In FJ, Johnny cheated on Frankie with Nellie Bligh; as a result, she shot him. “Rooty-toot-toot three times she did shoot.” Johnny died right after and sent Frankie to jail, so she can get the electric chair. “They take poor Johnny to the graveyard.” On the other hand, since BM is now a father, “Birthday cake, with one pink candle” his life will be unexpectedly complicated. Since his wife never told him she was having a kid, he was unhappy and is now obligated to stay with her. “because the husband was not pleased.” He is now trapped with BW he doesn’t like anymore for the next 9 months.
The level of passion, the level of communication, and result of what happened to the them are 3 differences the men have in FJ and BP. A relationship is a fragile thing, one wrong move and it will shatter. Without intimacy or passion, as Robert Trotter once said, “All that remains is the commitment to stay with the other