I was in town today, having lunch and doing some shopping with Nicole, when I witnessed a rather unpleasant scene.
A couple were screaming at each other. She was extremeley overweight, her hair pulled back into a far-too-tight ponytail, and he had an American accent and his hair was shorn off apart from one strip on the top of his head.
As far as I could gather, their bank card had gone missing. Rather than go back and try to find the card, or call up the bank and cancel it, the couple had decided to scream at each other in the shopping centre in the town centre.
“You’re such a fucking idiot, you’ve lost our fucking bank card” the woman was screaming, pacing up and down.
“I’ve not lost nothing, I gave it to you”
“You gave me fuck all! You gave me fucking nothing!”
“I did, I gave it to you!”
“Then where the fuck is it?” the woman yelled, thrusting a wallet at him. “Where the fuck is our fucking bank card you fucking arsehole?”
“I don’t fucking know, don’t fucking scream at me, I’ve done fucking nothing”
“You have done something, you fucking idiot, you’ve lost the fucking bank card! Why did I marry such a fucking loser?”
“I’ve not done nothing!”
“Oh for fuck’s sake, just fuck off” she screamed finally, before storming off.
Why on earth do couples let themselves get like that?
4 Comments
June 30, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Because most human beings lack the ability to choose wisely with whom to spend every single day of their entire lives.
And I’m not sure it is actually possible to share your life with someone and not get annoyed by them at some point.
Especially if the bastard just fucking lost the goddamn bank card.
June 30, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Oh dear. Nightmare. Watching couples argue is awful.
July 1, 2009 at 8:04 am
There’s something good, in an almost vindictive kind of way, about watching people *like that* argue *like that*. It makes one feel better about one’s own shortcomings. Nasty I know but… *shrug*
July 5, 2009 at 5:40 pm
C –
Maybe you’re right. I imagine it would be hard to NOT be annoyed with someone when you spend so much time with them.
Sally – It really, really is.
Bren – I had that feeling too, which me made me feel quite bad…