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[out_there]

A sure way to depress yourself on a monday morning is to spend the morning train ride thinking that Casey and Lisa's marriage was probably like your parents (pre-divorce). They stuck it out so long because they barely saw each - I'm resisting the urge to write Lisa/Casey divorce fic. I think I'd just depress myself into a big, black blob.

A sure way to cheer me up? Casey/Danny banter. Like this. *smooches Signe*

(And, if anyone else needs another booster, you should check out her cupcake ficlet - part one and two - as well.)

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[out-there.livejournal.com]

Oh, not like, I'm about to burst into tears, just... kinda morose.

Mind you, not that I'm suggesting that Casey's a polite drinker/theif/gambler/liar, or that Lisa's the type of woman to work her fingers to the bone for him.

But, I can just imagine them staying together out of convenience, out of habit, and getting through it by avoiding the other person. I was imagining that since Casey works until midnight, and probably didn't get home until 1 or 2am, it would be practical for him to sleep in the spare room.

So, Casey would sleep until 10am or so, and Lisa would make sure that she was involved in Charlie's school or seeing her family (back in Dallas) or maybe fundraising/charity activities (in New York), so she had a good logical reason for being out of the house by the time Casey was awake.

Casey would wake up to an empty house, get himself ready, and then go to work. If they needed to work anything out, they'd do it by phone, but the face-to-face contact would be minimised.

On Casey's days off, I could imagine him organising to pick Charlie up after school, and spend the rest of the afternoon/evening with him, and of course, he'd see Charlie on weekends before he left for work.

Basically, he and Lisa wouldn't actually have to spend more than a few hours together a week, and it would be around Charlie, so it would be easier to concentrate on Charlie and just be civil to the other person.

Yeah. It's not an uplifting thought, but it's how I see it. I mean, I've read fics where they stayed together mainly because of a great sex life, but I could imagine it being that sort of cold and distant, but oddly practical, type of marriage much easier.

[celli]

Makes a lot of sense to me. My folks did something similar--Dad was always at the bar with his friends, drove my mom nuts, but I think they would have divorced five years earlier if he hadn't done that.

(Their 30th anniversary would have been last week. It amazes me. They've now been divorced almost exactly as long as they were married.)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

My folks did something similar--Dad was always at the bar with his friends, drove my mom nuts, but I think they would have divorced five years earlier if he hadn't done that.

Yeah, my Dad too. Well, that was the certainly the reason for the first divorce - he spent all his time and his money in the pub, and yet didn't want Mum to work after she had me. Mum ended up leaving him just because of the fact that he wouldn't bring food money home.

Then, due to combined circumstances (like her dating a guy that hit her, him promising that he'd given up drinking, thinking that I'd grow up missing my father), she got back together with him and got remarried (and had my brother). Then, she found out he didn't just have a drinking problem, it was gambling as well.

She spent about the next eight years working like a dog to pay off his never-ending debts, the constant personal loans that he'd take out behind her back. When my brother was a toddler, she was working 6-7 nights a week, and looking after him in the daytime. Then, she switched to weekend work, while Dad worked weekdays. It was only her getting too sick to work (RSI, back complaints from an accident when she was younger, 8 ulcers) that stopped it.

Man, when you say this stuff to an objective stranger (well, outsider - you know what I mean), it's feels impossible that Dad still makes noises like they'll end up together when they're old.