That garage comment by mAlice is what really burns me up. How utterly dehumanizing and humiliating to Ioan! As if he’s some sort of worn out appliance or cast offs.
That made me feel really sick too.
It was the way she said it too. It wasn't 'I had an idea, it would be better for the girls for us to live together even if we're separated, so why don't we try refit the garage so that you stay there and I stay in the house? What do you think?' (which would still have been preposterous, but a query proposed to him to consider). Parents do it all the time. When mine divorced when I was twelve my poor dad slept on a pull out sofa in the dining room for five long years because they couldn't afford to move separately. It was a dark time for us all and the worst thing possible but needs must.
It was the way she basically said it was happening, she didn't ask, told him what he should do, with a side helping of disgust, that he should turn around and say sorry. She really tried to just boss him around. I can't get my head around how she thought he'd go for it.
EDIT: It lumped my posts together, they weren't supposed to be related! This one is just me thinking aloud:
I think Bianca will make a wonderful Stepmum if and when they cross that line (I know they've only been together less than a year). She seems to have the maturity and disposition to do a great job of it. She comes across as being selfless, loving, kind and understanding. She's clearly loyal to have stuck with Ioan through this and wasn't put off from a relationship with him by the fact he came with two children. I get the feeling she'll know when to step forwards and when to step back. The way she cares for Bear and the positivity and kindness and generosity of spirit she's shown, I think she would make a wonderful parent in due course.