Remember the ’99 Julia Roberts flick, Runaway Bride?
Roberts’ character has a bad reputation for landing at the altar and, well, taking off. (Spoiler alert, here–) Turns out she’s been a chameleon of sorts, being “supportive” to the point of wholly adopting her not-so-future mate’s preferences, hobbies, and lifestyle: She likes her eggs the same way. She dons a large (fake) tattoo. She prepares to climb Everest for one of her (not-gonna-happen) honeymoons.
The fiancés are left clueless and bewildered as she turns from each of them, minutes from matrimony. I adored her! And yet, apparently none understood how little they’d actually sought out her soul, or cherished her uniqueness apart from what she contributed to their own interests.
At one point, the movie finds Richard Gere’s character, a reporter getting the scoop on her follies, tinkering at a piano with his ex-wife.
“Is that what happened?” he asks her. “Did I just…not see you?”
“No,” she responds quietly. “No, you didn’t.”
It’s easy enough, I think. To not really see this person we’re married to.
Today, I’m posting again at Marriage Revolution, this time on How to See Your Spouse with New Eyes. Hop on over and check it out!
I’d love to hear your ideas in the comment section on this, especially from you long-time married couples!
