When we reach the marriageable age but have no partner, our parents or relatives will always urge us to find a boy/girl they think is reliable, and then get married and have children as soon as possible. This seems to be the layout of life that most people in society follow. However, if you are not careful in finding a partner/marriage, a partner who is not suitable for you is likely to cause misery in the second half of your life, or seriously affect your future career development.
The British drama's protagonist, Mr Selfridges, and his wife, Rose, have a very mismatched set of values.
Mr Selfridges sees work as his life, even more than family. He will sacrifice the time he spends with his family and his loyalty to his wife in order to make the business better. Although he and Ellen Love had several private meetings, he never really loved Ellen. The private meeting is entirely to make her willing to work for her own shopping mall. People like him may be more suitable for "strategic marriages" with career-oriented girls, and then like business partners, they can make the mall better at all costs.
His wife, Rose, is a relatively traditional family girl, and she can't understand some of the unreasonable things her husband does to make the mall better. She loves her husband, but Mr Selfridge's infidelity has left her miserable. Rose's constant loneliness also affected Mr Selfridges' mood, distracting him at work. The Selfridges are definitely 1+1<2.
The couple Song Yunhui and Kitten in "Dajiang Dahe 2" that I watched recently did not match very well. What the kitten needs is a gentle boy who takes great care of himself and his family, and may not need to work as hard as Song. Song, on the other hand, is a person with a very sense of boundaries. He doesn't like being arranged, and he is very principled in his work. When he didn't help the kitten brother because of principle, the kitten couldn't understand it very much. When Song resigned because Kitty went to trouble her female colleague and reasoned with Kitty, Kitten was always emotional. Couples whose way of thinking is completely different from the same channel will have to separate sooner or later even if they have fallen in love with each other.
Don't get married and have children if you find a "similar" person, otherwise the ending may only be as tragic as Rose or a kitten.
*There are more movie/TV series recommendations on my Weibo (aka Maruko who loves to read), everyone is welcome to pay attention!
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