She's a slut and a whore. Another example of Hollywood's PC double standard. Before you start trying to convince me that it's poignant and romantic, tell what you would think if it was a husband that banged some chick passing though town while his wife was away taking care of the kids. Well hypocrites? What do you say now? Can anybody say "Fatal Attraction?"
shareShe's a slut and a whore.
Another example of Hollywood's PC double standard. Before you start trying to convince me that it's poignant and romantic
Spare me the condescending sympathy. It has nothing to do my personal life. It has to do with the way society, specifically Hollywood, promotes the idea that promises only have to be kept until they become inconvenient. I might ask you who you betrayed that makes you feel the need to defend fellows cheaters.
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
Condescending sympathy? Interesting choice. Your must view the world as a bleak one for you to have automatically made that assumption.
Such a strong, angered reaction as yours isn't created in a vacuum. It's a result of a hot button being pushed.
In general, we see what we look for. There are also movies that are very life-affirming, and that do not "promote" the idea that promises are only to be kept unless they become inconvenient. Why did you watch this one, if you knew it was about an affair?
In any event, the reality is the only person's behavior we have control over is our own, including our own reactions. Railing against Hollywood or society isn't going to change anything. You're just bloodying your head against a wall. You've heard the expression "Holding onto anger is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die"? It's true.
Having the ability to understand and have compassion for others, even if it's not something I personally have experienced, isn't the same thing as defending them. I'd think that would be obvious, but apparently not.
Thanks for the laugh. To whom should I send the 5 cents?
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
Reread your own signature, and take your own advice there.
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
Thank goodness. Here's some advice for you. Get over yourself. HAND
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
Well this is truly the thread that keeps on giving! I love that this one just goes on and on. Over four years and the OP is STILL angry and posting even more comical retorts. Goodie for the rest of us!
It wasn't me who was murdered, was it?
I admit I too get a certain degree of amusement from smug, clueless respondents such as yourself. However, I must burst your bubble a little. I am not angry nor was I ever angry. The word your seeking is resolute. I simply feel strongly about my position. Nothing more. I thought I had left this subject behind long ago but people like you seem to need to know I'm still here. I am happy to hear however that your drab world was made a little brighter by a trivial comment I made about an irrelevant topic over four years ago. It's nice that I've given you something to live for. If you ever need me to rescue you from the darkness again, just ask and I'll reach down and pull you up. HAND
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
Haha! Hilarious. :)
It wasn't me who was murdered, was it?
A slut is someone( pretty nearly always a woman so designated ) who would go with anybody. A whore is someone (again almost inevitably a woman so designated) who takes money or payment of some sort for sex. The Meryl Streep character was not even remotely one of these. The comparison you offer - ie the husband "banging some chick" is not a reasonable comparison, given the obvious one-off and wistful nature of the TBOMD encounter and the reference to Fatal Attraction is just silly.
Without in the slightest wishing to condone adultery or faithlessness, I do wish people like you , who appear only to want to vent some sort of misogynist spleen would at least do it in a semi-intelligent way.
Whatever
*beep* happens and you deal with it
You make choices and live with them
Everything else is whining
It wasn't only sex but love. She fell for him but stayed because of responsibilities.
It wasn't right to have an affair but she sacrificed some true love for the love of her family.
Great movie and it raises all sorts of "what might have been" romantic questions. But come on, Robert Kincaid was selfish and intrusive, preying on Francesca's vulnerability and sticking his "nose" where it didn't belong. He knows she's married with kids, knows by example how the local community would ruin her if her indiscretion was ever revealed, and yet he's willing and adamant to systematically seduce her and take her out to various public spots and put her established life in jeopardy. He had nothing to lose and she had everything to lose. There were numerous opportunities for him to bow out and do the right thing, but he persisted (and made photographic evidence of it). Right about the time he pretentiously said "we're not doing anything wrong" I was almost waiting for the husband to return unexpectedly and kick Kincaid's ass out the door. OK she semi-passively led him on a couple times, but he was clearly in an advantageous no-risk position (single, self-employed, no ties, could go anywhere). In 1965 Iowa you don't pick flowers and offer multiple beers to a married woman unless it's with an agenda.
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Her husband should have bitch slapped her, then walked out forever.
shareYou may believe or not in Jesus as a God, but nonetheless the Gospel is a notable study in ethics and the working of the human conscience. So please note that Jesus Christ had harsh word for hypocrites and greedy people, but had understanding words for adulteresses. He would not have approved giving a hard time to the Redfield woman. He knew how the human mind works and that we are programmed for love; sometimes love simply cannot be resisted and brings you in a wrong direction even if you can’t help.
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