I feel like Tyler enjoys making black women, who have the right to be mad, shame them for being mad Seriously, our main girl has faults but the film never seems to make the main guy look bad compare to her
Like the whole narrative is basically “Why would she do something like this after being mistreated for years and having untreated mental health issues??” Yeah she made her poor choices but it’s not like they didn’t see this coming because they tried to stop her.
It's pretty blatant to a logical thinking person that this man is a piece of shit and that she has a very disturbing anger problem. The movie sets up BOTH that he's a user and she's an entitled rage demon. Running into the man's RV and turning ot on it's side should have been a turning point for her. She had to have a hysterectomy. (WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COUNTED FOR THE "ROBERT SUCKS" TALLY) Her reproductive health and that 25k she spent getting him a car should have been the last things he took from her
I think what’s so interesting about Robert is that he’s is not mean or calculating person. But he has an extreme case of main character syndrome. Everything is him and his battery and everyone else including his wife are just the supporting cast. Notice how he’s so single focused. He never even shopped the battery to other companies because it had to be Prescott. It had to be exactly as HE envisioned it. I think what pissed me off the most is that he refused the initial offer to prescott. Now, i would never tell someone to accept than their worth but just this once Robert could have put his ego aside and help his wife save their house. The wife that sacrificed so much for his dream and he couldn’t even do that much for her
It’s funny how he put endless time into that battery but not into getting her back. Then had the nerve to give the girl he cheated with everything he planned on giving her. And he lowballed her with the money! She should have at least gotten 1/3 of it.
Tyler Perry movies erks me …he makes movies where black women are always angry and it’s their fault for why they’re angry and makes them views in a terrible way . When in reality it is someone else that caused them to be that way .
Although I agree this shouldn't be a trope that gets assigned to all Black women, there are real-life versions of this character and they don't get a pass...not from me. Some versions of these women are mothers and they inflict this abuse on their children in addition to their spouse. It's literally that same energy y'all gave R. Kelly. Because of the historical implications of Black men being wrongly accused of rape, everyone stood by while this grown ass man married a 15 yo Aaliyah and declared himself "the Pied Piper of R&B". The story of the Pied Paper ends with him playing music and leading all of the children away.
Because of the conversation Diana had with Robert while he was in the tub makes me think she set this all up💯because there was no guarantee that the 75 million licensing deal was gonna happen if he was still married to Malinda and coincidentally how the woman Robert cheated on his current wife 20 years ago is now head of the company he wants to notice his invention somehow loses her wallet in his truck making his wife think he’s cheating again and want a divorce to know the new chick is taking care of him and scores a 75 million licensing deal opposed to the 800k that was offered during his marriage?????! Its giving set up and she’s a gold digger
@@CocoaCosmosOfficial 🤣🤣 R u serious? No its called bad writing by Tyler Perry; if sh set that up, why didn't she pull his file right away? He didn't divorce she did, listening to her sisters, keeping your family out of your business was also another thing this story was trying to tell you, also her anger caused her to be foolish, she caused all of her problems from the beginning, her bad decisions from giving up her virginity to buying him a brand new car, paying his tuitio, etc
@@GenX7119 two things can be true at once💯Tyler isn’t the best writer but also in the context of the movie she had a motive to be invested in Robert. Yes, Malinda divorced him but why tho? Cause she thought he was cheating with the same girl he cheated on her the first time and even the details of that situation has bad writing and plot points but still ain’t no woman is gonna lose her wallet and not notice and when it’s returned to her she accuse Robert of stealing it and basically said f his feelings on the situation as if her actions didn’t cause their divorce to happen
Melinda literally had Stockholm Syndrome she kept going back to the man who hurt her the most. Robert took everything from her if you think about it, he took her money, he’s literally the reason why she can’t even have children if you think about it, he kind of stole her innocence in a way, and he completely stole was little faith she had in him. It was clear Melinda was having trouble believing in him and trusting him and it only took Robert having lunch with that woman for her to snap because 1. It was the same girl from all those years ago, and 2. He didn’t even tell her he was going to lunch with that woman in hopes to get his battery produced. I believe Melinda was done dirty from the very beginning and she only went as far as she did for revenge because this is not the first time he’s been with that woman, but I think what really pissed me off is the fact that Robert really couldn’t see what he did wrong and just thought the money would fix things. ROBERT YOU RUINED HER LIFE BY DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING YOU BUM! All he did was take and take and take until he basically sucked the life out of her to the point where she only knew how to be miserable and at that point she couldn’t get better because the man that hurt her was always going to be on her mind because that’s the only man she had ever loved, and she lost him because she couldn’t trust him anymore which is his own damn fault that’s why you don’t cheat. Melinda could’ve been a better person if Robert just got a job and helped her out, but nope he decided the battery came before his own wife like I can’t stand him. Then again Melinda isn’t good either like why would you go as far as to try to kill them on a boat like she was actually insane at that point. Her sisters only tried helping her and she was like fuck yall I’ll do what I want, but the price she paid was death….Tyler Perry wtf.
If you think about it you wouldn't have NEVER BLAME ROBERT! Melinda DECISIONS in life cause her everything she went through! She decided to give up her virginity, she decided to buy him a BRAND NEW CAR, she was the one that couldn't control her emotions and drove into his camper, she was the one that that paid for his tuition and said yes to marriage, knowing he had nothing, only thing I do blame him for is lying about his time in jail, I wouldn't go anywhere and my mother died, are you serious? She kept her sisters in her business, that's a no no, keep family OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE! When she found out he lied she should have divorced him then or stayed with him, she chose to stay; she became bitter towards him and hateful, her sister helped, she had intuition that he wasn't any good; did she want him because she can control him? He was at her mercy? Even if they stayed together she will always have 4 major things over his head; I gave you my virginity, I gave you the money to finish school, I can't get pregnant because of you cheating and you were nothing when I met you; if he would have left her at age 50, it wouldn't have been enough, he gave her 10 million, bought the house back and still wasn't enough? I would have been hugging him, saying thank you lord, take off for the rest of the day, go deposit the check, wait until it clears, quit my job; give my sister's and best friend some money and we are going shopping!!🤣
She ALSO WAS THE ONE THAT DECIDED TO GET ON THE YACHT AND TRY TO MURK PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS SCARY! NO ONE MADE MELINDA DO ANYTHING, HE MANIPULATED THE SITUATION, YES, DID HE FORCE HER? NO.
I just find it weird that you say there’s a problem with accountability when you gave Robert none. Just like no one made Melinda stay with Robert, no one made him a bum but himself. Sorry.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficial Which is also true. I’m literally going to rewatch the movie and now that I’ve watched this video I’m going to look back at the situation.
I saw this in the movie theater when it first came out. It made me so mad, it was an atrocity. And if anything she could have sued for the name. She gave him the name for his product. And Robert is dirty for saying, “I still love you” but gave everything to his mistress of a decade. Robert was really a loser.
Yes the ex husband tried to get back with her but instead of making a more of an effort he moved in reverse instead of forward. He could of had anyone but got back with that woman.
Robert was selfish and terrible, but he paid Melinda for her trouble. 10x over. He gave her $10 million dollars. She herself said he owed her a little over $1 million. As for the life that he promised her, she herself said that those were things that HE wanted. He was dead wrong to give them to another woman after taking advantage of Melinda for 20 years. (I still don’t understand why he couldn’t get a job, any job, while working to get his juvenile record expunged and finding some other place to take his battery.) Robert should have begged Melinda to take him back after he hit it rich, but he didn’t. He gave the things that HE wanted to HIS new fiancé. Melinda should have taken her $10 million dollars, found what SHE wanted, and reckoned with her crash out tendencies.
Call me delusional but I blame her sisters. They knew she was mentally ill since she was little and never tried to get her help until it was too late. Didn’t even try after her accident when she was literally in the hospital where they could’ve talked to someone.
@CocoaCosmosOfficial I wouldn't call you delusional but it's definitely no ones fault but her own, it's not their responsibility to make sure she gets the help she needed, even if it was you can only lead a horse to water. A person has to come to that realization themselves, what happened to her was bad enough but things could've gotten much worse
That’s fair honestly. Because when she did get court ordered talk therapy, she wasn’t very cooperative and it’s only so much you can do as an outside element to the whole situation
This is one of the better tyler perry movies. The main woman character has every wish for snapping. I'm happy it all worked out for robert until it didn't. He isnt innocent here at all. And the main woman ended up losing her freedom. So really there was no happy ending here.
I'm just gonna say this. I was raised by this kind of woman. I actually saw this movie for my 36th birthday and sat two seats away from the character on this screen. She cheered her on the same way she cheered on Betty Broderick. I truly think that it's generational...women like this have this mindset that if they stick with a man in an unhappy marriage, they're entitled to access to all future assets while consistently being the main ingredient hindering that man's success. In my mom's case, my dad worked no less than three jibs for most of my life but we bounced in and out of permanent housing because she always sabotaged his ability to work by disabling his vehicles, tossing all his clothes in the tub and filling it with water, etc. Then she gets to say, "Why are we getting evicted if you're working all these jobs?" When I watched this movie, i was particularly stricken by the fact that Melinda eas no longer able to have children because I've been that child in the middle, and it sucks. You (or I) end(ed) up being the punching bag for when the husband decides to sleep somewhere else for a few nights. That's not to say that I side with Robert across the board. I felt like she should have stopped being with him when she caught him cheating and especially when the levels were so high she crashed a cat and got hurt. Or if she gave him that second chance, get out after a couple of years of him not fulfilling any of the promises he made. Truth is point blank period that she was waiting him out to get her hands on "what she was owed" for staying woth him that long. She monetised her mental health until she thought it was no longer profitable. Instead of just cutting her losses for the money she had already spent, she wanted to stick around and try to get paid...somthing she isn't owed nor ahould she have waited so long to realise wouldn't happen.
Thank you for sharing your story. I agree with your assessment of the movie. I wrote a comment about Tyler Perry banking on us (the viewers) to be emotional and not logical. Most of us are expected to be angry/cheer for Melinda because she is a woman, but she did CHOOSE to stay. She chose to take him back and she chose to divorce him even after he vocalized not wanting to. I think you are right about this possibly being generational because there are plenty women who do not carry themselves this way.
This movie is not comparable to your childhood. If it wasn’t for Melinda he wouldn’t have graduated college or had a roof over his head. He wouldn’t have any money to put into his dream.
Robert is a textbook narcissist. He manipulated, cheated on and financially abused Melinda throughout their entire relationship. Then, to add insult to injury, he ends up with the other woman and gives her everything he SHOULD have done for the one who contributed to most of his successes. He may have had feelings for her but they were centered around what materialistic things. A man that loves you will do whatever they need to to ensure your family unit is taken care of first. However, Melinda went wrong by exacting revenge. She should have stayed on the course of healing from that relationship and not focus how much she has put into a person. “Revenge is mine says the Lord” and anything you may have lost, if your faithful to the purpose that he has for you, you will receive ten times more than what the enemy means for harm. And remember, all for which glitters is not gold.
I don’t remember how long it was between when her and Robert had sex and when she caught him cheating on her.. but I feel like she was possibly pregnant. 🤷🏽♀️
Again the timeline is super dumb but if I had to guess, probably two to three months. I don’t think she was pregnant though because I feel like that would’ve been mentioned as many as she blamed him for no children. The writing is messy though so who knows
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The thing is if the two of them would’ve stayed together he would’ve never gotten the million dollar offer. Diana got the offer for him because she wanted him. Robert was horrible. I believe he cared a bit for her but he didn’t have good models to teach him how to be a moral man. It was never about love, he didn’t care what woman was with him, he just needed someone to hold him down while he he worked towards what he wanted. He was selfish for sure.
8:40 I'm floored by your interpretation of this scene. Melinda is the infuriating one. She has the free will to send him away but she takes him back because she feels entitled to his future earnings and this injury gets to be a button she can push when they inevitably argue the rest of their lives
I read your other comment too so I have a question. If she wanted his money so terribly, why did she eventually leave? Why did she care if he was maybe cheating on her again? Why go through the process of mortgaging a house? Why did she say she can finally rest after Prescott banned him from the premises? She didn’t take him back at the time of the accident because she wanted his money, she loved that man to stupidity. I’m not gonna say she wasn’t slow for taking him back period but she literally was only staying with him out of love because he genuinely brought nothing else to the table. She wasn’t playing the long game. If genuinely felt she was entitled, she would’ve left long ago. Then came back to sue for the rest.
If you've read some of my other comments, you know im a child of specifically this kind of marriage, and her staying had nothing to do with love. She (and you in the video) both acknowledge that their relationship wasn't based on love, and she started to resent him... maybe even hate him by the end. She had literally invested every cent into this man and she was waiting for a retuen on her investment. It wasn't about the money in a financial sense but she did come trying to seduce him after he gave her money and paid off her mama's house. The sex she was hoping they'd have was her ticket back into his life to be the wife of the a great inventor and all the prestige that comes with it. So no...she didnt care about the money he gave her but it was absolutely about the money she gave him. She knew exactly how much she invested in him and she got TEN TIMES that amount back but she wants the ability to say what she did for him and how he owes her his entire life. She's not wrong on those facts but she is being unreasonable and so are you.
But the thing is you said your mother sabotaged your father. Melinda never sabotaged Robert in anyway. She literally funded that battery to be made and he paid her back by marrying the woman he cheated on her with and giving her the life that he promised her. Everything to someone who didn’t stand by him through perpetual downs and only got with him when he was up. The movie isn’t about money even though it’s a focal point. It’s about betrayal. He betrayed this woman countless times and y’all said it doesn’t matter. I find it weird.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialMaybe you wouldn't find it so weird if you weren't trying to make the case that him being the biggest asshole ever was a capital offence. The fact that she stayed with him during his fuckery makes her culpable for her own actions. The detail about my mom sabotaging my dad was meant more of a contrast to Robert bc.my dad had many jobs but his earning potential was hindered by her constant interference. If anything, the main person Melinda sabotaged was herself by holding onto this man because she wanted the things he promised to buy her even when it was heslthier to walk away. I would also call flipping his RV sabotage.
@@esm82ifyThat man was a parasite. Your story has nothing to do with this. Melinda literally funded his battery and his lifestyle, took on all the burden of his education, the bills, the emotional and physical labour because she loved him and he kept using her. Blame her all you want but there is nothing you can say that will justify the husband using and abusing Melinda, cheating on her, gave her lifelong mental distress, manipulated and love bombed her making her feel as if he loves her making her want to stay. He destroyed her life and then threw pennies at her. He was a piece of garbage through and through.
Def was not justified lol. She made a choice like he made a choice. He couldn’t write his wrong enough for her until he took off. Was willing to pay her some bread. Real good money at that and she decided no , that wasn’t good enough she wild out
They talked about how’d they’d live their life when he made it big and then he gives her dream her detailed tailored dream to the next chick??? Nah I’d lose my shit too bc that’s just cruel
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialGranted, I haven't seen this movie in 6 yrs but it absolutely wasn't about rubbing it in her face. That is your take because you're making excuses for a toxic person who chose to ignore the fact that she was now free of him and had gotten back every cent she spent on him with interest. Obviously it can't give her back the last 20 years of her life but it definitely gives her the means to start over. BAD CHOICE
@@Bionic_WebbThen you've lost the plot. Thag dream didn't belong to her. It was HIS dream and he included her because she was the woman in his life but that detail was flexible. Any woman could have been his companion in that dream because she never made any input into what their future looked like in that context. I find it funny though that irony of the second wife being the girl he cheated is lost on most people. Beneath the obvious conflict it creates for Melinda, there is how Diana has had the life she ahoukd have given herself. Because she wasn't involved with Robert, she was able to finish school and build a career while he is still basically the same person he was back then. The only thing she offers him is the opportunity to get back on his feet because she had literally nothing to do with him finally getting the meeting at Prescott.
Nobody made excuse for anything. I said she wasn’t right. Melinda wasn’t toxic until the end. She never abused him or insulted him. She let him be with his battery. Until she got screwed over in a way that she wasn’t able to cope. It’s kinda the whole point that she’s angry that he took 20 years of her life, her ability to bear children and gave everything he promised her to another woman. I think y’all honestly think money solves everything. Do you comprehend how long 20 years is?? She didn’t have to hurt him, no but I absolutely understand.
If you think about it you wouldn't have NEVER BLAME ROBERT! Melinda DECISIONS in life cause her everything she went through! She decided to give up her virginity, she decided to buy him a BRAND NEW CAR, she was the one that couldn't control her emotions and drove into his camper, she was the one that that paid for his tuition and said yes to marriage, knowing he had nothing, only thing I do blame him for is lying about his time in jail, I wouldn't go anywhere and my mother died, are you serious? She kept her sisters in her business, that's a no no, keep family OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE! When she found out he lied she should have divorced him then or stayed with him, she chose to stay; she became bitter towards him and hateful, her sister helped, she had intuition that he wasn't any good; did she want him because she can control him? He was at her mercy? Even if they stayed together she will always have 4 major things over his head; I gave you my virginity, I gave you the money to finish school, I can't get pregnant because of you cheating and you were nothing when I met you; if he would have left her at age 50, it wouldn't have been enough, he gave her 10 million, bought the house back and still wasn't enough? I would have been hugging him, saying thank you lord, take off for the rest of the day, go deposit the check, wait until it clears, quit my job; give my sister's and best friend some money and we are going shopping!!🤣
I just find it funny that you think Robert didn’t do anything and you still think it’s about the money in the end. She literally worked two jobs to keep her sisters from knowing what was going on. The only way that they found out about her losing the house was from their cousin who works at the bank. She stopped involving them once they didn’t come to the wedding. Clearly she couldn’t hold a damn thing over his head considering he cheated on her literally two days after her buying him a brand new car lmao. If she could’ve held it over his head, he would’ve felt some sort of guilt or remorse for the 20 years of their marriage. Nope. As soon as her family sets him up with a job, he gets resentful because she didn’t defend him. He even had the audacity to marry the woman he cheated with. So no clearly Melinda held nothing over him. Just like Melinda made her decisions, Robert made his and they led them both to their demise.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialI call bullshit on the "it led to both their demise" here. He didn't do anything to her that she didn't let him. We all agree that he is a trash human being who preyed on her affection for him and it cost her dearly but as far as his choices led to her trying to kill him a d his new fiancée? No! Not even a little bit. Yoi keep saying "it's not about the money" but it needs to be. Money was at the root of the whole thing....and a splash of pride. If I could Monday Morning Quarterback this thing I'd day she should have forgiven him when he apologised for cheating then put some distance between them. She could have been just his good friend and not given him money.
@@esm82ifyA nice case of victim blaming. "He didn't do anything to her that she didn't let him" A very common statement used every time a destroys a woman's life. The amount of abused women that have heard this bs is quite appalling and is always used to justify the abuse that they go through.
I’m happy he never gave up on himself. Despite her, her sisters and the narrator here he won. The bitterness is sweet. She’s mad because she left, the thing is it was his dream from the beginning he could’ve been with anyone. That’s because he had purpose.
All she wanted was for him to help with the bills. She never told him to stop working on the battery. Ever. He literally chose to be the worst person to someone who literally paid for that battery 🙃.
Thank you for this because I do not understand how it can be overlooked that she was not a victim. If anything, she made a lot of poor choices, including letting her unhappy sisters get into her head. She was confident saying she wanted the divorce and after he excelled, she wanted to feel entitled. He had paid for the house back and even gave her millions. She could have created a new life with the money but instead wanted to stalk a man she gave up on. I think Mr. Perry expected most women to just view this emotionally and not logically.
@@didibjonesLogically, she is legally entitled to much more compensation than he gave her. Leeched off of her like a parasite, destroyed her life, gave her lifelong mental distress, had her fund his "invention", gave it a name. He wouldn't be anywhere close to where he was without her support. He was a bastard that did not deserve any happiness.
I don’t think she was justified at all. Most men work long, gruelling hours at jobs they don’t even like to provide for their family and keep their partner happy. Still, their partners will divorce them (a majority of the time) and take half their earnings, the kids etc. but you rarely see men complaining “oh she took years from my life.” This particular film put a lot of women in men’s shoes and they hated it.
And I stand by the fact that men/women/nonbinary people should leave if they feel as trapped as Melinda did with an unhelpful partner like Robert and they have the right to feel screwed over for having their time and money stolen from them. I would be saying the same thing no matter the gender. Plus no one put men in the position of provider except men so that’s an entirely different discussion lmao
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialHave you actually taken out the time to consider how silly your defence of Melinda sounds if the roles are reversed. Would Michael Ealy get your sympathy if he drive his Jeep into an RV his girlfriend was in with another dude? Would you still care if he worked two jobs to put her through school while she worked on her dream? Would you expect him to stand up to his nagging ass sisters or brothers when they came into their home being rude? What if he filed for divorce and she finally hit the jackpot? She gets all the things she promised herself and he comes around wanting to get back together...but she's with that dude from college. Can Michael Ealy try to kill them and get the same sympathy?
This is absolute bs. I have consistently seen men whine about how much money and time they lost with a woman who divorced them and a lot of the times for good reason. Partners don't divorce each other if they are happy. And it's hilarious how you think how this movie put "women in men's shoes" as if women haven't already been destroying their entire lives, youth and their mental health for the sake of their families. The amount of sacrifices and compromises they make in the name of family should be a crime but here we are. "Taking half the earnings" is a pretty interesting thing to complain about since this applies to men as well. Whoever is the main breadwinner gets to pay the dependent spouse half their earnings because it is considered an opportunity cost plus the money that they earned because of the dependent spouse's contribution managing and taking care of the house that gave them the time and opportunity to make that money. Taking the kids? How many men actually right for their kids custody? 😂 Tell them to step up and then watch the courts change their tune. All you proved by your comment is just how sexist and misogynistic you are and will do anything to justify a cheating parasite of a man who robbed a woman of her life, money, health which led to her death. Absolutely pathetic.
23:35 There it is again! You keep commenting "it's not about the money" after showing that she sued him for what she's "owed" then just now you said "After deacdes of resentment and her basically getting nothing for it" She put $1.1 million into him and he gave her $10 million that he would have never been required to because she was pettioner for the divorce and he didn't get his deal until after their divorce was finalised. That may have even been part of the reason he was second guessing her when she asked for a divorce. He wasn't trying to keep her...he was trying to keep her vested for equal divison of assets. I think he knows he was a terrible husband and a shitty human being in general so he wanted to ensure she didn't walk away empty-handed 23:35 Why do we keep pretending like this damn lady isn't the reason he can't have children? SHE drove the car into the RV being a damn rage demon. He didn't have any part in her choice to do that. Repossessing the car she bought him without his knowledge or just knocking on the damn door would have been better solutions 34:05 "Little to nothing to show for it" as you show a zoomed in image of the check for $10 million he is under no legal obligation to offer (as state by the judge when she sued him for more). He also bought back the house she lost due to his tomfoolery. What...does it only count if they're still married? If she had still been his wife she could've probaby made a case for a 50/50 split or more becasue she came up with the name. If she had been more level headed during their divorce, she coukd have negotiated a percentage of future success...but nope. This is the downfall of always leaning into irrational anger. I mean...we all have our own ways of coping with being disrespected the way Robert did during their marriage, but the way she copes doesn’t really leave room for a win.
I feel like Tyler enjoys making black women, who have the right to be mad, shame them for being mad
Seriously, our main girl has faults but the film never seems to make the main guy look bad compare to her
Like the whole narrative is basically “Why would she do something like this after being mistreated for years and having untreated mental health issues??” Yeah she made her poor choices but it’s not like they didn’t see this coming because they tried to stop her.
It's pretty blatant to a logical thinking person that this man is a piece of shit and that she has a very disturbing anger problem. The movie sets up BOTH that he's a user and she's an entitled rage demon. Running into the man's RV and turning ot on it's side should have been a turning point for her. She had to have a hysterectomy. (WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COUNTED FOR THE "ROBERT SUCKS" TALLY) Her reproductive health and that 25k she spent getting him a car should have been the last things he took from her
I think what’s so interesting about Robert is that he’s is not mean or calculating person. But he has an extreme case of main character syndrome. Everything is him and his battery and everyone else including his wife are just the supporting cast. Notice how he’s so single focused. He never even shopped the battery to other companies because it had to be Prescott. It had to be exactly as HE envisioned it. I think what pissed me off the most is that he refused the initial offer to prescott. Now, i would never tell someone to accept than their worth but just this once Robert could have put his ego aside and help his wife save their house. The wife that sacrificed so much for his dream and he couldn’t even do that much for her
It’s funny how he put endless time into that battery but not into getting her back. Then had the nerve to give the girl he cheated with everything he planned on giving her. And he lowballed her with the money! She should have at least gotten 1/3 of it.
I agree but I think those were just his dreams. If he made it he would’ve just inserted any woman he was with at the moment.
THIS!!!!
Tyler Perry movies erks me …he makes movies where black women are always angry and it’s their fault for why they’re angry and makes them views in a terrible way . When in reality it is someone else that caused them to be that way .
Malcolm X said it. We black women are the most disrespected and least protected
Although I agree this shouldn't be a trope that gets assigned to all Black women, there are real-life versions of this character and they don't get a pass...not from me. Some versions of these women are mothers and they inflict this abuse on their children in addition to their spouse.
It's literally that same energy y'all gave R. Kelly. Because of the historical implications of Black men being wrongly accused of rape, everyone stood by while this grown ass man married a 15 yo Aaliyah and declared himself "the Pied Piper of R&B". The story of the Pied Paper ends with him playing music and leading all of the children away.
the entire plot of this movie is "Melinda, I get. Was it worth dying over? No. But I get it."
That’s what I’m sayin. I too would crash out but goodness
I just realized this movie’s about sunk cost fallacy. They should have broken up when he asked for the car
EXACTLY
Because of the conversation Diana had with Robert while he was in the tub makes me think she set this all up💯because there was no guarantee that the 75 million licensing deal was gonna happen if he was still married to Malinda and coincidentally how the woman Robert cheated on his current wife 20 years ago is now head of the company he wants to notice his invention somehow loses her wallet in his truck making his wife think he’s cheating again and want a divorce to know the new chick is taking care of him and scores a 75 million licensing deal opposed to the 800k that was offered during his marriage?????! Its giving set up and she’s a gold digger
Exact exactly. She planted those little seeds and Robert is so damn gullible that he took the bait
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🤣🤣 R u serious? No its called bad writing by Tyler Perry; if sh set that up, why didn't she pull his file right away? He didn't divorce she did, listening to her sisters, keeping your family out of your business was also another thing this story was trying to tell you, also her anger caused her to be foolish, she caused all of her problems from the beginning, her bad decisions from giving up her virginity to buying him a brand new car, paying his tuitio, etc
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I want to add also when Diana was going through his tapes explaining the inventions..?
@@GenX7119 two things can be true at once💯Tyler isn’t the best writer but also in the context of the movie she had a motive to be invested in Robert. Yes, Malinda divorced him but why tho? Cause she thought he was cheating with the same girl he cheated on her the first time and even the details of that situation has bad writing and plot points but still ain’t no woman is gonna lose her wallet and not notice and when it’s returned to her she accuse Robert of stealing it and basically said f his feelings on the situation as if her actions didn’t cause their divorce to happen
Melinda literally had Stockholm Syndrome she kept going back to the man who hurt her the most. Robert took everything from her if you think about it, he took her money, he’s literally the reason why she can’t even have children if you think about it, he kind of stole her innocence in a way, and he completely stole was little faith she had in him. It was clear Melinda was having trouble believing in him and trusting him and it only took Robert having lunch with that woman for her to snap because 1. It was the same girl from all those years ago, and 2. He didn’t even tell her he was going to lunch with that woman in hopes to get his battery produced. I believe Melinda was done dirty from the very beginning and she only went as far as she did for revenge because this is not the first time he’s been with that woman, but I think what really pissed me off is the fact that Robert really couldn’t see what he did wrong and just thought the money would fix things. ROBERT YOU RUINED HER LIFE BY DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING YOU BUM! All he did was take and take and take until he basically sucked the life out of her to the point where she only knew how to be miserable and at that point she couldn’t get better because the man that hurt her was always going to be on her mind because that’s the only man she had ever loved, and she lost him because she couldn’t trust him anymore which is his own damn fault that’s why you don’t cheat. Melinda could’ve been a better person if Robert just got a job and helped her out, but nope he decided the battery came before his own wife like I can’t stand him.
Then again Melinda isn’t good either like why would you go as far as to try to kill them on a boat like she was actually insane at that point. Her sisters only tried helping her and she was like fuck yall I’ll do what I want, but the price she paid was death….Tyler Perry wtf.
If you think about it you wouldn't have NEVER BLAME ROBERT! Melinda DECISIONS in life cause her everything she went through! She decided to give up her virginity, she decided to buy him a BRAND NEW CAR, she was the one that couldn't control her emotions and drove into his camper, she was the one that that paid for his tuition and said yes to marriage, knowing he had nothing, only thing I do blame him for is lying about his time in jail, I wouldn't go anywhere and my mother died, are you serious? She kept her sisters in her business, that's a no no, keep family OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE! When she found out he lied she should have divorced him then or stayed with him, she chose to stay; she became bitter towards him and hateful, her sister helped, she had intuition that he wasn't any good; did she want him because she can control him? He was at her mercy? Even if they stayed together she will always have 4 major things over his head; I gave you my virginity, I gave you the money to finish school, I can't get pregnant because of you cheating and you were nothing when I met you; if he would have left her at age 50, it wouldn't have been enough, he gave her 10 million, bought the house back and still wasn't enough? I would have been hugging him, saying thank you lord, take off for the rest of the day, go deposit the check, wait until it clears, quit my job; give my sister's and best friend some money and we are going shopping!!🤣
She ALSO WAS THE ONE THAT DECIDED TO GET ON THE YACHT AND TRY TO MURK PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS SCARY! NO ONE MADE MELINDA DO ANYTHING, HE MANIPULATED THE SITUATION, YES, DID HE FORCE HER? NO.
@@GenX7119 you know what you got a point I did not think of it that way.
I just find it weird that you say there’s a problem with accountability when you gave Robert none. Just like no one made Melinda stay with Robert, no one made him a bum but himself. Sorry.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficial Which is also true. I’m literally going to rewatch the movie and now that I’ve watched this video I’m going to look back at the situation.
I saw this in the movie theater when it first came out. It made me so mad, it was an atrocity. And if anything she could have sued for the name. She gave him the name for his product. And Robert is dirty for saying, “I still love you” but gave everything to his mistress of a decade. Robert was really a loser.
tyler wants women to settle for dusties, if you dont then you will end up elone n die🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bro really said suffer with this man or live alone in peace but if you don’t choose to suffer you’re garbage 😭😭
Yes the ex husband tried to get back with her but instead of making a more of an effort he moved in reverse instead of forward. He could of had anyone but got back with that woman.
the korean part is killing me so bad 😭
Man upset me so bad I switched languages 😭😭
Robert was selfish and terrible, but he paid Melinda for her trouble. 10x over. He gave her $10 million dollars. She herself said he owed her a little over $1 million. As for the life that he promised her, she herself said that those were things that HE wanted. He was dead wrong to give them to another woman after taking advantage of Melinda for 20 years. (I still don’t understand why he couldn’t get a job, any job, while working to get his juvenile record expunged and finding some other place to take his battery.) Robert should have begged Melinda to take him back after he hit it rich, but he didn’t. He gave the things that HE wanted to HIS new fiancé. Melinda should have taken her $10 million dollars, found what SHE wanted, and reckoned with her crash out tendencies.
He may have paid back the money lost plus interest, but that does nothing for the emotional therapy. Melinda needed intense therapy
She got 10mil she could’ve went and bought herself all she wanted 😂 she let her emotions kill her and drive her crazy
Omg I just realized this is basically the Betty Broderick Story! Great breakdown !
Omg yess!
None of her actions can be rationalized, literally. Could've left that man where he stood as soon as she caught him cheating
Oh no none of it was rational at all. Every decision she made was irrational as hell. Never even close to the word.
@CocoaCosmosOfficial still should've left that man where he was standing, people have to control themselves.
Call me delusional but I blame her sisters. They knew she was mentally ill since she was little and never tried to get her help until it was too late. Didn’t even try after her accident when she was literally in the hospital where they could’ve talked to someone.
@CocoaCosmosOfficial I wouldn't call you delusional but it's definitely no ones fault but her own, it's not their responsibility to make sure she gets the help she needed, even if it was you can only lead a horse to water. A person has to come to that realization themselves, what happened to her was bad enough but things could've gotten much worse
That’s fair honestly. Because when she did get court ordered talk therapy, she wasn’t very cooperative and it’s only so much you can do as an outside element to the whole situation
Talk about underrated show hit the floor
This is one of the better tyler perry movies. The main woman character has every wish for snapping. I'm happy it all worked out for robert until it didn't. He isnt innocent here at all. And the main woman ended up losing her freedom. So really there was no happy ending here.
good video. i still think she was bugging. should have left him early on
Ngl she was bugging hard for not leaving him when she wasn’t super tied to him
Diana was defiantly villain for throwing her pregnancy in Malendas face, she's not a girls girl.
I'm just gonna say this. I was raised by this kind of woman. I actually saw this movie for my 36th birthday and sat two seats away from the character on this screen. She cheered her on the same way she cheered on Betty Broderick.
I truly think that it's generational...women like this have this mindset that if they stick with a man in an unhappy marriage, they're entitled to access to all future assets while consistently being the main ingredient hindering that man's success. In my mom's case, my dad worked no less than three jibs for most of my life but we bounced in and out of permanent housing because she always sabotaged his ability to work by disabling his vehicles, tossing all his clothes in the tub and filling it with water, etc. Then she gets to say, "Why are we getting evicted if you're working all these jobs?"
When I watched this movie, i was particularly stricken by the fact that Melinda eas no longer able to have children because I've been that child in the middle, and it sucks. You (or I) end(ed) up being the punching bag for when the husband decides to sleep somewhere else for a few nights.
That's not to say that I side with Robert across the board. I felt like she should have stopped being with him when she caught him cheating and especially when the levels were so high she crashed a cat and got hurt. Or if she gave him that second chance, get out after a couple of years of him not fulfilling any of the promises he made. Truth is point blank period that she was waiting him out to get her hands on "what she was owed" for staying woth him that long. She monetised her mental health until she thought it was no longer profitable. Instead of just cutting her losses for the money she had already spent, she wanted to stick around and try to get paid...somthing she isn't owed nor ahould she have waited so long to realise wouldn't happen.
Thank you for sharing your story. I agree with your assessment of the movie. I wrote a comment about Tyler Perry banking on us (the viewers) to be emotional and not logical. Most of us are expected to be angry/cheer for Melinda because she is a woman, but she did CHOOSE to stay. She chose to take him back and she chose to divorce him even after he vocalized not wanting to.
I think you are right about this possibly being generational because there are plenty women who do not carry themselves this way.
She supported Robert financially, he wouldn't be where he is if it weren't for Malinda's support, she was entitled to at least half of what he made.
@@bellam7546How was Melinda hindering his success? If it weren’t for her, he most likely would have never perfected the battery.
No disrespect but try heal this is nothing in comparison to your situation x God bless 🙏🏾❤️
This movie is not comparable to your childhood. If it wasn’t for Melinda he wouldn’t have graduated college or had a roof over his head. He wouldn’t have any money to put into his dream.
Robert is a textbook narcissist. He manipulated, cheated on and financially abused Melinda throughout their entire relationship. Then, to add insult to injury, he ends up with the other woman and gives her everything he SHOULD have done for the one who contributed to most of his successes. He may have had feelings for her but they were centered around what materialistic things. A man that loves you will do whatever they need to to ensure your family unit is taken care of first.
However, Melinda went wrong by exacting revenge. She should have stayed on the course of healing from that relationship and not focus how much she has put into a person. “Revenge is mine says the Lord” and anything you may have lost, if your faithful to the purpose that he has for you, you will receive ten times more than what the enemy means for harm. And remember, all for which glitters is not gold.
I don’t remember how long it was between when her and Robert had sex and when she caught him cheating on her.. but I feel like she was possibly pregnant. 🤷🏽♀️
Again the timeline is super dumb but if I had to guess, probably two to three months. I don’t think she was pregnant though because I feel like that would’ve been mentioned as many as she blamed him for no children. The writing is messy though so who knows
In a way it’s her fault she should have told him get a job
I mean she did and he pretty much said no 🙃
Please talk about the following movies:
She's Gotta Have It
The Color Purple
School Daze
House Party
Class Act
Poetic Justice
Jason’s Lyric
The Inkwell
Waiting To Exhale
Set It Off
Love Jones
Eve’s Bayou
How To Be A Player
Dead Presidents
The Players Club
The Best Man
Love & Basketball
Baby Boy
Boomerang
Brown Sugar
Dairy Of A Mad Black Woman
Madea's Family Reunion
Daddy's Little Girls
Why Did I Get Married
Why Did I Get Married II
The Family That Preys
Woo
Two Can Play That Game
The Brothers
Deliver Us From Eva
Girlfriends
Madea Goes To Jail
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
This is a long list 😭😭
@@CocoaCosmosOfficial Those are movies that have complex characters.
Girl lol I love your thoughts on this video and I don’t even know you. Good job 😂cocoa cosmos.
Thank you 🥲
The thing is if the two of them would’ve stayed together he would’ve never gotten the million dollar offer. Diana got the offer for him because she wanted him. Robert was horrible. I believe he cared a bit for her but he didn’t have good models to teach him how to be a moral man. It was never about love, he didn’t care what woman was with him, he just needed someone to hold him down while he he worked towards what he wanted. He was selfish for sure.
I think they're both were toxic I needed to be held accountable
8:40 I'm floored by your interpretation of this scene. Melinda is the infuriating one. She has the free will to send him away but she takes him back because she feels entitled to his future earnings and this injury gets to be a button she can push when they inevitably argue the rest of their lives
I read your other comment too so I have a question. If she wanted his money so terribly, why did she eventually leave? Why did she care if he was maybe cheating on her again? Why go through the process of mortgaging a house? Why did she say she can finally rest after Prescott banned him from the premises? She didn’t take him back at the time of the accident because she wanted his money, she loved that man to stupidity. I’m not gonna say she wasn’t slow for taking him back period but she literally was only staying with him out of love because he genuinely brought nothing else to the table. She wasn’t playing the long game. If genuinely felt she was entitled, she would’ve left long ago. Then came back to sue for the rest.
If you've read some of my other comments, you know im a child of specifically this kind of marriage, and her staying had nothing to do with love. She (and you in the video) both acknowledge that their relationship wasn't based on love, and she started to resent him... maybe even hate him by the end. She had literally invested every cent into this man and she was waiting for a retuen on her investment. It wasn't about the money in a financial sense but she did come trying to seduce him after he gave her money and paid off her mama's house. The sex she was hoping they'd have was her ticket back into his life to be the wife of the a great inventor and all the prestige that comes with it. So no...she didnt care about the money he gave her but it was absolutely about the money she gave him. She knew exactly how much she invested in him and she got TEN TIMES that amount back but she wants the ability to say what she did for him and how he owes her his entire life. She's not wrong on those facts but she is being unreasonable and so are you.
But the thing is you said your mother sabotaged your father. Melinda never sabotaged Robert in anyway. She literally funded that battery to be made and he paid her back by marrying the woman he cheated on her with and giving her the life that he promised her. Everything to someone who didn’t stand by him through perpetual downs and only got with him when he was up. The movie isn’t about money even though it’s a focal point. It’s about betrayal. He betrayed this woman countless times and y’all said it doesn’t matter. I find it weird.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialMaybe you wouldn't find it so weird if you weren't trying to make the case that him being the biggest asshole ever was a capital offence. The fact that she stayed with him during his fuckery makes her culpable for her own actions.
The detail about my mom sabotaging my dad was meant more of a contrast to Robert bc.my dad had many jobs but his earning potential was hindered by her constant interference. If anything, the main person Melinda sabotaged was herself by holding onto this man because she wanted the things he promised to buy her even when it was heslthier to walk away. I would also call flipping his RV sabotage.
@@esm82ifyThat man was a parasite. Your story has nothing to do with this.
Melinda literally funded his battery and his lifestyle, took on all the burden of his education, the bills, the emotional and physical labour because she loved him and he kept using her.
Blame her all you want but there is nothing you can say that will justify the husband using and abusing Melinda, cheating on her, gave her lifelong mental distress, manipulated and love bombed her making her feel as if he loves her making her want to stay.
He destroyed her life and then threw pennies at her. He was a piece of garbage through and through.
The fact that they got a second one coming out 🥴
No wayyyy 😭😭
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Saving for later... can't wait to watch this.
Please do another Tyler Perry movie review.
Def was not justified lol. She made a choice like he made a choice. He couldn’t write his wrong enough for her until he took off. Was willing to pay her some bread. Real good money at that and she decided no , that wasn’t good enough she wild out
There’s a difference between righting a wrong and him rubbing it in her face. It wasn’t really about the money lol
They talked about how’d they’d live their life when he made it big and then he gives her dream her detailed tailored dream to the next chick??? Nah I’d lose my shit too bc that’s just cruel
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialGranted, I haven't seen this movie in 6 yrs but it absolutely wasn't about rubbing it in her face. That is your take because you're making excuses for a toxic person who chose to ignore the fact that she was now free of him and had gotten back every cent she spent on him with interest. Obviously it can't give her back the last 20 years of her life but it definitely gives her the means to start over. BAD CHOICE
@@Bionic_WebbThen you've lost the plot. Thag dream didn't belong to her. It was HIS dream and he included her because she was the woman in his life but that detail was flexible. Any woman could have been his companion in that dream because she never made any input into what their future looked like in that context.
I find it funny though that irony of the second wife being the girl he cheated is lost on most people. Beneath the obvious conflict it creates for Melinda, there is how Diana has had the life she ahoukd have given herself. Because she wasn't involved with Robert, she was able to finish school and build a career while he is still basically the same person he was back then. The only thing she offers him is the opportunity to get back on his feet because she had literally nothing to do with him finally getting the meeting at Prescott.
Nobody made excuse for anything. I said she wasn’t right. Melinda wasn’t toxic until the end. She never abused him or insulted him. She let him be with his battery. Until she got screwed over in a way that she wasn’t able to cope. It’s kinda the whole point that she’s angry that he took 20 years of her life, her ability to bear children and gave everything he promised her to another woman. I think y’all honestly think money solves everything. Do you comprehend how long 20 years is?? She didn’t have to hurt him, no but I absolutely understand.
If you think about it you wouldn't have NEVER BLAME ROBERT! Melinda DECISIONS in life cause her everything she went through! She decided to give up her virginity, she decided to buy him a BRAND NEW CAR, she was the one that couldn't control her emotions and drove into his camper, she was the one that that paid for his tuition and said yes to marriage, knowing he had nothing, only thing I do blame him for is lying about his time in jail, I wouldn't go anywhere and my mother died, are you serious? She kept her sisters in her business, that's a no no, keep family OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE! When she found out he lied she should have divorced him then or stayed with him, she chose to stay; she became bitter towards him and hateful, her sister helped, she had intuition that he wasn't any good; did she want him because she can control him? He was at her mercy? Even if they stayed together she will always have 4 major things over his head; I gave you my virginity, I gave you the money to finish school, I can't get pregnant because of you cheating and you were nothing when I met you; if he would have left her at age 50, it wouldn't have been enough, he gave her 10 million, bought the house back and still wasn't enough? I would have been hugging him, saying thank you lord, take off for the rest of the day, go deposit the check, wait until it clears, quit my job; give my sister's and best friend some money and we are going shopping!!🤣
I just find it funny that you think Robert didn’t do anything and you still think it’s about the money in the end. She literally worked two jobs to keep her sisters from knowing what was going on. The only way that they found out about her losing the house was from their cousin who works at the bank. She stopped involving them once they didn’t come to the wedding. Clearly she couldn’t hold a damn thing over his head considering he cheated on her literally two days after her buying him a brand new car lmao. If she could’ve held it over his head, he would’ve felt some sort of guilt or remorse for the 20 years of their marriage. Nope. As soon as her family sets him up with a job, he gets resentful because she didn’t defend him. He even had the audacity to marry the woman he cheated with. So no clearly Melinda held nothing over him. Just like Melinda made her decisions, Robert made his and they led them both to their demise.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialI call bullshit on the "it led to both their demise" here. He didn't do anything to her that she didn't let him. We all agree that he is a trash human being who preyed on her affection for him and it cost her dearly but as far as his choices led to her trying to kill him a d his new fiancée? No! Not even a little bit.
Yoi keep saying "it's not about the money" but it needs to be. Money was at the root of the whole thing....and a splash of pride.
If I could Monday Morning Quarterback this thing I'd day she should have forgiven him when he apologised for cheating then put some distance between them. She could have been just his good friend and not given him money.
@@esm82ifyA nice case of victim blaming.
"He didn't do anything to her that she didn't let him"
A very common statement used every time a destroys a woman's life. The amount of abused women that have heard this bs is quite appalling and is always used to justify the abuse that they go through.
I’m happy he never gave up on himself. Despite her, her sisters and the narrator here he won. The bitterness is sweet. She’s mad because she left, the thing is it was his dream from the beginning he could’ve been with anyone. That’s because he had purpose.
All she wanted was for him to help with the bills. She never told him to stop working on the battery. Ever. He literally chose to be the worst person to someone who literally paid for that battery 🙃.
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialAnd she should have left him as soon as he asked for tuition (sooner actually)
Thank you for this because I do not understand how it can be overlooked that she was not a victim. If anything, she made a lot of poor choices, including letting her unhappy sisters get into her head. She was confident saying she wanted the divorce and after he excelled, she wanted to feel entitled. He had paid for the house back and even gave her millions. She could have created a new life with the money but instead wanted to stalk a man she gave up on. I think Mr. Perry expected most women to just view this emotionally and not logically.
@@esm82ifyAnd that's where the manipulation tactics come in.
@@didibjonesLogically, she is legally entitled to much more compensation than he gave her.
Leeched off of her like a parasite, destroyed her life, gave her lifelong mental distress, had her fund his "invention", gave it a name.
He wouldn't be anywhere close to where he was without her support. He was a bastard that did not deserve any happiness.
I don’t think she was justified at all. Most men work long, gruelling hours at jobs they don’t even like to provide for their family and keep their partner happy. Still, their partners will divorce them (a majority of the time) and take half their earnings, the kids etc. but you rarely see men complaining “oh she took years from my life.” This particular film put a lot of women in men’s shoes and they hated it.
And I stand by the fact that men/women/nonbinary people should leave if they feel as trapped as Melinda did with an unhelpful partner like Robert and they have the right to feel screwed over for having their time and money stolen from them. I would be saying the same thing no matter the gender. Plus no one put men in the position of provider except men so that’s an entirely different discussion lmao
@@CocoaCosmosOfficialHave you actually taken out the time to consider how silly your defence of Melinda sounds if the roles are reversed. Would Michael Ealy get your sympathy if he drive his Jeep into an RV his girlfriend was in with another dude? Would you still care if he worked two jobs to put her through school while she worked on her dream? Would you expect him to stand up to his nagging ass sisters or brothers when they came into their home being rude? What if he filed for divorce and she finally hit the jackpot? She gets all the things she promised herself and he comes around wanting to get back together...but she's with that dude from college. Can Michael Ealy try to kill them and get the same sympathy?
This is absolute bs. I have consistently seen men whine about how much money and time they lost with a woman who divorced them and a lot of the times for good reason.
Partners don't divorce each other if they are happy.
And it's hilarious how you think how this movie put "women in men's shoes" as if women haven't already been destroying their entire lives, youth and their mental health for the sake of their families. The amount of sacrifices and compromises they make in the name of family should be a crime but here we are.
"Taking half the earnings" is a pretty interesting thing to complain about since this applies to men as well.
Whoever is the main breadwinner gets to pay the dependent spouse half their earnings because it is considered an opportunity cost plus the money that they earned because of the dependent spouse's contribution managing and taking care of the house that gave them the time and opportunity to make that money.
Taking the kids? How many men actually right for their kids custody? 😂
Tell them to step up and then watch the courts change their tune.
All you proved by your comment is just how sexist and misogynistic you are and will do anything to justify a cheating parasite of a man who robbed a woman of her life, money, health which led to her death.
Absolutely pathetic.
Get therapy girl. Part of me even thinks you're swamped in patriachy and hate your mother.
He didn’t work during that marriage until they told him to he was selfish
23:35 There it is again! You keep commenting "it's not about the money" after showing that she sued him for what she's "owed" then just now you said "After deacdes of resentment and her basically getting nothing for it" She put $1.1 million into him and he gave her $10 million that he would have never been required to because she was pettioner for the divorce and he didn't get his deal until after their divorce was finalised. That may have even been part of the reason he was second guessing her when she asked for a divorce. He wasn't trying to keep her...he was trying to keep her vested for equal divison of assets.
I think he knows he was a terrible husband and a shitty human being in general so he wanted to ensure she didn't walk away empty-handed
23:35 Why do we keep pretending like this damn lady isn't the reason he can't have children? SHE drove the car into the RV being a damn rage demon. He didn't have any part in her choice to do that. Repossessing the car she bought him without his knowledge or just knocking on the damn door would have been better solutions
34:05 "Little to nothing to show for it" as you show a zoomed in image of the check for $10 million he is under no legal obligation to offer (as state by the judge when she sued him for more). He also bought back the house she lost due to his tomfoolery. What...does it only count if they're still married? If she had still been his wife she could've probaby made a case for a 50/50 split or more becasue she came up with the name. If she had been more level headed during their divorce, she coukd have negotiated a percentage of future success...but nope. This is the downfall of always leaning into irrational anger. I mean...we all have our own ways of coping with being disrespected the way Robert did during their marriage, but the way she copes doesn’t really leave room for a win.
Just admit that you hate your mother, simple! Cause it's wild to me how you could think Robert is some innocent victim. Get therapy.
Yeah it’s not about the money it’s about fucking with him duh did that completely go over your head.
Go seek therapy babes. Melinda is not your mother! Just say you hate your mother and go.
Or a thine line between love and hate bcse she wa right and not crazy just like this @cocoacosmos