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So often I meet others that say they don't watch TV nor movies. Being that I grew up and had a passion for pop culture and discussing the recent Walking Dead or Game of Thrones episodes, could this prove incompatibility among partners?
I recall getting to know a woman that she said she could never sit still in a theater for 1-1/2 hours. I was like "Really? You can't sit still for that long?" She said something her being to high energy for that. And another that had said "Your movie references will be lost on me".
That basically any form of visual entertainment is off putting to some people.
I don't watch much TV any more. I've just got out of the habit. Movies are life, though, and I can never spend too much time in cinemas.Someone who doesn't share or at least understand that passion wouldn't be in my orbit for very long.
I don't watch much TV any more. I've just got out of the habit. Movies are life, though, and I can never spend too much time in cinemas.Someone who doesn't share or at least understand that passion wouldn't be in my orbit for very long.
Yeah, I guess movies, TV, makes no difference to them as it involves sitting and watching.
This is the reaction I get when I met TV or movie references with some people.
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I haven't had a TV in my place since, oh, 2003? 2004? Go to a movie maybe once a year. Check out stuff on Netflix some, but I have NO desire to be in a relationship where sitting and watching stuff on a screen is a significant component of the relationship time. So yeah, it could be a fundamental compatibility problem. If I go on a date and what they want to talk about is shows (etc) I am turned off and checked out.
Well, if you were a woman of my general age, your obsession with television would probably constitute a compatibility issue with me. (if you were a man, or wildly outside my age range, then we don't even get to that point.)
I am very fortunate to have married a fellow bookworm. One of our favorite things to do is to go to bed early and lie side by side reading.
I might be able to, but it would be an adjustment. I love to read and I love music, so if we had those things in common, maybe it could work. But TV/movies are a big deal for me and my partner, and I almost can't imagine it another way. For example, he's turned me into a Trekkie, and we spend a good bit of our free time watching different series and movies and discussing them. I might miss having that sort of thing if I dated someone who didn't care about any of that.
So often I meet others that say they don't watch TV nor movies. Being that I grew up and had a passion for pop culture and discussing the recent Walking Dead or Game of Thrones episodes, could this prove incompatibility among partners?
I recall getting to know a woman that she said she could never sit still in a theater for 1-1/2 hours. I was like "Really? You can't sit still for that long?" She said something her being to high energy for that. And another that had said "Your movie references will be lost on me".
That basically any form of visual entertainment is off putting to some people.
So, does "a passion" mean that this is what you talk about most of the time? Yeah, that would be massively boring to a lot of people, but not to others.
People sort themselves out, I wouldn't start pointing your finger at people just because they don't care for what interests you. It's a big "so what?" and you move on.
Well, if you were a woman of my general age, your obsession with television would probably constitute a compatibility issue with me. (if you were a man, or wildly outside my age range, then we don't even get to that point.)
I am very fortunate to have married a fellow bookworm. One of our favorite things to do is to go to bed early and lie side by side reading.
Yeah, I miss that about being married. He and I would lie in bed and read. Then he died tragically.
As to the OP, I am not into television or movies. They're okay, but most are too spooky, scary, or graphic. I'm a gentle soul and real life is hard enough. I don't need to watch ugly stuff on TV.
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