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Give a guy a chance first

posted 11 years ago by lamont-hard
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I always find these movies say almost the same thing. The wife saying I am leaving no matter what. They would work so much better if writers would show that she tried to give her husband a second chance. It appeared to be he was not at fault. One persons happiness sometimes means the other persons misery as they may not know what they are doing wrong or being decent enough to be or become understanding enough to warrant trying to help his wife even if it means losing her. Men sometimes are not given any credit to being as modern as feminist when it comes to trying to help some women in whatever there issues are. Women do not always have to go it alone.

[–] MikeGrossman34 11 years ago

I believe Karen did give her husband a chance. I don't think its so much of what he did wrong. I don't think he necessarily did anything wrong per se. She wanted to define her life for herself, not be defined by someone else. The movie struck a subtle (or maybe not so subtle) feminist theme. Karen could never bring herself to say that she ever loved her husband. I imagine she married him because that was what she was expected to do - to get married and be taken care of. She almost fell into that same trap when she hooked up with the playwright, only this time she realized the mistake she was making before she made it.

[–] lamont-hard 11 years ago

She Married him, so whatever she was blessed to do he could have been given the courtesy to hear it from her. If she did not love him then why take him for a ride. Defining yourself does not have to mean it's all about YOU there is someone else whom this effects so let it be known to that person of whatever is happening. So he or she can have some closure.

[–] MikeGrossman34 11 years ago

I'm not so sure he would have understood. He was pretty dismissive of his wife. He didn't think she knew how to do anything or that she was capable of making it on her own. He would dismissed her comments as childishness and never really grasped where she was coming from.

[–] lamont-hard 10 years ago

So after ten years she does not no how to express herself to her husband. No wonder she was "so called" miserable. Don't forget she did not know how to express what she wanted from the other guy as well. She will never find any happiness when another partner and maybe herself as well until she stars to communicate with people or/and the person in the mirror.