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Long story: I hadn't really thought much about him at all until recently. I was aware of his work, and thought Last King of Scotland was frighteningly good, but that was really the end of it. But that was before he held the door open for me. This summer, I went to see Shaw's Saint Joan at the National Theatre here in London. http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/Saint%20Joan+24406.twl I was reading a little interview with Anne-Marie Duff, who I had heard good things about in theatre gossip, but never seen. It mentioned that she was married to McAvoy, which I thought was vaguely interesting, and then promptly forgot. So on August 2nd, off my friend Elizabeth and I go to see Saint Joan, and it is incredible. Really breathtakingly good. Anne-Marie is truly a furious, incandescent talent, and I finally understood why so many people have been excited about her work. During the interval, I scramble for the bar to snag a couple of glasses of wine before it becomes a complete scrum, and as I whip through the crowds, I notice a fellow leaning against a railing about ten feet away. He looks familiar for some reason, but I can't quite place him. Oh well. Wine clutched in both hands, I go out onto the balcony overlooking the Thames, and it's a beautiful warm summer evening, a rosy glow over the river. Elizabeth says to me, "You know, I think that guy from Starter for Ten is here," and it clicked. Ohhhh, of course. He's married to...right. Aw, sweet. He's come to see her. And at that very moment, he comes out onto the balcony, and, standing about three feet away, he's chatting to some guy and having a lovely little ciggie in the fading pink light. I have to keep my back to him to stop myself from staring. He looks quite normal. A bit scruffy, but in a nice way. When we go back to out seats, we realise that he's sitting across the aisle from us. I'd been completely oblivious before. Typical. And oh my God, it was when I glanced over at him occasionally during the second half that I fell in love. He was just so mesmerized by Anne-Marie. He didn't take his eyes off her for a second. When she came out to take her bows, he leapt up and was the first to give her a standing ovation. The pride just radiated off of him; he couldn't stop smiling. Totally flipping adorable. Elizabeth and I both agreed that we wanted to pinch both of their cheeks and eat them up. And then we wanted them to go home and make lots and lots and lots of babies. Oh, and he's quite gentlemanly: he very patiently held the door for me as we left, even though I was about ten feet behind him, talking distractedly about the play, and he probably wanted to make tracks before the crowd surged. And they say chivalry is dead...
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Thanks guys for not jumping down my back about Anne Marie's looks and it's JMO. I wasn't talking about getting a girl with supermodel looks either...just a better than average pretty girl for our James. I guess I've placed him so high on this freakin' pedestal already that I'd assume he'd have someone better looking. But, hell, that's me ..not you all. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and she's attractive that's a given. I appreciate the comments and I did see a YouTube red carpet moment where she spoke and she looked quite lovely...so there ya have it. Again, thanks for letting me give my opinion. The story of the girl who saw him at the play was amazing. Very heart warming for sure and it's definitely a reason to love him even more knowing he is in love with his wife. I really hope they have a wonderful, long, loving, stressful relationship (wouldn't we all like to have THAT?).
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evikeaz wrote: Thanks guys for not jumping down my back about Anne Marie's looks and it's JMO. I wasn't talking about getting a girl with supermodel looks either...just a better than average pretty girl for our James. I guess I've placed him so high on this freakin' pedestal already that I'd assume he'd have someone better looking. But, hell, that's me ..not you all. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and she's attractive that's a given. I appreciate the comments and I did see a YouTube red carpet moment where she spoke and she looked quite lovely...so there ya have it. Again, thanks for letting me give my opinion.
Thanks guys for not jumping down my back about Anne Marie's looks and it's JMO. I wasn't talking about getting a girl with supermodel looks either...just a better than average pretty girl for our James. I guess I've placed him so high on this freakin' pedestal already that I'd assume he'd have someone better looking. But, hell, that's me ..not you all. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and she's attractive that's a given. I appreciate the comments and I did see a YouTube red carpet moment where she spoke and she looked quite lovely...so there ya have it. Again, thanks for letting me give my opinion.
Well as I said, I wasn't sure what opininion you were giving, but if you were saying she has big ears I agree with you. However if you would have said in your first post that you didn't think she was pretty enough for James I would have probably bitten you head of.. (well maybe not.. but I would certainly have taken offence) so good for you for seeing how wrong that assumption/opinion was before you said it out loud..
I think this has to do with jealousy. Am I right? And I can totally understand jealousy Evi, so I do understand where this is coming from. I have suffered from jealousy a great deal in the past, but you have to realise that the pain your are feeling is not being caused by the people you are jealous of. It is being caused by you. So it is not fair to take it out on them. Even if they can't hear you and you think it makes you feel better (it doesn't by the way, it only seems that way for a short while), it just makes you act mean.
So if you learn to see that difference and are able to stop yourself from acting on your jealousy, you will still feel that pain, but at least you will stay a nice person and won't have reason to dislike yourself as well.
There is also a way to get rid of the pain though. Try to see how your 'relationship' with James is completely apart from her relationship with James. It does not affect your 'relationship' with him at all. It makes absolutely no difference to your life whether he is married or not and to whom.
Now if you can see that the pain will go away. Maybe not right away but over time when you learn to deal with the feeling better. Took me years, but it is bothering me a lot less now and that is a great feeling.
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evikeaz said: Again, thanks for letting me give my opinion.
hannah kipje said: Try to see how your 'relationship' with James is completely apart from her relationship with James. It does not affect your 'relationship' with him at all. It makes absolutely no difference to your life whether he is married or not and to whom.
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Emilie wrote: I love how he's got his arm around her tightly as if to say "She's mine and I'll never let her go!"
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