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there's no way that marriage can...


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why not?

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the kid is a psycho
the mother tried to kill the kid

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they're all psychos

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Dude this is the average marriage.

A little bit of sarcasm perhaps, but most importantly there's a glue binding them all among the chaos with Andy. Rocky marriages can survive if you have a cool head navigating the family through choppy waters.

Also, most importantly, when things are good, they love each other, and they seems to like each other.

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most parents don't try to kill their psycho kid.

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Yes. But love can run deep, and if you can empathize that your partner was going through a mental breakdown at the time (which it seems Andy can), then I can see how they can be forgiven. If Jacob was dead it might be a different story though.

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I kinda think it's the opposite - they can only be with each other because of everything that they know.

If they do split up, it will be many years later when they are already old (IMO).


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