“This whole story is petty, and I know it, but I guess if this is the worst thing we argue about in our relationship, we’re not doing too badly.
So my partner of 4 years and I have always been the type to watch tv shows together and had got into a routine of waiting for the weekend (when we’re together) to watch them.
Like many other couples, we had watched and enjoyed The Boys together and spoken about how much we were looking forward to seeing the second season together when it came out. When it was eventually out, we watched the first episode. A day or so later he asked if we could watch the second one, I wasn’t really in the mood so I suggested a movie instead. Then life got in the way and I just forgot.
A couple of weeks later, another TV show started airing weekly which is a personal favorite of mine for about 7 years called The Great British Bake Off (GBBO). For those who don’t know, it’s a baking competition and it’s very wholesome and pleasant. So when the first episode aired on a Tuesday, I sat down and watched it with my mom. No problems.
However, that weekend, I mentioned to my partner casually that I had watched it. And he was upset because he considered that one of “our shows.” Obviously, I immediately felt terrible and began to apologize and say I would never watch it without him again however I was swiftly cut off by him saying that he didn’t care because he had watched all of The Boys with his friends anyway. The betrayal. Safe to say I was angry about the way he threw it in my face as a comeback and about the betrayal of watching the whole thing without me. Alas, we moved on.
However, a couple of weeks later, during a Skype call he casually dropped the bombshell that he had been watching GBBO with his friends instead of waiting for me, basically doing exactly the same thing to me that apparently had upset him so much that he felt the need to throw in my face the fact that he’d watched The Boys without me. This jerk.
Anyway, that angered me because I had stuck to my promise and had been waiting dutifully to watch it with him. Luckily, my “Petty Revenge” presented itself a few weeks later when I saw the final result of GBBO on social media just after it aired. I then texted my partner saying…
“Oh, I just saw that, so and so won GBBO. You must be pleased because you liked him!”
I obviously knew he wouldn’t have seen it yet, so I had “accidentally” spoiled the ending for him. Oops, my bad.
Now usually, I would never spoil a show for someone, BUT I was feeling like a Petty Spaghetti and was angry that he had turned around and purposely done the exact same thing to me that had apparently really upset him when I did it, and I felt horrible for doing so.”
