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I just realised why Cowboys don't dance with their wives!
maggiesmommy GayLee:
I wonder if "dance with their wives" was really code for have sex with....
and sorry, they did not love each other....they BOTH knew that, and were ok with it...they just resolved to have a marriage of convenience, it worked for both of them and they just kept up pretenses, each for their own reasons...this is not critical of wither of them, just the way it was...you can see in Jack's eyes the haunted look of a man who DOES NOT "love the one he is with"...
Ray:
--- Quote ---and sorry, they did not love each other....
--- End quote ---
I think they had A love for one another. Jack still kissed his wife goodbye, and on the lips where as Ennis pretty gave up kissing Alma as soon as Jack reappeared after four years.
--- Quote from: JudeW on May 17, 2006, 05:44:55 am ---
Ray, have you started the healing process yet?
~ j U d E
--- End quote ---
I'll always be in the healing process for something Jude, but to what are you refering to in this instance? :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
Oh, yeah, "dance with their wives" is definitely code for "have sex with." Or so I read it.
BTW, maggiesmommy, thanks for your earlier post about being a young girl in the Bible belt in the '60s. Being a boy from the Northeast, I appreciate your confirmation that my understanding of Lureen's social situation is pretty much accurate.
Barb, as usual that was one of your wonderful, thoughtful, insightful posts. I've felt the same way as you about that dawn of recognition for Lureen when she finds out that Brokeback Mountain really is a "real" place.
Now, I've got to get back to work!!!!
ednbarby:
Something else that strikes me in regards to this - when Jack tells Ennis that Lureen's great at making hard business deals, but that where their marriage is concerned, they might as well do it over the phone, he's seeming to imply (and probably meaning to) that that's more her fault than his. But we of course know better.
maggiesmommy GayLee:
i agree with that, Ray,,I would call it mutual need...only they knew about their situation and that gave them something private between themselves, which can lead to a certain "connection" between two people, plus the child that they shared...but love in the truest sense...no....
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