I don't think the excuses change the fact that it's hurtful. [...] I wish House had told her to go to hell when she came to him a few hours later with this 'I love you but I wish I didn't' stuff. It's an explanation, not an excuse, and yes, it's hurtful. But the way you juxtaposition what she said with what happened later goes to show what most fans objected to, namely that they ended up in bed after that (and after that even worse 'I love you, but ...' remark). IMO, that's getting two separate issues mixed up. If she'd yelled at him and hadn't gone to him later and hadn't ended up in a relationship with him, most people would have shrugged and forgotten about it. My feeling is that for non-Huddys her sin is 'compounded' by the fact that she ended up in bed with House. The original deed, as a stand-alone, would never have elicited so violent a response, not after what House threw at her earlier.
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It's an explanation, not an excuse, and yes, it's hurtful. But the way you juxtaposition what she said with what happened later goes to show what most fans objected to, namely that they ended up in bed after that (and after that even worse 'I love you, but ...' remark). IMO, that's getting two separate issues mixed up. If she'd yelled at him and hadn't gone to him later and hadn't ended up in a relationship with him, most people would have shrugged and forgotten about it. My feeling is that for non-Huddys her sin is 'compounded' by the fact that she ended up in bed with House. The original deed, as a stand-alone, would never have elicited so violent a response, not after what House threw at her earlier.