Home and Away era Hanging out at Salt with Dean

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New thread for H&A chatter natter. No spoilers on this one pls

I can't name one Dean can I with you lot lusting after big Dean.
I like Lance and Martin 😂😂

@LHMB congratulations l, I'd forgot we were date buddies, here's to awesome Friday 13th babies!!

If I have Lance and Martin, you can have Marilyn 😁😁

18:38SleepingStandingUp thank you! Yes our babies are awesome!

Do we know how long Tori is poorly for? I'm glad the "Robbo's past" storyline is over now.

I wonder what date Grace was born on?? 0.that was a good sized baby 😂😂

No idea Re Tori, a while I think. She had 6 months mat leave

I don’t understand why Tori is in a coma now... is this the actress’s mat leave? I thought the actress Penny already had it while off-screen in the safe house, and that’s why she had a perfect fake pillow bump and was prancing around energetically in the few episodes before she gave birth to Grace?

Leah looked like she was smuggling a couple of newborns herself in that low-cut mustard dress 😂

It's still mat leave yeah, i think she came in and filmed the baby scenes on a KIT day based on Instagram but she wasn't in the safe house long enough so it's def a plot device

Good point Sleeping. I think the safe house storyline dragged on so long it felt like she’d had her mat year and then some!!

@Fi1982 didn't it just!

What the frig is Justin on? Give me my sisters baby? E no mate cos she's actually my baby too!!

Why doesn't he trust Jazzy tho?

Just catching up on the last few days’ episodes.
Bella is unbearable.
Justin is completely unreasonable.
They are all terrible ‘parents’ to Ava. She’s not a toddler, sending her out of the room every time they discuss Tori is not going to cut it. Buddy must be the most overfed dog in history...

Thry used to do it with Raffy too.

Why isn't she in school?

Buddy must be the most overfed dog in history...

😂 so true Appropriate

Also, I guess Nina will go many months, or even maybe years, without bothering to see Ava now, despite being the sole resident (bio) parent for the past 10 years or whatever. She doesn’t even know Justin really, but no need to check out his living sitch or meet Leah, Ava’s de facto stepmum...

I was thinking that about Buddy earlier too.
Ava has already had a new head or I'd wonder if she'd be send to feed the dog and come back in, in five years time, like Tracey in Corrie being sent upstairs to listen to her tapes

I hope Justin stops being so bloody annoying now, doing my head in!

I know it's going back a few days but I'd have kicked ziggys arse all the way down the bay if she didn't chill out with the organising and interfering.
If my partner asked my work to cut my hours I'd be steaming!

Yes totally ott of Ziggy, good job Dean is actually pretty chill!

Baby Grace has AMAZING head control for a few weeks old!!

Does anyone else find the Willow/Alex pairing a little odd? Alex is a proper, professional, grown-up type & Willow just isn't. They don't seem to have anything in common.

I've just been googling & was v surprised to find out how much older Willow is IRL than Colby & Dean. She's actually closer to Alex than them & yet they supposedly grew up together.

So how old are they all? Her being older makes me less 🤔 about her being married to Justin in rl too 😂

Yes and no. Her last proper relationship was Justin she clearly likes the older person, someone more directive and experienced so going for the hot shot doc kinda works. And willow isn't bowed by her being a doc, makes her do her pt sessions etc so maybe she likes that willow stands up to her but is still younger and more fun? I think it's always a weird fit when someone decides to "explore their sexuality" cos it comes so far from left side. I don't think I know anyone who's done it in rl past the younger "coming out" age

I just watched today's episode and they aren't even pretending that baby Grace is a newborn the Erinsborough blanket baby would be more realistic

Was that Irene? Yeah total miss on that one 😂😂

Baby Grace will be strolling in to Salt and ordering a beer by next week at this rate... my DD had worse head control at three months!

Funny once you have kids, you really notice the shiteness of soaps at portraying parenthood... how many times have Robbo and Jazzy Jeff left poor old Grace to nap alone in a room with a shut door... hello, SIDS guidelines! And Jeff a nurse an’ all.

Speaking of the Jazzter, where’s this new ‘Mate’ thing come from? She called Mason and Willow ‘Mate’ the other day. Newsflash to H&A producers: it doesn’t make her more likeable I’m afraid 😬

Willow and Alex are quite sweet, but I’m fairly sure a lot of gay people don’t really wanna be treated as a fun experiment, which is clearly where this SL is heading. I don’t see them setting up home etc any time soon. No doubt Alex will be getting her P45 as soon as Tori comes round anyway!

Did anyone else wonder why Irene was pulling her ‘kidnapped by Mick’ face when she saw Willow and Alex pashing... yeah I get it was a surprise, but not sure it warranted that gun-to-the-head acting 😂

Yes she seemed utterly horrified, totally at odds with her chat with Willow later.

Maybe there was a sperm donation mix up and Grace's Daddy is really Father Jack, so she's half sister to Gabezilla??

Willow storming into Alex's workplace and demanding that they sort things out was a bit OTT. They've been together 5 minutes

That description of Irene's expression is perfect

That poor baby must only be 2 weeks old and she keeps being left alone in a cot. I thought they would have taken her to Tori at least once.