Yes, exactly what I was saying. You ever see the woman get sterilised, always the man. And look how Michelle is arguing over it, presuming she is in the right! Hope he runs off with Andrea.
Another annoying storyline, and very unrealistic. They need new scriptwriters…
The storyline with Hayley in Corrie is hitting hard with me right now because my colleague’s wife has been given 3 - 7 days to live due to terminal cancer, and I think Julie Hesmondhalgh is playing the role very sensitively, and her poor husband Roy (like my colleague) is affecting all of us at work as we feel deeply for him.
If anybody deserves an upcoming ITV award, it’s Roy and Hayley on Corrie. 
I totally agree about an award. We’re bombarded with sex scenes, noisy open mouthed kissing and bedroom gymnastics on our screens, and one hug or chaste kiss from Roy to Hayley is so much more emotional and moving. Less is definitely more. Wonderfully sensitive acting from both of them.
The way Michelle talks to Steve these days, you wonder why they are still together. Agree if she is the one who doesn’t want more kids, then she should be the one having the op, it is done keyhole surgery these days and very quick. I had it done about 30 years ago when my hubby was against the snip.
I am hoping against hope that this is the way they will be writing Michelle out and replacing her with whateverhernameis that’s at college with Steve - at least she has a personality that goes beyond moaning and scowling!
I hope the storyline with Hayley ends soon too - I’ve had enough of that as well; thoroughly depressing. My heart goes out to all those who have been diagnosed as terminal that have been watching it, they’ll now know all about the severe pain that awaits them and waiting for a doctor to call to update the prescription: good luck with that one.
I understand what you are all saying about the cancer storyline but if they stopped all storylines likely to be affecting the audience what would we be left with ?
Many story lines affect me but I either turn off or accept sadness and being upset is part of the experience along with any other emotions the programmes elicit.
The Steve story line annoys me a lot, we hear a lot about men having to respect women’s decisions about their bodies and along comes Michelle totally disregarding Steve’s right to decide about his own body.
I find Simon to be a cheeky irritating little brat. Think that’s why he loves Leanne being his Mum cos she lets him say what he likes to people and never checks him. Very wooden acting too.
Sorry for saying this, but Simon is a little sh*t and if he were mine he’d have been seriously dealt with before now. I can’t stand that kid!
Michelle has no business demanding Steve has a vasectomy. They aren’t married and there has been no discussion, but Steve is right. He may want more children in the future and Michelle has absolutely no right to demand this of a boyfriend. If she doesn’t want any more kids that’s fine, go on the pill, or go the whole hog and get sterilised. That’s up to her.
I think Steve would be better off with Andrea as she’s more bubbly and comical than Michelle. More up Steve’s street.
I know the Hayley situation is not sitting well with many people, but this is what actually does happen in real life, and it is heart-breaking.
Very well said, Mollie!
I think we all know it happens in real life but to a lot of people, it doesn’t constitute entertainment - especially if it would cause undue anxiety to those recently diagnosed. Coronation Street is classed as light entertainment, I think they forgot about the light bit. If people want information, it would be more prudent to talk to those who have actually gone through it or the medical profession and not some dramatised, rating-grabbing scenes from a soap-opera.
I don’t think they are doing it in that way, to me they seem to be quite determined to do this story line justice and the acting is fantastic from both the main characters. I have seen several people die this way and it’s very true to life which is making it disturbing viewing. But if we don’t show things that might affect viewers we would never show anything. Certain story lines over the years have been very disturbing for me personally but I would defend their right to make the show as long as they treat the subject with dignity.
Anyone remember Alma’s death ? very moving and must have upset some viewers but we all got over it and moved on.
Then you have misunderstood the reasoning behind why they are screening Hayley’s demise - it isn’t to deal with death, it’s to approach the subject of euthenasia (as they clearly stated many months ago).
I haven’t but why shouldn’t that be addressed ? we need to talk about things like this. Also not being a spoilers reader I am following the story as it goes and it has barely touched on that yet. Perhaps wait and see how they do it before we judge it ?
How can it be a spoiler when Hayley addressed the fact she was going to do it weeks ago? It was also on tv so it isn’t news at all.
Why do we need to talk about it? Is there anyone, over the age of, say, 10 that doesn’t know that a cancer death is often a painful one? What does talking about it actually achieve? How does it make things better for those affected? It has often been said that animals are given more dignity in their final days that humans are in Britain so all of that talking has done zilch.
I don’t know what the practice is in Britain but, if we take Hayley’s scene as an accurate representation of pain medication, then Britain would do well to follow the US protocol of stopping pain before it starts and gets a hold - now that would be worth talking about if it would change things.
Hayley spoke about it yes and that was one of the reasons I am sticking with the show I am hoping they will address this and get a dialogue going. Emmerdale did it when Sam assisted his wife to die and a ripple started we need to talk openly about this subject and hopefully start changing laws to allow people to make their own decisions.
Why do we need to talk about it ? well because a lot of people die in agony and don’t want to die with their dignity gone.
Everyone is already aware of that and they could change the pain medication to follow the US example - but they don’t. You can talk till you’re blue in the face, it won’t change a thing. I can think of only one thing that would change it but it’s not a topic for discussion on an open forum.
Well I am not sure everyone is aware if they were it means we have truly evil people in the country who don’t want people to die with dignity.
I prefer to think something dramatized like this might start people talking and thinking about it as they see a well loved character die.
They have come up with a new method - it is called a ‘dry death’; not sure I believe the benefits of that to the patient but there we go.
It will most likely all come down to cost - if they can reduce the amounts given, it saves money.
I prefer to think something dramatized like this might start people talking and thinking about it as they see a well loved character die.
To what end though? If they were going to lobby their MPs about death with dignity, I’d agree with you. From what I’ve seen, it’s just gossip material and nothing more.
Get your tissues at the ready folk, Hayley does the deed next Monday. It’s sure to be a tear-jerker. As for the rights and wrongs of making this a topic for a soap, I say anything which will help to bring about a change in the law is to be welcomed. Of this I am sure, that some day euthanasia will be legal.