由此,不由使我想起了一部由Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep主演的电影《Kramer vs Kramer》中文翻译为《克莱默夫妇之争》,该电影一举夺得了1981年度包括最佳影片,最佳导演,最佳男主角,最佳女配角等5项奥斯卡金奖。
Ted和Joanna结婚八年,他们有个6岁半的儿子Billy,Ted是一个不分日夜工作的事业狂,Joanna是个有学历专业但是为了婚姻和家庭而被迫放弃工作在家做了8年的家庭主妇。一天晚上,刚刚被通知获得晋升的Ted兴冲冲回到家,Joanna却突然告诉他,她现在就要离家出走,因为她需要找回原来的自己,她让Ted独自抚养Billy,因为她现在无力照顾他,于是本来波澜不惊的家庭生活瞬间彻底打乱掉了,从Ted为Billy做第一天的早餐French Toast开始就mess up
Ted Kramer: No. I'm staying here with you. You can't get rid of me that easy.
Billy Kramer: That's why Mommy left, isn't it? Because I was bad?
Ted Kramer: Is that what you think? No. That's not it, Billy. Your mom loves you very much... and the reason she left has nothing to do with you. I don't know if this will make sense, but I'll try to explain it to you. I think the reason why Mommy left... was because for a long time... I kept trying to make her be a certain kind of person. A certain kind of wife that I thought she was supposed to be. And she just wasn't like that. She was... She just wasn't like that. I think that she tried for so long to make me happy... and when she couldn't, she tried to talk to me about it. But I wasn't listening. I was too busy, too wrapped up... just thinking about myself. And I thought that anytime I was happy, she was happy. But I think underneath she was very sad. Mommy stayed here longer than she wanted because she loves you so much. And the reason why Mommy couldn't stay anymore... was because she couldn't stand me. She didn't leave because of you. She left because of me. Go to sleep now because it's really late, okay? Good night. Sleep tight.
Margaret 是Ted和Joanna共同朋友,并最初劝告Joanna离开Ted,如果她觉得和Ted在一起lonely。Margaret是一个单身母亲,此时她和泰德同病相怜,他们一起在公园里看着他们的孩子们玩耍,亲眼见证了Ted做为单身父亲而带来的巨大变化,看到了已经是相依为命的父子两人都把他们各自的生命融入了对方,已经是无法分开了。