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Soluzar:
Marten and Dora are so clearly going to stay friends. There might be an initial period of awkwardness, but neither of them did anything so bad that the friendship can't survive. I don't want to think about the group being divided over this... even though I know Faye would probably choose Marten as a friend over Dora, I wouldn't want her (or anyone) to be in that position. Dora will be mature about this, she's already set aside her angry moment.

jwhouk:
In the words of the immortal Bette Davis, "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."

Occams Meataxe:

--- Quote from: rasperin on 20 Nov 2010, 23:17 ---Just following the pattern of the comic thus far, not too terribly happy about this. I've been with the same woman for almost 10 years, there are hard patches and there are fun times but no matter how screwed up you are after a couple of years together you don't just break it off over a silly argument and insecurities.

At least not in 2 minutes of dialogged, people (especially like the character Martin portrays) tend to beat their head against a very hard, spiky, wall before just giving it up.
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Absolutely. Been married for quite a while, and the last couple strips didn't quite ring true. One thing I will say, if the boy leaves there's a chance they will get back together. If the girl leaves it's most likely over. It shouldn't be that way, but that's how it seems to fall out.

Blackjoker:

--- Quote from: ElvisRevenge on 21 Nov 2010, 13:18 ---Quick question. Does anybody think the relationship would have been this rocky/ended the way it did if Marten and Dora had their own place?

I'm not all too sure on the answer myself.

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I'll say yes and no. Yes in that the incident with the post-angus date is dramatically less likely to have occurred, which would have been one fewer big fight, and would have made the argument less likely. BUT the problem isn't a particular incident insofar as it is Doras insecurities. Even if Marten had moved in with her the insecurities probably would have manifested in different ways. It might have taken longer, and yes, it's possible that Dora might have actually gone and gotten help over what happened, but it doesn't feel especially likely. If he had gone to visit Faye, or if he took a little too long to get home, or anything else. What set Marten off so much was that Dora didn't respect him or his boundaries and while she would explode at him for trivial things when he, ONCE, brought up his frustrations after she had violated his privacy and then apologized with an expression that said she was doing it as a courtesy rather than feeling sorry she called him a 'vindictive prick.'  Now I should point out that I actually like Dora as a character and was actually kind of shocked when Dora broke things off.

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: aLEXander on 21 Nov 2010, 15:08 ---I personally doubt that it is completely over. The smart thing for Marten to do right now would be to rekindle the relationship on his own. Doing so would not kill Dora's insecurities, but it would be a great first step to allaying her fears that she is only his second choice.
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I find this an interesting take.  If Marten were to actively pursue Dora (after a short cooling off period), it may well finally allay some of those her fears.  Until now, the only reason he's given for choosong her was that she made him happy, but generally, it doesn't take much to make him happy.  Showing her that she's important enough to him for him to actively do  something to make it happen would be a breakthrough moment for both of them. 

Which is why I kind of doubt it's going to happen. 

But it could  work...

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