I happen to dislike Aisha's character the most in the series. I love Sophie, and she has done a fantastic job. However, Aisha is the most inflexible, bitchiest woman I have ever seen (well, outside of Rosie!). Most of the people in this show are not the most noble people I have ever seen. They all have some problems. Hector can be an a** at times; Harry is a nasty sort; Hector's mom is very set in her ways and somewhat antiquated in her thinking; Sandi is an idiot for staying with Harry; Gary and Rosie, well I won't even bother with them; the Muslim friends of Hector and Aisha are decent people but even they irritate the heck out of me. Anouk is the one I like the most but she has some serious issues. I won't even bother with Connie and Richie because I don't even see the point of them on the show whatsoever but that is another story!
I realize there must be a large amount of background we are missing in the show that may be present in the book version, but regardless, I just don't understand her. She never gives an inch. Everything is her way or the highway. The constant digs at Hector's family and nastiness are wrong. If they say nasty things to her, then she should be nasty right back. She doesn't have to like them. However, she should constantly be trying to make Hector feel bad for being in his own family. She basically tries to cut him out. She gives ultimatums and decides what he should do. She always chooses her friends over Hector. She cares more about Rosie than Hector.
She can hate Harry all she wants, but she should not spite Sandi or Rocco because of it. Plus, he may be a bastard but for her to keep using something that happened long ago against the whole family? We can say he is a violent a-hole but I still think it had nothing to do with Rosie and Hugo's incident. I mean, if Sandi is stupid enough to stay with Harry then it is on her. Why do they invite him to the BBQ then if she hates him soooooooo much.
She can still go on a trip with her husband and children, regardless of his family relationship with her. It should be about her feelings for Hector and respect for him. She completely dismisses anything that isn't in her view of what is right or wrong.
Then there is the whole affair thing. Sure, I agree, Hector was an a&& for "cheating" with Connie, but to be honest, she is a total witch. I personally would divorce before I looked elsewhere but whatever. He is not the model of the best husband, apparently. I can certainly understand Aisha being angry with Hector for cheating, of course, but she didn't bother to tell him, well, gee Hector, I cheated too (I didn't know you did) at the Vet conference. So self-righteous and hypocritical. It irritated the hell out of me that Anouk says she shouldn't tell Hector anyway and that Hector is an A&& basically so it's okay to cheat?
One last thing (I know this is a long post, sorry!), but in the scene early on where Hector is having his anxiety attack and is crying in the bathroom in the middle of the night, Aisha calls out to him and he doesn't answer. Then she covers her ears and goes back to sleep. WTF??????? Who does that? If your spouse is crying or upset, how do you do that? I just cannot stand this woman!
Maybe I would feel different if I read the book (which I will!) but I just hate her!
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SPfromOZ
13 years ago
Oh xena, where were you months ago when this series was airing in Australia? If you read any of my other posts you'll see that I agree with a lot of what you say. Surely your spouse's feelings should come before your friends, (especially when they are as TOXIC as Rosie and Gary). When I said she should make him and his family happy by going on the trip to Greece I got shot down because they reasoned that Aisha wouldn't enjoy it and shouldn't have to put up with his relatives. They don't seem to use the same logic when he has to put up with her friends who caused a lot of trouble for them. One poster's reasoning was that Rosie had been a friend to Aisha longer than Hector had been her husband! WTF I think their 'loyalties' may be misguided and that was proven in the last episode. BTW what country are you in? is it just airing there?
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xenatikkanen-1
13 years ago
LOL Sorry I am behind! I am just catching it in the states and enjoying it a lot, even though I am disturbed by it too! I find myself yelling at the tele!
I can certainly understand friend loyalty, but when you get married, if you are putting your friends before your marriage you have a serious problem. If it is better to stick up for Rosie, as I have seen on this board, because she has known Aisha longer, then why didn't THEY get married? I mean, that is a stupid argument. I have a best friend of 28 years who I think of as a sister; she's been better to me than my real sister (with whom I do not speak anymore). However, if I were married, she would have understand that. If not, then what kind of friend is she? I don't see Rosie giving that same concept to Aisha when it comes to Gary. Rosie has serious problems. Yes, Gary is no prize, and he is a drunkard, but you know what, I actually like him more than Rosie (not saying much). Sure, he is not great to her, but she whips out her boob in front of all their friends and in front of children. That scene where she breastfeeds Hugo in front of Rocco and Adam and the other kids is just wrong. I don't care HOW natural breastfeeding is. They are children. They should not be seeing an adult's boob at a party. That is poor parenting and friendship. She could be arrested for that in the states possibly. But don't get me started on that whole can of worms or I will never stop!
One other thing with Aisha: she is mad at Hector at dinner about the deal with Harry and Sandi 9 years ago and that she kept it from Rosie for him. That is a line of crap. Secondly, what good did it do telling her now? To make HER feel better, because it didn't help to incite someone like Rosie. That was crazy. Rosie went batsh*t crazy and cursed like a sailor in a public place. I did like what Rosie said to her, though when she said, does it make YOU feel good now? You got it off your chest? That is basically what Hector did/what she told Hector when he revealed his infidelity. Aisha was doing it because she felt bad now because Hector called her on it and she wanted to make herself feel better. Not Rosie.
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