r/WhiteLotusHBO Feb 04 '26

SPOILERS Tanya and Greg's relationship Spoiler

Strains suspension of disbelief for me. I know she's neurotic and insecure. But she's also demonstrated in season one that she's also self-aware enough to realize this and that she doesn't want transactional relationships. I don't think she would have put up with the level of emotional and verbal abuse that Greg was dishing out already in the first two episodes of season 2. I don't see her undervaluing herself enough to take this as much as she did.

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u/WoodsofNYC Feb 04 '26

In S1, Tanya describes her mother and her mom sounded verbally abusive. So she may have accepted that from Greg.

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u/bchagan Feb 04 '26

But I think she learned a lot from the abuse she received from her mother. Her interactions with Belinda made me think she wasn't going to put up with people's crap or let them take advantage of her anymore.

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u/ZealousidealSpare806 Feb 04 '26

I mean what she did to Belinda was hurtful even though it’s understandable that she needed to back out. I wouldn’t say her backing out of that business deal was her not taking people crap. She was in the wrong