Am I the only one on team Elena here? She did her best to create what she thought was a perfect family and the best life and even though this cost her giving up many personal dreams, she stuck with the decisions she made. Kudos for the determination and not changing her mind at the first sight of hardship. Was it really too much to expect that all her family members also try to act in a way that's best for the family instead of being selfish brats that they turned out to be? Of course she would have been better off as less of a control freak, but hey, no one is perfect.
Also, why despise Moody for his claim at Pearl, but not Bill at Elena? When Bill left on the last evening I was waiting for Elena to tell him to not bother coming back if he's not ready to support her fighting for the life they both chose. As for Moody, I feel he deserved to know where he stood with Pearl - seeing that he likes her why couldn't she just tell him the truth, preferably even before sneaking off with his brother? It looked like she used him when she had no other friends, but as soon as someone more popular came along, it was bye bye Moody the loner, hello the high society of Lexie and Trip.
