One Life To Live Discussion Group -- Are many teens really as dumb as Cole? (spoiler)

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Topic: Are many teens really as dumb as Cole? (spoiler)

Topic Posted by: Edward
Date Posted: Mon Apr 21 13:09:31 2008
Additional Comments: It was very obvious that Starr and Cole didn't use any protection when they had sex, and yet Cole has never even considered the possibility that Starr could be pregnant. Then when it seems like he's about to get a clue, he jumps to the conclusion that Starr has run away instead of thinking hey, maybe Starr is pregnant. He doesn't get it until finally he sees that right to choose sign. Does Cole even know what having sex means? I thought teens today are more savvy about sex, but Cole and Starr are about as dumb as they come. The thought of those two as parents is scary.

Posted by: The Thinker
Date posted: Thu Apr 24 18:23:25 2008
Message:
No.

Posted by: JaySherman
Date posted: Wed Apr 23 13:58:01 2008
Message:

I was reading on another board that (POSSIBLE SPOILER)

Ron C may have Star lose the baby as it was never in his plans for her to get pregnant.

Gary Tomlin wrote that storyline and Ron is trying to end it.

This is a rumor allegedly from Daytime Confidential and has not been confirmed.

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more of that rumor inside..

Posted by: Rhonda
Date posted: Mon Apr 21 23:06:43 2008
Message:
Frankly, I don't think any single-celled life form is as dumb as Cole! Speaking of dumb, why did Langston give Cole the address to the clinic yet fail to divulge the details? I hate, hate, hate this storyline. It's so wrong-headed and irresponsible. How many times has this scenario played out on soaps: troubled heroine gets pregnant, feels she cannot confide in the baby's father, plans an abortion only to have Galahad storm into the clinic and save the day. I'm sure there are some loving and responsible teen dads, but, come on, the scenario that played out in Fast Times at Ridgemont High is the cold reality for most teenage girls faced with an unwanted pregnancy, not this gloried Romeo and Juliet BS soaps are pushing.

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I thought it was realistic last week when Cole and Marko were horsing around by the lockers and Langston, knowing Starr's situation, said to them are you 11 yrs old, or an age to that effect. That childish behavior in that scene and then later Cole is all grown up saving the day. He just hasnt had much material to work with, the 'roid rage and now the pregnancy.

Posted by: Rosebud1
Date posted: Mon Apr 21 16:28:49 2008
Message:

Just another example of the dumbed down, stereotypical teens. Not all teens have irresponsible sex (not using protection). Using protection isn't a guarantee against pregnancy either. Even w/doctors tell someone they are infertile it isn't a guarantee that they can't/won't get pregnant. Mature people use protection & still, accidents happen.

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Teens shouldn't be having sex in the first place. Lots of them do have unprotected sex. I wouldn't say that the writters are being unrealistic.

I didn't say that all of them DO use protection. But the dumbed down version of soaps has every teen having sex being irresponsible about it. Teens have been having sex for millions of yrs, it isn't new. Neither is protection. At 16 Starr is legally able to make a lot of decisions, sex included. She is also able to make up her own mind, without her parents' permission, to quit school. That doesn't mean that she is going to do it. eom

I didn't say teens DON'T have sex that they shouldn't have sex, for obvious reasons. I also said lots of them don't use protection and this is what the writters are portraying. Maybe teens are more mature today than were when I was a teen, I don't know.

Posted by: sea
Date posted: Mon Apr 21 14:29:40 2008
Message:

I'm not sure I mentioned this before, but I hate Cole. He has always seemed dull to me. I don't know if Starr is acting like we would like her to act or not, but I really believe she is afraid of Todd for Cole--not for herself.

Do you, or anyone else, know how many people know that Cole shot Miles? Maybe they are going to do another current topic and make Cole's anger get the best of him and he will blow up the school. He is definitely out of control.

Posted by: Wanda Wolek
Date posted: Mon Apr 21 13:21:17 2008
Message:
To me, Starr is being written as a 16-year-old. She got caught up in the moment with Cole, got pregnant, agonized over what to do, and is doing it. Cole, on the other hand, is written as a moron and portrayed, at least in scenes with Starr, as a dullard. He's supposed to be oh, so in love with Starr, but he doesn't seem to have a clue about what her thought processes are. For that, I blame the writing. Even Starr, although acting like a 16-year-old, hasn't acted like 16-year-old Starr Manning should. That kid would be more than a match for Todd. Unfortunately, she's been lobotomized and paired with someone who should be her equal as the son of Marty and Patrick, but sadly, isn't.

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Yep, good points. Star is being written like some 16 year olds, but she's not being written like Star should be written, like Todd and Blair's daughter, like the little girl she used to be. Pity.

You nailed it on all counts -- Rhonda eom

I believe that Starr would have gotten taken away in the moment, but that doesn't mean not using protection! I don't believe that the Starr we came to know & love over the yrs would have been this careless or stupid! Unfortunately, TPTB (Corp) wants us to buy into the dumbed down idea of who/what teens are. The last time I can recall a couple of teens being responsible & intelligent was on GH w/Lulu & Dillon. But their condom was faulty. THAT was much more realistic & believeable. eom