Why Did I Get Married? Page #9

back to this house.

I'll see you at the office, Pam.

- OK.

- Thanks for being so nice.

Good night.

You fire her, and I mean it!

You don't come in this house

and give me any damn ultimatums.

What is going on?

You answer me

keep your voice down.

Our daughter is

in this room sleeping.

Don't you let

that whore back in this house again.

Now, look, I'm warning you.

That whore has

tutored your daughter,

went to her recital,

picked her up

when you left her sitting

on the school steps twice.

OK, and what has she done

for my husband, I wonder.

I have to work, Terry!

This is not about your damn job!

It's not? Then where

is this coming from all of a sudden?

What the hell are you

talking about "all of a sudden"?

This is not all of a sudden!

It's been... I don't even

know how long it's been

that I've been begging you,

I've been...

I have been begging you

to spend some time with me,

begging you for months.

And I have!

What kind of man has to make

an appointment to sleep with his wife?

Obviously, one who has

too much time on his hands.

Oh! What do you

want me to do?

What do I want you to do?

What I want you to do.

How about the obvious?

How about baking

a cake for my birthday

or spending some time

with me or your daughter, OK?

How about doing

what a wife does,

screwing me on a regular?

Can you handle that?

You know what?

I am all for solutions,

but maybe we could

come up with something

that doesn't involve me

stepping back into the fifties!

You are so selfish.

I am not selfish.

Oh, what the hell are you talking about,

you're not selfish?

Dianne, you laid there

and had your tubes tied,

and you didn't even tell me?

You don't think that's selfish?

Look, this is my body, OK?

You don't have

to carry a child, I do!

You don't have

to miss work, I do!

Dianne, when you get married,

you give up the "Is" for us, OK?

You don't make those kind

of decisions without talking to me!

What the hell am I doing?

I don't even know why

I'm having this argument with you.

I'm tired of arguing about

the same damn thing with you.

It's clear to me...

one thing, very clear.

You don't want to be married.

Can I tell you

what this is about?

My entire career is

going way better than yours.

And you're having

some testosterone issues.

And you can't deal with it.

Have you lost your mind?

No.

But I'm about to lose my wife.

I'm moving out.

I'll be right back.

I really love your dad's place.

But I got to pay you back.

I do!

Naw. It's all good.

Don't even sweat that.

Mm.

Are my legs supposed

to be this sore?

No pain, no gain, right?

Huh.

Um...

I need to tell you something.

Yeah, sure. What's up?

I'm really vulnerable right now...

and, um...

we can't go to the movies

and hang out and stuff.

- What? What do you mean?

- I mean...

I just got to the point where I can say

Mike's name without crying,

and I don't want to get

caught up in what Patricia

and Dr. Phil call

"The Hero Syndrome. "

It's when somebody comes along

and they help you out,

and just 'cause

they were being nice,

you fall for 'em, and...

you're just being nice.

I don't know, Shelia.

I could have this same hero thing

going on with you, too.

What are you talking about?

I'm serious.

I mean... look at you.

This man was trying

to break you,

and every day I see you take some

of that power back.

I didn't so anything.

I just signed the papers.

I didn't even fight.

Sometimes signing the papers is

all the fighting you need to do.

Don't play with me.

I'm not playing with you.

I mean, Shelia,

you are amazing,

intelligent,

spiritual, sexy.

Strong...

strong and beautiful woman.

Not as big as I am.

You know, if you're

not happy about the way you look,

then change it.

Stop doubting yourself.

I mean, it's not attractive.

I don't like it.

And hell, it makes me

uncomfortable for you.

I'm sorry.

I'm just so used to...

Mike saying things, I...

try to beat him to it.

I ain't Mike.

Oh.

Mm.

Mm.

Oh, Jesus.

Lord, have mercy. God.

I ain't thought that

in a long time.

Um...

OK.

I think I need to pray.

Um...

can we pray?

All right.

Well, I hope

she can help her now.

Well, if she can...

what are you two doing here?

Did something happen?

- No.

- Did something happen to Shelia?

- No, no, no. Don't worry.

- No, honey.

- Calm down. We're OK.

- Oh.

I thought somebody

had died or something.

What are you doing here?

- Girl, we got men problems.

- Man problems.

Thank God it's just men.

OK. That I can deal with.

What happened?

OK. You ready for this?

Terry moved out.

He got his own apartment.

He's so upset with me.

And I have never seen

Marcus so mad at me.

He went off.

He set me straight.

And Keisha,

but she deserved it.

And Angie, you didn't?

You know, if I didn't

know these men,

I would just think

that they were crazy.

- They are.

- Yeah.

Come on, you guys.

Will you call them

and talk to them?

Uh-uh.

No. I am not about to do that.

No. I'm not gonna be

all vulnerable.

You know, you guys

are just pathetic.

If you're not gonna

be honest with your husbands,

then who are you gonna

be vulnerable with?

- You!

- You!

Thank you very much, but...

this is the reason why

they're so upset at you.

Because you haven't

been truthful with them.

Tell them how you want them

to hold you at night

and how you're afraid

for them to leave you.

Y'all know this.

Is she kidding me?

I am not about to do that, period.

See, Angie, your problem

is you're afraid

that he won't do what it is

that you want him to do.

- You just stubborn.

- So?

I'll tell you what. I'm not ready to face

possible rejection.

- I'm just not.

- Me, either.

Rejection?

Look at you guys

sitting here looking like little

lost puppies.

Tell them what you

tell me all the time.

Tell them the truth.

Tell them what you're feeling.

Ew... she makes me sick.

She's always got

something smart to say.

Listen, I want you guys

to do this little lesson here.

- Uh-oh.

- Here we go.

Oh, come on.

You guys stop it.

Some big exercise.

It's gonna work.

Gavin and I just did this.

So it's really gonna help.

Take this paper.

On one side of it, I want you to list

all the bad he's ever done.

OK, and on the other side, I want you

to list all the good he's ever done.

Now, if the bad outweighs

the good, then so be it.

Don't hold on.

Just let it go. But...

but if this good

outweighs the bad,

then y'all need to be

big little women

and fix this.

This is not healthy.

I don't want to be

a big little woman, Pat.

I want to be a little girl.

You are not in college

anymore, Angie.

- Just grow up.

- Yeah. Thank you.

Well, I got to get

to class, guys. So...

I'll see you

at the ceremony, yes?

Oh, no, no. We can't make it. Sorry.

- She's joking.

- I'm playing.

- Of course!

- We'll be there.

I want you married

with your husbands, all right?

Well, I might be there

with my new boyfriend

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