at the mrt station this morning i was greeted by the sight of a couple quarreling. ok, they were partially hidden from general view by a pillar but i could see them anyway.
this is the second fight (i've seen) since internship started, the first being a true scratch-and-slap between two ladies over some seating arrangement on the mrt. good god, what an embarrassment to us females.
anyway, back to the couple -- the girl was crying. not a surprising sight in love quarrels but it does somewhat pushes majority of the blame onto the guy, doesn't it? women just tear and people will think it's the guy's fault. men are suckers, i think.
i thought whoever picked the fight (will not let me being a female or the sight of the crying girlfriend bias my opinion here) has gotta be too selfish for his or her own good. i mean, i know you have disagreements you think should not be left unsettled, but so early in the day? why spoil the mood for your partner? you loved him or her once, and at one time you were willing to sacrifice some things for each other's sake, why throw all of that away just for one argument that might make you feel stupid thereafter? and why in public for christ's sake?
i know some people reading might go "oh what a greenhorn", "how naive!", "obviously haven't been there done that", "love is different, complicated" etc. etc.
but the question in question here isn't about love. it's about courtesy. surely you can tahan till you get home to fight right? you're embarrassing yourselves and being a public nuisance at the same time, how could anyone want to humiliate themselves like this? tsk.
but then again, what's said, or typed in this case, often differs much from reality. i could be fighting on the streets of Orchard Road tomorrow, who knows?
this is the second fight (i've seen) since internship started, the first being a true scratch-and-slap between two ladies over some seating arrangement on the mrt. good god, what an embarrassment to us females.
anyway, back to the couple -- the girl was crying. not a surprising sight in love quarrels but it does somewhat pushes majority of the blame onto the guy, doesn't it? women just tear and people will think it's the guy's fault. men are suckers, i think.
i thought whoever picked the fight (will not let me being a female or the sight of the crying girlfriend bias my opinion here) has gotta be too selfish for his or her own good. i mean, i know you have disagreements you think should not be left unsettled, but so early in the day? why spoil the mood for your partner? you loved him or her once, and at one time you were willing to sacrifice some things for each other's sake, why throw all of that away just for one argument that might make you feel stupid thereafter? and why in public for christ's sake?
i know some people reading might go "oh what a greenhorn", "how naive!", "obviously haven't been there done that", "love is different, complicated" etc. etc.
but the question in question here isn't about love. it's about courtesy. surely you can tahan till you get home to fight right? you're embarrassing yourselves and being a public nuisance at the same time, how could anyone want to humiliate themselves like this? tsk.
but then again, what's said, or typed in this case, often differs much from reality. i could be fighting on the streets of Orchard Road tomorrow, who knows?
Now actually very common. I still remember last time I went and watch seed of Chucky with a friend and just besides us is another couple. Before the movie start, suddenly they started shouting at each other, too vulgar to write down here. Then everyone were like staring at them and the guy pushed the girl down then as the movie proceeded, they all talk to each other and laughed together. In the end, they left the theatre happily, no one could guess that they quarreled.