I tried, I changed, but still am getting divorced!

[newmama]

Just came back from watching "Eat, Pray, Love" and feel kind of deep and a little morose, I guess.

I admit that I didn't read the book, I didn't know much about the story line other than the main character is a WAW. So I kind of had a chip on my shoulder going in.

But it was really, really good. I think an alternate title could have been "Pursuing a Dream, Forgiving Yourself, and Daring to Love Again."

(kinda wordy, though- Eat, Pray, Love is much simpler!)

So I went alone, and waited in line outside the auditorium behind a group of ladies. I had my choice of seating but the theater soon filled up so I ended up in between a married couple in their 40s and a married couple in their 70s.

What was surprising is that the old couple were kind of bickering before the movie and the younger couple were all smiles. Then, during the movie, the old guy directly on my right was laughing and making comments to his old wife. The wife of the younger couple was crying at different parts (as was I) and I was surprised that her H didn't touch her arm or something, like stbxh used to do to me. I saw her reach her hand out to hold his and he held it for like 5 seconds, then dropped it to get his drink and never picked it up again.

Well, I was also not expecting not to relate much to the main character except for the usual cliche stuff like how she is discovering her true self post divorce (short marriage btw), and has a fling... but I felt wiser than her because she let herself start a relationship with the man.

I definitely got the travel bug after watching it!

Also, Julia Roberts TRULY did a terrific job acting! I tend to think of her as a character actress but she was amazing as Erin Brokevich so I knew she had "it" in her to truly act like a different person. The other thing was that because I could relate to many of the feelings and situations that the main character was going through, I could TELL if Julia was accurately portraying the scenarios.

I won't say much else about it in case I spoil anything, but I do recommend it highly for those of us here...even the men folk!