A few hours ago, I watched an episode of The Nanny about Slyvia (the nanny-turned-millionaire-producer-wife’s mother) got into an affair with a doctor. Nanny Fayne, of course, became very outraged (and more emotional than ever because of her pregnancy) with the idea of her mother betraying her father.
Later on though, Nanny Faynes’s father, with the help from his daughter and, weird and awkward as it may sound, from the interference and piece of advise from Sylvia’s lover, realized how much he has neglected his wife. According to him, he and Sylvia were a team and he cares very deeply for his wife. Only, he didn’t realize how neglected and “un-special” Sylvia felt from competing for his attention away from eating and slouching on his couch watching the sport’s channel.
The episode ended with Nanny Fayne, Maxwell (Nanny’s husband), and Nanny’s parents spending a romantic evening dining in an expensive restaurant. Better than that, as a form of apology, Nanny’s father sang a very romantic song to Sylvia in front of everyone in the restaurant and they slow danced afterwards. Obvious to say, they ended back together. ^^
Cheesy as it may sound, I ended up crying.
Why?
I thought that maybe, just maybe, if couples who had been together very long and ended up in a very comfortable and routine-like relationship, could find time to make each other feel special and be romantic about it, then there would be less cases of separations in this world. It may not be a sure fire way but it could help retain the spark in a relationship.
And maybe, just maybe I wonder, if the spark and romance was retained in my parent’s relationship way back then, maybe they would have communicated well and they would not have separated…
It is a thought for couples.
The Nanny Maternal Affiair
