Americans in Bed Page #7

Synopsis: Ten American couples--captured in the comfort of their own beds--openly discuss romance, sex, trust and love in candid interviews. From young New Yorkers who have split up 26 times to ...
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Philippa Robinson
Actors: Helen, Joe, Patty
 
IMDB:
6.0
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
80 min
61 Views


is not something that

I can answer.

And it's like,

"Hey, if we want

to be on this team,

then we kind of have

to deal with that."

Whatever. We talked

about it ad nauseam

when it was me,

and that's what's

frustrating to me,

is that--like,

I mean, I don't know

why you're even

talking about this.

It's so stupid.

It's like we're not

in therapy right now.

I didn't bring it up.

But whatever.

It's, like, it's

frustrating for me.

It is.

I hear that it's

frustrating for you.

But you don't care.

Just for the record--

no, it's not

that I don't care.

For the record,

I told you that that's--

I didn't want that.

I never said that

that wasn't a part

of my job.

Right, but--

And also--wait, hold on.

It never was

a part of your job

until this year.

Yes, it was.

It was always

a part of my job.

That you were

gonna go away

for 3 1/2 months?

Then you should have

told me that when

I stopped touring.

I did, and then I went away

for two and a half months,

and you know what?

When an opportunity

like that happens,

it happens,

plus you're forgetting

something that's

a big deal,

is that at the time when

we first got together,

you didn't like

touring anymore.

It wasn't something

that you wanted

to be doing anymore,

you didn't like

the lifestyle.

You wanted to try

something new,

so it's not like

I just said to you,

"Don't do this anymore."

But when we had all

those talks, you said--

Let me--

can I just finish?

I said to you,

"Why don't you explore

some other things,

some, like, different

ways for you"--

Stop doing that.

It's disgusting.

I'm like, "Well, why don't you

just explore some different

things in your career?"

And it's something

that you should be

setting up now

if you want to try

a different kind

of lifestyle.

We danced a slow dance.

I liked his hands.

His hands seemed

really strong to me.

I wanted to stay there.

But I really liked

his lips. Ha!

They were

really soft and...

and I wanted some more.

Ha ha ha ha!

Of course, I didn't

let him know that

right away, no,

but I really enjoyed

that first kiss.

You don't have

to tell me.

What do you mean?

Because...

you were in love with me.

Oh, stop it.

[Both laugh]

That's not true.

My mother was there.

I was not all over you.

It was a physical thing

at first.

The dancing, when he

held me close...

it was physical,

and it didn't bother me.

I could feel his...

I could feel him.

Ha ha ha ha!

And I used to think

to myself,

"Why am I not pushing

this man away

"and slapping the heck

out of him, you know?

He really shouldn't be

holding me that close."

But I didn't mind it.

I liked it.

The sexual attraction

was very intense...

and when I met him,

he was married.

Uh-oh.

I don't know what...

[Chuckles]

And told me

he wasn't married.

Right?

Right.

I'm ashamed to say that,

that I fought for him,

and I shouldn't have

'cause he was

a married man.

He just went along

with his life again.

Ha ha ha ha!

Because I'm

his fourth wife.

Speak.

Yeah. I don't know

what to say.

Ha!

You're the one talking.

I don't what--

I don't know, um...

I don't know. Heh!

FATIMA:
Anything

and everything he could

do to make me smile,

he'd do it,

and I don't know.

All of a sudden,

something just said

something's not right.

And we had gone

to a wedding,

and it was a little chilly

that day, so he gave me

his jacket,

and in his jacket,

he had his cell phone.

Plenty of times before,

where I've never looked

through it,

I never was suspicious

of anything,

and something just said,

"Pick it up and look at it."

So I start looking through

the phone, and I put it down

'cause I said,

"There's nothing in here,

put it down," and something

said, "Pick it back up."

And I picked it back up

and I started to really

look through it,

and I found some

very disturbing

text messages,

extremely disturbing.

The text would say, um,

uh, "Oh, when," um,

oh, um,

"Are you very sexual?"--

I'm sorry.

I'm a little embarrassed

to even say it,

to repeat it,

but, um, "Oh, are you

going to suck my...

dick?" "Yes," and all

of this other stuff,

very--

OK, I'm gonna stop you.

Very graphic,

it's very graphic.

Um...yeah, it's hard.

It's hard for me

to even just say.

It was a greedy nature,

I guess you can say,

me just inviting

or taking upon myself

to, um...

take liberties that were

presented to me.

So I guess, you know,

in the name of me

not thinking...

too far ahead,

it was more of, like,

temporary satisfaction,

you know?

So, "Hey, oh,

I can do this?

Well, why not do it?"

Or we can get done

or, you know, I might

suggest something.

I might, you know, write

a check that my ass

shouldn't be cashing.

FATIMA:

But it was very graphic.

It was just like,

"Oh, is your p*ssy wet?"

you know,

and pictures were

being sent...

back and forth.

I mean, I saw a lot.

I saw a lot.

Most things that

most women wouldn't have

ever even known about,

and that's the type

of situation ...

[Sighs]

And I hated him

for making me feel

like that.

Truly, I hated him

for what he did...

'cause I never did

anything.

To tell you truthfully,

there was a part of me

that was taken away.

He took a certain piece

of me away, you know,

so I couldn't be,

like, the happy,

bubbly person anymore.

I had to be the...

the b*tch.

I had to all of a sudden

become that b*tch, to say,

"Well, if you want this

to work, this is what

you're gonna need to do,

"because it's no--I've done

everything that I could,

"I can right now to show you

that I want it to work.

"You have absolutely

showed me that you don't

want it to work,

"so now it's time for you

to show that you do,

"and I don't mean, like,

by giving me flowers

"or telling me

that you love me.

That's bullshit right now.

It's bullshit.

It means nothing."

[Dog groans]

JOE:
You have had

relationships, I've

had relationships,

before marriage,

after marriage,

where that was a big issue

in the relationship.

The trust.

The trust.

"Where you going?"

Or calling people,

everybody calling

all the time.

"Where you been?

Where you been?

Where you going?

"Who you with?

What are you doing?

Who's there?"

We don't have any

of that stuff.

No looking

at text messages,

no checking phone records

of who you called,

no checking your story

to make sure you really were

with Jimmy at the ball game.

Yeah, we don't get

involved in that.

I don't think I would

ever want to be

in a relationship

where I felt like that.

That's why my

first relationship

didn't work,

so I would rather be

single, you know,

than have to deal

with trying to run

after someone to see

if I could trust them

or find out where

they are or they're

lying to me.

I just couldn't be

in that kind of

a relationship.

That is the worst thing

you could possibly do

in a relationship,

is have sex

with another person.

You can have conversation,

you can enjoy another

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