u/calisen13

Okay am I a super harsh critic or was the acting in the first season…bad? I really don’t want to be a hater but I’m struggling to finish the entire season. Part of it is definitely plot changes I find frustrating and the lack of buildup between H and G that made everything just feel anticlimactic and lacking depth. But a huge piece of it for me is def the acting.

Out of the main cast I think Mika did well and Antonio. Jalen wasn’t a focus in enough scenes for me to tell and Stephen I think did okay. I think Ella did okay too but my struggle with her was how young she came off especially paired with Belmont. Garrett was my biggest issue. The way he was portrayed on the show is not at all how I pictured in the books personality or energy wise. In the show he was so one dimensional and flat, often apathetic and lacking emotion. Some of that could be on the writers/show runner but I felt Belmont really struggled with line delivery at times and it just felt off, same with any emotional scenes. His facial expressions were so odd during the heavier scenes and took me out of it completely. Am I just way harsh or did anyone else feel this way? I see so much praise on Twitter and I’m like did we not watch the same thing…?

Hi! I am consulting a lawyer and will call him asap in the morning but am kind of panicking and looking for any insight I can get right now. I live in CA and am filing for divorce from my husband due to neglect and emotional/verbal abuse, we share a 19 month old.

Important context: He has not lived with us since she was 6 months old due to frequent outbursts, inappropriate behavior and it not being good for her to be around. He was working on things and pressuring me to get our own place so we got an apartment, we both signed the lease. He never actually moved in because the agreement was that he needed to control his behavior/outbursts in order for that to happen and it never did. I have lived there with my daughter alone since we signed the lease. He sees her a few times a week for a few hours at a time, I have never withheld him seeing her. He blew up tonight demanding his visits to be only at the apartment. His recent behavior has made me feel unsafe so I told him I am willing to accommodate visits anywhere (parks, my parents, his place) but am not comfortable with him at the apartment. He says because his name is on the lease it’s his right. I told him he can have access since he’s a tenant but I’d rather it be when we aren’t home. He claims he is going to move in tomorrow against our will. I feel unsafe and don’t know what my rights are in this situation. He does pay for the apartment since we had both agreed for me to be a SAHM and I haven’t had enough time to find a job although I am actively looking/applying. Does anyone have any info regarding my rights in this situation?? Can he really just take over the apartment despite having never lived here?

I’m 27F about to file for divorce from my husband due to emotional/verbal abuse and being an absentee dad and husband. I’m consulting with lawyers currently but am curious if anyone here has experience with a court not granting 50/50. I’m worried that where we are (CA) that seems to be the default unless there is clearly documented physical abuse.

My fear with my husband getting 50/50 is that he has never been with our daughter (19 months) for more than a few hours at a time and struggles when he does have her (naps/meals etc). Due to his outbursts and behavior I asked him to move out when our daughter was 6 months so he hasn’t lived with us since then. He’s never been with her overnight and she’s never been away from me. He’s very selfish and easily overwhelmed. I worry about him losing his cool with her. Twice when he has visited her at my apartment Ive been downstairs doing dishes and he’s come to talk to me leaving her alone in the bath upstairs. When she’s with him I’ll pack things for him to make lunch or dinner and it almost always comes back hardly touched, he’ll claim she “wasn’t hungry” but then she’s ravenous and she never skips meals with me or my parents. Aside from not helping or being a parent from the moment she was born, he would storm out weekly and I wouldn’t hear from him for days up to a week. Prior to asking him to move out he went on a 5 week trip to see family (without discussing with me) and only called us 3 times. He also drained our joint account a day before rent was due for the apartment where my daughter and I live (I was a SAHM due to us both agreeing for me to leave my job). Would a court really grant him 50/50 off the bat?? I wanted to avoid lawyers but know he’s petty and will fight for custody despite not really wanting it.