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Stanwyk Marrying Douglas


I just couldn't see it happening in real life. I couldn't imagine a harboiled, cynical, sharp, and worldly woman like Mae settling down with a big, burly simpleton like Jerry.

I liked Jerry a lot, but Mae and Jerry were like oil and water - they just wouldn't mix. Women like Mae can't respect a man who doesn't have some kind of a tough streak in them.

I've known quite a few girls who left their boyfriends because "they (the boyfriends) were too nice." As weird as that is and hard to understand, quite a few women are like that.

Some women like the big, soft, harmless, teddy bear type of guy Jerry was, but not women like Mae.

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jerry was not a simpleton. A bit naive.

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I think you need to consider her probable backstory, which is never explained. It sounded like she had betrayed by a long list of guys. No wonder she wanted a secure and stable kind of guy, if a bit boring.

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