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...... Laura an attorney, worked for legal aide when they met and therefore did not exceed Robs social class, while she currently works in a job that pays really well. Rejecting the old poor lifestyle and accepting the rules of society has led Rob to believe that Laura is no longer in his class while Laura, like she says has not really changed inside, has only changed jobs and can no loner go to work with pink hair. At the opening of the film the relationship is at an impasse as both individuals feel as if the rewards they previously experienced are gone and that it is costing them too much to be together. Laura is not happy and Rob is not happy
As the film progresses and Rob explores himself more, and he watches as other people around him begin to grow up, i.e. Barry starts a band and Dick gets a girlfriend, he begins to see that wallowing in the self-pity of his past perceived relationship rejections, supported by his like of miserable pop rock, is keeping him down. This is a concept foreshadowed in the opening monologue of the film, where Rob says, What came first the

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