I should have written what I meant been more clear. I think Julie and Jason's premise was that kids make you awful, when combined with romance. And I guess it just strikes me as implausible that thinking that would make them decide the solution was to have a baby with a non-romantic partner. Because, in the end, what stops you from hating your non-romantic co-parent? Surely there are other challenges that could make two people go to war besides the romance being stifled.
I'll bow to your parent-wisdom with the babies, but that dinner party scene just struck me because they really never seemed to have real challenges; we see the baby cry and cry once, but her co-parent wanders in and makes the baby stop crying immediately. All other problems are solved with money. I would have liked to see some challenges; are divorced parents really that much happier that married or partnered parents?
MJ and Jason had to be dating for almost a year, because they met when the kid was barely verbal and continued to date through that scene at the restaurant when the kid was a few months from 2.
I actually thought the Jon Hamm scene sided with Jason pretty clearly. Ben's a drunk and a jerk who can't hold his temper and is mean to his wife, and Jason makes a huge speech about how much he loves his co-parent and they'll make it work, damnit.
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Date: 2012-03-13 01:40 am (UTC)written what I meantbeen more clear. I think Julie and Jason's premise was that kids make you awful, when combined with romance. And I guess it just strikes me as implausible that thinking that would make them decide the solution was to have a baby with a non-romantic partner. Because, in the end, what stops you from hating your non-romantic co-parent? Surely there are other challenges that could make two people go to war besides the romance being stifled.I'll bow to your parent-wisdom with the babies, but that dinner party scene just struck me because they really never seemed to have real challenges; we see the baby cry and cry once, but her co-parent wanders in and makes the baby stop crying immediately. All other problems are solved with money. I would have liked to see some challenges; are divorced parents really that much happier that married or partnered parents?
MJ and Jason had to be dating for almost a year, because they met when the kid was barely verbal and continued to date through that scene at the restaurant when the kid was a few months from 2.
I actually thought the Jon Hamm scene sided with Jason pretty clearly. Ben's a drunk and a jerk who can't hold his temper and is mean to his wife, and Jason makes a huge speech about how much he loves his co-parent and they'll make it work, damnit.