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The husband who got mad @ his wife about their grocery list

posted 10 years ago by Simplythebest11962
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That guy just irked me! LOL

The character was anal retentive & over the top ridiculous, esp. about his lame-brained excuse about him buying ice cream! 

When you're married EVERYTHING is equal; including, but NOT limited to, your finances!

I can understand having separate checking accounts, even though, you're married because it can be easier to figure out how you've individually spent YOUR money, but this character was neurotic & psycho! LOL

I mean telling his wife that SHE spent too much money on certain products, yet it's OK for HER to buy HIM his lame ice cream?! LOL

I'd be telling him he can WEAR that ice cream! LOL

I Mean seriously?! Telling your wife she can't spend her own money on certain items, but it's okay for HER to spend HER money on YOU for your digusting ice cream?! LOL

Anyway, hands down, that woman's husband in the movie had to be one of the MOST ANNOYING characters in ANY drama I've seen! 

He was THAT annoying. LOL

"It's a good thing!"--Martha Stewart

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[–] pstapley 10 years ago

I agree, the most hated character in the movie...do people like this really exist??,,,sure maybe when they earn the same amount of money they might do to an extent in some marriages, but he earned 7.5 times more than her...which made it just sickening...that's not a marriage, but a business partnership to live together. He making her pay the whole amount for the cat flea treatment, and then when she had her melt down he offered to pay for half...OMG....one thing that wasn't split equally were their salaries...They acted more like room mates, than a married couple. She blamed herself at first because she said she started this when they first started dating, and then it just continued and never stopped.

[–] Simplythebest11962 10 years ago

by pstapley » 46 minutes ago (Sun Nov 30 2014 14:02:56)
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Post Edited: Sun Nov 30 2014 14:09:04
I agree, the most hated character in the movie...do people like this really exist??,,,sure maybe when they earn the same amount of money they might do to an extent in some marriages, but he earned 7.5 times more than her...which made it just sickening...that's not a marriage, but a business partnership to live together. He making her pay the whole amount for the cat flea treatment, and then when she had her melt down he offered to pay for half...OMG....one thing that wasn't split equally were their salaries...They acted more like room mates, than a married couple. She blamed herself at first because she said she started this when they first started dating, and then it just continued and never stopped.

LOL So true! He acted like he was her roommate & NOT her husband.

A marriage is a partnership and everything; including finances is divided equally between the husband/wife NOT this is MY $ and that's YOUR $. LOL

He certainly wasn't marriage material.

I think she finally lost it over the ice cream!

And ice cream usually brings people TOGETHER NOT apart! 

In this case, HIS ice cream was the last straw that broke the proverbial camel's back! 

I liken her mentality to real life! 

Give a person an inch and they take a yard! 

I was glad that she divorced that guy. LOL

He was just annoying & quite frankly, dorky. LOL

I really enjoyed the movie, but certain characters just made my skin crawl and cringe. 

"It's a good thing!"--Martha Stewart
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[–] illimattic 10 years ago

do people like this really exist??

Yes they do, but probably not as extreme.

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.

[–] Simplythebest11962 10 years ago

very true 

It's a good thing!-Martha Stewart