Virgin?
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Eponymous-too — 13 years ago(January 24, 2013 01:12 PM)
Radnor, the writer, needed an excuse to make it even remotely believable that these two people who are great for each other wouldn't end up together, so that was the device he used. I didn't buy the excuse, but I'm sure some viewers did. Pretty much no one would have bought it if they got that far, she wasn't a virgin, and his character just killed the relationship right before they had sex.
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doggie_rodriguez — 10 years ago(September 19, 2015 04:59 PM)
I didn't buy the excuse, but I'm sure some viewers did.
I bought it. The guy was already a little uncomfortable with the age difference. I don't think it was b/c he thought he was going to hurt her, I think it was more b/c he thought since she was young she would change her mind and hurt him (once he let his guard down and got into something serious with her).
So when the virgin thing came up, it gave him the perfect out. For some reason he just didn't think they'd be together long term and he didn't want her to waste her V card on him.
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Sandy0095 — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 09:21 AM)
I think its sort of similar to American Beauty when Kevin Spacey was drooling over his daughter's friend because she acted 25, then he found out she was actually pretty inexperienced and felt guilty taking advantage. Zibby acted overly mature to the point where Jesse convinced himself it didn't matter, but her inexperience made him realize she
was
just 19.
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GoingNowhereKid — 12 years ago(June 24, 2013 09:28 AM)
Holy crap I was going to say the same exact thing thank you so much it's EXACTLY the same thing he realized she was still young and had more to experience it's not a beep plot device like someone else said its a fact of life he didn't want to "hinder" her as he thought he would be doing he wanted her to have a normal romantic life with guys her age and be with people her age.
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ruthierocks — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 09:22 PM)
I think it was important. As another poster said, he was already on the fence with his decision. You could tell he was not entirely comfortable with it before she admitted she was a virgin. That's the point that really made him realize that the age difference IS significant enough to matter.
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BB-15 — 11 years ago(December 20, 2014 12:42 AM)
by ruthierocks;
"I think it was important. As another poster said, he was already on the fence with his decision. You could tell he was not entirely comfortable with it before she admitted she was a virgin."
Yes.
Jesse certainly wanted to take things very slow and didn't want a longterm relationship or fall in love with Zibby.
35 year old Jesse definitely wanted to keep things casual with a 19 year old.- But as soon as Zibby said she was a virgin, there was no way having sex with her was going to be causal.
The first time is always memorable and she was going to fall in love with Jesse who seemed to be so perfect because as she put it, he was mature and better than the other guys her age.
Anyway, overall a good movie.
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it is just in my opinion - imo -
- But as soon as Zibby said she was a virgin, there was no way having sex with her was going to be causal.