My husband and I argued about one of my most annoying habits last week: I talk during TV shows. And movies, too. Though I don’t talk at the movie theater because I’m not a monster.
I love dissecting a show with a friend, even if we have to pause the show to gather our collective thoughts. I love to talk about how the current episode references previous episodes, where the episode is paying homage to other shows or movies, what other things I’ve seen the actors in. I love to talk about the character arcs, story arcs, inconsistencies, and outright mistakes. But I do stay on-topic. This isn’t random conversation.
My husband prefers to watch TV in silence. His reactions are minimal. If he chuckles a little, I know we’ve found a winner.
If he ever leaves me, my chattiness will be one of the reasons why.
The more I try to be quiet, the more I feel like talking. If you can’t talk about it, you might as well be watching TV by yourself
Like Castle often has references to Firefly.
Yes, exactly! You HAVE to talk about that while it’s going on.