Imperfection is perfect

Deron 2022-09-10 20:35:35

We always like the stories of princes and princesses, but such ordinary and true stories are actually the most beautiful, because sometimes too much fantasy can make our ordinary life dull.

The female protagonist is a maid, not a princess, and the male protagonist is a milk worker, not a prince. On their first date, the male protagonist said that it was too expensive to enter a place. I was stunned at the time, it was too unromantic; the male protagonist needed to pay off a 25-year loan to buy a new house, which was too incapable The heroine listened to the hero talking about politics, but the heroine actually said that Hitler was a hero and had no knowledge; although the hero thought the salary was low, he was unwilling to be promoted to work in an office, and was not motivated; the heroine cried because his son cut off his long curly hair Runny nose, too hypocritical; the heroine shows off her son's good grades in front of the neighbor next door, vanity ~~~

They're not perfect, but it's those imperfections that make them real, special, endearing, and what makes this relationship unique.

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Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • [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.

  • [last lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [with Jean, looking at the full grown pear tree in Ethel and Ernest's back yard] I grew it from a pip.