RELATIONSHIPS
Did She Force Him to Get the Dog?
Does this cringe-making short YouTube video show a one-sided relationship?
I recently stumbled upon a video of a couple having a spontaneous conversation. But there were a few things that troubled me about it. Take a look for yourself:
So, first, let’s talk about the dog.
He didn’t want a dog, but she did. So they got a dog. He says he now loves the dog, but what if he’s just saying that to please her?
It makes me wonder:
- What will happen if she wants children and he doesn’t?
- What if she wants sex and he doesn’t?
- What if she wants to move house and he doesn’t?
It doesn’t matter if he ends up liking the new house. The important thing is, she gets what she wants, even if he says he doesn’t want it.
Then there’s the point where he asks her “How do you like having a dog?” After she has given a bit of an answer, he decides to ask the dog what he thinks. She then gets irritated that she no longer has his full attention. But he was probably getting bored of her answer.
Check out what happens a bit later, when she continues droning on about the dog. At 3:32 he suppresses a yawn. He’s bored of her talking at length about her feelings about the dog. He also seems to be sceptical that she enjoys every moment with the dog, including picking up its shit.
Eventually, he gets so bored of it that he starts talking about the position of the microphone. That’s how little he’s interested — he’d rather talk about a microphone!
Later, when they have a little disagreement about consent, she forces a kiss on him. Notice how he doesn’t embrace her back. He is startled and just tolerates it.
After kissing him like this a second time, she says “See what happens if you do it to me!” He doesn’t bother. Instead, he starts talking about science.
Towards the end, she says “we are fans” of People Just Do Nothing. He seems to find that odd. He wants to edit that bit out, but she doesn’t. He jokes about editing everything out. She doesn’t want to, so it all remains unedited and goes on YouTube.
Because she gets what she wants.
Then she says “Well, I love you.” He doesn’t say “I love you” back.
How long do you think this relationship will last?
