Things I Hate About You
Have you happen to see Things I Hate About You? No, it’s not a laundry list about Dubya Bush. Rather it’s television show about loving couples who document the annoying habits of their significant other to prove who is more irritating.
Video cameras are placed in the happy couples home and car, where three behaviors that annoy the other are captured as evidence. The video evidence is then presented to a three member panel which scores each behavior based on its degree of annoyance. The scores are added up and the most annoying person is then required to grant a wish of their partner.
Most of the behaviors aren’t really that severe, although road rage can be rather dangerous and scary. Some of the behaviors are just matters of individual personality, while other behaviors seem to be more about control issues within the marriage. And then there are those few behaviors that are just plain disgusting, like the man that had the nasty of habit of wiping his snot on himself, the furniture, and his wife.
Although the three member panel includes a Relationship Advisor, the show is kept light with doses of humor from host Mo Rocca. To the credit of the couples, they all seem to have the ability to laugh at themselves and each other.
While Things I Hate About You is geared to entertain, it does provide a unique glimpse into the psychology of modern relationships. It’s also interesting to see how much crap someone is willing to put up with from their other half. In watching the show, one can’t help to consider their own potential annoying behaviors, and to think about certain behaviors of others in relationships past and present that were found to be annoying.
What one behavior of a significant other did you find to be annoying?