What did Pat whisper into Nikki's ear after the dance?
I realize that if the movie wanted us to know what he said, it would have let us hear him... but it's driving me crazy anyway :^)
I don't understand why he had to ask for his cheating wife's forgiveness. Why did she choose to have an affair with an old man anyways?
shareYou missed the part about his mood-swings and how his behaviour was driving them apart. She wanted to be happy with him but it wasn't to be. That said, the cheating was more her way to try to get over him and pack up the courage to move on, than it was just sex for the sake of sex.
Tiffany's condition kind of juxtaposed this.
But let's think about it for a moment: you go home, find your wife banging another man, so you:
- turn around and quietly leave
- call her a whore, tell him to get the *beep* out and then demand a divorce
- beat the crap out of either/both of them
Because of Pat's undiagnosed bipolar, he got a stint in a mental health ward instead of prison; during this time, he realised how his illness had been so rough on her, decided to forgive her and saw winning her back as his cure.
Come the end of the film, he therefore did NOT whisper any kind of insult into her ear, but apologised for any and all stress his illness had put her through, told her that he was on the road to recovery and how forgiving her for cheating relieves him of any anger he still harboured inside. But now it was for the best that they both moved on and he wished her all the happiness in the world. Pat, after all, strived hard to be positive and understanding - things her learnt in therapy and the psych' ward.
I saw the film last night for the first time ever, by the way, and I loved it!