Thursday, 30 September 2010
-
Nothing Fights
Nothing fights. They are absolutely annoying and pointless, but they still seem to happen anyway.One of my favorite comedians, Dane Cook, has a skit where he talks about "nothing fights."
"They get in what I call nothing fights....fights about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. You see them waiting in line for the movie theater....and everything's an argument. One says, I think I should bring my jacket, I'll probably get cold."
"The other replies, YEA, bring your fucking jacket. What if they're pumping AC in there and you're cold and I'm gonna miss the previews because I gotta get your FUCKING JACKET."
As I listen to his skit, I laugh, but I feel like we have all been there. Maybe you and/or your SO have been under a lot of stress lately and you're both irritable. Or maybe you're just near the end of the relationship and are starting to resent each other.
Regardless, if you realize you're having more nothing fights than usual, you should talk about what the real problem is because eventually... nothing fights lead to bigger, more serious fights.
My boyfriend and I have been under a lot stress lately, and we have been getting into these nothing fights. We don't mean to fight about stupid shit, but sometimes you just can't help it.
The other day we fought about nachos.
NACHOS.
How could anyone fight about cheese covered tortilla chips with sour cream, salsa, and guacamole?
We laugh about it now because we know that we don't have any real problems or issues and that we've just been so stressed the last two weeks. But still, we both agree that nothing fights aren't healthy for the relationship.
So, we're both working on trying not to be so pent up and stressed out. The key here is communication and compromise.
I just know I'll be happy when my boyfriend is FINALLY done with the LSATs on October 9th. UGH.
What about you guys? What was your silliest nothing fight?
RecommendRelated Posts
Post a Comment
- Back to datingish's Datingish Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in datingish's local time zone: GMT -05:00 (Eastern Standard - US, Canada)
About the Author
-
- From: Manny
- Name: Manny
- About Me: I'm just your average 21 year old college girl who overly analyzes love, relationships, and sex.
Stats: This Week All Time Posts: 0 46 Views: 0 173874 Comments: 0 1752 View all posts by Manny
Comments (21)
we fought over about a murder case one time and I thought were going to break up because it got so bad and it was our first fight in our relationship..
oh dear god, these happen so often to me it blows my mind. umm yesterday it was because he seen me lock my phone? .. uhh I wish i could remember, but it really does happen allll the time. OH, two days ago i was telling his friend what time I woke up in the morning, which is 6 am, he proceded to say "no you dont, you wake up at 615" and i said "i think i know what t ime I wake up mon-fri" and it went on for probaably 20 mins before his friend said "YOU ARE FIGHTING OVER 15 MINUTES!!" *ebarrassed face* , i think it happens more when there is a person in the relationship that HATES to be wrong , aka my boyfriend! Lol
I can see why they'd fight about a jacket. Go get it yourself, you know?
Hey, don't forget that Dane also mentioned the couple fighting over jelly. Nachos is definitely a step up, there are so many different possibilities for nachos.
I have so many nothing fights with my bf but I think we both forget about them after LOL x_x
We fought over Korean pickled radish. Ugh, we were screaming at each other at the top of our lungs... We got over it but we haven't laughed about it yet.
Sometimes I think that "nothing fights" are just a symptom of something bigger or deeper. For example, everyone hears about the toilet seat example. Sure, couples married for years will fight over the toilet seat, the remote control, or any other seemingly pointless thing, but it's just a symptom of something greater - possibly resentment, loss of interest/love, or the most common one is lack of proper communication. I agree, if you and your significant other are fighting more than usual over unimportant things, you should take a step back and re-evaluate. Yes, arguing sometimes can be healthy, but on each extreme there can be issues. Too much arguing or not arguing at all are definitely warning signs.
I love you.
Just saying.
I've fought about Yahtzee before. Yeah. YAHTZEE. But then we had sex right after...so not complaining. LOL
Drama in relationships is usually stereotyped to be a "female issue". Relationship books stereotype men to be solution-oriented and women to be emotional.
When a woman asks the question "does pink make me look fat", it's a lose-lose situation for a guy. If the guy answers 'yes', then the girl gets mad; if the guys answers 'no', then the girl will ask "did you really, really mean that?" Then it turns into a fight.
And there you have it... drama over NOTHING.
I disregard this post simply because it references Dane Cook.
I HATE THESE. It's mainly me starting them, because I'm really irritable and everything bothers me. If I'm even THINKING about something that's irking me, I snap easily and get in 'nothing fights' so often because of this. I don't know how to fix it, I know it's not healthy, it really sucks. :(
My boyfriend and I used to get in nothing fights all the time after it was decided he should move to school. It was awful and kind of funny. It would start out innocent, get more rude, and then one of us would burst into laughter due the absurdity of what we were actually fighting about.
dane cook<3 ;; i never fight with my boyfriend; although the other day our disagreement was over a lighter.
wasn't there a really recent post about this with the same dane cook reference?
We usually fight over where to eat, because I am such a picky eater.
My boyfriend and I haven't had one yet (thank god, and it's been 13 1/2 months too!!) but my co-worker and section manager at work has nothing fights all the time with her husband, who also works with us. Today they fought about pizza.
My fiance and I have had more of these than we care to remember. It usually happens because he spends the time he does have with me on his phone texting other girls. I've had his 'friends' message me on sites and say he's not my fiance, he's theirs and shit like this. My fiance hasn't really learned yet to not joke about sex and I know he does joke. It made a mutual friend uncomfortable and instead of telling him, she told me over a week later and after making sure he was NOT near me! He and I have both ended up in tears and we know we can't handle being apart because we've done that before and even though we dated other people, we couldn't stay away from each other and we each couldn't get the other off our mind.
It's gotten better, thank God, but I've told him I don't know how much more I can take if it keeps happening. My parents are no help either. My fiance has asthma and his first attack was when he was in air force reserves for work back in January before our break up and he hasn't been back to work since then. He hasn't found another job and my parents call him a mooch and say he's using me to my face. I've actually told my parents to "Shut the f*&$ up" before. It's gotten so bad that he and I started talking about eloping. He brought that up after I mentioned if it keeps up I wasn't even going to invite my parents to the wedding and I'd have my grandfather walk me down the isle if he was still alive. This would cause even more of a rift between my father and me because I'm not only the only daughter, I'm an only child. When we mention a friend of mine (3 months younger than I am) and his fiance, all my parents can say is they're too young. My cousin and her husband are both over 21 and they were when they got married. My parents didn't speak ill of that. Instead of even asking when my fiance and I thought of getting married, they just seemed to assume it would be within the year, when we've talked about waiting a few years. I don't want to be as old as my parents were before I get married and I'll only be 2-3 years younger than my mom was when her and my dad got married.
My ex once got legitimately pissed off at me because I wouldn't admit that she was "more of a dude" than I was, and I thought she was being joking and I laughed at her...
My can't really recall any "nothing fights" between my boyfriend and I, when we fight it tends to be about actual issues in our relationship. I'm sure we've had some nothing-fights along the road, but not any that I can really remember. I didn't realize so many people had to deal with petty arguments on such a regular basis. That sucks.
lol yesterday we fought about the functions of a debit card and a credit card.
My boyfriend and I haven't really had a fight at all yet.