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Why didnt Mary (JLo) immediately correct people about NOT being engaged?


When that Italian idiot showed up while she was working, why didn't she just tell everyone that he was a loon sicced upon her by her Father? Why did she have to suffer through "also" being dishonest?

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I'm thinking the same exact thing!!!

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She acted like she wanted to tell everyone and couldn't get a word in edgewise -- but really she didn't try hard enough. There may have been a part of her that wanted to see what it was like to be "engaged." It reminds me of the lead character in Belle (2013/14).


Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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She wanted to make Steve jealous that why she didn't say anything.

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Because it's a romcom and they have to have that tension/ misunderstanding between the hero and heroine

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Because it fitted in with the plot- stupid plot tho

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Haha I just realised I made the same point twice!

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You DID reply twice - months apart, that's hilarious!

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That's cos when I'm watching a film I tend to look up on imbd- shows I'm consistent at least :D

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It would be a cultural thing to disobey her father, who set them up, like the father's arranged marriage. Otherwise, nothing else about that not-even-a-relationship, yet she agrees to marry him, makes any sense.

And is the father gay now with Ben? Haven't completed watching the film, so may get my answer yet.

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