Maintaining Their Love
Ennis (the late Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet each other while sheep-herding on Brokeback Mountain. They start a relationship with each other even though they are both straight. Ennis is to be married to a woman when he goes back home. Before they depart, they decide to go back to their original lives. No one has to know about what they did. But they fell in love with each other.
Jack and Ennis meet again after four years. They realize that they need to see each other more. They see each other three to four times a year, each time leading to an emotional departure. This is directly in Haas and Stafford's Maintenance in Gay and Lesbian Relationships. Haas and Stafford stated, "bonding communication is more necessary in gay and lesbian relationship because these relationships are not legally validated as marriages."
Jack and Ennis meet again after four years. They realize that they need to see each other more. They see each other three to four times a year, each time leading to an emotional departure. This is directly in Haas and Stafford's Maintenance in Gay and Lesbian Relationships. Haas and Stafford stated, "bonding communication is more necessary in gay and lesbian relationship because these relationships are not legally validated as marriages."
Ending Their Relationship
Late in the movie (years later) both Ennis and Jack are having troubles. Ennis is divorced and financially troubled. This causes him to visit Jack less often. Jack is lonely from not seeing Ennis and makes trips to Mexico to satisfy his needs from other men. In the YouTube clip above, the two meet to talk about their relationship. Jack wants to live and have a happy life with Ennis. Ennis wants that too but knows that it could never happen. The locals would kill both of them for being "queer." This ends their romantic relationship.
This goes into Blumstein and Schwartz' study in couples in the United States in 1983 (almost in the same time period as the movie). Guerrero stated, "Blumstein and Schwartz were surprised to find that lesbians were most likely to break up, followed by gay man, and then heterosexual cohabitors."
This goes into Blumstein and Schwartz' study in couples in the United States in 1983 (almost in the same time period as the movie). Guerrero stated, "Blumstein and Schwartz were surprised to find that lesbians were most likely to break up, followed by gay man, and then heterosexual cohabitors."