Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

[Salacious Kitty]

They're grifters and proud of it. 

[cereality]

3 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Here's what I don't get: why are people so willing to become the Stewarts' flunkies? There is absolutely nothing extraordinary about Evan or Carlin that would make me want to sacrifice my time and energy to help them. 

I could understand a guy putting up Christmas lights for a single mom, a friend who is ill or disabled, elderly neighbors or anyone else who genuinely needs the help, but Evan is perfectly capable. And not for nothing, but most grown men would bristle at the thought of not being able to handle things for their family. Evan seems to embrace it. 

So the only place they go is church - that's where they're meeting these friends. Mega churches in the bible belt are huge. People want to develop a social life thru church but it can be hard bc they're big and a lot of the population will be much older. So here's this young loud fun seeming couple about your age with kids your kids' ages. Great. Friend potential.

New friends right off the bat invite you over but stick you with a task - hang up my Christmas lights, cook dinner on my new grill bc IDK how (they did this w some other church couple and the husband of that couple was out there cooking up fried rice as they likely realized if they didn't cook, there'd be no food - C&E didn't even have ingredients ready; this couple had already arrived and Evan was coming home with groceries that included basics like salt); help watch my kids or scrub my tub bc we've moved (that woman from when Carlin was unwell - Chrissy? Catlin? Can't remember). So people do it bc they've already committed to coming over, hey friends help each other, they'll be there for us too. Then they quickly realize that C&E aren't coming to your house next week to hang your Christmas lights or cook you dinner and they certainly are NEVER watching your kids or scrubbing your tub. And then we never see these people again as they realize it is just a grift not a friendship.

As time has gone by we see them hanging out with fewer and fewer people their own age. I'm guessing bc their reputation has gotten around at church.

[AstridM]

4 hours ago, BitterApple said:

Here's what I don't get: why are people so willing to become the Stewarts' flunkies? There is absolutely nothing extraordinary about Evan or Carlin that would make me want to sacrifice my time and energy to help them. 

I could understand a guy putting up Christmas lights for a single mom, a friend who is ill or disabled, elderly neighbors or anyone else who genuinely needs the help, but Evan is perfectly capable. And not for nothing, but most grown men would bristle at the thought of not being able to handle things for their family. Evan seems to embrace it. 

IKR? They are boorish, immature, self absorbed, and annoying as fuck. 

[andromeda331]

The same reason the Bates's always had helpers except Evan and Carlin are burning through people faster than her parents' did. Evan and Carlin might need to learn from her parents' how to keep that going.