Sarah's Deception
Peter (Jason Segel) and Sarah (Kristen Bell) seemed like the perfect couple for five years. In the beginning of the movie Sarah breaks up with Peter. Sarah reveals that she was seeing another guy behind Peter's back. Peter takes the break-up hard and decides to go to Hawaii to calm down. But he finds Sarah and her new boyfriend at the same resort. In the YouTube clip below Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), a rock star and Sarah's boyfriend, reveals that he and Sarah have been seeing each other behind Peter's back for a year. Peter tells Sarah his discovery and learns that Sarah has been struggling to maintain the relationship. She met Aldous and deceived Peter for a year. According to Guerrero, "Concealment or omission involves omitting information one knows is important or relevant to a given context."
*Watch until 1:50 for the concept. (You can watch the whole clip for a good laugh)
Rachel's Justification for Breaking Up
On his "vacation," Peter meets Rachel (Mila Kunis), a resort worker. The two develop a relationship. Aldous and Sarah break up and Sarah calls Peter for comfort. They almost have sex with each other but Peter realizes that everything will go back to what it was before the movie. He does not want that and stops himself from making a huge mistake. He tells Rachel about the event and that he could not go through with it because of Rachel. Rachel, on the other hand, feels betrayed and has very good justifications for not wanting the relationship anymore. Guerrero states, "Unlike the direct dump, justification acknowledges the need to provide a rationale for the breakup to one's partner." Unfortunately, I could not find a video clip of the scene but the clip below shows Peter's pain of the break-up.
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