Movie Viewing

A number of years ago there was a popular book titled Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. It discussed the differences between men and women. I started to read it and it made sense to me. In a number of ways Elizabeth and I are alike while in other ways we are very different. I am a morning person while Elizabeth is a night owl. She needs to gain weight and I need to shed some pounds. Tonight another difference showed itself. I am a finisher while Elizabeth is a walk away. We had recorded the movie “The Bucket List”.  I must admit I was not sure it was the kind of movie I would enjoy. We started watching. About two thirds of the way through Elizabeth got up and left the room with the phrase, "Don’t pause it for me”. I have learned this really means I am really not interested in this so I am out of here. On the other hand I now have invested over an hour of my life in this so I need to “protect” that investment. I need to finish it. As it turns out this was quite an enjoyable movie so it was not an issue. However this scenario has repeated itself for some pretty lousy ones. The really sad part is I am not sure why I feel I need to continue. Common sense would say the first half of this was horrible, do not throw good time after bad. Alas I persist. Maybe it is the rush you get at the end when this painful journey finally ends. I do not know. I just know I am sad. That is true in more ways than one. Got to go there is another movie starting.