tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post6531759125011884450..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: UPDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-91465674386394145162009-06-01T07:26:25.069-04:002009-06-01T07:26:25.069-04:00I took Adam & his friend to see up yesterday &...I took Adam & his friend to see up yesterday & it was a packed house. There was nobody sitting in the spot reserved for wheelchairs, so the usher let me & the kids sit there, on the floor, together. We settled in to watch the movie.<br />I started crying almost as soon as the story began. It was such a tender love story. When he opened the adventure journal near the end, I sobbed again. Like you, I was not expecting all the emotional impact of this movie. <br /><br />Anjie<br />mom to Adam & his sisters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-55236990955600980512009-06-01T03:14:26.706-04:002009-06-01T03:14:26.706-04:00Oh I just hate, hate going to a movie with someone...Oh I just hate, hate going to a movie with someone. I want to be all alone so I can not ever think about whether they are enjoying the movie that I picked, or have to talk about it with them afterwards, or being nudged when something funny happens, or, worse, having them NOT GET IT when something funny happens......I started going by myself in university, and have never looked back.<br /><br />All of which is <I>a propos</I> of nothing, of course.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-77118995806014034002009-05-31T10:55:38.639-04:002009-05-31T10:55:38.639-04:00Dave,
I'm glad your post ended the way it did. I'...Dave,<br />I'm glad your post ended the way it did. I'm not sure I see the selfishness at all ...sorry. They both watched the movie, and I don't know that not watching it sitting next to eachother is all that terrible. Comments can be just as easily shared after a movie. (oh and can't wait to see that movie!).linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675640977094855867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-14110353703033017542009-05-31T09:52:05.581-04:002009-05-31T09:52:05.581-04:00They sound like a very sweet couple. I love how y...They sound like a very sweet couple. I love how you recognized that you could have been projecting your ideas on them. For all you know, they could have been sitting in different spots of the theater for forty years. And then maybe she recently became disabled and they didn't change their routine because she's still independent and he knows it. Or maybe she doesn't like to sit with him because he talks/snores/shuffles his feet/smacks his lips, but she loves him anyway. Or they run a business together and are with each other all day and they want a little time when they're not joined at the hip. Anyway, your story was a subtle parable about not making assumptions about other people and not pitying people who maybe we should be envying. Plus, your story shows how dreamy Joe is.ivanovanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-77599019754345170572009-05-31T08:41:34.697-04:002009-05-31T08:41:34.697-04:00I think it is just so sweet and romantic that, aft...I think it is just so sweet and romantic that, after all these years, your heart rate still goes up upon seeing Joe!<br /><br />Andrea S.<br />http://wecando.wordpress.comAndrea Shettle, MSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984732076766787818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-66443742158733395972009-05-31T08:18:11.147-04:002009-05-31T08:18:11.147-04:00This post made me think of something Paul said in ...This post made me think of something Paul said in a group lately, when we were talking about intimacy with God, and how it reflects human relationships. He said, "Sometimes I need to be close to Belinda, but sometimes I am happy just knowing she's in the next room." We can be separate and together all at the same time. I must admit that I would have found the scenario you described a bit of a surprise though. Part of the fun of a movie is nudging the person next to you and laughing or crying together, but you are right, we cannot judge another relationship.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.com