General Hospital : Nina firing Maxie!

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On the other hand Nina hasn't done one single thing to help Charlotte connect with her mother.

Let's not ignore the selfish reasons behind that.

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Thank you. Thank you, Thank you.

Nina is under no moral obligation to undermine her own husband's attempts to hold on to Charlotte, and frankly, the idea she does, is absurd.

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Nina is under no moral obligation to undermine her own husband's attempts to hold on to Charlotte, and frankly, the idea she does, is absurd.

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Even when she finds out about his crimes such as the one with Claudette and then is faced with going down with him if she keeps silent?

People forget that Valentin initially was very open to sharing custody with Lulu, and allowing her frequent contact with Charlotte. He wanted to hold off telling Charlotte that Lulu was her biological mother until a time when he thought Charlotte could handle this knowledge. Lulu was the one who responded with impatience and hostility, and refusing shared custody. Now this is entirely a legal issue. It is no longer up to Nina or Valentin to smooth the way for Charlotte to accept Lulu as a parent. It is up to the courts to decide if Lulu gets shared custody, and how that is to be implemented. My guess is that family therapy and court supervision would be involved in making this transition for Charlotte. Quit blaming Nina for the mess that Lulu created.

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He wanted to hold off telling Charlotte that Lulu was her biological mother until a time when he thought Charlotte could handle this knowledge.

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In other words never.

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Quit blaming Nina for the mess that Lulu created.

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Or we could quit blaming Lulu for the mess Valentin created.

Basically, he killed Charlotte's uncle she never knew then turned around and used that for his own benefit more than once.

A fine father figure.

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A fine father figure.

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Shall we discuss the hot mess that is Lulu? She'll never be mother of the year either. Rocco who? Oh right, he's the kid she drop-kicked so she could run around the world with her ex-boyfriend Dillon chasing after her derelict father, and keeping it all a secret from her husband. And there's also that attempted murder of Valerie and her unsavory friendship with ex-lover Johnny, more secrets from her husband. Lulu is a terrible mom who seems to live for adventure (most recently Cassadine Island) with nary a second thought about the dependent child at home. She's like Luke without the charm (such as it was).

And I don't understand your insistence that Charlotte will be irreparably damaged if Lulu is not a part of her life. Charlotte seems quite resilient and self-possessed for a little girl and the only thing that keeps upsetting her is this manic stranger who keeps trying to invade her life. Nina meanwhile is being an amazing stepmom to a traumatized little girl.

The points you are arguing are just your own expectations based on tired old soap opera cliches. Valentin's lies will come back on him. Nina will lose Charlotte. I hope the writers show a little more imagination than that.

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The points you are arguing are just your own expectations based on tired old soap opera cliches.

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Now who is making assumptions?

No I base it on how I feel about my mother.

And how I'd grow to feel if I knew back then that all these people were trying to keep us a part for their own selfish needs.

If you don't feel that way about your mother then maybe you're not as human as I am about my relationship with mine.

1. There is more than one kind of mother than the one who birthed you.

2. Well, it's nice for you that this story makes you appreciate your mother. But that has nothing to do with the story as it relates to the rest of the viewing audience.

3. Valentin had offered shared custody already and Lulu spit in his eye. Now that she realizes her chances are iffy she wants that deal again. Lulu can go kick rocks. I don't think keeping Charlotte from Lulu is selfish if anything it's protecting the child. Lulu is too impulsive, self-absorbed, irrational, obsessive, and adventuresome to raise a child well. I'm pretty sure Olivia is raising Rocco. Charlotte seems perfectly happy with Valentin and Nina, and constantly tells us so.

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then maybe you're not as human as I am about my relationship with mine.

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That's just a dumb thing to say.

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First of all, you are assuming that Valentin had no intention of ever telling Charlotte that Lulu is her bio mother. I disagree completely. Valentin was willing to share custody and make Charlotte available to Lulu as 8ften as she liked, so there's zero reason to believe he wouldn't have told Charlotte Lulu was her bio mother. Second, I think your comments to dedoc are way way OUT there. You are personalizing this way too much. Right now, in Claudette's absence, Nina is Charlotte's stepmother and mother figure, and whom she looks to for support and protection. Lulu is the desperate, intrusive, scary woman who keeps showing up and frightening her. This may change in time, but this is where things are at right now.

Totally agree. Maxie cannot be trusted. Charlotte is a child who lost her mother. As parents you would think Maxie and Lulu would understand that Lulu can't just force herself into Charlotte's life and expect the girl to instantly love her.

Yes, very satisfying I only wish the firing had lasted a minute or 2 longer. In my mind, I had Nina grabbing Maxie by the lapels, slamming her against the wall, and then thrusting her out the window. Hmmm what floor is Crimson on?

I see Nathan remaining neutral which will infuriate vapid Maxie.

I'd like Maxie to get a new job altogether, maybe
as Ava's assistant at the gallery
Perks barista
Kelly's waitress/manager
Get a real estate license
wedding planner

Online minister
Fortune teller

If only "self-absorbed nincompoop" was a job, she'd be a billionaire.

Lulu wants to bond with her child. I don't see anything wrong with that. charolette is scared, I get it . But Nina and Valentin were never even planning on telling her about Lulu. They should be concerned with warming charolette up to her. Charolette acted rude and nasty, she should've at least been reprimanded.

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But Nina and Valentin were never even planning on telling her about Lulu.

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Or about Claudette being alive.

How will Charlotte feel toward her papa when she finds out he point blankly lied to her by faking Claudete's death?

And just how would Charlotte, or anyone else, be able to know that it was a lie?

All he has to do is say 'I thought she was dead because some cops told me that she was, but it turns out that they were mistaken.'

You don't think that Valentin, who is the craftiest villain in years, who is always 5 steps ahead of everyone else, doesn't already have a contingency plan in place if and when Claudette returns? His not having a plan would very out of character.

What's wrong is the fact that Charlotte didn't know Lulu. So for Lulu to just run up to her and say she's her mother did nothing but traumatize the child.

Charlotte WAS reprimanded, and then on top of that, she was given a lecture about how it isn't nice to yell at people, but Lulu was even more rude and nasty. It is incredibly rude, and I would even say cruel, for Lulu to try to force herself Nina is right, Lulu doesn't even think of Charlotte as a person, she regards Charlotte as nothing more than personal property, Lulu is concerned about nothing but herself, she doesn't care about Charlotte at all.

Charlotte is a child, and one shouldn't be surprised when a child acts childishly. What is worse, an what is far less excusable, is when adults, like Lulu and Maxie, behave childishly.

After all she's been through, Charlotte definitely needs counseling. Lulu was right and caring to suggest it.

I'm not surprised. That's actually more realistic. It would have been VERY surprising if she didn't fire her! Boss's have fired people for a lot less. Family or notMaxie did the wrong thing. Lulu should've also walked right out after she realized what Maxie did.

It was stupid. Maxie's firing had nothing to do with her job performance. She helped Nina learn everything she needed to know about the business, even Nina admits that.
Lulu has been to the office before. Many people have. It isn't a closed workplace. Nina had a child there. Maxie knows what it is like to be kept from her child. Nina is projecting her own relationship with Madeline.

Maxie should take another job or get backers for her own magazine. She could take the contacts with her.

Performance means sqwat. How Maxie feels about the situation means sqwat too. She knew Lulu wasnt suppose to see her and she let it happen anyway. So shes fired. Nina cant trust her especially with a custody case coming up. I may sympathize with Lulu but she has no byisness doing that.