[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Novo

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- Arguing aggressively with an OAP

Well that's one way of looking at it. Personally, what I saw was a young man finally standing up for himself having been berated, disparaged, insulted and humiliated over and over again by a domineering person who thought he wasn't good enough for her daughter.

Frankly I'd been willing him to have a go back for weeks.

Just because she's an 'OAP' doesn't give her the right to treat somebody like they just crawled out from under a rock. Doesn't give her the right to belittle and humiliate someone because she dislikes them.

My mum is an 'OAP' and she was also willing callum to speak up for himself. Neither of us thought he was particularly aggressive towards Jackie in that argument. If anything, she was the aggressive one: standing up and over him, stepping forward as she made her point, whilst he was still sitting.

Maybe if she'd had the good manners to let the lad finish his sentence (any of his sentences) without shooting him down in flames and shouting over him, then she'd warrant respect in return.

The most aggressive person in that house was Dan. But nobody minded his aggression because he was liked. Callum on the other hand is disliked so everything he does gets viewed through that filter.