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When everything else has been said.

posted 12 years ago by mysprouts-740-813856
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This used to be my husband and mines go to movie when we were in a bad place. Somehow, we would end up like Katie, hysterically crying that we wanted to work through any problem, that being together felt right and being apart felt wrong.

Except in the real world movies don't fix marriages. In the real world there isn't a right feeling or a wrong feeling, there are people who either have what it takes to work through real problems or those that think a visit to chow funs is the answer.

Thankfully my marriage broke up and he made this movie his and his new wife's movie. I smile that now anytime she questions his authority she gets this movie pulled out and told to watch it until she's ready to see things his way and cry, apologizing for ever having a thought independent from his.

As for the movie itself, I'm sorry Michelle and Bruce, sometimes you really do say too much and can't go back. When all you do Is hurt each other, it is time to consider moving apart and in the 15 years of hurt depicted in this movie, I don't think last minute epiphanies and trips to chow funs are going to fix things.

[–] allisonjoys 11 years ago

If he was using this movie as a tool with you and it failed I'm surprised he's using it with his new wife. It obviously doesn't work!

[–] tj_mower 11 years ago

Maybe it just takes the right woman.

[–] Splarne 9 years ago

In 15 years, a lot of petty complaints by Pfeiffer will add up to that montage we saw. It was not much, but if all you want is to pull the scabs, you'll end up with nothing but hurt.