Watching movies with someone you love can be a beautiful bonding experience.

But it depends on the person and the movie. See why a movie upended this evening with company.

AITA because I will not watch anything more complicated than a Hallmark movie with my wife.

I love my wife. She is intelligent, and sweet. Also she is beautiful inside and out. She teaches high school English and Social Studies. She loves novels and usually has several on the go.

However, she cannot follow the plot of a movie to save her life. Unless it is about a big city lawyer visiting her home town to shut down the local factory but instead reconnecting with her high school boyfriend who is also the local baker and mayor.

It hasn’t been an issue. Until now.

I’ve known this about her for years and I have accepted it. I just like vegging with her so I am happy to see white people rediscovering the magic of Christmas. Or whatever.

When we were dating we watched The Matrix. The questions she asked had me wondering about her. Ditto for anything complex. Even The Usual Suspects where they lay everything out for you she didn’t get the ending.

We had her sister and brother-in-law over for a couples night on Friday. We made supper and the plan was to watch a movie.

Her sister wanted to watch Shutter Island. I will not spoil it but the movie has many twists. The ending is awesome.

I tried my best to suggest anything else. The new Laura Dern movie where she is with the kid from Hunger Games. They all ganged up on me and said we were watching Shutter Island.

My wife proceeded to embarrass herself by not understanding the ending and asking questions that were not great.

It’s a cringeworthy moment.

Her sister and her husband were looking at my wife like she was Simple Jack. I tried my best to cover for her or telling her I would explain it later. She got mad at me for not just answering her questions.

After they left she started in in me. She said that she noticed that we always watched a certain kind of movie and that she thought I enjoyed them. I said I did because we got to spend time together and that mad me happy.

She said that she was not an idiot and that she just didn’t concentrate on movies. She recited the plots of several novels to prove her point. I said that I had never commented on her intelligence and that she was smarter than me. She says that I’m a jerk for not watching movies I enjoy with her.

So I agreed and we watched Memento today. I think her head almost exploded from bot asking questions. I saw her on Wikipedia reading the plot.

AITA for intentionally not watching complicated movies with my wife?

Here is what folks are saying.

Boom! You win.

He seems oblivious to how toxic this is.

Ouch! Mic drop.

I agree that it’s annoying.

Hard to say. Could be a short term memory thing.

Now I have to see Shutter Island.

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