[spoilers] Harry and Ruth. The Wonder Years.

[Silktie]

(10-10-2010 12:28 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  

(10-10-2010 10:52 AM)Silktie Wrote:  I don't think Ruth herself ever referred to George as her husband. She does ask Mani what he did with 'her family', but it is only Harry who talks about her being married, and then later about George being her husband when they're walking on the bridge.

Yes, but she doesn't correct Harry when he asks/says "You got married out there?" Ruth doesn't say no, she just starts talking about George. She let him believe she was married, for a short time anyway. Was she trying to make him suffer a little more at that point, if the guy wasn't already suffering enough? Was she embarrassed that she wasn't married to George? That she was still showing signs of being a commitment phobe.

That's a good point, TL. Maybe at that point she already realised subconsciously that George and Nico was also in trouble, and it was a form of showing loyalty to them, her not correcting Harry. Also, they were in an incredibly stressful situation, so maybe it just didn't occur to her. OR, to her living together carries the same weight as being married, which I can actually believe from Ruth.