Interestingly, I agree as well in terms of Janet.
I don't think Sam and Janet ever really discussed Jack because it very much fell into the "don't ask/don't tell" category, and I think any time Janet would have raised it with Sam, it would have been as it was in A Hundred Days - more of a concerned fellow officer and friend 'do you have a problem' rather than a girly 'oh you two should really get it on' vibe that comes across in a lot of fanfic.
But I do think Sam and Janet in the early days discussed guys (I can see Sam confiding the Narim kiss for example) and I do think Sam having decided to date might have confided in Janet who would have encouraged her to go on the initial date with Pete, and who may even have encouraged her to go for the second and third date, pleased that it was going so well for her friend.
I do think had Sam confided in her about the morning after and Pete's hissy fit, Janet might have raised a warning flag in terms of Pete having insecurity issues and why hadn't Sam thrown him out on his backside, but actually I can't see Sam confiding in her about that because I think Sam took Pete's hissy fit over her secrecy about her work as her personal failure to make the relationship work and I think she wouldn't have wanted to share the specifics of that with anyone (just too personal).
But like everyone else, I do think if Janet had been around through the proposal, it might have given Sam just that someone else to talk to who might have been able to make her see that regardless of anything (or anyone) else, if it's taking you two weeks to answer the guy and you're finding every excuse under the sun to say no, then maybe there's an underlying reason why you really should say no: ie that he's just not the right guy.
I do firmly believe Pete proposing was because he felt Sam was slipping away from him. I think she even makes some apology before the proposal about not seeing him very much, work being crazy. Like I said, I don't think she was going to dump him in the park but I think her actions in possibly spending more time at work, at him not seeing much of her were indicative that the initial 'omg I have a relationship!' thrill was cooling with her; that it wasn't a novelty and it was becoming more of a chore.
And I don't think that Sam even consciously realised that because I agree that she'd effectively compartmentalised Pete into a box that said 'personal life', and he was there and in the background, and it was nice when she didn't have anything else more interesting to do at work to have someone to go out with, watch a movie with, to tell her she was special.
But I do think Pete subconsciously realised it and hence the sudden proposal and decision to move from Denver to be closer to her in Colorado Springs, because I think he sensed he was losing her.
I don't think Sam and Janet ever really discussed Jack because it very much fell into the "don't ask/don't tell" category, and I think any time Janet would have raised it with Sam, it would have been as it was in A Hundred Days - more of a concerned fellow officer and friend 'do you have a problem' rather than a girly 'oh you two should really get it on' vibe that comes across in a lot of fanfic.
But I do think Sam and Janet in the early days discussed guys (I can see Sam confiding the Narim kiss for example) and I do think Sam having decided to date might have confided in Janet who would have encouraged her to go on the initial date with Pete, and who may even have encouraged her to go for the second and third date, pleased that it was going so well for her friend.
I do think had Sam confided in her about the morning after and Pete's hissy fit, Janet might have raised a warning flag in terms of Pete having insecurity issues and why hadn't Sam thrown him out on his backside, but actually I can't see Sam confiding in her about that because I think Sam took Pete's hissy fit over her secrecy about her work as her personal failure to make the relationship work and I think she wouldn't have wanted to share the specifics of that with anyone (just too personal).
But like everyone else, I do think if Janet had been around through the proposal, it might have given Sam just that someone else to talk to who might have been able to make her see that regardless of anything (or anyone) else, if it's taking you two weeks to answer the guy and you're finding every excuse under the sun to say no, then maybe there's an underlying reason why you really should say no: ie that he's just not the right guy.
I do firmly believe Pete proposing was because he felt Sam was slipping away from him. I think she even makes some apology before the proposal about not seeing him very much, work being crazy. Like I said, I don't think she was going to dump him in the park but I think her actions in possibly spending more time at work, at him not seeing much of her were indicative that the initial 'omg I have a relationship!' thrill was cooling with her; that it wasn't a novelty and it was becoming more of a chore.
And I don't think that Sam even consciously realised that because I agree that she'd effectively compartmentalised Pete into a box that said 'personal life', and he was there and in the background, and it was nice when she didn't have anything else more interesting to do at work to have someone to go out with, watch a movie with, to tell her she was special.
But I do think Pete subconsciously realised it and hence the sudden proposal and decision to move from Denver to be closer to her in Colorado Springs, because I think he sensed he was losing her.
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