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Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 2:56 PM on Monday, January 13th, 2014
Silver Linings Playbook
Hell, the commercial about the movie was not good trigger-wise for me.
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 5:47 AM on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
silverhopes ( member #32753) posted at 11:34 PM on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Forgot to mention talhotblond 
Wrong in so many ways aside from infidelity, but I still spent the whole film wondering how his wife must have felt.
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Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
heartbroken303 ( new member #41572) posted at 10:15 PM on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
Another triggery show for me is "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"
It's cold here now, so I run on a treadmill in our basement (boring) and watch TV. I didn't used to mind those two shows, but now they just plain piss me off. Sure these in-DUH-viduals put themselves in these situations, but they all fall for one insipid person who then whines like a baby that they have to get rid of somebody and they're so in love, etc. Then once that person is ditched, it's PARTY-ON while the rejected person rides away bawling.
Me (BS) 42
Her (WS) 41
DD #1 October 31, 2013 She admits to on-line emotional affair.
DD #2 November 27, 2013 She admits to sexual affair the previous weekend.
Married 17 years, together for 23 years-2DDs
OM - Married coward with children
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 11:04 PM on Thursday, January 16th, 2014
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Mission Impossible
Presumed Innocent
...and those got added to the list just by scrolling through the channel guide just now!
silverhopes ( member #32753) posted at 4:36 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 4:46 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
Yeah, I forgot about that too.
HBO's new mini-series True Detective was trigger-city tonight and promises many visits to trigger-city before its done.
As I previously said what bothers me is when cheating is treated so callously. The BS is blamed and expected to "just get over it". The A is treated as romantic.
silverhopes ( member #32753) posted at 4:57 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
As I previously said what bothers me is when cheating is treated so callously. The BS is blamed and expected to "just get over it". The A is treated as romantic.
So true! 
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
NWfleur ( member #35874) posted at 6:42 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
MAD MEN.
Hate that show.
My exwh is in advertising. Literally same job title as Don Draper. And that show NAILS IT in terms of the culture of that career. I remember he always wanted to watch it, probably some narcissistic fulfillment for him, little did I know how much of what I was watching was happening right under my own nose!
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Me BS (39)
Him WS (36)
2 DS
M: 9 years (together 13)
DD: 4/10/2012
(Separated since 12/11...affair began ??!!)
Divorced!!!
absolut ( member #37933) posted at 7:46 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
haven't gone through the whole thread but has someone already said
500 Days of Summer
especially bc people say I look like that girl.
Nothing about infidelity just being reckless with someone's heart is somehow whimsical.
Vulcanized ( member #33523) posted at 10:45 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
So very many. XH works in film.
Came home from work a few weeks ago, flipped on t.v. & the movie that was on was the one he started w/OW. ARGHHHH. Mind you, we had props from that one in our house.
XH works on major movies, so ... so many make me want to puke.
Me: fBW/MH 40s
3.26.13: Liberation day: D'd the whiny turd after being saddled with a serial cheating, NPD, jitbag 10 years too long
Now:-----> Everything is as it should be
brokensoul75 ( new member #41473) posted at 4:11 PM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
I had to shut off the TV the other night. I was watching one of the late shows and there was a comedian, who started off pretty funny, until he started cracking jokes about cheating and how it was ok to have a "good" one and a "fun" one.
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ~Walt Disney
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~Kenji Miyazawa
Dyinghere ( member #41313) posted at 5:37 PM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
I was watching The Incredibles and got all mad. He sneaks around and lies to his wife and does whatever the hell feels good regardless of the consequences for his family. He leaves his wife to deal with the kids while she is asking for his help just so he can feel like a superhero again. Selfish prick.
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 5:42 PM on Monday, January 20th, 2014
Yes, but he did admit he was wrong...and he didn't try to cope with issues by cheating. He coped with his issues by being a super-hero. Hey!!! 
Why didn't I have that option when I had my ddays??? 
totalheartbreak ( member #41589) posted at 2:06 AM on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
WW suggested we go see The Princess Bride as they were doing the classics on the silver screen series at the local cinema...
At first I was like, ROUS's on the big screen!?! Of course...
And then I realized... huh, a movie about a boy/man who travels the world and risks everything to chase a girl who doesn't even care he exists and then at the last possible moment realizes oops it was him all along and they live happily ever after even though he nearly is killed and horribly injured, etc.... all the while, it is literally a fairytale being told to some sick albeit optimistic young boy.
How 'bout no... You're damn right it's too triggery... it's my life, with a fairytale happy ending.
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“You know hope is a mistake. If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll go insane.” - Max Rockatansky
The smart man divorces a lawyer.
The smarter man never marries one in the first place.
To her we were never worth the effort. :-/
3yrwait ( member #29907) posted at 3:19 AM on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
The Dilemma - I really should have read the synopsis before just assuming a Vince Vaugn/Kevin James movie would be funny.
Me: BH (early 50s)Her: WW (early 50s)Married 25 years1 daughter, under 10DDay July 2007
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 6:16 PM on Thursday, January 30th, 2014
Extract - Not sure how on earth they thought this was a comedy.
womaninflux ( member #39667) posted at 6:32 PM on Thursday, January 30th, 2014
I can't believe no one listed Unfaithful (Diane Lane, Richard Gere). Unless I missed it somewhere earlier in thread.
Wow…that has got to be a pretty trigger movie…all of the love scenes and the scenes were she is on the train and flash backing to being with her lover. And when the husband finds out she's been lying about where she's been spending time. And them taking all of those chances (in the bathroom at the restaurant with her friends).
BS - mid-40's
SAWH - mid 40's
Kids - 2 elementary school aged
Getting tons of therapy and trying to "work it out"
Brandon808 (original poster member #35619) posted at 6:44 PM on Thursday, January 30th, 2014
@womaninflux,
Wow...you're absolutely right. I thought Unfaithful had already been listed, but it wasn't.
NikkiD ( member #38173) posted at 6:49 PM on Thursday, January 30th, 2014
"The Rain" by Oran "Juice" Jones
YESS!! And that rant he goes into at the end!!! Classic!
"Spoil me with Loyalty; I can finance myself...."
ME: BS-33
HE: WS-32
Married 3 years, known 20
2 kids
D-Day #1 12/30/12
False Recovery
D-Day #2 1/21/14
LTA 5 years-ish
Riding the "Struggle Bus"
Living apart....
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