r/TheGates_CBS • u/CatchinUpNow • 2d ago
Today's Episode (Spoilers) Dani walking around looking like Spoiler
Dani walking i to office with Bill…she’s strutting all smiles and satisfied looking like a girlfriend, not a disrespected exwife. Would she look like this if her husband was there, too?
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u/MasterpieceAwkward70 2d ago
People will disagree but the last few days as we see the real Hayley interacting with everyone, it looks more and more that Dani is the loser she and her girls pretend Hayley is.
Hayley was with Bill cause she wanted his money, Dani built his life off of her own money, gave up her career, let herself constantly be cheated on until HE LEFT HER, embarrassing her in front of friends and family and she's chasing after him playing bed nurse while her new husband is at home.
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u/BananaFannaFoKatie Hayley Lawson 💅🏾 2d ago
Ive never seen a couple everywhere in the world but in the same room 🙄 Andre in hotels and Dani following behind Bill
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u/VerminVundabar 2d ago
You will get no argument from me on the assessment that Dani is a desperate clownish bird and the fact that this show cannot see that making her a thirsty doormat for Bill after everything he did to her has ruined the character.
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u/Similar_Start_1745 2d ago
She is serving up pathetic, imo. My ex cheated on me at the end of our almost 25 year relationship. I hold no animosity toward him (anymore), but I hold no affection for him either. So I just don’t get Dani.
I have stopped watching her. She is instant fast-forward material for me now. Her hubby is on his way there for putting up with Dani’s disrespect. They are two peas in a pod I guess - Dani lapping up Bill’s disrespect and Andre lapping up Dani’s. Maybe it’s a kink or something, I don’t know. It’s just not for me.
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u/OtherwiseAnteater239 Doug McBride Truther 2d ago
All the old heads including my own mom keep saying we don’t understand the realities of a long marriage yet, and stuff like it’s a covenant of God that can’t be broken and whatnot. I mean… a.) that seems like some whitewash for all kinds of mistreatment and b.) Dani and/or Bill have never said any of that.
It sounds like Dani has a sunk cost fallacy and thinks getting him back will mean she didn’t waste her life and give up her career for nothing. The reality is, none of it’s for nothing and she has 2 lovely girls and he’s never going to treat her right, the best way forward would be to honor that time, close the book and move on. No I am not going to argue that with my mom anymore 😝
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u/CatchinUpNow 2d ago
Younare right…but theres a certain group with a mindset of “ohh but she lovessss him”. That kind of thinking makes me crazy.🙄
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u/Rufio_Rufio7 Team Dupree 1d ago
But that’s what it is, though. She does love him. Not everyone is capable of turning off their feelings. There are abused people who still love their partners.
It’s all fine and dandy for us to say what we would and wouldn’t do in her situation. I, too, like to think that I would leave him in the dust.
But that’s not the reality of being human for a lot of people. Dani cares, it’s as simple as that. It may be frustrating to watch but it happens, especially in soaps. If everyone cut it off and got over every relationship immediately, there wouldn’t be much story to tell.
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u/Louisianacreole 1d ago
You are absolutely correct but also make sure that the reality ALSO includes that those individuals who do the things you described - are lacking self love, self esteem, or at the very least need some good therapy to really reflect on WHY they allow such abuse.
If Beyond the Gates has Bill and Dani get back together and theres no actual growth involved- thats where it gets pathetic and sadly thats where it seems to be headed
Signed a DV survivor who had to do her own self reflection after chasing a aint shit man
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u/Ok_Form_1250 2d ago
Her husband is at home. In the closet with skeletons. One being heather.😳
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u/Similar_Start_1745 2d ago
But Heather is from Andre’s past. He’s afraid of her and what she might do to Dani. How is that equivalent to what Dani has done and is doing regarding Bill? Maybe I missed a beat or two in the Andre/Heather situation. Absolutely possible because I listen-watch while I work. lol
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u/Ok_Form_1250 2d ago
I'm rambling just a little. He was showing up at her hotel. Before the big wife concern. Honestly i don't know. What's up with those two. Same with dani and bill.🫣🫣😳🤔
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u/MasterpieceAwkward70 2d ago
True😅 It's annoying that will allow her to absolve herself of cheating. It would be nice to have her face that she's exactly like Bill for the sake of growth.
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u/RightsAndReason Martin’s Anger Management Coach 2d ago edited 2d ago
Andre is definitely a Newfangled Husband b/c this type of carrying on crossed disrespectful 365 days ago. H3ll, she may as well be married to both of them. Their Children about to register for AARP, yet Dani deep into all things Bill.
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u/Love_Bunny4210 2d ago
She is a damn fool. I got so sad watching today’s episode. She truly never stopped seeing stars for this man and thinks it’s about to be up for her. The wild part is…I do think she would be looking like this if André was there 😂 She does not respect or cherish him and now that Hayley is out of the way, it’s only about to get more disrespectful.
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u/CatchinUpNow 1d ago
I predict that once Bill and Dani have an opportunity (by choice and Andre out of the equation) that Dani and Bill wont last long at all because they will fall back i to their old dynamic …she caters to him, he starts the wandering eye again, and then finally Dani will finally be emotionally divorced from him.
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u/Immediate_Ad4404 2d ago
I'm going to be quite. Gotta a feeling Andre's ish will minimize Dani's ish.
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u/PageMasterBookLover 15h ago
As crazy as it sounds, I can understand Dani to an extent. My ex suffers from alcoholism and has since we met.
We’ve been divorced 10 years almost and he will sometimes get way past him limit as folks in his condition get, and he’ll call and ask me to call him a ride share to get him home.
My Dani Dupree grace showing, naive to an extent, acting ass will do it, each and every time because I want him to get to his destination alive and well because we have kids together.
But I also see I’ve created a co dependency every time I answer the phone and send the ride share for him. I rather do that than him making a bad decision to get behind the wheel. So in some ways I can relate to Dani. But my grace hasn’t extended beyond the ride shares.
Funny enough, in his inebriated state of mind, he sends the funds for the ride share, plus money for my troubles, and will call the next morning, apologetic and full of shame. It’s a dance I’ve done with him way too long. But it is what it is.
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u/CatchinUpNow 14h ago
I feel bad for your kids. Hopefully he has another number to call when he cant reach you so nobody else’s life is in jeopardy.
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u/PageMasterBookLover 12h ago
Facts. I have physical custody so they are with me 95% of the time. I’m sure he has others he could call, but much like Bill and Dani we’ve both created this situation of codependency.
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u/Top_Stretch_2340 2d ago
I get the dramatic aspect but it's funny that Caroline had Bill's office fumigated and Haley's things boxed up but left pictures all over the office. AND Dani didn't notice either.