Susan Meyer is sort of the hopeless romantic who has very bad luck with men and everything else. She is recently divorced from a husband who cheated on her and is looking for love on Wisteria Lane to settle her lonesomeness. However, one problem persists, her rival and man-eater, Edie Britt. “Edie Britt was the most predatory divorcee in a 5-block radius. Her conquests were numerous. Varied. And legendary. Susan had met the enemy and she was a slut."
This is precisely why I decided to post this one blog about the both of them together. Their lives are so intertwined that you would think that they are friends, but really they are the true opposite of friends. Sure, toward the end of season 3 they become semi-pleasant with each other, but they are really competing the whole time for the same men in the area. If not openly, then concealed and backhandedly.
This situation is very identifiable to the majority of women out there because at some point in time, you have to deal with competition when it comes to men. This forces you to put your best foot forward to try to beat out the “other woman”. I think that competition of this kind is a common theme in courtship. Every man has a choice in whom he decides to date, and with that choice comes the constant battle between women to somehow present a better image to the man they are fighting for.
Who wins this battle in the end? The beautiful, sexy women who “get around” and are very experienced with getting men to do what they want? Or, perhaps, the sweet, maybe unlucky women who just want something real?
Here are some quotes that can describe their relationship a little more:
- "Edie'll get there at five forty-five, which means her breasts will arrive at five-thirty, so I should shoot for five."
- To Edie: "Now, she's lying, scheming and having casual sex — she's just one boobjob away from being you!"
- "Susan was furious with Edie for using a dog to ingratiate herself with its owner. She was also furious with Mike for not seeing through this blatant maneuver. But most of all, she was furious with herself for not having thought of it first."
- Edie: "For the record, I was rooting for you to land him."
Susan: "And why would you root for me?"
Edie: "Well, I figured it would be easier for me to steal Mike from you than her - she seems like fun!"
5 comments:
I like that you're talking about desperate housewives. Courtship from their point of view is so different but interesting! Are people's lives really like that??
p.s. did i see you at the airport?
I think that the competition between these two women are meant to be an extreme exageration like everything else on this show, but based on things women really do go through. I think everyone can relate to having to compete for love or at least great jealousy.
I think this is a great topic to discuss and I really like how you've divided it by the girls because they are so different. I also really like the quotes you included in this post. It would be interesting to discuss your predictions now that Susan might be getting married, do you think Edie would be so evil as to go for Ian or do you think she's just going to head straight to Mike and have the easy way?
I liked the quotes and the comparison of the two rival women. Very interesting topic, and kind of fun to read even though I've never seen the show.
i really like your structure! your blog is easy to read and i loved the way you put quotes at the end!
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