Movie Cheating (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

I agree with the article. i can sometimes feel irrationally betrayed if my girlfriend watches a movie that we were planning to watch together

any thoughts or experience with this issue?
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Getting Some on The Sly
Watching Films or TV Together Is a Rite of Coupledom, Until A Scarlet Temptress Beckons

By Monica Hesse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 1, 2007; Page N01

Kurt Rieschick can't stop cheating on his boyfriend. He knows it's wrong, but sometimes David works odd hours. And Rieschick gets lonely. And those naughty red envelopes are so enticing.

So, occasionally Rieschick sneaks into the media room, with its flat-screen TV and surround sound, and proceeds to break a relationship commandment of the 21st century: Thou Shalt Not Netflix Without Me.

"Seriously, we're supposed to watch 'Buffy' together," says David Klimas, Rieschick's partner of nine years and a real estate agent in Washington. "But I'm still on Season 4, and Kurt's already on 5. I'm going, 'Oh my God! I can't believe what's happening!' but Kurt already knows Dawn is a ball of energy! It's so annoying."

Netflix (and Blockbuster online, premium cable on demand, TiVo, DVR) provides the modern Date Night for the young and the childless, for those with enough unclaimed time to plan evenings around watching movies. Couples in darkened living rooms across the country bond in their sweats, cultivating a shared appreciation for Park Chan-wook. The concept is easy: Unlimited DVDs! Delivered to your house! Waiting for you when you get home!

Waiting for you when you get home. There's the catch.

Because when a pert new envelope arrives, it begs to be opened. Because when it's opened, it might contain -- surprise! -- the brand-new fifth season of "Scrubs." Because your boyfriend works until 8 and it's only 5:30. You'll just watch one episode, you think. He never has to find out. But before you know it, you're having a nightly rendezvous with Zach Braff.........................

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR2007062900539.html

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i don't have as much of an issue now with my wife
but my ex- and i were mostly long distance so thiss came up ALL of the time
we had to ask permission to see a movie w/out the other - and if we broke the rule then the other got to pick the next 3 movies
but then again we exes so...?

 

[Sabine]

I say watch the movie whenever you like. Coupledom is difficult enough without looking for little things to get askew over. It's just a movie. If the movie was on HBO and one person watched it while the other was away, no one would feel slighted. I don't see the difference.

However, I've been told (more than once) that I'm detached, indifferent, and wholly unsympathetic to the sensitive nature of men, and as such I suck at coupledom. So, you should probably weigh that against any relationship advice I give.

 

[saintpack]

Kurt Rieschick can't stop cheating on his boyfriend. He knows it's wrong, but sometimes David works odd hours. And Rieschick gets lonely. And those naughty red envelopes are so enticing.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR2007062900539.html

That sentence ended my reading right there. What did it say?

 

[Goatman Saint]

My wife and I could never agree on a movie o watch together anyway. That is why I have this nice wireless laptop. I can sit and read the Saintsforum while she watches TV and it passes for togethertime.

 

[Jonesy77]

I say watch the movie whenever you like. Coupledom is difficult enough without looking for little things to get askew over. It's just a movie. If the movie was on HBO and one person watched it while the other was away, no one would feel slighted. I don't see the difference.

However, I've been told (more than once) that I'm detached, indifferent, and wholly unsympathetic to the sensitive nature of men, and as such I suck at coupledom. So, you should probably weigh that against any relationship advice I give.

Wow, you just got even hotter.

 

[Sabine]

:_rofl::_rofl::_rofl::_rofl::_rofl:

Still, the second The Wire -Season Four arrives, I'm popping the DVD in. Ain't waiting on no one.

Ugh.. Now, what's wrong? What did I say? :dunno:Can't this wait until my movie is over?