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Originally Posted by Kizzy

I think they are borh very bitter about the past, in their shared experience there was obviously something very painful and the fallout from that is what we are seeing now.
It's unfair to lay all the blame at lindas door though, as it doesn't explain jims attitude towards luisa or liz does it?
He also rounded on casey who was one of his biggest supporters.
This might be why some feel jim is not all he presents himself to be.

I haven't seen the Jim/Casey clip but it was my understanding that he told her that Lee could have her any time she wanted and she would gladly let it happen - which is what pretty much everyone on here was saying about her? I haven't seen the clip so I can't comment on the context but to me that sounds like he was just being direct and honest with her.

I think Linda has chosen to direct all her anger about her past and has projected it all onto Jim; in her mind Jim is to blame for what happened to her husband, rather than dealing with her husband being caught stealing and being sentenced over it etc. Jim on the other hand seems to just find the whole world intolerable, everything makes him grumpy and gets on his nerves. If we were looking at this overall, like a film review, then the blame would lie with both of them. Personally though, I look at everything individually, rather than looking at the bigger picture, because Big Brother gives us a snapshot into these peoples' lives and personalities and so I feel it's futile to speculate about the bigger picture because there's a lot we don't know due to time constraints and the editing.

I actually agree that Jim isn't being himself - he said as much aloud to Luisa last week and it's clear that walking away from these conflicts with Linda is an anger management technique he's been employing. He sighs and walks away from it because it's not worth it. That's why I think he's 'over it' while Linda isn't. Linda can't walk away from her hatred of Jim; Jim always walks away from his hatred of Linda.