Cozy and getting better

Wade 2022-04-23 07:04:57

I clicked it because I saw the British version of Heihe and Meitang.

In the play, Ernest and Ethel met, fell in love and formed a family. Their relationship has always been good and they respect each other. Dad loves mom very much, and it feels very warm to see. And although they didn't read any books and Ernest didn't have much money, in order to make his family better and better, he worked a lot of jobs and kept adding new items to the house, while Ethel put the house Managed cleanly.

After they had son Raymond, their relationship was not affected by poverty or trivial life. Raymond is better at school than his parents. He is free to choose which major he wants to study, where he works, and who he marries. Although some of the decisions his parents did not agree with very much, he was still allowed to take the path of his own choosing.

Later, when he got older, Ethel seemed to have Alzheimer's disease and died not long after. Soon after, Ernest also died.

I saw in them the love and marriage that I longed for.

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Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • Ethel Briggs: I could have married a deep-sea diver.

    Ernest Briggs: Well, why didn't ya?

    Ethel Briggs: Because I didn't love him.

  • [first lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [voice over] There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad, nothing dramatic, no divorce or anything, but they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book. It's a bit odd really, having a book about my parents up there in the best seller list among all the football heroes and cookbooks. They'd be proud of that, I suppose, or rather probably embarrassed too. I'd imagine they'd say, "It wasn't like that," or, "How can you talk about that?" Well, I have, and this is their story.