History Headscratchers / DesperateHousewives

* If Betty had gone through with killing Caleb, how exactly was she planning to dispose of his body?

*** Lynette took over the restaurant because Tom threw out his back and had to stay bed ridden for a while. Tom then feared she was basically just commander the whole thing from him when he was in an infirmed state. And Lynette only allowed Tom to do the restaurant in the first place out of guilt for getting him FIRED. In the above example, Lynette was doing far more than being casual. She took over the conversation for herself because she loves advertising as well. Tom was not acting as he pleased. He was literally just trying to do his JOB and then Lynette took it over from him. He didn't even finish his presentation and said nothing as Lynette made him feel inferior. That is equally as bad as Tom did that to Lynette. And when he does get annoyed for doing it, she says he should have had better ideas, basically saying that Tom is bad his own job. That is Lynette ''not'' standing up for herself, that is Lynette putting Tom down by insulting him. Tom did not really get away with anything because Lynette would try to manipulate things behind back. Like when she asked his boss ''not'' to give him a promotion which then later lead to Tom getting fired. At best Tom only got permission to do things after Lynette screwed things up and no longer had a high ground to argue back. When Tom decides to be stay a home dad, Lynette can't refuse because she ruined Tom's job for him.

** Lynette had to take over at the restaurant, because Tom had NO idea how to run one and had insisted on spending their life savings to try. Had she not helped, they would’ve gone under within a month. How is that controlling? As for that “perfect example”, you didn’t quite tell the full story. Lynette was just having fun and casually added 1 idea, from the perspective of a mother, since that’s the idea Tom had come up with. She wasn’t trying to take over or butt in. Tom responded by basically telling her she was meant to be quiet and serve them all food. If she was “emasculating” for snapping back at him after he insulted her, what was Tom for speaking to her like she was to be a subservient housewife, with no ideas of her own?

*** Lynette had to take over at the restaurant, because Tom had NO idea how to run one and had insisted on spending their life savings to try. Had she not helped, they would’ve gone under within a month. How is that controlling? As for that “perfect example”, you didn’t quite tell the full story. Lynette was just having fun and casually added 1 idea, from the perspective of a mother, since that’s the idea Tom had come up with. She wasn’t trying to take over or butt in. Tom responded by basically telling her she was meant to be quiet and serve them all food. If she was “emasculating” for snapping back at him after he insulted her, what was Tom for speaking to her like she was to be a subservient housewife, with no ideas of her own?

*** Lynette had to take over at the restaurant, because Tom had NO idea how to run one and had insisted on spending their life savings to try. Had she not helped, they would’ve gone under within a month. How is that controlling?
As for that “perfect example”, you didn’t quite tell the full story. Lynette was just having fun and casually added 1 idea, from the perspective of a mother, since that’s the idea Tom had come up with. She wasn’t trying to take over or butt in. Tom responded by basically telling her she was meant to be quiet and served them all food. If she was “emasculating” for snapping back at him after he insulted her, what was Tom for speaking to her like she was to be a subservient housewife, with no ideas of her own? Or is it ok when men do the female version of “emasculation”?

*** Lynette had to take over at the restaurant, because Tom had NO idea how to run one and had insisted on spending their life savings to try. Had she not helped, they would’ve gone under within a month. How is that controlling?

** Lynette had to take over at the restaurant, because Tom had NO idea how to run one and had insisted on spending their life savings to try. Had she not helped, they would’ve gone under within a month. How is that controlling?
As for that “perfect example”, you didn’t quite tell the full story. Lynette was just having fun and casually added 1 idea, from the perspective of a mother, since that’s the idea Tom had come up with. She wasn’t trying to take over or butt in. Tom responded by basically telling her she was meant to be quiet and served them all food. If she was “emasculating” for snapping back at him after he insulted her, what was Tom for speaking to her like she was to be a subservient housewife, with no ideas of her own?

*** the above example doesn’t prove that Lynette was too controlling though. It proved that she could be controlling, which isn’t something the op denied. The point was that Lynette was portrayed as always getting her own way, typically due to controlling situations. The problem is - the opposite was actually true. Tom was the one who typically got his own way, from quitting his job and forcing Lynette back into work, to throwing their life savings into a restaurant he couldn’t even run properly (complaining when Lynette had the nerve to step in and get a license to sell alcohol since he couldn’t) - Tom got his own way a LOT for someone who was portrayed as a poor little controlled husband, who was ruled by his horrible wife.

** I don’t think anyone is saying that Lynette was never controlling. The point is that she was always said to be controlling, but Tom always got away with acting like a little child, pushing Lynette into doing things she didn’t want to do (throwing their life savings into a restaurant that Tom didn’t even know how to run properly) and generally getting his own way. For a women who was allegedly too controlling, she didn’t half let Tom get away with doing stupid things.

* If Betty had gone through with killing Caleb, how exactly was planning on disposing of his body?

* If Renee is Lynette's best friend and has been since college (as Lynette says to Tom when mad at him over sleeping with her) why have her children never met her before? Especially as she is so keen to rub Renee's face in her beautiful family