Wow, that was not what I got from that moment at all. I mean, maybe if it hadn't come after a monologue
Well, I think the rest of his speech was pretty crappy, but that particular line stood out to me because it was so atypical of what you normally hear from guys on television.
While I disliked his rude, aggressive attitude toward Sam- the delivery of his speech, basically- I don't fault him for the sentiment behind it. I'd be hurt and bitter, too, if I came back from war (possibly a POW?) and my significant other had fallen in love with someone else. Amelia and Sam are obviously not at fault at all, but it's a sucky situation all around, and I can understand why Don reacts the way he does, and I sympathize with him, even if my loyalties are with Sam.
Because (a) he's responding to a lived pattern of psychological abuse about which he can hardly be expected to be reasonable
I'm not really sure how this relates to his decision re: Amelia? I completely agree that Sam has as much right to leave the relationship as Amelia does. My issue is that he left not 24 hours after basically saying he wanted to fight for their relationship; he agreed to give her time, and then he turned tail and ran. I'm not saying it makes him a ~Terrible Person or anything, but I think it was unfair to her.
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Well, I think the rest of his speech was pretty crappy, but that particular line stood out to me because it was so atypical of what you normally hear from guys on television.
While I disliked his rude, aggressive attitude toward Sam- the delivery of his speech, basically- I don't fault him for the sentiment behind it. I'd be hurt and bitter, too, if I came back from war (possibly a POW?) and my significant other had fallen in love with someone else. Amelia and Sam are obviously not at fault at all, but it's a sucky situation all around, and I can understand why Don reacts the way he does, and I sympathize with him, even if my loyalties are with Sam.
Because (a) he's responding to a lived pattern of psychological abuse about which he can hardly be expected to be reasonable
I'm not really sure how this relates to his decision re: Amelia? I completely agree that Sam has as much right to leave the relationship as Amelia does. My issue is that he left not 24 hours after basically saying he wanted to fight for their relationship; he agreed to give her time, and then he turned tail and ran. I'm not saying it makes him a ~Terrible Person or anything, but I think it was unfair to her.