> > > >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:43:53 -0800 >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: First Post >To: Digest <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >Dear First Time Writer Linda, >Really dug your post, but may I gently point out one little thing here, >the name is not bcq145 it's >Lydia. L-Y-D-I-A. >It means native of Acient Greece, but that's not where I'm from. I'm >from Shady Grove, Mississippi. > (Gee, Andy, Linda thought Lydia was from Acient Greece. No, our Lydia > is a plain ole Mississippi girl!) She hates to chit-chat. She doesn't mind >ordinary conversation, but she hates to chit-chat. >And she's not above calling Thelma Lou childish. >Mr. Brentley, I may be needing your card, Sir. >Lydia and her side-kick, Laura Lee Hobbs > > > >------------------------------ > >I have to believe that Thelma Lou did not know about Juanita. ...All we do >know is that when Barney left Mayberry, she left too and she married soon >after. But it was a failed marriage. So sad. All those years wasted >that could have been spent together. > Remember the class reunion? He acted all sad and lonely when he > found out Thelma Lou had married until >another girl showed him some interest, and then he perked up real >quick. This was probably done to end the show on a happy note, but it >sure left me feeling like Barney's love for Thel was not all that deep, >and maybe that was the real reason why he had not asked her to marry him >in the first place. And you >can't really blame him for not marrying her if his love wasn't deep enough >no matter how WE felt about it. >How did you feel? Based on his actions, DID Barney love Thelma Lou enough >to marry her years earlier?
I agree that Thel did NOT know about Juanita. In addition to what you said, remember that Andy was warning Barney not to take Juanita to Morelli's because everybody goes out there (and therefore they might be seen together). I hope I'm not violating a number rule when I say this: The episode where Thelma Lou comes back married (interestingly to the foreman of a wrecking crew) is the one I absolutely will NOT watch. It came on the other day and I quickly changing the channel as I explained my position to my darling person. The episode wasn't fair to Barney. Yes, ol' Barn and Thel loved each other deeply, but their relationship was cheapened with Thelma Lou having married (though who could blame her) and even more when Barney rebounded to Nettie Albright (who had a certain resemblance to Flora). There are some things I just won't abide. Don Good "I said it and I ain't taking it back." _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
