Talk:Rita Morgan/@comment-36982006-20180922080917/@comment-38172115-20190114210456

"Abusing anyone (let alone a woman) is wrong but its not hard to see how a drug addict like Paul would lose his temper with a woman like Rita."

That comment alone throws everything you say out the window. You don't get to talk about how something is "wrong" and then victim blame. You just blamed Rita for all the abuse that she went through with Paul, that is NOT okay.

"she became increasingly more difficult with Dexter"

Rita never became "difficult" with Dexter. It's called a relationship. A stable relationship takes two people to make it work.

"her strict demands and her children"

What exactly are her strict demands?

NA? That wasn't a demand;that was an Ultimatum. Big difference. Rita had already been through it with Paul. Dexter didn't have to go to NA, it was his choice. Go to NA or the relationship is over. Regardless if Dexter lied about being an addict, Rita was still behind him 100% because she cared.

Telling the truth isn't really a strict demand, which is one of the main things they basically argued about. Being honest in a relationship is key and help makes it work. Dexter was a liar, she just wanted the truth.

Dexter loved Astor and Cody, Rita didn't make him be a father. Dexter became their father, he became the father figure in their life. When you insert yourself into someone's family like that, you're either all in or you leave. Children are apart of the when you date a single parent. Rita didn't even force Harrison on him, she gave him a way out and said it was okay. Once again Dexter was free to decide what he wanted to do.

Rita was a mess when they first started to date which is expected when you're abused but she gained confidence over the time. No Rita wasn't perfect, but that's why Dexter chose her to begin with. Rita thought Dexter was a saint because of everything he did, for her and her children. She was unaware of Dexter's darkness.

In reality, Dexter didn't even deserve Rita. Rita genuinely loved Dexter, she just wanted him to be a husband, a father, and tell the truth. That's all she asked throughout the series.