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Bender is so horrible towards Claire!


Just rewatched it and I hate him so much for the way he treats Claire, who is pretty much harmless. I think maybe because I've been in that position so many times where a man just bothers you relentlessly and is really creepy :/ shame because he's funny in parts of the film (like lots of real life creepy men too, I suppose. realistic characters)

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So why the hell would they kiss at the end? He constantly crumbed on her, and she flirts and kisses him? Does that even happen in real life?

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That's love. I hit this girl with a snow ball on the way home from school. I didn't mean to hit her in the head though. She was crying to beat the band, so I took her home. My mother about had a gd fit. "Cubby, how could you do this to her, honey?"

I didn't have answer I could divulge. I was in love, wanted to get her attention and heaved the snow ball.

They calmed down and my mom drove her home.

That Summer I carved this girl's initials along with my own in wet cement at the end of my street. It's still there 47 years later. We walked the walk, vowed the vows and made the start. She's long forgot about that snowball. I ain't ever forgetting it.

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But by the end she be all up in that cravast!

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Nonsense. Claire was a prude and Bender proved it. If you identify with Claire, don't blame others, work on yourself.

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Look at Han and Leia: Han does nothing but verbally abuse her ... and they fall in love anyway.

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