The only reason Emma even stuck around for Henry is that she thought he was a confused kid who confused fantasy with reality
Yes her own son telling her these tales and her reaction was that he was crazy and she was ready to leave him with Regina and then only stuck around because his therapist said it was a good idea.
I think Emma, who grew up in our world, would’ve thought Neal had gone mental, just as Alice’s father thought she was crazy in “OUAT in WL.”
Yes! And her father grew resentful of Alice because she would not stop talking about WL. And for Neal, he’s already seen that when he tries to do the right thing (take his father to a land without magic; save the Darlings) he sorta get screwed! He was in between a rock and a hard place.