Elena
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And have your children be in that turmoil. I can't fathom it. I really can't. So while I don't understand this decision, I don't. I don't understand it. I don't either. I can at least stand from back here and say, I don't know what your life feels like. Right. And I don't know what it felt for you to think you were seeing a hint of who you fell in love with at first.
And have your children be in that turmoil. I can't fathom it. I really can't. So while I don't understand this decision, I don't. I don't understand it. I don't either. I can at least stand from back here and say, I don't know what your life feels like. Right. And I don't know what it felt for you to think you were seeing a hint of who you fell in love with at first.
Yeah, you have to have empathy for the situation. So that's why I'm like stepping back from my... full-blown judgment here and trying to look at it from like you were seeing someone you you fell in love with or you thought you were you know what i mean it's just a really fucked up sad situation i really feel just awful for these children for them for really especially donna That's the thing.
Yeah, you have to have empathy for the situation. So that's why I'm like stepping back from my... full-blown judgment here and trying to look at it from like you were seeing someone you you fell in love with or you thought you were you know what i mean it's just a really fucked up sad situation i really feel just awful for these children for them for really especially donna That's the thing.
Well, that's the thing. That's where I say, what the fuck?
Well, that's the thing. That's where I say, what the fuck?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right back into his... That's the thing. Like, Donna, all of them, all those kids I feel bad for. The person I feel most for is Donna. I feel so horrible for these kids.
Right back into his... That's the thing. Like, Donna, all of them, all those kids I feel bad for. The person I feel most for is Donna. I feel so horrible for these kids.
And it's, like, compounding trauma. It's also, like... Teresa has kind of been molded since she was a child, truly, to bend the whims of men and accommodate them and kind of, you know, demean yourself for them. Like, not really think of yourself as an independent person who can do this. Who can break out on their own. And even in her moments of doing it, you know what I mean?
And it's, like, compounding trauma. It's also, like... Teresa has kind of been molded since she was a child, truly, to bend the whims of men and accommodate them and kind of, you know, demean yourself for them. Like, not really think of yourself as an independent person who can do this. Who can break out on their own. And even in her moments of doing it, you know what I mean?
Like, I feel like she always gets sucked back in with some man who's kind of taking the reins. Yeah, I mean, she's a victim. And so she's a victim of her own right. But then it's like these children are a victim of these men. And also they're, unfortunately, their mother's trauma of not being able to be without these men.
Like, I feel like she always gets sucked back in with some man who's kind of taking the reins. Yeah, I mean, she's a victim. And so she's a victim of her own right. But then it's like these children are a victim of these men. And also they're, unfortunately, their mother's trauma of not being able to be without these men.
And it's like, so there's this awful, and that's what I meant when I was saying like, you can see that there was, Teresa wanted to break this cycle. But there was something broken. And she was successful for a time. that she was struggling to fix. And I think it just makes me really sad that like all of these young women and all of them were embroiled in this. Because it's like, what the fuck?
And it's like, so there's this awful, and that's what I meant when I was saying like, you can see that there was, Teresa wanted to break this cycle. But there was something broken. And she was successful for a time. that she was struggling to fix. And I think it just makes me really sad that like all of these young women and all of them were embroiled in this. Because it's like, what the fuck?
Like, it's just like, this guy is a monster. It's just tragic. A straight up monster. And it's like, Teresa wanted to break free. That's why I just am like, I wanted her to break free with Glenn and those kids right off the jump.
Like, it's just like, this guy is a monster. It's just tragic. A straight up monster. And it's like, Teresa wanted to break free. That's why I just am like, I wanted her to break free with Glenn and those kids right off the jump.
Because it's like, this would have been such a different story. Yeah. But Grady had to be cruel, and he had to pull those kids back just to abuse them. Right. Just to traumatize them. And it's like, I don't think they would have lived with this much trauma if they had lived with Teresa. I just don't.
Because it's like, this would have been such a different story. Yeah. But Grady had to be cruel, and he had to pull those kids back just to abuse them. Right. Just to traumatize them. And it's like, I don't think they would have lived with this much trauma if they had lived with Teresa. I just don't.