Seven Year Switch

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Anyone else watching this now?

How can she be a sahm when she said several times during the show I front of George she was working and was working and looking after their child when he was in hospital, I think George knew he looked bad and was constantly trying to justify it.

Monkey and Purple I agree, he was vile, she was pretty nasty and aggressive too though to be fair. Definitely for the best that they split up 🤣

I felt bad for Simon - it seemed like he'd gotten used to bottling things up because of Nikki's PND and didn't want to upset her. Hope it works out for them.

Tom and Rachel were clearly unsuited for each other - felt for Tom but also think he'd do my head in as I need someone well-motivated like me! Hopefully they can both find someone who matches them better and stay friendly for their child.

George was (and no doubt still is) a massive twat. Cheered when they said they were divorcing!

She def worked part time in a coffee shop, it showed her at work!

The respect from George should come from realising he would be unable to work like that if she wasn’t running the home. It’s not unusual though for men to think that’s not a job.

Hooray for Michelle getting rid of that scumbag. What a self-obsessed, puffed up twerp he is. I bet her sister hated his guts.

Proposal was cringe. Can’t see them lasting. Not sure about the other two though I think Gemma had gained some confidence and hopefully will pack for him if he threatens her with leaving again. She seemed like a lovely person. Jury’s out on Nicky and Simon.

How long until tony comes out?

Simon and Nikki’s dynamic reminded me of a close friend of mine. When they first met, she was so smitten with his looks and fitness, plus he was a nice bloke with a good career, that she didn’t seem to notice his lack of real emotional support to her. She was the emotional rock in their relationship whilst he was more distant but enjoyed her attention and it suited them both.

Then came babies and bang! Suddenly she realised that she had been propping up the relationship all on her own and having a baby made her reach out to him for emotional support.
However, not being used to this, he had not a clue how to deal with it and ended up pushing her away.

I really hope Simon and Nikki are able to work it out and find happiness together. However, I suspect it will be more a case of “making do” and remaining by and large, unhappily married.

Simon! It was shocking how he worked FT then thought it was acceptable to continue his hobby five nights each week!!

I’m not surprised Nicki felt lonely and depressed!

George is just a mummy’s boy! He wants waiting on hand and foot!

Poor Tom, she is never going to change her perception of him. She said she has lost respect for him due to his lack of ambition. I just don’t think they were suited!

George’s comment “if I notice crumbs on the carpet I’ll hoover to help her out”

It’s not helping her out it’s just getting shit done that needs to be done to keep the house nice.
I am so pleased they’ve split and I know that’s not nice to say. She will do well, he will move back to his mummy’s (as no one can look after him like her) or a flat walking distance and he will have a string of young silly but pretty girlfriends.

Tom is a top man I did think she had got so used to treating him like shit it just carried on. His playful side will be brilliant when their child’s bigger. Just ill suited I think.

Simon and nikki I think he was just emotionally switched off (I do wonder if he was ever emotionally switched on). I think they are a couple who just need to make more time for each other just them two.

Oh I see that they split. Not surprised at all. Wonder if they married? Doubt it. I also thought she would have been disappointed with diamond, ha ha.

Whiny ass George can shove his nasty self-pity up his sexist arse. Michelle would be great on Love Island. Also, George’s subsequent rage would be amusing.

I really liked Nikki and thought she deserved better than Simon, he isnt capable of giving her support and love.
George and Michelle were toxic.
I think Gemma and Tony had the most loving relationship out of them all but Tony did appear quite needy which must be exhausting.
Rachael and Tom were like chalk and cheese and I am glad he learnt to stick up for himself.

I didn’t think it was simons hobby he was doing in the evening, I thought he coached rugby in the evenings?

The thing is that Simon was a “star” rugby player when they first got together. Nikki was part of his management team apparently, and clearly a strong capable woman who probably made Simon feel very supported and nurtured.

But when she needed that support and nurture back, he totally crumbled. I think he genuinely hadn’t a clue how to deal with Nikki’s PND and thought he was doing the right thing by being “strong and silent” when in fact he was just being silent and withdrawn.

I really believe that Nikki needs a different kind of partner because whilst Simon might change a little, he’s never going to be the emotionally supportive husband she so desperately needs.

Although Tony was a temper-throwing, needy man-child, he did talk to Nikki and I think he gave her a glimpse of what a relationship could be with someone who chatted, who cared, who emotionally-engaged. How soul-destroying to go back to Simon after that realisation.

George was an arse and I'm glad they split up. However, if your DH was in hospital with a blood clot, would you not visit him more than twice? I work and have DC but when DH was in hospital, I visited more than twice . . .I didn't think that was unusual.

I can’t imagine George being a particularly good patient so I’m. It surprised she only wanted to visit him twice! I think she already knew she wanted to leave when they got home too.

Curse of the sausage fingers! *not surprised!

JessicaJonesJacket That’s what George said but she said that was lie. I think George just expected her to be constantly up and down the hospital. He forgets she had a child to see to not just him.

According to George's twitter he had three months off work with pancreatitis.

I suppose my question is if you're relationship wasn't falling apart, how often would you expect to visit a partner in hospital?

I think it's impossible to get to any sort of 'truth' about George and Michelle's relationship except the obvious truth of him being abusive but everything else they disagreed on eg Michelle said he did nothing:he said he helped with the DC; Michelle said he refused to iron;he said his mum did all his laundry anyway; he said she visited twice:she rolled her eyes.

Yes agree about it being impossible to know what actually happened.

I'm finding this so hard to watch! Nikki and Simon are my husband and I when I have bad days with my pnd. He shuts down and ignores me and it's awful. I'm not always like it but I can see how it can absolutely break a relationship when it feels like the person who should be there for you, and who you would have sworn would be there for your forever, actually isn't. On my good days we talk and are open but as soon as it's a bad day it's gone again.

I thought Michelle said she was working, and looking after the kids, which is why she couldn’t cpvisit George in hospital a lot.

Just caught up.
So happy for Michelle! She deserves SOOO much better. No one deserves George. He was truly, truly vile.
Agree re Nikki and Simon- he is so emotionally constipated it's ridiculous. Im sceptical but I do hope it works out for them. It must have been a shock to go back to Simon after being with the emotionally flamboyant hairdresser for 2 weeks.
I'm pleased hairdresser realised what a dick he'd been by just swanning off back to his mummy's while leaving his partner on her own with 2 small kids. I hope it works out for them (although I was surprised that he didn't turn out to be gay).

To be fair, who would want to visit George in hospital?? If someone spoke to me the way he spoke to her ended up in hospital I know I'd be at home enjoying having crumbs on the carpet without receiving verbal abuse!