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Originally Posted by Niamh.

yep, all that is spot on. Any argument Jim and Luisa have had was for actual reasons (on both sides) whereas you can almost see Lindas mind ticking over anytime Jim speaks like she's waiting on the chance to jump on something he says, anything that could even remotely be used against him. This hate for him seems all consuming in her. Now again, i have no idea what he's done to her to make her feel and act that way and maybe it is deserved, who knows? but being that bitter is really not good for a person and she can't be happy like that. I was going to add that she probably shouldn't have gone in this year because those feeling of pure hate towards him are so strong but it sounds like she really needed the cash, so i feel sorry for her in that way. I do think she'd feel alot better though in herself if she could try to let these negative feeling go and move forward

I think so too. I was watching clips of her with her sisters when they were on Loose Women in 2007 and she seemed so happy, full of life and was smiling throughout. Linda is not an inherently bitter, sour person - I just think that life has made her that way in the last 7 years and unfortunately for her we're seeing a very negative side of her because Jim is a reminder of a low point in her past. If she let go of her anger towards him she'd be much happier overall. She doesn't have to forget but within herself she needs to forgive or she's going to be forever miserable.