Picture This Mishpacha Serial; parents, don't interfere!!!

amother

OP ↓

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 8:27 pm

I know there was a thread that discussed this serial a while back but I haven't seen anything else. I am so annoyed at Estee's mother in this serial. She's literally destroying their marriage. Someone even wrote a letter to the editor a couple of weeks ago was saying that people should learn how not to act with their married kids. Curious to know what others think.

amother

DarkCyan

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 8:43 pm

amother OP wrote:

I don’t necessarily agree

amother

Garnet

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 8:43 pm

Every person in that story is like a caricature of whatever role they are portraying.

She has every single stereotype of the newlywed chutznik wife living in Israel.

He has every stereotype of the newlywed guy learning in the Mir.

It's very well done.

amother

Bluebonnet ↓

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 9:06 pm

amother OP wrote:

That's kind of the point of the serial I think. Estee's mother is the antagonist, iow, don't be like her.

amother

↑ Bluebonnet

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 9:15 pm

amother Garnet wrote:

I'm pretty sure they're living in lakewood

momallhours

Thu, Nov 14 2024, 10:06 pm

Yes Lakewood
The mother is horrible you can label her with enmeshment or whatever you want she is doing a good job showing how a mother can really hurt a marriage.

While I am enjoying the story I do think it is too graphic with the pregnancy, shana rishona details especially given the fact it is in the Mishpacha and not the FF.

amother

NeonPurple ↓

Fri, Nov 15 2024, 11:38 am

I started a different thread, I didn't see this.

Yeah, Esty's mother is too exaggerated to be taken seriously. It's pretty silly.

Mollie

Fri, Nov 15 2024, 12:02 pm

I never understood the point of these posts, yes the mother being enmeshed is the point of the story, if she is a great mother and the couple are going through Shana Rishona beautifully, then would be a pretty boring story. It’s fiction.

amother

Peach

Fri, Nov 15 2024, 1:03 pm

This goes back to the discussion of encouraging and facilitating our children to marry young. Some will thrive and jump into independence, but many will need financial and emotional hand holding. It’s normal for a very young, first time pregnant girl, who’s feeling sick and maybe nervous, to want her mother involved. Maybe the chosson teacher should be explaining this before the marriage?

amother

Strawberry

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 3:04 pm

The serial is coming close to jumping the shark. Esti's mother isn't enmeshed; she's totally nuts. Or very, very stupid. Or very, very immature herself - you can see where Esti gets it from. She's clearly trying to destroy her daughter's marriage, but most people aren't quite so obvious about it.

amother

↑ NeonPurple

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 9:33 pm

amother Peach wrote:

It’s normal for a very young, first time pregnant girl, who’s feeling sick and maybe nervous, to want her mother involved. Maybe the chosson teacher should be explaining this before the marriage?

Sure, but this is ridiculous and way over exaggerated.

Also, what do girls from out of town who live in lakewood as newlyweds manage, especially when they are expecting? Do their mothers fly in from Dallas/Denver/Detroit to be involved the way Esty's mother does? Um.....NO.

amother

↑ OP

Sat, Nov 16 2024, 9:44 pm

amother NeonPurple wrote:

I love how you said Dallas/Denver/Detroit as one place. Reminds me of the Kichels comic with the Lakewood view of the world.
But in all seriousness, I know of marriages that ended because the girl was very immature and complained to her mother all the time who then swooped in to help too much blaming the young husband for everything. I just don't understand why nobody told Estee's mom advice about how to handle a young couple. Doesn't she read the Jewish magazines which have articles like navigating the newlyweds LOL

Oh wait, that article was in the ami so it doesn't exist in the world of Mishpacha Very Happy