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THANK YOU! Finally, April acknowledges that it's toxic of her to expect that Marcus magically intuit shit like this!

That doesn't change the fact, however, that Ms. Dade has used this BS as a plot point TWICE now. TWICE!

Is April supposed to be insecure, or is she supposed to be a grown, confident woman on a journey to better her life?! PICK A LANE, MS. DADE!

YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH!!!

But sure. It's Marcus's fault for not magically knowing this I guess. Gods damn it!

And now Marcus is feeling guilty for failing to be psychic. Gods damn it I hate this bullshit.

This shit is so toxic. April, you cannot expect Marcus to intuit exactly what you need emotionally in every situation. If you're planning to confront your mom, you need to TELL him that. You're supposed to be in a healthy relationship where you talk about this shit for heaven's sake!

So we ARE punishing Marcus for missing a social cue he couldn't possibly have known about after all, huh? Because he was supposed to psychically intuit that today you were going to confront your mom about her fatphobic BS.

Gods damn it you can't have April be a confident woman on a journey to accepting herself and then have her act this insecure and childish.

I'm glad April has the courage to do this important step with her mother on her own, and accepts that she doesn't actually need a hot guy beside her to do it.

I mean granted, deciding not to communicate with April about it and instead just ASSUMING she needs her dad distracted isn't a good thing, but there's no way he could have known that April was planning on confronting her parents today.

Especially because April ALSO chose not to tell him this.

Oh holy fuck not AGAIN! Does it occur to you, woman, that he's distracting your dad as a way of supporting you?!!

This is the SECOND time that Ms. Dade has used April's insecurities as a way to drive a wedge between the characters.

And it's worse this time because April has now accepted and understood that Marcus is a gym bro! Who talks about exercise because HE does it, not because he expects HER to do it!

I do agree with the idea that forgiveness is not something that's owed, that it has to be earned.