I believe that Lorelai made it out like she was treated "bad" when she honestly just wasn't treated the way she wanted (which doesn't always happen when you are a child...because you are that, a child, and when you are a child is it your parents who make your decisions).I also loved the way she didn't stand in the way of them and Rory.When you're choosing a spouse or friends, the most important thing in ensuring a happy relationship is compatibility. Then the next morning, Emily pushes Lorelai away with passive aggressive insults. I’m not sure what Richard and Emily were supposed to do? She was kicked out of camp for flashing the swim team, drinking at 15, sneaking out, stealing her mom’s things, skipping school, having sex at a very young age. You are surly going to disagree with your parents and even 'hate' them at some point, but you do have to respect their wishes and, especially as one gets older, they should start to respect yours. Emily’s comment to Lorelai that everything is a joke to her, everybody’s a punchline, alerts us to the way that Lorelai uses humour as a shield.
She has her moments, she clearly loves Lorelai and cares for her. Sometimes Lorelai acted a little explosive and rude with them, but we have to remember that she had 30+ years of her parent's (Emily's) negativity. pivot on the contrast between the unreconstructed lad Terry and the aspirational Bob, and we find that the underlying themes explored through their relationship still resonate today.The TV series of A Kind of Loving is an unpretentious depiction of three novels by Stan Barstow and, in the portrayal of the relationship between draughtsman Vic and typist Ingrid, explores contemporary attitudes to love, sex and marriage, and the claims of morality, responsibility and individual choice.The tone of the narration of Stan Barstow’s A Kind of Loving draws you in straight away. Based on what Lorelai says, they were pretty awful, which i believe.... but so was Lorelai.Richard and Emily clashing with Lorelai was partly their need to control. He lets her escape out of a window to escape that creepy blind date.Emily wants things to be better, she just clearly doesn't know how and isn't able to change fast enough. Even in the first episode, "Lorelai's the executive manager now, isn't that wonderful? Lorelai was never going to truly understand her parents point of view, and they were never going to understand hers.Everyone has different minds, and some people are able to agree to disagree and some aren't.
Rory was a 21 year old woman. So it's not just her lying or trying to guilt her.I understand why Emily is hurt, but she needs to change her behavior to have her daughter feeling comfortable in sharing her life with her.Granted, I don't feel that Lorelai and Richard are as distant as Lorelai and Emily are. For me you hit the nail completely on the head with absolutely everything you said, and that was my point exactly (though not in my original post, I've replied some things to this effect on people's comments).I don't really put that much blame on Richard. ‘Let her go,’ she advises Lorelai.
But she didn't have to drink and party and have unprotected sex. Now I don't feel she should have been made to go to cotillion if she didn't want to, but I'm sure I was made to do things I didn't want to do as I grew up because that's just part of life.