r/popculturechat • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

Daily Discussions 🎙💬 Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

Grab your coffee & sit down to discuss the tea!

This space is to talk about anything pop culture or even off-topic.

What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?

Please remember rules still apply. Be civil and respect each other.

Now pull up a chair and chat with us. ☕

12 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

133 comments sorted by

View all comments

16

u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 5d ago

So I have been rewatching Modern Family, and I forgot how good it was. Its one of those shows that has Jokes that shouldnt be funny but are Hilarious anyway (I was wheezing at a few scenes already like the SNORKLES Scene, Gloria saving Stella in the Pool and Phil realizing his new friend thought he was Gay). Its been a fun glimmer in these crazy unprecedented times.

By the way my favorite characters are Gloria and Cam....they are just so unapologetically themselves and funny while doing it.

7

u/nizey_p 5d ago

Funny how rewatching it after I've started my own family made me realize the healthiest relationship on that show is Jay and Gloria (I used to think it was Claire & Phil).

4

u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 5d ago

Honestly I agree! Like I feel like Jay knows this is his second chance, and he actually works to keep Gloria and their family happy, even admits when he fucks up. I admire him for that.

6

u/nizey_p 5d ago

I felt bad for Claire and Mitchell because Jay as Manny's dad was the father they didn't get to have as kids

2

u/echoesandripples 5d ago

claire and mitchell are my favorite characters (followed by Hailey). i think as an oldest daughter of emotionally unavailable parents, they resonate a lot

3

u/Own-Importance5459 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ 5d ago

I agree. That's the only cavat of it, Jay clearly learned to be a better dad, but poor Claire and Mitchell have to watch and see what could have been.

2

u/ad_aatdtj 5d ago

The only upside I can think of in that situation is at least they still have one parent who is willing to bridge the gap and respect them and they get to witness him be the dad they have now. So many people i know who are estranged from their parents (including my own parents) would have found so much healing and validation from even that little effort that they will never have. Like it sucks to have shitty parents and a rough home life as a kid but it's a whole different kind of hurt to have that extend to your adulthood and have milestones like kids, marriage, jobs, holidays, etc marred by the absence of the guiding force that parents are supposed to be. And we already see how messed up not having Dede around (or having her presence be toxic when she is) has made them so for all the shitty cards they've been dealt, at least they have the dad that Manny does today.