starryeyesxx

Me too, it was important lesson for all three of them

....even if it was a little bittersweet, because Alan could never be everything that both his sons wanted him to be

rocky845

^ Yeah. That does make me sad. =( All Eric and Cory wanted was for Alan to know that they had more than the one layer to them. By the end of the episode, I think he knew that, and hopefully he made sure he considered both of his sons when he wanted to spend time with them. =)

starryeyesxx

I'm sure that he did, I think the most important thing is that both of them realized that he loved them both equally, & enjoyed being their friend as well

rocky845

^ That was great. It was kind of interesting that Alan had to divide his attention between Eric and Cory, but he gave Morgan both sides of himself. =p

starryeyesxx

I think it was different with Morgan again, he treated her differently because she was his daughter imo, so it's not like she got both parts of him, it was just another part.

rocky845

^ I see what you mean. That scene with Morgan proved that Alan could be both the fun dad and the intellectual dad, so why did Eric and Cory feel like they were only getting half of him?

starryeyesxx

I feel like their dynamics were just different, if Cory wanted to have fun with Alan, he could do that & if Eric wanted to have a serious conversation with him, he could do that too - I guess Alan just needed to realize that he needed to balance things out a little more?

rocky845

^ That makes sense. I like to believe that Alan learned to find that balance with all of his children. I wonder if Amy ever had to deal with something like that, where her children thought that she only gave part of herself to them.

starryeyesxx

Hmm, it didn't seem like it. Her scenes with all the kids always seemed pretty similiar

rocky845

^ I wonder why that was the case. How was Amy able to give her children the same love and attention, and Alan found out that his two oldest children felt that he was only giving them half of himself?

starryeyesxx

I don't know, can't think of anything we were given on the show that might explain that




https://mrsgrumpygills.tumblr.com/post/20526451557

rocky845

^ I guess it's always going to be a mystery.

What was the option that Alan picked that Eric called garbage?

starryeyesxx

I can't remember, but I think Eric would have said that about anything that wasn't the duckies one

rocky845

^ Yeah. Eric really wanted duckies. And did they decide on the duckies as Eric wanted? =)

starryeyesxx

I can't remember, but I hope so!