1 | '''Basic Trope''': One half of a couple wants a divorce; the other is reluctant to go through with it. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice wants a divorce from Bob, but Bob procrastinates about signing the papers. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob flat out ''refuses'' to sign the papers. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob repeatedly asks Alice if she is sure, before eventually signing. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Bob still has feelings for Alice, and/or wants to try and see if they can go through marriage counseling and "make it work." |
7 | ** Bob wants to antagonize Alice for leaving him by dragging out the process for as long as possible. |
8 | ** Bob doesn't believe in divorce. |
9 | ** Bob fears he would lose face because of the divorce. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Alice wants Bob to propose marriage to her, but Bob is (for whatever reason(s)) dragging his feet about it. |
12 | ** As soon as Alice mentions that possibility of divorce, Bob is ready to sign the paper, even if Alice does not have them. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** The deadline is fast approaching, and though the papers are unsigned, it's because Bob has been busy and forgot about them. |
15 | ** Or, Bob confronts Alice, and they agree that instead of divorcing, they will try couples' counselling first. |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': It turns out Bob still has feelings for Alice, and has been using "being swamped with work" as an excuse for avoiding the issue. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': [[NoYouHangUpFirst "No, you sign the papers first!"]] |
18 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
19 | * '''Averted''': |
20 | ** AliceAndBob are HappilyMarried, or at least not getting a divorce. |
21 | ** Bob signs the papers right away. |
22 | * '''Enforced''': "We need to segue into a drawn-out romance arc, with an Alice-Bob-Charles LoveTriangle." |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I need him to sign those [[PrecisionFStrike Goddamned, fucking]] papers! Otherwise, Charles and I can't get married!" |
24 | * '''Invoked''': Alice gets involved with Charles, but she wants to get her LazyHusband Bob out of the way. |
25 | * '''Exploited''': Bob is extremely controlling, so refusing to sign the papers is one last way for him to push Alice around. |
26 | * '''Defied''': |
27 | ** Bob signs the papers right away, because he wants the divorce as badly as Alice does. |
28 | ** Alice and Bob agree to try counseling before getting a divorce. |
29 | * '''Discussed''': "Bob's not going to sign those divorce papers." |
30 | * '''Conversed''': "Ever notice how on TV, the guys are slow to get into a marriage, and even slower to get out of one, than the girls are? What's up with that?" |
31 | * '''Deconstructed''': See "Double Subverted". |
32 | * '''Reconstructed''': AliceAndBob talk about their issues, and either reconsider the divorce (and work through their problems), or agree that [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy it's better to just end it]]. |
33 | * '''Played For Drama''': Bob is an [[DomesticAbuser abusive husband]] and wants to prolong the miserable marriage as long as possible. |
34 | * '''Implied''': Alice divorces Bob offscreen, much later than she said she wanted to divorce him. |
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