I watched Love of My Life on Prime Video last night. I thought the movie was good, and the acting was good, too. However, later in the movie, something happened that made me angry.

What bothered me most was the character’s decision to leave and end relationships without telling anyone. I believe that when you are married or have a longtime friendship that goes all the way back to childhood, you owe people some sort of explanation. You don’t necessarily have to stay in a relationship, but I think the people who have shared so much of your life deserve an explanation.

As I thought about why this bothered me so much, I realized it brought up some personal feelings about relationships in my own life.

I had a childhood friendship that eventually ended, and I had questions about how that friendship ended. I felt those questions could have been answered. I still miss that person, and the way our friendship ended makes me sad. However, I don’t think I want the friendship back because I’m not the same person I was back then.

I think I was changing toward the end of our friendship, and the other person may have felt that change. When I look back at my childhood friendships, I realize I was always agreeable and worked hard to maintain them. I wasn’t as comfortable speaking up for myself.

Over time, I began to change. I started saying what I honestly thought, while still trying to be kind.

Today, I don’t feel the need to work so hard to make a friendship happen. It isn’t as important to me as it used to be to try so hard to make a friend.

I can still feel sad about losing a friendship and miss the way things were back then. But I have also realized that just because I’m sad that the relationship is over doesn’t mean I need to go back.

Watching Love of My Life helped me discover these feelings. What started as anger toward a character turned into a reflection on my own life, my friendships, and how much I have changed.

Sometimes a movie can be good, the acting can be good, and yet a character’s choices can bring up feelings we didn’t even realize were still there.

If you decide to watch Love Of My Life let me know if you liked it or not?