All My Children - 2001 - Brooke Chats with JR

All My Children, 2001, Dixie stopped by Brooke's with some of J.R.'s snorkeling gear and thanked Brooke for including him on her trip to the Caribbean. She called J.R. down and asked him if he had spoken to Tad. He coldly told her that he knew they were getting a divorce. Dixie told him they were separating, but J.R. became angry. He barked at her to stop calling him "Junior" and to save all of the "I love you's for someone who cares." He stormed back upstairs and Dixie sunk to the floor. Brooke put a hand on her shoulder and Dixie confided that she wished there was something she could do to help him. Brooke told her that she had to get David out of her life. Dixie told Brooke that her life wasn't any of her business but Brooke advised her that it was, since Jamie was also being affected. She told an exasperated Dixie that she couldn't throw her life away just because Tad made a mistake and reminded her that they re-married "for better or for worse." Dixie replied that it wasn't her fault that Tad betrayed her but Brooke informed her that they betrayed each other and that the whole family shouldn't suffer because of it. Brooke explained that this situation was like her dilemma with Jim Thomasen but Dixie scoffed at the notion that she could compare David with Jim. "They could be twins," Brooke replied. J.R. descended the stairs at Brooke's and the two sat down for a talk. J.R. asked Brooke if his mother was going to be okay and regretted yelling at her. Brooke assured him that Dixie was going to be fine and that everything would work itself out. J.R. wished that it was last year at that time, when he and Jamie had gone snowboarding with Tad and Dixie. Brooke comfortingly told him that there would be happy days ahead but J.R. was resigned to the fact that his mother chose "some dirt bag over (him) and Tad." Brooke promised him that his parents loved one another and their love would enable them to find their way back to each other. Julia Barr, Brooke English, Jesse McCartney, JR Chandler, Cady McClain, Dixie Cooney Martin