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jinkazama (original poster member #61319) posted at 6:06 PM on Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Hi Guys
I like to watch some movies
Where married couples reconcile (infidelity or non infidelity).
SallyShrink81 ( member #50219) posted at 8:20 PM on Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
It's not a movie but in the show a million little things there is a couple who is in the middle of trying to R and there is an OC. They haven't been in couples counseling or anything just some difficult conversations. Sorry I couldn't think of a specific movie
FBS now surviving and thriving
2 kiddos born 2011 & 2014
"If a woman steals your husband, she might as well steal your shoes too, because one day she'll be walking in them." #karma
Lemondrop10 ( member #68910) posted at 8:24 PM on Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
There was a movie several years ago called The Story of Us about a couple who almost divorces. I don't believe infidelity was involved but they reconcile at the end.
Nanatwo ( member #45274) posted at 12:49 AM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
I love old movies. The Women released in 1939 with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell is about a couple who divorce due to his A - he actually marries the OW - they R at the end.
They made a remake several years ago with Meg Ryan - wasn't nearly as good as the original.
Time heals what reason cannot. Seneca
First the truth. Then, maybe, reconciliation. Louise Penny
SI Staff ( Moderator #10) posted at 8:16 PM on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
tikismom ( member #60546) posted at 3:34 PM on Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Me: 39
Him: 43 (NPD)
DDay #1: Sept 2017; Lots of TT & DDays since. EA & PA with an EX. Last known contact with OW: end of December 2017.
Married 10 years, together 15 at time of dday. 2 very young children.
Status: Working daily toward R.
PinkJeepLady ( member #37575) posted at 4:41 AM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
I agree with Fireproof - it was a positive turning point for us. I too wish there were more good movies about reconciliation!
Me: BW Him: FWH
DDay June 1st 2012
cheated with prostitutes overseas
Reconciled - thought so, but now divorcing
Thumos ( member #69668) posted at 4:56 AM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
If you’re a betrayed husband, Fireproof’s schmaltzy pedastalizing of an unfaithful wife will enrage you, and rightfully so. Not to mention the hackneyed script, inartful pacing, and leaden dialogue.
The movie glamorizes the wife’s emotional affair and blameshifts. While the husband’s porn habit is bad, the wife's Adultery is equally bad — yet the movie makes the husband’s Behavior the centerpoint. It is a case study in how evangelicals excuse women’s unfaithfulness now.
The film portrays the husband doing a version of the pick me dance. If you’ve already been traumatized by a woman’s adultery it will rightfully come across as propaganda not much different from Esther Perel.
Avoid it.
[This message edited by Thumos at 11:01 PM, November 14th (Thursday)]
"True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure. The greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character's essential nature."
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The1stWife ( Guide #58832) posted at 6:57 PM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
An oldie Mildred Pierce - with Joan Crawford.
Great story. Well one.
Survived two affairs and brink of Divorce. Happily reconciled. 11 years out from Dday. Reconciliation takes two committed people to be successful.
MrCleanSlate ( member #71893) posted at 7:04 PM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
really sad how hard it is to get even a few movie titles on R; whereas we trip over poor Hollywood affair stories everywhere.
Couples Retreat comes to mind. Better as a comedy but it actually does deal with some topics.
WH 53,my BW is 52. 1 year PA, D-Day Oct 2015. Admitted all, but there is no 'clean slate'. In R and working it everyday"
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day
Buck ( member #72012) posted at 9:04 PM on Friday, November 15th, 2019
I had the same reaction to Fireproof as Thumos. 100% agree with everything he wrote.
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