David and I finally had “the talk.”
It happened last night. He called; I couldn’t put it off anymore.
“What are you doing?” He casually asked.
“I was about to watch Gossip Girl,” I replied.
He paused. Then he continued, “Hey, the season premier of Dexter was on last night.”
“Listen…” I started, “I’ve been thinking.”
“Yeah?” he replied, unsuspecting. Poor thing.
“I …don’t think I’m going to watch Dexter this season.” I blurted.
There was silence on the other end. He was processing what I had just said.
Finally, he responded, “I don’t understand.”
“Don’t fight it,” I should have said. But I didn’t. I dragged it out. “I just…I thought really hard about it, and I don’t have the time to follow Dexter this season.”
I could hear his bewilderment on the other end.
“But you like Dexter,” he finally whispered.
“I liked Dexter,” I corrected him. “The third season – I just didn’t really enjoy it.”
“You didn’t give the third season a real chance,” he accused me. How. Dare. He.
“I gave it a chance, okay.” I defended. “You need to accept this and move on. Remember how you were thinking about cutting out Parks and Recreation this season? Well, I choose Dexter.”
“But that’s different!” he cried. “Plus, I decided I would watch Parks and Recreation this season!”
“I’m sorry, I just don’t think I can do it.” I firmly said.
“Gossip Girl just started. We’ll talk about this later.” He hung up – such a drama queen.
What will happen when you have to decide between which shows to record? What if there is overlap and something needs to get cut?!?
Tough question Mike. I’m not sure our relationship would survive that kind of conflict. Let’s hope it never comes to that.