Paula's Soapbox

The wait was finally over on Monday's General Hospital as Spixie fans finally got to see what happened after Spinelli told Maxie that he could not marry her. After Friday's episode, many fans, including myself, speculated that Maxie had changed her mind about marrying Spinelli and that the couple might actually tie the knot after all. This, however, did not happen. Instead the two declared their love for one another but concluded that this was not the right time for them to get married. This was a little disappointing, but in retrospect it was for the best because they would not have been getting married for the right reasons. Obviously they love each other, but this was not the primary motivation for their trip down the aisle. It was the fact that they were afraid of losing each other. The failed nuptials came as a relief for Mac who passed out with a smile on his face upon realizing that the wedding had indeed been called off. And while Spixie may not have actually gotten mar...

As far as soap weddings go, the moments leading up to the Spixie ceremony were quite understated. There were no snipers waiting in the balcony, no explosions, no ex-lovers, no arrests, and no one kidnapped the bride on her way to the altar. Still, when the big day arrived Maxie was in a nightmare, literally not figuratively. This nightmare brought forth every doubt and fear she had suppressed about marriage, including every warning Mac had given her about marrying Spinelli. She awoke with Robin and Lulu standing over her in full wedding garb waiting to help her get ready to walk down the aisle. And as she got up and readied herself for the wedding she appeared every bit the nervous bride, but after a while something changed. All of her doubts and fears seemed not only suppressed but abolished and she became a much calmer version of herself. Whether this meant that she had simply come to terms with her decision to marry Spinelli or something inside of her felt truly ready to take that l...

Even though Maxie seems to genuinely love Spinelli, it is no secret that she has been looking for a way out of marrying him since he first tried to propose to her on the rooftop. However, Spinelli, in all his ways of expressing courtly love, may have finally discovered her Achilles' heel. On Wednesday's General Hospital Spinelli and Maxie began discussing the details of the wedding and the arrangements that would follow. Surprisingly enough Spinelli assumed that he and Maxie would begin their married life living at Jason's, an assumption that Maxie quickly rejected. Again, Maxie tried to use this disagreement as a way out of the marriage,but Spinelli was prepared to give her whatever she wanted in order to make her happy. Spinelli did, however, have a suggestion of his own, something that I am sure Maxie never anticipated. Spinelli told her that he thought they should wait until after the wedding before sleeping together again, a request that may make Maxie finally decide t...