Run Jenny Run
Jenny and Forrest first met at this stage of life.
What is on the school bus as children?
He gave her flowers, loyalty, and a literal mansion. She gave him this in return?
What is emotional whiplash?
She disappeared for years and only came back when Forrest had this.
What is money?
Jenny told Forrest "you don't know what love is," right after he did this sweet heartfelt act.
What is he proposed to her?
Jenny called it "finding herself," but most therapist would call it this.
What is avoidance?
Jenny grew up in this kind of household?
What is an abusive home with her father and sisters.
Jenny saved his entire platoon in Vietnam, but Jenny couldn't even save him a spot in this.
Jenny invited Forrest over, slept with him, and then did this the next morning.
What is left without saying goodbye?
What is "You can't keep doing this" / "We're just friends"?
Jenny told Forrest that if he ever got in trouble, he shouldn't try to be brave-he should do this.
What is run?
This is the number of times Jenny told Forrest she loved him when it wasn't convenient.
What is zero?
Jenny let Forrest raise their child without telling him he existed until the kid was how old?
What is 4 or 5 years old?
Jenny told Forrest she was sick and wanted to marry him...only after this happened.
What is she had no one else/ran out of options?
Jenny went from a near suicide moment on a balcony to doing this the very next morning.
Jenny eventually reveals this life changing news to Forrest years after they reconnected.
What is that he has a son?
Forrest raised their son with pure devotion. Jenny didn't tell him he even had a son until this happened.
What is she got sick and needed someone responsible?
Jenny spent most of her young adult life chasing this instead of stability.
What is toxic men and temporary freedom?
Jenny told Forrest she didn't serve him-but instead of working on herself, she did this?
What is disappear again?
Jenny showed us that unresolved trauma plus poor decisions equals this.
What is a cycle of self-destruction with a side of guilt trips?
Forrest took Jenny advice when he ran across the country to cope with his heartbreak. Jenny coped by doing this instead.
What is partying, drugs, and vanishing?
Jenny avoided Forrest's love for most of her life, possibly because she feared this.
She told Forrest, "You don't know what love is," even though he had done this his whole life.
What is love her unconditionally.
The phrase Jenny uses to excuse decades of mixed signals, neglect, and sudden disappearances.
What is "I never meant to hurt you?"
Instead of seeking therapy for her childhood trauma, Jenny joined this movement for vibes and questionable men.
What is the hippie/anti war scene?