What did Kate see in Doug that made her fall for him and what did Doug see in Kate that made him fall in love with her? It could'nt be their good looks or personalities alone. What could it be?
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She never had a man stand up to her and hold his own. What she really craved was a sparring partner and all of the men she worked with until then were wimps that just caved to her demands. Doug didn't.
The bigger question is what did he see in her?
Obviously this thread is very old, but...
While I do agree, the romance in terms of personality is not extremely plausible... My mom and dad actually were as hard headed as the two lead characters Doug & Kate. Me and my husband are as well, and we definitely did not come from extremely similar backgrounds, his parents were really great, mine were like an Gasoline and a flame thrower, and yet they not only made it work, their marriage has progressively got better as the years have gone on, and while are still very strong personalities, mellowed out with age(They've been married nearly 45yrs).
I think people look at romance and think that it is supposed to be like that 24/7, but it isn't my husband and I have had more fights than most people I think, and very bad ones, and yet, I always knew that love was a choice and not a feeling, exclusively. Feelings come and go, but I choose to stay with my husband because I made a life long commitment for better or worse. Granted, Kate and Doug haven't made that commitment so it's totally possible that their relationship imploded 2 weeks later. However, opposites really do attract, it's just that people don't understand when you have opposites, you have to find a way to work things out between you two, for a lifetime potentially, make compromises, and let a lot fo stuff go, even sometimes stuff that seems really important.
All the relationships I have seen fall apart are usually because each party blames the other and is wholly unwilling accept personal responsibility. I am talking about non-abusive "normal" relationships of course. Relationships are very complex, and sadly most parents do not equip their children well for them, and school sure and heck doesn't, it would be extremely helpful if interpersonal communication was a required course throughout school K-12. But anyway...
idk .. the two characters looked like they have zero chemistry
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