I don’t want to influence any readers, but I’m gonna go ahead and say it: the woman who wrote this story on Reddit sounds like a real pain in the neck.
What am I talking about?
Well, all you gotta do is read the story below and I think you’ll see what I’m talking about.
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AITA for not agreeing to sit and watch an entire TV show with my daughter as a “bonding” thing?
“My 28 year old daughter Jessica moved back in with me and her father (my husband) 6 months ago.
She split with her live-in girlfriend and will save up money at home. The one big difference she and I have always had is that she LOVES watching TV. She is always watching something or as she says “doing a rewatch” and all of that. I never really got into TV.
She’s not a fan of this show…
Jessica started “doing a rewatch” of a show she must have seen a dozen times, Gilmore Girls. It is a show about a very entitled and bratty mother and daughter who constantly yell and scream at each other and everyone around them.
Over the years while she has watched it, I’ve seen enough to know that I just do not like it. I think the show relies on the viewer to find the yelling matches endearing or the “quirky” cast of side characters to be charming.
It’s just not for me. I could explain more about what I don’t like but I don’t think anyone wants that.
But Jessica asked me if we could do this one together because it would be a great mother/daughter bonding time. I asked her how we would be bonding by sitting down and watching the TV and she said it would just be the experience.
Nope!
I told her that I’m sorry, but I just genuinely dislike the show AND that I am not interested in watching hours and hours of TV to begin with. I told her that I would be happy to watch a movie with her every week. She didn’t want to do that.
And now I’ve hurt her feelings and she’s angry with me because I won’t sit and watch a TV show I dislike with her.
I don’t like to hurt her feelings, but I also cannot imagine how much time I’d be wasting just sitting there watching a show about overly privileged people screaming at each other.
AITA?”
Reddit users shared their thoughts.
This person weighed in.
Another Reddit user had a lot to say.
This person thinks she’s acting like an *******.
Another person spoke up.
And one reader shared their thoughts.
All this turmoil over a TV show…
Sad!
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