tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709125198026878835.post6844987480682314662..comments2024-02-19T01:17:10.832-05:00Comments on Him+17: I Am Confused.Michael Downshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638035877115413915noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709125198026878835.post-91405231077100809322011-08-08T23:33:40.026-04:002011-08-08T23:33:40.026-04:00Stacy,
In one sense, I'm glad you've confi...Stacy,<br />In one sense, I'm glad you've confirmed what I slowly figured out: that those narratives we receive are generalizations, and are seldom if ever true, and sometimes can even be insulting. In another sense, I'm bummed that you're able to offer confirmation because people have been jerks to you and your husband. It's a strange human impulse, isn't it, that compels us to want to force people--and life--to fit into patterns when really the best part about life and about people is that we don't follow patterns, that we're endlessly surprising. Maybe that's what the "I Am Love" moviemakers intended, to remind us not to trust the narratives we're accustomed to. Especially when they have to do with love.Michael Downshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638035877115413915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709125198026878835.post-85552950586286877582011-08-08T23:22:21.948-04:002011-08-08T23:22:21.948-04:00My husband is older than I am, by a bit and we hav...My husband is older than I am, by a bit and we have gotten dirty looks, and he has been told that he is a disgusting pervert and he shouldn't take advantage of a younger silly girl. People have said to him that I was just in it all for the money and he was just in it all for the sex (neither was true). I think that relationships are played in the movies take advantage of that. The older men are dirty old men who just want sex and to live their lives again through their teenage lovers, and yet often the women who are with younger men are often portrayed as suffering wives in bad relationships and turning to younger men because the younger men treat them as ladies. It seems either way it is a catch 22stacynoreply@blogger.com