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Did anyone else catch this, hidden away at bedtime on a Sunday night? A genuinely decent documentary about two m-to-fs and the difficulties this caused with their families, Stephenie, who had to divorce her wife and leave the family home before she was allowed to transition, it's difficult to say without the input of her ex-wife but the clear impression I got was that the family were ready and willing to accept her coming back to them in some way after the transition but she decided to take the opportunity to almost completely leave them and go and do her own thing, with post-rationalisation after to allow her to live with it (after all, what does being the biggest success she could be have to do with being there for her family when the kids get grief when her secret is out?).
Then there was Sheryl, who's eldest son especially was hostile before slowly coming round. The family unit has managed to stay together but she wants bottom surgery and, as the film closed, had just been given a possible green light and was happy. The thing I remember is her wife Bernadette who, although she initially moved out, has returned to the family home. The film closes on a shot of her face after she's talking about Sheryl facing this surgery in which there's a chance she might die due to blood clots developing because she's overweight. Though it's clear they don't sleep together any more the prospect of surgery seemed to give her another shock in terms of this being another stage in a journey away from her husband. I suspect that when the kids are older and have moved out then they'll both be splitting up.
Not what you'd expect from ITV at all... |
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