Season 7

[scarynikki12]

5 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

I didn’t understand why Lorelei never asked Chris for child support. I could get it if she didn’t want him in their lives, but from what I heard he called Rory & showed up to E & R’s at holidays. It seems that Richard esp would have pressed him on it. I don’t see how they could have welcomed him into their house otherwise. Chris was a lazy ass but his family had money & Rory was entitled to it.

I think the answer is she didn't ask because she knew it wouldn't happen. Emily and Richard wouldn't help her seek it for fear of risking their standing in society and they were supporting her and Rory financially the first year. Lorelai also knew the Haydens would fight her as their reaction to the pregnancy was to blame her entirely. Chris himself probably had a trust fund but that wouldn't kick in until his twenties so his access to funds was limited until then. By the time Chris would have access to his trust fund Lorelai was working at the Inn and able to take care of herself and Rory (this is shortly before they bought the Crap Shack) so it may not have occurred to her to even ask. By the time Rory actually needed major funds for Chilton Lorelai was aware that Chris' claims of business success may not be true so she wouldn't have asked him for help there anyway. 

You're right about Rory being entitled to the Hayden money but Lorelai was smart enough to know they'd fight her on it.

5 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

why does Rory get a goodbye party, kinda confused because for awhile she was the town pariah for sleeping with the married Dean.  

Other than Lindsay's mom yelling at her for a minute by the gazebo Rory didn't suffer any Stars Hollow repercussions for sleeping with Dean. It's possible the news didn't spread the way gossip usually did as Miss Patty and Babette adored Rory and may have chosen to keep quiet. The goodbye party was really about the show ending but I think Richard is right and a big part of the motivation was due to the town's love for Lorelai. By this point Rory wasn't in the town as much but Lorelai still was so the party was the town's way of saying a formal goodbye to Rory but also showing Lorelai they still had her back. 

[Taryn74]

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

- it was incredibly selfish for Lorelei to hold off on Christmas when GiGi was living in the house. Did GiGi get to see Santa? GiGi had no presents to open on Christmas? You would think the adult Rory could be the one to give up her Christmas.

For real. I have to chalk that one up to ASP thinking she's being quirky and funny in a 'sitcom not real life' kind of way and move on. Otherwise my eyelid starts twitching.

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

I didn’t understand why Lorelei never asked Chris for child support. I could get it if she didn’t want him in their lives, but from what I heard he called Rory & showed up to E & R’s at holidays. It seems that Richard esp would have pressed him on it. I don’t see how they could have welcomed him into their house otherwise. Chris was a lazy ass but his family had money & Rory was entitled to it.

I have long since believed that Lorelai knew she would never get child support from the Haydens (since Christopher was still underage) without a huge embarrassing fight, probably with them insisting on paternity testing along with publicly calling her nasty names, and since the Gilmores obviously weren't hurting for the money she didn't want to put herself through that.

11 hours ago, MrsJumbo3 said:

- Rory gets 1 criticism from Mitchum & quits Yale. Logan blows a million dollar deal & takes a weekend with his friends in Vegas to unwind & gets the lecture from her about how irresponsible he is. And her yelling about his privilege- can she not look in a mirror? Not everyone has rich grandparents funding private high school, a new car at graduation, & tuition for Yale! 

Yep, yep, yep.

[Beatriceblake]

I just finished To Whom It May Concern and it bugs me that Lorelai isn't really able to call Christopher out about the hypocrisy of pressuring her to get married after about 10 mins in Paris but also being annoyed when he perceives himself to be a rebound choice.

Also it's back to back crying along with the TV for me because the letter made me tear up and so does the hospital stuff with Richard in "I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia".

Edited January 5 by Beatriceblake