The other night, I had to stop at my brothers to discuss the A/V for the wedding reception the
end of this month. Yes, my nephew, the one who had survived the chick-flick test has since put a ring on her finger and they've accelerated wedding plans for various reasons. What would have happened in June 2009 is happening the end of June 2008.
No rush.
While going over odds and ends regarding the reception, the two of them were fighting over what movie to go see: She wanted Kung Fu Panda and he wanted The Strangers.
"Come on," he pleaded. "I went with you to MADE OF HONOR instead of IRON MAN. It's your turn to give in."
"I don't like those really gorey movies," she replied. "They creep me out."
"Not another chick flick, please."
"But it's kung fu! And it's not a chick flick... it's a cartoon."
"Same difference," he grumbled. "It's a kid's movie."
"No it's not!"
The long, pregnant pause began to feel uncomfortable. I swear I could hear the gears grinding in his head.
"Okay. I think we should go to marriage counseling," he stated in a deadpan, matter-of-fact manner.
"What?!" she said, looking more than a little surprised. "We're not even married YET!"
"I know," he said, while smiling ear to ear, "but we can make a pre-emptive strike and head the problems off at the pass."
I see him duck as she slugs him on the shoulder and laughs.
Within minutes, they had an effective resolution to the problem: They decided to go to Best Buy and get a movie they both wanted to see.
Movie they both wanted to watch: $10.00
Savings over going to the theater: $7.00
Resolving a relationship conflict and being able to laugh about it: Priceless.
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If he likes gory movies though he will have to find a compromise that allows him to still get to see them. I recommend he show her the study that was done that shows watching horror/suspense movies actually helps to relieve stress in women, I read a great article about it.
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I would have said that A. She could have went to see the movie he wanted since he saw the movies she wanted to see.
B. Each of them could have seen the movie they wanted that day at the theater and meet up later.
Or
C.....
Buy the movies they wanted! Which they did.
Luckily, my husband and I rarely disagree about what we want to see. We are both movie buffs. Which is great!
So far my boyfriend and I haven't had any disagreements,we both like a lot of the same stuff so maybe that helps avoid conflict especially over movies and food.
My boyfriend took me to see Indiana Jones,and now we're going to watch a movie at my place this week,we both like animal movies so that's pretty easy,then I write down what ones we watch so I don't repeat them anytime soon.
Happy Triple Points to you! ~ >^..^< ~ Thank you for sharing!
I need a good laugh!