Hilda: Being the Other Woman

I think this is a critical issue. Many women can relate to Hilda when it comes to being in an "other woman" situation. Many times we don't even feel like the other woman. In fact, the girlfriend is framed as the "other woman." We feel as if we possess the better qualities that she doesn't have, when in fact we end up with the short end of the stick. Honestly, we must think to ourselves, why do we tolerate being the side dish to the main course. I think it has a lot to do with hope, naivety, and selfishness. I think Hilda possesses a lot of these qualities. In the scene where "the coaches" wife calls him, Hilda made a joke of it and wanted to ignore the phone call and the fact that women on the other end of the phone was his wife. Why do women do that? I feel if we were to categorize a super power for the female species it would be the ability to ignore reality and indulge in your fantasy. And maybe I'm being cynical, maybe the coach will leave his wife for Hilda and they will be happily ever after or maybe he will continue to live a double life and string both women along. This season we can only wait and see and hope that Hilda does not become another statistic.