmamama · 05/02/2020 22:28

I hope it's over soon coz I can't bare to watch it anymore. I don't understand how nobody has noticed it's dreadful to watch.

Whynosnowyet · 05/02/2020 22:30

It's stomach churning.

Redshoeblueshoe · 05/02/2020 22:34

At least Eileen and Cathy seem to be questioning what's going on.
It's harrowing.

Anychance123 · 05/02/2020 22:37

This storyline is absolutely heartbreaking, I could barely watch it earlier, I hope it finishes soon and everyone finds out what he’s like. I know it’s not real but the thought that this does happen, and worse, is just so sad. I think the storyline is helpful in the way that it showed him starting off with little things, like putting her off the book club and encouraging Aaliyah to move out, it might highlight the warning signs to look out for. Let’s hope they kill him off without yasmin getting in trouble.

Anychance123 · 05/02/2020 22:39

@bigmamama yes you’re right. I watched ‘classic corrie’ the other day and it was all about Audrey joining a golf club, so lighthearted and funny. I know these things need highlighting but it’s just horrid now.

gottastopeatingchocolate · 05/02/2020 22:55

I don't watch Corrie but fell over this by accident tonight and couldn't turn it off.

I was a Yasmeen not so long ago. What struck me was the "externals" - the way he talked lovingly and "protectively" about her, the lovely photo of them both beside the box he had shut her in.... I remember it being drilled into me that no one would believe me (as I was the problem, anyway, much as Yasmeen is), and some people never did believe it.

I hope that they don't "kill him off" conveniently, but pursue the story beyond separation to show him play the victim, the misunderstood and maligned. To show friends being pressured to "take sides". To show Yasmeen having to try and "prove" what she went through. It's a pity they are older and don't have young children, as what happens in Family Court would make the viewers' eyes water!

(Yes, I may be slightly bitter!) But I do hope they don't package it up too neatly as soap storylines often do.

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Thedogscollar · 05/02/2020 23:03

Hi gottastopeatingchocolate How great that you broke free. I can't imagine the horror of living a life like that and so glad you got out. As you say I do hope they continue to see the aftermath of when the abuse is discovered by their friends and families.
You do not sound bitter at all, just saying it from the point of view of someone who has first hand experience. Flowers

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rainbowlou · 05/02/2020 23:11

I was in a relationship like that for years, he became physically abusive too and smashed the house up in temper often.
I remember my neighbour one day asking if everything was ok as they’d nearly called
The police the night before.
I told her everything was fine but inside hoping next time she would.
I think the story line is chilling, the actors are playing the parts so well it’s making me want to shut my ears and turn over when they’re on screen.
I hope Corrie raises some serious awareness and lots of people get support after watching and recognising their own situations.

StillCoughingandLaughing · 06/02/2020 04:51

It’s incredibly hard to watch - but of course, it’s meant to be. I’ve seen people online saying it’s too harrowing, they will be switching off until it’s over, ‘This needs to end NOW!’ etc... I wonder if any of them quite grasp that that’s the point. Someone in Yasmeen’s situation can’t just flip the channel. Sometimes a story has to be a hard watch to work.

Teacaketotty · 07/02/2020 08:48

It is a really hard watch but I find it gripping (is that weird?)

Where do we think it will end up? I hope they keep is realistic.

woodhill · 07/02/2020 08:51

Does anyone remember home fires? On itv with Pat and her tyrannical husband. He was violent and menacing and she was so sweet

eenymeenyminyme · 07/02/2020 09:01

I've posted this on another thread but some of the things that Geoff was saying and doing like "do you wake up in the morning and think of ways to annoy me?", hitting himself and wanting comforting to make Yasmeen feel guilty were exactly what my ExH did. So much that it's really unsettled me.

Leaving didn't feel like an option, that's part of the abuser's control. They convince you that it's all your fault so you feel obliged to stay to put it right.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 07/02/2020 09:20

Nope YANBU in any way

The acting from the bloke who plays Geoff is top notch though . He is really really hateful and that takes skills ,
It is horrible to watch but sadly this happens to too many ladies (and men) and I guess Coro are bringing awareness . Gaslighting is what it is of course.

Schuyler · 07/02/2020 10:14

It’s a really difficult storyline to watch but it’s an important one and has got people talking.

chilling19 · 07/02/2020 10:17

I am struggling with it as well. It is just too real. I hope it helps watching women who are in this situation.

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