Forever Deprived!

What is the most common occurrence on soap operas?

WEDDINGS!!

Peoples marry each other all the time! There are marriages of convenience, accidental/unwanted marriages (mainly due to drunkenness), green card & trust fund marriages, etc. But of course there are people who are in love and marry because they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Those couples deserve and ultimately get the lavish wedding of their dreams. But what’s the other thing our favorite supercouples usually get?

A honeymoon?
Well, no, not always. Some couples don’t have time or money for one. Some couples have one months later. And some just head off to their destination without looking back, and the damn honeymoon is never even shown.

What I’m talking about is…a wedding night! All lovey-dovey newlyweds should have one, right? And besides the wedding, fans want to see a sexy, romantic wedding night for their couple. And it has nothing to do with the honeymoon half the time. A wedding night is something special that shows a couple’s private celebration of their wedding and marriage. It’s a memorable time for every couple.

So, why didn’t we see Gus and Harley’s wedding night?? I mean, sure, I understand they’d be on their honeymoon in Greece off the air since their portrayers took a two-week vacation. But couldn’t the wedding night still have been shown? Couldn’t TPTB have made room for it, even if it was only one little scene?

GusH is a very beloved couple that has existed for almost five years. They’ve been through so many obstacles together. They’ve had numerous good times and bad times. It took them so long to finally get married, which was a wonderful occasion. Their wedding was absolutely beautiful and perfect for them and the fans. After waiting years and months for it to happen, wouldn’t a wedding night have been fantastic? I believe it would have been icing on the cake!

Just imagine… GusH arrive at their gorgeous honeymoon suite in Santorini, and Gus carries his bride over threshold. They celebrate their love and marriage in romantic style… They have a lovely candlelight dinner with champagne. They share their sweet dessert and end up dancing to soft music. Any talking they do…is quite simple and romantic… They simply bask in their love and shut out the entire world. Eventually they make love for the first time as husband and wife; it’s very slow and gentle… They’d have the sexiest yet most loving love scene ever. Their afterglow would add to the love and beauty.

Now wouldn’t that have been wonderful to see? Wouldn’t it have been great to witness a part of their intimate happiness? How dare TPTB deprive us of Gus and Harley’s wedding night!

Wedding nights are obviously important to me. I believe they’re sacred, especially to true love soap opera couples. GusH is definitely true love. And yes, couples do marry more than once, but the very first time is the most special. I know I’m not the only one feeling deprived. But no matter what, I’m sure GusH’s wedding night was romantic and perfect for them. I bet it was one of the best nights of their life.

First Real Love

What do you think of when you hear Cross Creek?

You tend to think of Josh, Reva, and the Lewis family, right? I do too. But Cross Creek is significant to another couple…

Mallet and Harley first got together at Cross Creek way back in 1992. I wasn’t watching back then due to being too young, but someone hooked us fans up with some clips. It was good to finally see Beth Ehlers’ Harley with Mark Derwin’s Mallet and also to see Harley when she was just a cute, young thang.

Let me refresh your mind… Harley went to Cross Creek to avoid Mallet because she was angry after seeing him with another woman. He tracked her down to profess his love for her and to explain how the woman meant nothing to him. The woman took actions to get him, not the other way around. Mallet also explained how he wasn’t interested in the woman because there was someone else (Harley). He said the “L” word to Harley so many times while she tried to make sense of it and figure out how they’d be together. She professed her love too, and they spent plenty of quality time together (they made love for the first time).

So, now let me say how blessed I feel to have seen those scenes. I loved seeing the start of Harlet’s romantic relationship! It was a major point in Harlet history as well as a special time for Harleteers.

I’ve watched the scenes over and over again. What Harleteer hasn’t? But I’ll never forget the first time I saw them, after downloading them all first of course. I was lying on my bed on my stomach with my feet towards the headboard. I was wearing my terry-cloth robe. My eyes were glued to my laptop; each scene was wonderful and left me excited for the next. They were adorable and sweet together. I loved hearing them say “I love you”. I loved their song in the background: “When A Man Loves A Woman” by Percy Sledge; it set the tone perfectly… Love was in the air. And with the love scenes…my whole body was on fire; I really needed some cool air. Harlet were going slow and being very loving, but they were still so damn hot! The very last scene was the sweetest because they were just so happy to finally be in love together.

After seeing every scene, I had the biggest, brightest smile on my face. I was so happy! When I went downstairs, I stood in the doorway of the backdoor and embraced the cold, winter air. I really needed it, lol! And of course I went back and re-watched everything, but soon I was only re-watching the love scenes. They’re the best parts, lol!

All humor aside… Cross Creek showed how great Mallet and Harley were and proved what a supercouple they were. I assume they were the sweetest, hottest couple around back then. I’m sure I would have loved them if I had been old enough. Harley is good with anybody, and she seemed to be the best with Mallet (back then). He was her first true love; what they had was something special.

Can’t say that Cross Creek was the best Harlet time ever because I haven’t seen every Harlet scene, but it was definitely a memorable time. It’s a time for every Harleteer to enjoy and remember forever.