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Lisa and Baby Houseman both want to find a man as great as their father.
The best role model for such an effort is their mother. After all, their mother found and married their father.
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Lisa pays close attention to her mother's conduct, asks for her advice, and follows her advice.
During the movie's story, Lisa involves herself with a young man -- Robbie Gould -- who is similar to her father. Robbie is tall, pursues intellectual interests and studies to become a doctor.
Lisa reads the books that Robbie recommends and discusses his political interests, such as the Domino Theory.
In her romantic interaction with Robbie, Lisa applies the going-steady rules that her mother applied on her father when they were dating. Lisa requires Robbie to demonstrate more commitment before she will allow him to advance to the next "base" sexually.
Although Lisa might not continue her relationship with Robbie, she is learning from her experience with him. She is learning how to attract the romantic attention and to develop the romantic commitment of a great guy like her father. Lisa is is well on her way to marrying a tall, intellectual doctor like her father.
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Baby disdains her mother's lifestyle and does not intend to follow her mother's advice and example.
Likewise, Baby disdains her older sister's example.
At the resort, Baby involves herself initially with a short, dopey young man -- Neil Kellerman -- who is pursing a career in hotel management.
Then Baby redirects her romantic attention toward another dopey man -- Johnny Castle -- who spends practically all of his time on ballroom dancing.
Baby intends to attend an all-female college and then to join the Peace Corps, where she will live for two or three years in a remote village in a poor, Third-World country.
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When Baby returns to the USA, Lisa already will be married to a tall, intellectual doctor and will be developing his romantic commitment further by giving birth to and raising a couple of children. Lisa will be conducting her life according to her mother's example and so will enjoy a marriage like her mother's.
Baby will return to school and will spend several years researching and writing a dissertation, about the economics of Third-World countries, that practically nobody ever will read.
Baby might pursue her relationship with Johnny -- futilely
Baby will spend many evenings and weekends dancing with dopey, poor men who are similar to Johnny and who are very different from her father.
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Lisa and her doctor husband will bring their children to visit her parents frequently. Her parents will be delighted constantly by their grandchildren, who will grow up healthy and intelligent.
Aunt Francis sometimes will babysit Lisa's children and will buy them presents on birthdays and holidays.
Aumt Francis will marry relatively later in her life -- too late to give birth. She will marry a short, dopey man whose main feature is that he dances well. Francis's husband will not feel comfortable visiting her parents.
Francis herself will avoid spending time with her father, because such visits end always in angry arguments about politics.
Furthermore, Francis argues about politics all the time with her husband too. During the 2016 election, her husband votes for Donald Trump, and she votes for Hillary Clinton. Subsequently, Francis divorces her husband and lives the remainder of he life alone.
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Here again is the best video about sisters' rivalry.
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This is the conclusion of this series of posts.
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