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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I thought what kept it from being a cliché was he was hiding in his room while the younger folks were celebrating New Year’s and he was playing the same game that ann was playing that drove him crazy.

I thought that was a great call out that he was again just trying to chase and go back to his carefree youth, but as we were shown many times during the movie, when he hurt himself on the island, etc., you can’t go back. You can have temporary moments, but they are fleeting just like your youth was.

Should he have stayed with Ann… Probably not. It just seems like if he was a serial cheater if he got to his mid 50s there probably wasn’t much chance of him learning his lesson. He would have been bogged down with Ginni and the new baby and probably not have been happy. He seemed like a good enough guy that he probably would’ve stepped it up and gone through it all again, but I just don’t think he ever would’ve really been happy.

I think Ann had a real depth to her which they showed - her being the better parent and being able to put her hurt feelings behind her to step up for parents weekend, etc.

But I also think she should’ve stepped up more and gone out of her comfort zone while they were married. I do understand his frustration. As I wrap up my 40s, I can totally see I have some ann tendencies. I totally need to do the same thing. It’s hard. But there’s nothing like a kick in your ass like your husband leaving you to get her to do that. Which is why she started traveling more by herself, putting herself out there with the surfing instructor, even though it didn’t go as planned.

Overall, I was impressed with the complexity of it. Nobody was totally good or totally bad. [/quote]

I feel similarly in that, as someone who just turned 50, I could totally see wanting to stay on the porch and wrap up in a blanket.  I mean, you can see the water!  And it's not so jarring.  This show really got me kind of down because it really did point out the foibles of people in this stage of life.  Thickening toenails.  Friendships that have stagnated.  Slight irritation with the partners of friends becoming a "thing" that gets in the way.  I'm just impressed at how many little long weekends away they still went on together with college friends.  I see mine once in a blue moon.  Making the effort to see them so often seems like a dream.  But, maybe when my kids leave home like theirs had.[/quote]

My group of four college girlfriends gets together 3-4 times a year (we all live in different cities). Our husbands don't come, which makes it easier to leave because then they can take care of the kids. I'd suggest making time for your friends now. One of mine was just diagnosed with breast cancer (we are mid-40s) and it was eye-opening because you think you have all the time to do things later but maybe you don't. [/quote]

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