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Is this realistic?

posted 9 years ago by Etxpeme
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Does this happen in real life? I'm talking about the marriage.

I could understand the husband being a prick and not realizing it but couldn't she tell him? Couldn't she tell him it hurt her when he was constantly treating her as she was inferior? Couldn't she tell him how she didn't like his self-righteousness, his intolerance and the way he deprecated everyone and anything that he didn't like??

I mean, you would assume she would have told him off-screen but then, it wouldn't make sense when he thought he could save the marriage by making more dinners. Or maybe, she did tell him but he didn't listen to her.

It would have been sooo much easier (maybe not easy, but definitely easier) if they just had a rational conversation.

And can people be so much of a dick without realizing it?

Anyways, what are your thoughts about it? Are people really like this?

[–] Brody_Dalle 8 years ago

My dad is totally like this. Not as snobby but always thought he was the smartest in the room and also tried to turn us against my mom by telling us things we shouldn't have heard as kids. You'd be surprised what a-holes really smart people can be.