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Kathy was very dumb and neurotic


Kathy was neurotic for getting angry with her friend when she was the one who suggested that her friend should sleep with her old high school boyfriend. She was also nuts for meddling into her friend's affairs about telling Elliot about the pregnancy. Kathy was dumb for believing toward the end of the film that McGovern's baby was Tom's and not Elliot's.

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Along with being a lying and untrustworthy wife. How else do you explain lying to your husband about where you are going then flying off to a different city to see an old boyfriend that you are still pining over?

She obviously planned to cheat on her husband. Why else did she dress the way she did,wearing the sexy lingerie? I would have loved to have heard her explanation once she and her husband returned to the hotel room and he saw what she was wearing.

There was no excuse for it. No matter how you try to justify it, the fact of the matter is she was married and plotted to cheat. She had an unfaithful heart. If she had issues with her husband, she should have talked to him about it. He was also a fool for taking her back.

Why is it in these movies that the woman always seems to get a pass for their behavior and end up getting the happy ending anyway? Just once I'd like to see the girlfriend/fiancé/wife suffer the consequence for their indiscretions and the guy get the happy ending after moving on. But then I guess a lot of women wouldn't watch that type of movie and would probably scream bloody murder complaining that it was sexist.

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In response to "mackey3000"

If you call being tired of movies where the spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend cheats and all is forgiven and all goes on as if nothing happened having issues then I guess I'm guilty as charged. I'm sorry if you don't like the fact that I have no pity for a cheating spouse. I happen to believe in honesty and commitment in a relationship. I'm not part of the "me me me" generation. To each their own I guess. As far as my personal experience, I don't think I'm different from anybody else who happens to think fidelity is a virtue and infidelity shouldn't be treated as a norm as Hollywood seems to like to portray it. That's not real life. There are and should be consequences to one's bad behavour. Can that behavour be forgiven? Absolutely! Is it ever really forgotten? Rarely. I realize these are just movies; an escape from realism. Just as others do, I'm simply stating my take on what is shown in the movie as I see it. Yes I'm judgmental but who isn't? Scornful and bitter? I don't think so. You call my posts diatribes. Although some may be long, it is never my intent to sound angry. I'm simply providing evidence presented in the movie that I believe support my comments. You might want to try it sometime instead of just critizing the poster for his or her comments. I've read a few of your posts as well and it seems when you can't argue an issue reasonably, you resort to personal attacks. Like others here who rather than formulate a rational argument to support their position, you instead resort to personal attacks and name calling. I would never attack another poster personally as you have just because I don't happen to like or agree with their opinion. So when it comes to having personal issues.......

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You Say... Why is it in these movies that the woman always seems to get a pass for their behavior and end up getting the happy ending anyway? Just once I'd like to see the girlfriend/fiancé/wife suffer the consequence for their indiscretions and the guy get the happy ending after moving on.

You are right about women won't buy it whey they are faced with consequences. Guys won't buy it no matter what. Film makers make films for bucks and this is what you get. They even throw in the friendship as a added bonus another thing women like. We know there would be no friendship after what they went through.


In chick flicks guys don't get to be portrayed with backbone.

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