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"I cheated on my boyfriend... with Netflix"
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non-problems are the new problems
This is such a good example of a 1st world problem.
I do this sometimes. I just prefer watching alone because we can't be quiet the whole episode and then I end up missing something when either of us comments on something. It's hard enough for me to concentrate on stuff on my own. Also it's totally okay for me to watch episodes more than once, I actually like watching reruns.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Guilty. I watched all of the walking dead in 3 days after my wife had only watched 2 episodes. We are now caught up together now, wait no she watched Sunday's episode without me.
Conversely she watched all of Persons of Interest without me so I had to catch up. I know this feel Stump. Know it well.
Conversely she watched all of Persons of Interest without me so I had to catch up. I know this feel Stump. Know it well.
Skiptastic
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I absolutely destroy Netflix shows when I'm watching them on my own. Same with Hulu.
When I'm watching something with my gf, though, I never skip ahead. For two reasons:
1. There's just too much other shit I can do. Watch a different show, play a video game, etc.
2. My gf and I agree on so few shows that we really need to share those shows we both enjoy (HIMYM, Amazing Race, etc.)
When I'm watching something with my gf, though, I never skip ahead. For two reasons:
1. There's just too much other shit I can do. Watch a different show, play a video game, etc.
2. My gf and I agree on so few shows that we really need to share those shows we both enjoy (HIMYM, Amazing Race, etc.)
shadyspace
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I would never do this to my girl and she would never do it to me. Lady's selfish.
Stallion Free
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That's what you think man.
Killing_Joke
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To an extent. If it's the walking dead or true blood she'll keep shut. But she's also the kinda chick that doesn't care to be spoiled. She'll ask me everything that happened then force me to watch it again anyways. So I'm better off just waiting.
VGChampion
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Time to send this article to people. It's always so hard to explain why it's more fun when everyone goes in blind.
Haha same.
I started watching Lost for the first time with a roommate, and my instinct to watch every single episode as fast as possible is killing me because we only watch 1 or 2 episodes every other day, and when I'm confused about something, I resist the urge to look it up on Wikipedia (Lostpedia?). I just wanna know all the answers, mannnnn.
Devolution
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The answer is finding a show one or the other isn't interested in watching and to switch to that once the other goes to bed or is at work and you're not.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Oh boy.
BobbyRobby
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i hate the way the article is written. trying way too hard to be clever. it reminds me of gilmore girls.
She found new downloads.
Devolution
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Pick a better show.
You make it sound easy
. I tried doing that with Always Sunny - but then my girlfriend caught one of the episodes when I was in S2, fell in love - and we ended up watching it together.I CAN'T WIN.
windowlurker
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I've had this when my girlfriend watched the season finale of Breaking Amish..............WITHOUT ME.
Nose Master
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No
Who is thisssss?
Also, I've done this before. But only when they're dragging their goddamn feet about watching it.
I do this but with books. For example, I am reading A Song of Fire and Ice and am spoiling all of the important plot twists while she waits for Season 3 of Game of Thrones on HBO. As long as she doesn't hear them she's ok, but the temptation to ruin it for her is pretty massive, especially since I don't have anybody else to talk about the books with right now.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Had this issue with an Ex-girlfriend. We'd start something together on Netflix and I'd assume we were going to watch it together, only to come over to her house a few nights later to find that she had devoured a full season of what ever show it was. While it's hard to be mad about it, after all it isn't an Earth shattering issue, it was still disappointing. Like someone else said, it is about a shared experience and since I don't watch much TV, I was disappointed that we would watch it together. Usually I'd never go back to watching the show again.
On the other hand, when we started watching Lost I made her swear to not watch it without me. I'd already seen it during it's initial television run, but she had never seen a single episode. Watching it together over a period of a few months was a great experience.
On the other hand, when we started watching Lost I made her swear to not watch it without me. I'd already seen it during it's initial television run, but she had never seen a single episode. Watching it together over a period of a few months was a great experience.
Ksenia Solo
Had (am having) this issue with my best friend and my wife. I am supposed to be saving watching Game of Thrones with my friend. With my wife, we would only watch up until what I watched with my friend. She pressurred me to watch more and now we are a whole season ahead. My friend has no idea and now each time we watch I have to pretend like I haven't seen any of it. I feel dirty GAF.
Stabby McSter
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I did this with the box sets of Arrested Development. My girlfriend would leave them at my house, and I would just blast right through them. She was none the wiser.
Nephitamine
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My girlfriend does this to me all the time. We would start watching a show together, but I don't have as much time as her to watch the shows as often as she'd like. She'll tell me she's only watched one episode ahead. Then the next day its three episodes. The day after, it's five. I always stop watching the shows altogether when she jumps ahead, even though she offers to rewatch episodes with me.
Don't you fucking spoil A Song of Ice and Fire for any body. I'm a laid back dude and indifferent to spoilers but those books and that story is something that DEMANDS to be experienced from a clean slate.
Seriously, its a great crime to tell a spoiler to a King. And we are all kings. So keep those juicy story bits to yourself!
I can understand being upset about cheating with TV shows, but what I don't get is girls being pissed off at seeing a movie earlier than them. I enjoy most movies more on a rewatch, Im not going to talk in the theater, why wont you come see it with me?! If you want to see the damn movie let's go but I can't help that a buddy offered to see it with me earlier, or got me in for free. If anything I screened it to make sure its an enjoyable flick and not a waste of our time.
That's stupid, wait for your partner to watch the damn show with you if you are both into it.
That said, I am guilty of that. My boyfriend and I like to watch Let's Plays on Youtube and I pretty much went ahead and watched an entire FF13-2 LP without him and lied about it. But it took him 2 months to even get started on the first episode and I had already seen a couple episodes before he said he was interested in watching with me. So it was kind of hard to hold back.
In the end he only watched 3 episodes before he quit so I in some ways feel justified in watching without him. <__<;;
That said, I am guilty of that. My boyfriend and I like to watch Let's Plays on Youtube and I pretty much went ahead and watched an entire FF13-2 LP without him and lied about it. But it took him 2 months to even get started on the first episode and I had already seen a couple episodes before he said he was interested in watching with me. So it was kind of hard to hold back.
In the end he only watched 3 episodes before he quit so I in some ways feel justified in watching without him. <__<;;
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
It has been mentioned before, but I believe the trick is for you both to find shows that only one of you like to watch, so whenever your significant other isn't available to watch with, you can watch that show. For example, I watch Lost or IT Crowd when she isn't available, and she watches Desperate Housewives or Private Practice when I'm not available.
But yeah I would have been pretty mad If my girlfriend would have went ahead of me with Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Walking Dead.
But yeah I would have been pretty mad If my girlfriend would have went ahead of me with Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Walking Dead.
Fudgepuppy
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I can't watch anything I care for with other people. Need some me-time for that.
Uh it's because you've dashed their hopes of sharing a new experience together. Not that tough to figure out
wait you guys actually watch things secretly ahead of time and then watch them again with your significant other and pretend you haven't seen it before?
I suppose that's one way of looking at it.
I suppose that's one way of looking at it.
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
This is like the very definition of white people problems.
With my ear buds in, you could say Netflix was actually inside of me as my boyfriend returned to bed
This article was already so irritatingly smug and cutesy. Why did she have to push it over the edge with a rather gross sexual metaphor?
"I was watching Netflix on my phone, gripping it in the palm of my hand. So you could say I was actually getting fisted by Netflix!"
This article was already so irritatingly smug and cutesy. Why did she have to push it over the edge with a rather gross sexual metaphor?
"I was watching Netflix on my phone, gripping it in the palm of my hand. So you could say I was actually getting fisted by Netflix!"
Gosh I used to be so bad about this! I've recently gotten better, but I slipped again a couple of weeks ago. We were watching episode 10 (out of 13). She fell asleep about ten minutes before it ended... I just had to know what the heck was going on. Ended up watching the last three episodes of the show. Oops!
I agreed to re-watch them with her though
But I still felt bad. We had been drinking a little, and since I ended up staying up three hours longer than planned, I continued to drink and got a fair bit drunk by the end of it all. So I need to watch that last episode again anyway.
This is exactly what we had been doing to solve this problem. I finally slipped up with House of Cards though
The temptation was just too strong..
I agreed to re-watch them with her though
But I still felt bad. We had been drinking a little, and since I ended up staying up three hours longer than planned, I continued to drink and got a fair bit drunk by the end of it all. So I need to watch that last episode again anyway.This is exactly what we had been doing to solve this problem. I finally slipped up with House of Cards though
The temptation was just too strong..Marty Chinn
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Pretty much this. I have more than enough shows that my wife doesn't care for that I'll watch when she's not available. I save the ones we both watch to when she is. If I'm out of shows, I'm more likely to play a game instead since she doesn't care to watch me play most of the time either. This concept of "cheating" is never an issue.
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