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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevew" data-source="post: 174112" data-attributes="member: 130">Contrary to Val’s belief, it wasn’t just JR ruining her romances.  Lucy screwed them up pretty much of her own doing and part of it was probably the life style she was accustom to that none of her beaus lived up to.  JR could be a bastard, no doubt, and certainly was a snob, but the truth is Val didn’t do very much to influence her daughter even in the moments where she did have a chance, despite her grand pronouncement here and her later considerable financial success of her own.  Btw way, Gary was right.  Why should Val rise to JR’s bait.  Let him talk.  You only give him power when you feed into his taunting.  A true evil villain doesn’t earn you what they’re going to do - they just do it.  Gary knee just how to handle his brother.  Wait him out until he’s burned himself out.</blockquote>