Margaret, a woman made of emotional steel, insists on not only forgiving Henry for his long-ago affair with Jacky, but tries to sail right past it, waltzing into the breakfast room and starting the day as if nothing happened. And so now in the final episode, when a series of freight cars comes crashing through their relationship, we see whether the mettle of a couple is decided by their nature or their grit. But together, they demonstrated a lack of basic communication skills - an inability to “only connect,” an ideal that Margaret passionately reached for. “You can’t change someone else,” is the line that’s inevitably trotted out by the columnist, followed by some advice about the necessity of learning to adapt yourself - or else exit the relationship.īefore her engagement, Margaret swore she wouldn’t try to change Henry, that it would be “contemptible and unfair” to do so. It’s almost always a tendency that the advice seeker knew about well before committing to the relationship, but thought she could live with, or perhaps hoped that it would subside.
One person simply cannot show up on time, or turns cruel in an argument, or refuses to take on their share of child care.
Read any advice column for long enough, and you’ll eventually get a question about a spouse or significant other who has one horribly irritating habit - or worse, a behavior that directly undercuts the entire relationship. Photo: Laurie Sparham/Starz Entertainment, LLC
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