Being around each other is not going to do either of them any good unless they’re actively working through past issues and the only thing Amber works through is troughs of food.
Turd raises an interesting point; past girlfriends and THEIR parents, (Casey’s mom, Krystal’s parents), may have been used as parental substitutes but I’ll suggest as a substitute parent to defy.
All these folks may have tried to act in loci parents but Amber wasn’t listening.
I wonder if her mom is dumb enough to quit her job and try to hop on the ALR money train. That would be idiotic for so many reasons. I wonder if ALR is actively or passively-aggressively trying to remove her mom’s boyfriend from the scene or trying to limit the amount of time mom spends with him.
The problem with not setting strict limits right away makes it much more difficult to do so later.
Mom needs to really be careful. Right now in theory, she holds the upper hand. If she allows herself to come under Amber’s control , she’s screwed.
Amber… no need to grow up if she can coax others to do her adulting for her.
This, as usual, will not end well.