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Go ahead + cheat- he'll forgive you!- on TV!!!

posted 18 years ago by swayback80
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This movie was horrible, predictable, & vaccous! With that said, I found myself waiting for the scene you NEVER see in a movie about adultery! You know, the one where the cheating wife especially, has to face her husband & deal w/ the consequences of her affair. I'm not talking about a 2 minute "shoutfest" where he expresses hurt that she cheated, then meekily recites all the reasons WHY she was justified. No, I'm looking for the scene where he says, plain & simple, "you lied, you cheated, it's over- go to hell"! No, instead we're treated to a line similiar to one in this movie, "He was hurt & angry- but we're "working" things out". Then typically, it's the husband who initiates some reconciliation, never the wife who cheated. And what becomes of the wife? Well of course, he forgives her!! She screwed around for months, threatened the life of their child, lied repeatedly w/out a hint of remorse- but that's OK! It's Lifetime TV!! Not only won't he cry, or yell, or scream at you- or show pain & anguish of any kind- he'll forgive you, ladies! So go ahead & cheat- isn't infidelity fun?

[–] cenobitetx 18 years ago

Swayback, swayback, this is Lifetime! They always work things out! Unless it's the husband who cheated, then some awful fate will await him in due course. See, I myself would write it with the husband yelling, "J**** Fu***** Ch****, okay, so you go have barnyard animal sex with someone else, and then you risk us all getting killed??? ARE YOU INSANE? Am I supposed to feel bad? You're banging psychos! Uh, no, I DON'T THINK COUNSELLING IS GOING TO COVER THIS."

But this is Lifetime.

[–] swayback80 18 years ago

Touche'! Thanks for setting me straight! Maybe it's just me- & this is a rhetorical question- but this being the "television for women" channel, do most women "buy" this crap &, God-forbid, agree w/ it? I know a coupla of women who lost EVERYTHING, & when asked, "why did you cheat on your husband"?-
actually said- I thought we'd be able to "work it out"! Of course, they didn't. And now both of them are wandering around feeling like s@*t- having lost their husbands, families, & friends who know what happened. Yet THAT ending is never shown on Lifetime- "Television for women"!!

[–] bullock607 18 years ago

swayback I agree 100 %

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[–] sravenschild 18 years ago

Well, as a (married) woman, I generally find Lifetime to be vacuous, stupid and misandronist. This movie's no exception.

Occasionally they have amusing ghost movies on, though.

[–] dchapman-bizbox 16 years ago

I know this is a real old post, but I just saw this movie and had to add on!
Lifetime is a kind of guilty pleasure, just something to put on while I'm folding clothes, mending or crafting. You don't have to watch every minute to follow the plot and if you miss the end because it's time to meet the but, it's no big loss. (Besides, it will be on again again, and again, and again!)

You're right, most of them are wrapped up pretty neatly and predictably but so are a lot of "Hollywoodized" movies. We sort of know this going into it and don't complain too much because we don't expect too much.

The disturbing thing I've noticed, is the continual stream of abusive, deadbeat dads, clueless men and husbands. There are some that do show good, faithful and supportive husbands, but they are in the real minority. And let's face it. These same women who delude themselves into thinking they could cheat and then make up would be the first to scream "divorce!" if their husbands cheated once! Would they be near as understanding if their husbands felt lonely while the wives were busy with their careers or hobbies, I wonder?

But then, this IS Lifetime for Women, LOL. :-)

Cheers!

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[–] ladynoir15 16 years ago

This was similar to another film I saw where Nicolette Sheridan is married and cheats on her husband with her daughter's teacher who is a total psycho that tries to kill her. Her husband took her back too. Stupid.

"I am a great supporter of sex before marriage. Otherwise I wouldn't have had sex at all."

[–] andyd_50 16 years ago

But it was all HIS fault.
He said so himself.

RIGHT !!!

As one who's been there, you nerver get over it.
All your trust in your spouse is gone, forever.
There is no way it can ever be regained.
Even your love takes a real beating.
You give all of it to your spouse and she
give hers to someone else.

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[–] dvonder100-1 15 years ago

Meredith got what she deserved. She was no better then some POS soliciting prostitutes on a street corner.

[–] sawyertom 12 years ago

I got hooked into watching this with my wife. Even she cheered when Meredith got what she deserved