I just don't understand why he liked her so much. She was so unlikeable, was a single mother with kids(baggage) and did I mention she was just so damn unlikeable? He was a genuinely good guy, he could do better. He could have put all that energy into someone who appreciated it and deserved it.
shareHe liked her for no other reason than... he liked her. To you, her "issues" appear to be a turn off. To him... he looks right past those things and continues to aim straight for her heart. For whatever reason he liked her, any of her perceived issues were completely unimportant to him.
shareHe knows more than we do. He sees things we don't see. H never quits.
shareHumans tend to want what they can't have.
I think that little fact had more to do with it than anything, but when combining it along with with the facts that it was a small town, his age, the and that evidently he found her attractive... it makes perfect sense.
Because Hollywood portrayed strong, independent women as cold, critical, nagging know-it-all tropes in the ‘90s. Like Julia Roberts characters in Erin Brokovich and Notting Hill. And the sitcom wives in Mad About You, Everyone Loves Raymond, King of Queens. Snarky wives with stupid, bumbling husbands.
shareKyra is also rather unattractive.
shareCome on now, Julia Roberts was married to Lyle Lovett. What was that all about? Julia Roberts really doesn't look that good.
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