I Love You, And I'm Sorry - The Break-Up | RomComs 

When I was younger, I wished Brooke gave him another chance. Now I'm 36 and I've been in her shoes. Sometimes you pour your whole heart into someone and they still don't "get it" until it's too late. Gary is saying all the right things, but I doubt he would follow through with his promises in the long term.

"I don't think I have anything left to give." Probably one of the most painful thing to hear from someone you love.

He finally got her flowers 😢 But he still says, “This has been really tough on ME. The first Sunday after ME and you broke up.” He’s still putting himself first.

It took for his friend to set him straight. Even though she was so clear about her feelings. It’s way too late. It’s a shame. I’m glad she didn’t go back.

I gotta give the guy credit for trying but there's something about his delivery that doesn't come across as 100% genuine. He seems completely clueless. He spews all these words but he just doesn't get this relationship thing. Excellent acting from both of them.

“You left me, and it hit me you were really leaving, and then I felt bad when you cried, so now I made you a single meal.”

The way she said, “I don’t feel the same way” was sheer perfection. I just love this scene and I love that she stood up for herself here.

Though this scene is very painful, I think she made a right decision. He didn’t know she still care about him so much after the breakup. He didn’t want to go to the ballet with her, because ballet is not his fav. But he wanted her to go everywhere he likes, never cares about whether she likes it or not. When she was waiting for him at the concert, and about to cry cause he did not show up. I think she has made the decision to end with him. He destroyed his last chance with shallow thoughts

Here's a classic example of being a day late and a dollar short. And I think the moral of this movie is if you're genuinely interested in trying to fix things with someone, and this applies to both men and women, don't play childish mind-games, but rather be sincere with what you say, and back it up through appropriate action.

This movie, and especially this scene, is so accurate. They def had male and female writers. Men always realize way too late, and women give, give, and give, until they run out and have nothing left. Its so sad.

It's unfortunate how many great women fall in love with a dude's potential and suffer through the real dude hoping that one day they'll match the quality of love they pour onto them. Women, stop falling in love with the imaginary potential of a man.

This speech reminds me of my ex. After they disrespect you to the core of your being and you get the self respect to leave, they apologize with a bunch of “I” centered examples. “I miss you. I want you to be in MY life. I can’t live without you. I will sacrifice doing things I like because I want you back in MY life.” Alignment and principle is what makes a good relationship. If someone isn’t naturally being who you want to be with, let them go. This is too real and too obnoxious.

I love how strong and decisive she is in this scene ❤

She has so much strength in this scene. I would have fell right back into "the trap"!😟

Its to late for him ,the damage have been done, the best scene from the movie ,

Wow - begrudgingly offering to go to the ballet - what a hero.

I used to watch this movie in the background as a kid. I never understood why these two adults couldn't just make up and live a happy life. After living through a serious relationship similar to this one, I get it now. I'm 24 going on 25 this month and I finally get it. You find yourself years into a relationship struggling to keep the butterflies and compromises once promised. Whenever people say marriage and relationships take work, they mean this! It's ensuring that your foundation from the beginning is sturdy and then keeping the house you built together standing strong.

im glad she didnt get back with him, people never change!! he was going to be the same old himself after 3-4 months again

I have cried to times in front of my husband in 15 years. The first time he got mad at me and walked away, the second he had no reaction and walked away. I knew at that moment he didn’t love me. I rarely asked for emotional support and when I needed it he bailed.

"I don't have anything to Give"... That's when you've reached your limit and there's no going back! Those who just "Take" without Giving only realise when it's too late!!!

It's crazy how men here believe the woman was wrong. He practically behaves like a teenager that needs orders from his mother. This is not his mother. Is his partner. She stated every single time what she wanted from him, what she needed. They both worked, and still she was the one coming home and doing all the work for him like she actually was his mother. And men still get the "say how you feel" card out. SERIOUSLY? HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN THE MOVIE? I mean it. Did you pay attention? And to the mothers and fathers here, raise your kids, all of them, to be independent from anyone in any form. They will appreciate it when they get older.

I went through the exact same thing. Same dynamic. Years and years begging for him to see me and to show the bare minimum consistency and affection. Guess what? After I finally left, he blamed me for leaving and was too proud to try to get me back. You can never win with these people. They'll never learn. Leave and don't look back.

After being married 25 years I can honestly say I wish I took myself more seriously when I was younger and did what I wanted to do.

She doesnt even get upset like previously...... the night she cried in the room she knew it was over and no going back 😢😢 she put herself first

This movie taught me to be more honest about how I feel AND stay respectful. I learned to say “I’m not a fan of this thing you love but I’m more than happy to get excited because I want to enjoy things WITH you.” And of course voicing the expectation that I want the same in return. I’m not entitled, but I do deserve them. He shouldn’t be forced to give them to me, but will always be appreciated when he does.

She genuinely didn’t love him anymore.

The speech he gives you before doing the exact same things you left him for. Im happy Brooke understood the assignment. Garry did love her, he might wanna try to change for her, but for how long will this change last? Sometimes you just can’t afford to be hurt again.. sometimes you just have NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE

Typical dude that doesn’t appreciate what he has till it’s gone. By the time most men catch up emotionally, we’ve had to let go of everything we’ve felt to survive the heartbreak. We had no choice bc all trying has completely damaged our capabilities.

It's still a happy ending. Even though Gary struck out here, his character development from start of movie to finish was one of improvement. This scene here and then the responsibility he took after this to get his life together and cleaning his office and getting the tour logs done. His relationship and breakup with Brooke made him grow into his potential. The ultimate victory.

He is destructive and doesn’t allow others to talk to him the way he talks to others. He just dominates and in a cringy cheap way tries to imitate genuine emotions. This scene captures what it is like being with a narc.

Women leave when they finally accept the fact that the person they have tried so hard to fix, is never going to come around. Women go to extreme lengths to stay in a relationship. But once a woman is done, she is done. Women do not lack options. They may lack self-confidence and self validation, which is why they stick with even the worst kind until all their motherly instinct dries up. So when a woman gives up one you, you're never getting another chance. Why? Because she's already given you enough chances.

A heart is like a love meter. Never let your person get "tired" of you. Cause it means they are running on E and when the last drop is gone. It's gone.

Glad I have a man who wants to communicate. He's usually the first to do so, bc I'm afraid of everything, do to my last long , toxic relationship. He understands, and I cherish that.

These were words she probably wished that Brad would have said to her at the time. And I got tears in my eyes.

I’m amazed this movie stuck to its guns and didn’t cop out with a “they get back together” ending. That’s what makes it special to me

I'm glad she didn't give him a chance...he had his chance but just took her for granted that she would stick around no matter what...

Sometimes you can still love someone, but when they hurt you too much, you'll reach a point where the love you're feeling isn't enough anymore to be with that person. At that point you're just exhausted & your heart is ready to heal.

My ex started doing this after I left. And expected me to just go back… and be with him and just ‘get over’ the abuse…

It's a sad deal .. they never seem to be ready to change until we're done ..

Gary … this movie just made me wonder why I should feel sad about their break-up. She is just so much better than him.

It shouldn't take the person leaving you, to do the bare minimum. He for sure would have fell into his bad habits had she stayed.

People need to love themselves before loving others

This is so cathartic and satisfying.

Too little too late

Been there. First they push you to cliff, and when you have nothing left to give, they ask you to come back. But you don't anything to give by then

They both did many things wrong. This movie really shows you how important communication is. They will both have learned to be better partners in their next relationship.

This is exactly how the past 7 years went down with me and my husband, except he never actually prepared a dinner haha same bullshit speech every time with no actual changes. Men like this just tell you what you want to hear without them being genuine, they just realize that once they are affected, they’ll do this for about a week or two to bring you back in and then it’s back to the same old shitshow. If someone wanted to change and make the relationship better, they would without needing more than 2-3 chances tops. And don’t say women don’t communicate. We do all the time, and most of us explicitly say what we want many times but men just choose to ignore it.

When this movie first came out I thought it wasn’t a good ending because they didn’t get back together, but now, in my 30s, I can see how much better it was that she said no. She was doing all the emotional labour and carried all of the mental load and couldn’t take it anymore. Back then we didn’t even have words for those things, so it was quite bold of the writers to end like that.

She did the right thing!

We always want them to be together but the reality is something just can't be fixed. You just have to move on and be happy for each other

You know this was a very good honest movie.

It really does exist, when someone says "It's too late", sometmee, it really is too late.

It’s sad…they will only try, to “try harder” when they know you’ve declared it as over. It goes to show what it really means when, “it’s too late” for a sincere apology. That’s why one cannot wait this late to make the changes. However, at the end of the day, the truth of the matter is, no one should change to keep someone if this is who they really are. Brooke did the right thing for both of them. It’s upsetting to see in the movie because the most painful thing for her to do was to let him go.

Ooohhh when the coin finally falls but nobody's there to listen to the song

They should do more movies together, they have very good on screen chemistry

He's like my awful ex who has a personality disorder. He never got me anything, he tried to return and promised things, but I didn't care about that anymore. I just wanted to be away from him and move on with my life. Brook said she has nothing to give anymore because Brook loves through giving. He loves for himself. So relatable.

This movie made a good point. When one side pour so much into a relationship and the other side dont appreciate whats infront of then until it's too late. It also shows that one side not putting up with the other person anymore knowing the same pattern behavior have a possibility to happen again. Possibility of a viscious cycle that never improves. It teaches the point you don't know what you have till its gone.

Things like this happen, at least he's shaped up a bit and when he finds his one again he hopefully cherishes her this time.

Its been tough on him? WOW

I really cried watching This film.the story reminds me of my life whith my husband

"I don't feel the same way" "I don't think I have anything left to give"

When my mom and I watched this movie, we noticed that Gary didn't have 12 lemons at the center of the table. We thought he would actually do that since he didn't buy them at the beginning of the film for Brooke.

He only did this because he realized what he lost

Seeing this as a kid I wished she took him back. It was also a major wake up call love sometimes ends

THIS PART OF THE MOVIE IS CALLED HONESTY... SHE GAVE AND GAVE AND WHAT I CAN RESPECT IS THAT DUDE TRIED AT THE END THOU AT THE MOMENT IT WAS LATE. A THANK YOU AND GRATITUDE CAN GO A LONG WAY LESSONS LEARNED

This movie was so much like Brad & Jen's lovestory whom jen was being taken for granted and the best revenge ever is to well in life

Loving someone isn’t something you say, it’s how you TREAT someone. It’s what you DO.

Stay single. Life is so much easier .

Why do men want to try after women have had enough. Why guys?

The look he's giving to the guy broke my heart Yet she was completely right not giving him a second chance she knew she deserved so much better

Loveee this movie. Haven't seen it in awhile.

Yes...go girl

Change does not happen overnight.

He took total advantage of her, but also when they broke up she had guys to date to get him jealous. They both wanted each but they just were too stubborn to say sorry I don’t want anyone else. Communication

Sorry Gary you were a few steps late 😢

Heartbreaking

I don't think I have anything left to give

Bingo. I can't give what i don't have ANYMORE. Been down this road before.

Relationships are about convenience. Nothing more. No one loves anyone. Life is cheap, and then you die. ._.

She missed the red flags of immaturity at the beginning, she got what he could give.

After what he said about her family and how he treated her and her friends at game night, there is no way she should get back with him.

I bet he would have gone right back to his BS if she took him back

As they say: too little, too late.

As a 40year old, I see this so differently now. When I was 20 something, I thought why can't they just figure it out? Dial back in and be better/stronger together.. Yes, he took her for granted.. yes, he figured it out too late. But the general premise of this movie is largely told from a woman's point of view. There's frankly more to the story. She could have been more up front, and discussed what she wanted from him prior to it becoming unfixable. Then all the games and trickery that ensues after the break up where the woman is hoping the man steps up and figures it out, eventually becoming what she always wanted in her partner all along.. Men can't read women's minds.. and women struggle to be direct with what they want, and will often mentally check out before physically ending it. It would be great to redo this movie, and add in the effects of social media, dating apps and the now unlimited optionality presented to modern women. Tell the story from the man's perspective as he watches his woman succumb to the endless amounts of attention garnered through the internet and several generations of weak and Godless men.

Too little, too late

Bruh she can only give so much... Live and learn

There’s a point of no return, whenever you feel what you’re about to do or not do is too much or could hurt your partner, that’s the point of no return. Think with a clear and cool mind before you say or do something you’re going to regret your whole life.

As a divorced man I can tell you hes in love with the idea of her, not her. Also, who thought they made a believable couple ffs.

When he said he will never hurt her again. That's just sugar coating. As a man don't make such promises. He just shows that he is so used to lying and dishonest to himself.

Breaking up with a guy like him is nothing but training a manbaby to how to be a loving and caring man and leaving him for another girl.

Her date kind of reminds me of Tom Brady lol

The speech 💬😣😣😣

Ive lived this scene. it’s the curse of men and women. Both wanting to maintain their pride and show strength. No one wants to be the vulnerable one.

go back to playing your videos games Vince.

Too little too late man

Oh god the hand gestures. It feels like he rehearsed to say every right thing and it bothered me how much manipulation there is in this. Him love bombing her but you know for a fact that nothing would change right after. Gives me the ikkk.

Ironically, these two dated in real life and the Break-up happened in 2006.

I’m not cared about and they will never apologize

I dont like it how many people still don't like him in this movie even after this seen. He openly heartedly apologises about his behaviour and admits his wrongs, it's just that it was too late and she had fallen out of love. But even though he had lost her, I feel like he's redeemed himseld right here.

this dude still more well adjusted than Ross tho