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Didn't Mike grieve?

posted 8 years ago by bam2360
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The scene at the end of the movie when Peter and Liz are having dinner, Peter asks Liz to come home with him because he could use the company. Peter then mentions that Mike was away on business. I thought it was a little odd that Mike was back to work so soon. How come there was no grieving process for Mike? Especially the manner in how she died. It wasn't like she was in hospice care and the end was near. Didn't Mike get bereavement leave from his job? Just my thoughts.....

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[–] Milkdoesabodygood 8 years ago

Maybe mike found out about his wife getting c o c k from VD warren about stopped caring about her, moved on in life.

Spoiler alert for them spoil sports out there! Y'all like spoiled milk, stop crying over it!

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[–] manram24 8 years ago

Yeah that would be my guess too. I probably wouldn't care as much if I found out she was being unfaithful.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

I know I'm 7 years too late, but if your wife died in the horrific way Angie Dickinson's character died, I would hope you'd care regardless if you found out she was being unfaithful.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

Why? Obviously she didn't care about him.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

She was going through something, dealing with her own problems. Doesn't mean she didn't care about him or that her marriage was irretrievable (had she not been killed).

And, again, it's just foreign to me how a husband of however many years can be so detached as to not be mournful and angry at the means by which his wife died. I would think one's heart would go out to a stranger who was killed in that gruesome a manner in such a public place, to say nothing of one's own spouse.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

It would definitely be much easier to feel pity for a stranger than to feel anything (except perhaps relief that you would not be liable for alimony) for someone who had betrayed you so completely.

It's never happened in a marriage situation to me, but I could imagine the discovery of marital infidelity as being like a sudden guillotine suddenly severing all positive emotions for the person.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

I have been married for going on 16 years and I too have never been the victim of marital infidelity, but if I found out my wife was stepping out on me the same day I learned she was brutally stabbed and slashed to death in an elevator, I'd be a lot more crushed over her death and its manner than the infidelity.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

It would be instant karmic retribution. My biggest concern would be that I would be a suspect.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

Damn! You're all heart, whynotwriteme.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

Well, I just can't see getting all worked up over someone who lied to me and betrayed me.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

Sounds like a psychologically convenient way to avoid dealing with the horror of a gruesome murder of a close family member. Good thing Kate's son, Peter, wasn't so disgusted. Who knows if Det. Marino and Dr. Levy would have solved the mystery if none of the victim's family members got involved.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

She cut the family ties with Mike when she cheated. Her infidelity revealed that she no longer considered him family.

It was different for Peter because she was still his mother. At that point, for Mike, she was just someone who had betrayed him (while he supported her in a very comfortable lifestyle) and would probably soon be claiming half his assets and alienating his son's affections.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

For somebody who never experienced infidelity in marriage your reactions to this part of the plot of Dressed to Kill seem to come from a very wounded perspective.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

Ah. Now is the part where you think you have unlocked some deeply guarded secret of my past, some festering, unhealed wound to my psyche, and you will force me to confront this and help me to adopt a more enlightened perspective.

Sorry. I've only been married once and there has been no infidelity on either of our parts. I just know I would immediately reject and dismiss anyone who betrayed me in that manner.

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[–] CalvinJarrett (439) a year ago

No, I'm no psychologist, and I don't profess to play one on the internet. I just can't see how in the context of the unique situation portrayed in Dressed to Kill that you (or anyone, for that matter) could be so certain that you'd have that reaction.

Yes, I can understand feeling that way - regardless of any previous disappointments - if a grievous murder is not part of the equation. But, again, if my wife turned out to be a big ol' slut who f*cked some aging gigolo who stole her Isotoner glove at an art museum and likely gave her an STD, I'd still be much more concerned about finding the maniac who slashed her to pieces with a straight razor in the elevator of this gigolo's apartment building.

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[–] whynotwriteme (7720) a year ago

I'd just assume the perp was the gigolo based on the location. She played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.

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