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Now, the question becomes “is the longevity of Luann’s relationship dependent upon how closely her suitor mirrors her father’s looks or mannerisms?”
If he can work normal school hours for Shannon, all he needs is a little babysitting help in the afternoon if he works a full 8 hour day, and that’s assuming he doesn’t figure out a routine for Shannon to stay occupied for a couple hours with homework.
The arc as a dream sequence of Brad (or more likely, Toni) trying to delude themselves into an idea that they’d raise a super-responsible kid that could do no wrong, just to have that shattered as the dream spirals into a nightmare is amusing in concept.
That being said, enough!
What we really need is Toni and Brad realizing kids will always be messy, that the chaos isn’t avoidable or a reason to reject having kids. Also, a long overdue talk with Luann and Toni, where Luann finally gets a sense of direction after saving Mrs Horner is much desired.
Yes, Bern the stereotypical psych major: trying to find herself as a codependent muse to a guy not into her, can’t empathize and manage playtime with kids, pays ridiculous amounts for coffee to imply self worth through disposable status symbols, yet thinks she’s a genius at telling other people how to be happy, healthy, fully functioning human beings.
How close is Moony Uni to Lewis & Clark? I swear, if Bern is anything like them, Shannon will be teaching her Econ 101 by singing along to “Scrooge McDuck and Money”.
It’s time Luann do the smart thing a lot of us realize in retrospect is the smarter play:
1) Get a full-time day job, such as entry-level X-Ray tech at an aerospace titanium casting plant, CNC operator, Customer Service Rep, etc, that pays a good $20-$25 an hour.
2) Attend online/blended classes at night to earn her Associates in Science degree, which is far easier to transfer to a 4 year university to just wrap up the 2 years of the major she eventually decides on (if she wants to do that after some real-world experience).
3) Study and take the exams for a couple $500 entry-level professional certifications (Lean Six Sigma, Scrum, Netsuite, MS Azure, etc) so she has some valuable job skills to land her something that will let her split rent with Bernice on their own place, where she’ll be making $75-$85k before Bernice even graduates, and then she’ll have a better perspective of what she wants.
Of course, the obvious answer is to talk with Brad and Toni about her options.
Or a volunteer EMT. I have a friend and his wife who are certified volunteer EMTs and firefighters. When they’re not working in an office in finance or the state employment department, they’re driving ladder trucks, putting in picc lines, and one of them is trained in arson investigation.
Ok, where is the obvious solution of a “take your child to work day”?
It’s not a long-term solution, but if it only lasted a day, they could manage.