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PAUL'S MOTHER

posted 16 years ago by ChristianEdwards81
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I've notice that every chance she got, she was always disrepecting Jamie, even in her own house. What was her problem? Jamie always give her repect, but she didn't give respect back. I wouldn't blame Jamie if she had choke the life out that woman. The thing that bothered me is that Paul never had his wife's back on that situation. Is there a reason he never stepped in and set his mother straight? Did he not know when she is dissing his wife, she is dissing him too? There's a saying in The Bible that go the man shall leave his father and join his wife and the two shall become one. I think that how it is written. Maybe I've missed an episode or two where it did happend, but if not does anyone know the answer to these questions?

[–] moosefeathers 13 years ago

Oh, come on, that woman was hysterically, laugh out loud funny.

I loved the one where she zapped every one of them in one breath in the hospital when her husband had a heart attack. they were all flabbergasted! Shear perfection!

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] skysimm-2 13 years ago

-Three bullseyes!

-She didn't even stop to reload...

Now, bring me that horizon!

[–] moosefeathers 13 years ago

"You have such nice hair...."

"Oh, that Lisa is so sweet.....you two are SO different....."

"i wanted to tell you that I shut the light in the kitchen out....if you go in there, you'll turn it on.....?"

"I say black....she says white....."

Sometimes I fall a sleep watching the show, and i'm not in a deep sleep and when i hear her i wake up laughing.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

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[–] jones7418 13 years ago

Paul's Mother-Hated Her!!

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[–] LilyViolet 11 years ago

i agree. i thought paul's mother was horrible until i saw Rays mother from Everybody loves raymond. Marie makes Puals mother look like an angel.

[–] richardpaperboy 11 years ago

wouldn't Silva being nice to Jamie and treating her as a equal be kind of boring?

[–] LilyViolet 11 years ago

no because the show wasnt about the inlaws.

[–] LilyViolet 11 years ago

Just saw the first Thanksgiving show. Paul went to Jamies parents house for Thanksgiving for the first time. His mother mailed him a turkey, and other food to Jamies parents house. He didnt see anything wrong with it.

Of course Jamie was mad, as would anyone.

[–] mazberglilibet 10 years ago

I think that the Sylvia Buchman character, & Cynthia Harris' flawless potrayal of same, are perhaps an exaggerated version of yr. Typical N.Y. Jewish mother, and on the other hand the perfect example of a N.Y Jewish mother. Take yr. Pick. Either way, I think both the role, & the actress, are treasures!

[–] lferrigon-1 10 years ago

Jamie was a saint for putting up with this woman like she did. She even covered for her when she faked an injury when she hated that the baby got attention. And Paul, was a crappy husband for allowing her to disrespect his wife like she did.

[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

Jamie was a saint for putting up with this woman like she did. She even covered for her when she faked an injury when she hated that the baby got attention. And Paul, was a crappy husband for allowing her to disrespect his wife like she did.

my god, you talk as if these were real people.

they were fictional characters made to make us laugh.

Take up knitting, maybe....?

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] Crossingthegulf 9 years ago

Paul himself was incapable of standing up to her. She was always putting him down and treating him like crap. She even mistreated her own daughters. The only one she treated with any respect was Ira.

[–] nikkivisser 8 years ago

selfish bitch ,mother showing her insecurity , selfish bitch ,can't see her baby as an adult ,selfish bitch ,needs someone to need her , selfish bitch ,hates sharing , selfish bitch .

[–] Jimminy_Beeswax 10 years ago

It's not that she was disrespecting Jamie. Paul's mother was abrasive and extremely controlling to everyone around her. She was highly judgmental and very negative toward the entire family.

[–] lferrigon-1 10 years ago

I remember when Jamie was pregnant and Paul's mother walked to the unborn baby inside of Jamie and not to Jamie. She was awful and Paul should not have let her get away with it.

[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

It's not that she was disrespecting Jamie. Paul's mother was abrasive and extremely controlling to everyone around her. She was highly judgmental and very negative toward the entire family.

LOL Funny that Sylvia liked the daughter's lesbian lover. 

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] Jimminy_Beeswax 10 years ago

LOL Funny that Sylvia liked the daughter's lesbian lover.

Yes, especially when Sylvia and her husband were depicted as conservatives and everyone else on the show was depicted as liberal.

[–] mzajac-626-638087 9 years ago

Paul's mother was abrasive and extremely controlling to everyone around her.

This is the right answer. She was literally treating Jamie like one of the family.