When marriage meets reality

Chris 2022-04-24 07:01:03

1. The opening was very good, and the sudden turn shook the burden, making people have a strong urge to continue to find out;

2. The plot is compact, not procrastinating at all, and the inspection standard is that the double speed does not dare to open at all;

3. Both are moral, educated, and measured. In fact, from the beginning to the end, I can feel that this is a family full of love;

4. The cultural differences between countries are indeed very different. Americans divorce because they are not suitable for being together, but Chinese divorces are generally impossible to live together. It's hard to imagine that Chinese couples can still be as considerate to each other, do things together, and talk like them during the divorce proceedings. Although the two did have a big fight, the performance after the fight shows that they both Feeling guilty about the quarrel just now;

5. Couples who want to get divorced write down all the advantages of each other and what they valued each other's advantages before marrying each other without hesitation, and then decide to stay together for the rest of their lives, and read these advantages to each other. It is indeed a very touching picture. It is also a magic wand that directly stabs people's souls, and it is also a good way to reawaken mutual love;

6. Certain stages of marriage are indeed very torturous and exhausting, but compared to the bottomless slap on each other's shortcomings and evil deeds like lawsuits, the love in the past was so beautiful. When it's tough, it's better to think about the other party's good and get through it. After all, "criminal defense lawyers see the kindest side of bad people, while divorce lawyers see the ugliest side of good people."

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Marriage Story quotes

  • Nora Fanshaw: People don't accept mothers who drink too much wine and yell at their child and call him an asshole. I get it. I do it too. We can accept an imperfect dad. Let's face it, the idea of a good father was only invented like 30 years ago. Before that, fathers were expected to be silent and absent and unreliable and selfish, and can all say we want them to be different. But on some basic level, we accept them. We love them for their fallibilities, but people absolutely don't accept those same failings in mothers. We don't accept it structurally and we don't accept it spiritually. Because the basis of our Judeo-Christian whatever is Mary, Mother of Jesus, and she's perfect. She's a virgin who gives birth, unwaveringly supports her child and holds his dead body when he's gone. And the dad isn't there. He didn't even do the fucking. God is in heaven. God is the father and God didn't show up. So, you have to be perfect, and Charlie can be a fuck up and it doesn't matter. You will always be held to a different, higher standard. And it's fucked up, but that's the way it is.

  • Bert Spitz: You know what this is like? This is like that joke about the woman at the hairdresser, she's going to Rome. You know this?

    Charlie: I don't.

    Bert Spitz: This woman is at her hairdresser, and she says, "I'm going to Rome on Holiday." And he says, "Oh, really? What airline are you taking?" She says, "Alitalia." He says, "Alitalia? Are you crazy? That's the worst - that's terrible. Don't take that. Where you gonna stay?" She says, "I'm gonna stay at the Hassler." "The Hassler? What, are you kidding? They're renovating the Hassler. You'll hear hammering all night long. You won't sleep. What are you gonna see?" She says, "I think I'm gonna try to go the Vatican." "The Vatican? You'll be standing in line all day long. You'll never get to see anything."

    Charlie: I'm sorry, Bert, am I paying for this joke?