An Unmarried Woman Page #5

than what you do in here.

Mr. Benton would like to meet there at 1:00.

Hello, Mrs. Benton.

Hi.

It's good to see you.

I'm glad you called.

Let me have your coat.

- You look terrific.

- I'm worried about Patti.

She's very angry at you.

Yeah. Well, she's got a right to be.

I'm seeing a therapist, and

I want her to see her too.

- It's expensive.

- That's all right.

- I'll-I'll take care of it.

- Good.

- Well, that's settled.

- Who's theWho's the therapist?

Oh, her name is Tanya Berkel.

- A woman.

- I don't know any men named Tanya.

Well, that's good.

I think that's that's good.

Good. I glad you think it's good.

You really hate me, don't you?

- Yeah.

- I don't hate you.

- Oh, you were always a very

compassionate man, Martin.

- Now, wait a minute. L

How How can you hate somebody that

you were in love with for 16 years? I don't

It's easy.

If you're trying to make me feel guiltier

than I already do...

- you're doing a good job.

- Good.

This is ridiculous.

Why are we having this conversation?

Martin, do you know

how many times we made love?

- No.

- No, I don't want to get into that.

I wanna tell you.

At least 2,000 times.

That's counting

twice a week for 16 years.

You should put it up

on your ticker tape.

I think it's a very

interesting statistic.

I wanna know something.

Did you fall out of love

with my my flesh, my body...

or mewith Erica?

Did you fall out of love with Erica?

Wait a minute. I didn't

fall out of love with you.

L I love you.

I mean, all right,

it-it's different now, but l

I love you.

I can'tjust erase all those years.

- I'll always love you.

- I was your hooker, Martin.

I was a bright,

high-priced, classy hooker.

Upper East Side

by way of Vassar hooker...

but I was your hooker.

You have a lousy shrink.

How long do you think

Marcia's gonna last?

Well, I'm gonna marry her.

The awesome sanctity of marriage.

Listen, if you want to sit up here with me

and have a conversation, that's great.

But if you want to have an argument,

I think you'd better leave.

- I want to have an argument!

- You're flippin'.

Call Patti.

I never had any self-esteem.

That was the trouble.

I never had any self-esteem.

That was the trouble.

I suppose I thought looks would do it.

Well, I'll tell you.

It is a nice feeling to like yourself.

Bette Davis

always had self-esteem.

- Oh.

- So did Katharine Hepburn.

- Mm-hmm.

- Terrific woman.

- Look at this.

- Oh.

- Beautiful.

- It's strange, isn't it?

I mean, where are all the wonderful women

that were in the movies in the old days?

Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn,

Joan Crawford.

- Where are all the women?

- Well, we've got, uh...

- Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand.

- Oh, please. It's not the same thing.

I'd hate to see

Fonda and Streisand...

- in a toe-to-toe with Hepburn and Davis.

- Right.

- There's no contest.

- Different times.

Hi.

- Hi. I'm sorry. Am I interrupting?

- No.

- Uh-uh.

- We were wondering where all

the women movie stars are...

compared to 20, 30 years ago.

Well, um, I think

we're getting to an age...

- where the dominate cult figure is bisexual.

- Oh, God.

- Maybe unisexual would be

a more appropriate term.

You mean like

Mick and Dylan and David?

- That sort of thing?

- Mm-hmm.

What's so funny?

- Is that good or bad?

- I don't know. Nobody knows.

- You're entitled to an opinion.

- Well, I'm not bisexual,

if that's what you mean.

- Yes, we know that.

- You know, but maybe she doesn't.

How'd we get started on this?

Self-esteem.

I could write a book on self-esteem.

"Self-esteem

and the American Woman."

Once divorced...

sleeping around,

drinking too much...

pretending to have a lot

of self-you-know-what.

Really having next to none.

- You getting your period, Elaine?

- Sure.

But I also have

no f***ing confidence.

Here. Drink this.

Why do people always

give you water when you fall apart?

- I don't need water. I need booze.

- That's a girl.

Don't worry, honey.

Aunt Elaine is just a manic-depressive.

You know, like, uh,

Jekyll and Hyde?

I don't think you get enough vitamin C.

- See you guys later.

- Bye, honey.

- Bye.

- Take care.

- She's somethin' else, Erica.

- Yeah, tough cookie.

- She's confused about Martin.

- How is the son of a b*tch?

Hey. We forgot Claire Trevor.

- Jean Arthur, Susan Hayward.

- What about Greta Garbo?

That was before my time.

I liked Rita Hayworth.

She was pretty.

Everywhere I go I see... couples.

I see people holding hands

or their arms around each other...

cheek to cheek or

I just feel jealous.

Oh, I have so much to say,

you know, at the end of the day.

I tell Patti everything.

I think about her, you know,

going away to school and

I know it's, uh

it's a couple of years away...

but I think about it as if...

it's gonna happen,

you know, tomorrow.

- Yes.

- L

I guess I'm lonely.

I was very lonely too

when I got divorced.

I didn't know you were divorced.

Yes.

And it's certainly okay to feel lonely.

You're supposed to in a situation like this.

It's It's what is

what's expected.

It's really okay to feel anything

anger, jealousy...

depression.

It's okay to feel.

I I feel guilty about my feelings.

Well, guilt is something

that I get livid about...

because it's kind of

a man-made emotion.

And, uh...

I would like to see you...

take a vacation from guilt.

Stop feeling guilty for one week.

Just-Just say, "Erica, turn off the guilt."

Just turn it off.

Don't feel guilty.

It doesn't get you anywheres.

It really prolongs the agony.

And

- I know what you mean. I'll try.

- Yeah.

And don't feel guilty

about feeling guilty, either.

And don't feel ashamed

of your feelings.

They're your feelings.

They have no I.Q.

They have no morality.

They're your feelings. Just feel 'em.

When were you divorced?

I was divorced three years ago.

But let's get back to you

and loneliness.

When you were married,

did you ever feel lonely?

- No, not really. No.

- When you were married, did you feel lonely?

Never?

No.

Well, sometimes, but

I wasn't scared then, you know?

This scares me.

It is scary.

It's a whole new way of life.

Did you ever find yourself

wanting to be alone?

Yes! But I knew it

wasn't gonna be forever.

Does it feel to you as if this is gonna

be forever the way you feel now?

Well...

I haven't had sex

for seven weeks.

It's been seven weeks since Martin left.

I always took sex for granted.

Are you feeling sexy these days?

Hardly.

And, uh

- What was I saying?

- Sex.

Oh, yes.

I was hoping you'd forgotten.

Um...

well, we just had

a pretty good sex life, you know.

I just It was very

This isn't fun.

No.

I just

- I enjoyed sex. It was It was nice.

- Mm-hmm.

We were pretty... wild,

Martin and me.

Mm-hmm. Tell me

what you mean by that.

Wha-What do you mean,

you were pretty wild?

Well, we had a good sex life.

What exactly was it like?

Jesus! What do you think

happened? What happens?

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