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OK, so I'm having a conversation with someone in my head . . .

posted 9 years ago by fantasies
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. . . . at NO point do I decide to pick up the phone and call the person just on the outside chance that I might possibly be cuckoo for cocoa puffs? I'm really going to have to verify that I'm talking to a real human being, get some sort of proof that I'm not making it all up before I commit a dozen felonies fleeing across the country/escape from the mental institution my husband put me in. I want to see your Facebook page, I want to call your job and ask to speak to you, I want to Facetime with you to know that I'm not chatting with a figment of my imagination. I get that they have this intense connection but they could have picked up the phone and talked rather use than their telekinetic powers. You've got unlimited talk and text. Don't be afraid to use it.

Also, it bugged me that they didn't just pretend they were talking on the phone (or actually talk on the phone) to avoid the accusations of being crazy. I guess they needed something to move the plot along. If they were both talking on the phone, he wouldn't have gotten fired, she wouldn't have been institutionalized, and there is no tension/angst. I thought that part was lazy writing.

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[–] tyshimah3 9 years ago

I wondered about that, too.
And, of course, they probably talked about it and maybe figured that it was better and more magical if they kept things between them. By using technology, anything could be recorded and used against them.
Also, her husband was a real jerk, if she kept calling a NM number, he would notice and ask her about it and shame her into telling her secret.

They did pretend to be on the phone a bunch of times. And I'm guessing after a while, it got to be too much work to pick up a phone every time your soulmate was called.

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[–] darrylb-dj 9 years ago

Erm.... Kinda think you missed the point.

1.why phone when you can hear what the other person is saying anyway unless you want surround sound. If we all had telekinetic abilities phones would be a bit pointless
2. Why would you want to check their Facebook page? Only reason I can think would be to check they're not a catfish but they already did the whole mirror thing
3.Facetime - as above. Just use a mirror. That's real face time
4. calling their job?? That's a bit stalkery if you ask me plus she did you appear to have one and he was fired.
5. As for pretending to be talking on the phone to not get fired - I don't know about you but that might be more of a reason to get fired for. The guy tried to cover it up a little but I admit the girl should have been more discreet.

[–] OffensivelyPC 9 years ago

It's like he completely fell asleep during the "phone sex" scene.

[–] Deschanel 9 years ago

What bothered me is that it took until the end of the movie to meet face to face. I know he is poor and has to sell his truck at the end to buy a plane ticket but I'm sure they could have worked out something. It seems like she could afford a plane ticket and her husband was away working at the hospital a lot.

If I was in that situation it's one of the first things I'd think to do - meet face to face.