So, Ringer

[rivkat]

Is Bridget sleeping with Siobhan's husband?  More to the point, are we supposed to think she is?  I kind of think she is, because I don't think the character would have a huge problem with it, and it would seem entailed, so to speak, by the increased lovey-doveyness they're showing.  But I'm not sure I'm supposed to think that--maybe because Upper East Siders who are over Gossip Girl age don't necessarily have that much sex with their nominal partners, according to the show?  I won't be surprised if they later make clear that they aren't having sex--maybe to protect that delicate baby or something, as if there weren't plenty of sexual activities still possible--but I can't figure out why they wouldn't be other than to protect the audience's delicate sensibilities.  I am puzzled.

Comments

[percysowner]

In the first episode it was highly implied that they were not having sex. Bridgette was in bed obviously waiting to have sex with Andrew and he turned away and turned off the light. After that, the estrangement was made very clear and I got the feeling that sex wasn't in the cards for them. Now that Andrew is starting to fall back in love with "Siobhan" I expect the issue to come up and the baby will be an excuse to not have them consummate the relationship. I pretty well figure that when Andrew and Bridgette have sex it will be a big deal and I hope Andrew will actually know who he is making love to. Dubcon works in fanfiction for me, but the idea of sleeping with someone when you think you are sleeping with someone else is a bit too rapey, no matter how nice Bridgette is. Just MHO.

[rivkat]

I agree that they weren't having much sex--but enough that he might be the biological father. So I think it doesn't make much real world sense for them to be abstinent, though I also agree that it's pretty rapey.

[giandujakiss]

Haven't seen the latest ep yet so maybe there's some new information there, but when Bridget discovered Siobhan's pregnancy, there was a big thing about how it was very likely her lover's kid and not the husband's, because Siobhan had barely had sex with the husband recently. So, I'm assuming we're not meant to think they're sleeping with each other - because if/when they do, that's going to be a Big Plot Thing.

[rivkat]

Right, but barely and never are very different, at least to me. Even when things were super bad, there was apparently at least some chance that the child was biologically his, so I find it hard to imagine that he hasn't made a move or wouldn't be put off by her rejection (at least of nonpenetrative activities, if he accepts "I'm worried about the baby").