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Is Your Netflix Queue Ruining Your Marriage?
I recently read a great article about how a cozy, cuddly evening at home with a movie can turn into an epic battle because of the dreaded Netflix queue. I’m not running out to get a divorce attorney over his love of all films corny, but it does require a bit of finesse on my part as I am the Keeper of the Queue. Initially, we were on the 1 movie at a time plan. That wasn’t working. We’re now on the 2 movie plan and it’s working out alright for us.
I am a great lover of horror films, indie flicks and documentaries. My husband likes crap movies of the campy, slapstick and sci-fi variety. For example, this weekend we had My Name is Bruce starring Bruce Campbell of Army of Darkness fame and The Good Girl starring Jennifer Aniston. Very different films for two people who love each other enough to watch them together. I wanted to hang myself about 10 minutes into My Name is Bruce and his hatred of Jake Gyllenhaal caused him to discount The Good Girl fairly quickly. I ask you, how can you hate Jake Gyllenhaal?
We do agree on some movies, we watched the Dead Like Me while cuddled in bed on Sunday afternoon on the computer so we’re not competely hopeless in the cinema department. But any woman who has had to sit through Logan’s Run on a Saturday evening knows where I’m coming from here.
Anyone else have a Netflix knockdown in your relationship?
Funny! I need to send this article to my husband to prove that other people go through the same things we do. In my case, my husband is Queue Keeper and I always accuse him of conspiring to rank down my picks… its just funny that we will frequently get two movies, both his pick when we are supposed to have one each! (We have the two movies at a time plan).