The Girl I Married story
An attorney and his wife have successful careers. They feel something is lacking in their marriage. Soon, they encounter younger versions of their mates. Directed by: Philip DeGuere. Story by: J. M. DeMatteis.
14 total · 2 choice · 10 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the nature of love | choice | The story ended with the point that true love is enduring commitment that only older people can understand and that young people are ignorant of. |
| young character vs. old character | choice | The point of the story was to show how the older people were, in fact, a lot wiser than their foolish young selves. |
| disillusionment | major | Ira gave up on his hippie principles and became a yuppie. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | major | Ira and Valerie's marriage seemed to be falling apart up until the end. |
| husband and wife | major | Ira and Valarie encountered younger versions of their mates. |
| old-age love | major | Longtime married couple Ira and Valeri felt their love for one another fading away, but in the end they came to love one another more than ever. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Ira and Valeri both cheated on each other with younger versions of the respective partner. |
| selling out for money | major | Ira gave up on the hippie ideals he believed in and became a yuppie lawyer. He admitted to selling out for money to the hippie version of Valarie. |
| the hippie stereotype | major | The younger versions of Ira and Valarie were Zen seeking hippies. |
| what if I met myself from a different time | major | Ira and Valarie encountered younger versions of their mates. |