Do you blame him
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rockin_hillbilly — 21 years ago(March 18, 2005 05:31 PM)
i definately agree with nepolitan8, and as for gossip girl, go get screwedMeryl Streep is the prettiest most talented and beautiful person I know, and as for the nail and laundry business, that was her character, mary fisher, she's rich and had every thing handed to her on a silver plateif i was rich like her of course i'd be like her, but in the movie she is smart, she's written all those books, how could she be dumbi think Mary Fisher and Meryl Streep are hot the way they are
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sweet_fanny_adams — 20 years ago(July 15, 2005 05:39 AM)
Eherm, if I was Roseanne's character I would have manhandled that mutherfiucker to the ground, shoved a red-hot rod up his arse and then set a starved deseased dog on his dangler.
I'm not a violent person, I'm just misunderstood
"I told you I was ill"
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carebearlover — 20 years ago(July 19, 2005 09:02 PM)
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Bob Patchet was a slimeball in the movie because after he became involved with the attractive Mary Fisher, he even cheated on Mary Fisher when he was romantically involved with Olivia Honey. I am glad that Olivia and Roesanne went to Bob's accounting office and transferred all the money from Bob's clients into Bob's swiss bank account. Bob got in trouble for steeling and went to jail for 18 months, serves him right. Mary Fisher dumped Bob at the lawyers office. I hated Mary Fisher in the movie because she was all for stealing married men away from their wives and she gives that stupid line to all the guys in a flirty way call me Mary. She said that to Bob before the affair began and at the end of the movie when a guy came to have her autograph a book she said it to him call me Mary. She probably started an affair with the guy that came to the book signing and he was probably married and she was probably willing to steal him away from his wife. Mary Fisher's mother even thought of her as a slut because her mother told the story to People magazine about Mary getting knocked up at 16 and giving birth to a son that was given up for adoption. I hope Meryl Streep is not like Mary Fisher in real life. -
Semi-bluff — 20 years ago(August 18, 2005 07:05 AM)
Bob Patchet was a slimeball in the movie because after he became involved with the attractive Mary Fisher, he even cheated on Mary Fisher when he was romantically involved with Olivia Honey. I am glad that Olivia and Roesanne went to Bob's accounting office and transferred all the money from Bob's clients into Bob's swiss bank account. Bob got in trouble for steeling and went to jail for 18 months, serves him right. Mary Fisher dumped Bob at the lawyers office. I hated Mary Fisher in the movie because she was all for stealing married men away from their wives and she gives that stupid line to all the guys in a flirty way call me Mary. She said that to Bob before the affair began and at the end of the movie when a guy came to have her autograph a book she said it to him call me Mary. She probably started an affair with the guy that came to the book signing and he was probably married and she was probably willing to steal him away from his wife. Mary Fisher's mother even thought of her as a slut because her mother told the story to People magazine about Mary getting knocked up at 16 and giving birth to a son that was given up for adoption. I hope Meryl Streep is not like Mary Fisher in real life.
I agree about Bob and Mary. Also, remember that Bob was already stealing from clients before Ruth and Olivia enhanced his crime a bit. He was probably smart enough to keep it small and unnoticable so that he would not get caught. With the amounts that they transferred and her tip to the IRS, he did get caught.
Ruth is far from perfect, before or after Mary Fisher arrived on the scene. If Bob thought he could do betterwellthere are ways to end a marriage that do not involve cheating, then berating her as he walks out. -
Coryraisa — 19 years ago(May 04, 2006 05:02 PM)
I hope Meryl Streep is not like Mary Fisher in real life.
Don't worry, Meryl is
NOTHING
like Mary Fisher at all. She did a very good job with Mary. But in real life, Meryl is less self-centered and is much more honest, thoughtful, and down to earth.
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iamtheman0928 — 18 years ago(August 08, 2007 06:43 AM)
I guess I don't understand how a man like him ended up marrying a woman like Ruth to begin with.
He's definitely a playboy type, and how he got stuck into marrying her is anyone's guess (I haven't read the book, maybe it explains it there).
As for cheating, I think that's despicable, he should have left her a long time ago if those were his feelings towards her.
On the flip side, she really didn't take good care of herself and for couples to stay compatible they have to be fairly close on the "1 to 10" scale, and in terms of appearances, there's at least a 5-6 point difference so its no wonder he had wondering eyes. But that still gives him no right to cheat.
I'm a happily married man and I would never consider cheating on my wife so I don't get why guys forgo their responsibility but it is a movie.
The biggest problem I saw was the realism when watching this movie. I couldn't fathom them being married from the beginning. Its obvious he's white collar and she's blue collar and usually one assimilates to the other but it didn't appear that way. Still I couldn't see Mary putting up with his kids and dog, etc..
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Sugarminx — 11 years ago(July 27, 2014 05:54 PM)
how he got stuck into marrying her is anyone's guess
He got 'stuck into marrying her' because he got her pregnant and his parents forced him into it.
The bigger question is how did he manage to get her pregnant in the first place? Not the mechanics of it, I know how that worksif memory serves but why would he be intimate with someone he didn't find attractive? Unless of course, she was cute when she was younger, but somehow I'm not seeing it.
Fact is, he didn't find her attractive in body or personality. Like the coward he was, he hung around long enough to find another woman and
then
dumped his loyal (if somewhat hopeless) wife. If he'd had an ounce of integrity he would have left the marriage ages ago, when he first knew he wanted out, BEFORE he found someone else to snuggle up to. Typical swine.
Frankly, I don't know what Mary saw in him - he had a nice physique but his head left a lot to be desired
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perorewen — 17 years ago(July 09, 2008 07:38 AM)
Well it's actually well explained in the book.
She worked as a maid for Bobs parents when she was young, and while Bob was away at college. She got to have Bobs room as it was avaliable at the time. When Bob was home on vacations, he was originally supposed to sleep at the coach, but he wanted his bed back, so he they ended up sharing bed. Not that he loved her, but at least he got to sleep in his bed. And of course she ended up pregnant. And Bobs parents were very favorable of marriage.
They blew up Congress!!! HAHAHA!
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inan1210 — 15 years ago(May 07, 2010 08:27 AM)
The original post is lame as hell. Bob was obviously not a poor wronged husband, he was a dog in heat who went through women like Kleenex. He cheated on Ruth and then he went on to cheat on his comparably 'gorgeous' mistress, and used and threw away Olivia as well. Obviously, the problem lies with HIM. Like his own father (who also seemed like a jerkwad) said, if he didn't love her, he shouldn't have married her. But oh no, he MADE him! Probably at gunpoint, right? Poor Bob the victim! Let's all play him a sad tune on the world's tiniest violin!! Wussy men like that make me cringe.