Ex Girl Friends Ex Boy Friends

[peterm1]

With all of the sentiment in this specific thread, I think it is time for me to insert a video (that I may have posted somewhere on RFF before -or not, I cannot recall). It's a poignant and lovely scene from the long running "Madmen" series of a decade ago about characters in an advertising firm on Madison Avenue. In this scene Don Draper (the main character and top salesman / advertising guy makes a "pitch" to the Kodak Eastman firm for the contract to create the advertising program for their new "Carousel" slide projector. (Who else here is old enough to recall this product? - I can vaguely recall an older relative demonstrating his.)

In the pitch he brings in sentiment, nostalgia, sadness, longing and memories of lost love. (Don has recently broken from his wife and family which provides added meaning and poignancy to his words.) It's a wonderful scene and shows what really good story telling can do and of course how photographs can contribute to life, which is the central theme of this clip and the real point of me posting it here.

I found it very moving. (Something I seldom do in T.V. mini series). As a slightly humorous aside, I especially enjoy the "stunned mullet" look on the faces of the potential clients as the presentation ends, which demonstrates more than words that Don Draper has hit the mark.

 

[boojum]

Brusby, you should have never let her get away. Same goes for you Boojum.

We don't always have a choice.

Masha died in 2010. I had not seen her in decades but in my mind I still see and hear her as is it were only last week. Never met a woman again so great as that one. We spent hours and hours just talking. She was a polymath and could talk knowledgeably about anything. No one ever knew me as well, nor I her.

 

[brusby]

Brusby, you should have never let her get away. Same goes for you Boojum.

I was an idiot.

 

[Shadams]

With all of the sentiment in this specific thread, I think it is time for me to insert a video (that I may have posted somewhere on RFF before -or not, I cannot recall). It's a poignant and lovely scene from the long running "Madmen" series of a decade ago about characters in an advertising firm on Madison Avenue. In this scene Don Draper (the main character and top salesman / advertising guy makes a "pitch" to the Kodak Eastman firm for the contract to create the advertising program for their new "Carousel" slide projector. (Who else here is old enough to recall this product? - I can vaguely recall an older relative demonstrating his.)

In the pitch he brings in sentiment, nostalgia, sadness, longing and memories of lost love. (Don has recently broken from his wife and family which provides added meaning and poignancy to his words.) It's a wonderful scene and shows what really good story telling can do and of course how photographs can contribute to life, which is the central theme of this clip and the real point of me posting it here.

I found it very moving. (Something I seldom do in T.V. mini series). As a slightly humorous aside, I especially enjoy the "stunned mullet" look on the faces of the potential clients as the presentation ends, which demonstrates more than words that Don Draper has hit the mark.

This is powerful. Deeply touching. And significantly meaningful. Thank you.
S

 

[boojum]

This all brings to mind the line: "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"

All relationships end badly. Someone dies or someone leaves. That's just how it is. But we put that aside for the glowing moments of a really good relationship. That's the sacrifice we make, knowingly or unknowingly. Life entails a lot of pain but also a great deal of joy. In the book the Godfather's dying words are, "Life is so beautiful." Try to keep that in mind.

 

[peterm1]

This thread is becoming a tear jerker after all.
Emotions are pouring out.
RFF members are real human beings!

No we are not! We just add it in "post". 😆 😆 😆 😆

 

[yardbent1941]

my ex-wife in Vancouver, BC Canada @ 1970's

she 'moved-on' after 11 years - absolutely killed my heart - I'm still in love with her, and still single.

 

[skopar steve]

That's a heart breaking post.

 

[peterm1]

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. 🙂
An old friend.
As with many such relationships, many good memories..................and some bad. (Sounds pretty normal to me.)
I do not know why the photo is so soft............it just is, perhaps because it is one of very few which still exist or can be found.
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I just discovered what you can do photographically with AI. Interesting how good if CAN be though not always quite so impressive as the following especially when comparing to the previous original image posted above, which was very low res. Just for the hell of it, after trialing AI with some other old photos of my family antecedents and being called back to this thread by some further posts and comments I thought what the hell, just for "shits and giggles" I would reprocess the above using the following online resource:

Sharpen Image Online Free – AI-Powered Image Sharpener

The result was quite impressive and though I would argue that the image shows signs of AI (mainly it is too good to be true) it's nevertheless very real to life. (And I knew the lady well, back in the day so I know what I am talking about.)

So, AI can work I guess. Have fun with your old images of old exes. 😆 😆

 

[boojum]

Indeed. I do remember her smiling when we were together.