If this is happening to a man instead of woman I don't think it would be this complicated.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Age of Adaline
NormaGupita — 10 years ago(October 24, 2015 02:08 AM)
If this is happening to a man instead of woman I don't think it would be this complicated.
Hay, I'm a woman myself and not againts feminism but I have to admit that it probably did. I ask my boy friend what happen if he got into an accident and become immortall all of a sudden just like Adaline. He's not watching the movie yet and he answered that he made a lot of money while he's immortal, spend the money, go travelling and just living the live while he's immortal. And I ask him what about relationship and married? Would you be lonely? And he laugh while answering my question. He said that he probably wouldn't thinking about relationsip if he's immortal and rich. -
Funkey_Munkey — 10 years ago(November 01, 2015 09:22 AM)
Sure at first a relationship may not be the first thing on his mind, but I guarantee that
eventually
he'd get lonely enough and want to be with someone. Humans are social creatures, we're not programmed to live our lives alone. We all want a deeper connection with someone, so while I do think it would be a different movie if the main character was a guy, it wouldn't be as different as you might think. After a few hundred years, all the money and things in the world wouldn't mean anything. Guarantee he'd eventually want someone to share it all with. -
WishfulDreamer — 10 years ago(December 08, 2015 06:39 PM)
If Adaline were a man, we wouldn't see the sexist schlock that's all over this board. "OMG SHE HAD SEX WITH THE DAD AND SON!!!!"
If she was a man like board would probably be all congratulatory or just not mention anything. -
xanxei — 10 years ago(March 20, 2016 01:38 PM)
There's the reply I was looking for.
Gender has nothing to do with it, OP. Most people get lonely and want a lasting connection at some point. It's not about sex or romance - it's about family. There are exceptions, people who prefer to remain alone for one reason or another, but most need close bonds with other people. Love, trust, belonging, companionship, security. Someone who knows you. Someone you can count on. A lot of people don't think that much about it in their twenties, but as they age, for most people it slowly becomes important.
Again, there are exceptions, but gender has nothing to do with it. -
Goodbye_from_Fox_In_A_Box — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 08:36 PM)
Her only long-term relationship, outside of her daughter, of course, was with a blind woman, for obvious reasons.
Not being able to sustain long-term relationships would really suck.
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hey_o — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 02:25 PM)
There was an old Twilight Zone episode like that about a man who is ageless and has lived for thousands lf years. He too would involve himself with young women, and eventually leave them to keep his secret intact.
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