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WCDT strips 3676 to 3680 (12th to 16th February 2018)
Is it cold in here?:
I took it as a public service announcement rather than a forecast.
Not that it's going to happen in the strip but it does happen in real life and it's useful to know the warning signs.
SpanielBear:
Agreed, it was the bit in spoilers I was responding to.
Tova:
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--- Quote from: anahata on 16 Feb 2018, 00:42 ---What I'm trying to figure out is whether this is pathological jealousy in Marigold or something really going on with Dale and Emily. Pathological jealousy can be a nasty pervasive condition that's hard to treat or control, and isn't fixed by 'going away and growing up' if it's real and chronic.
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--- Quote ---Pathological jealousy, also known as Morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof, along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. The most common cited forms of psychopathology in morbid jealousy are delusions and obsessions. It is considered a subtype of delusional disorder.
Some symptoms of pathological jealousy include:[citation needed]
(click to show/hide)Accusing partner of looking or giving attention to other people.
Questioning of the partner's behavior.
Interrogation of phone calls, including wrong numbers or accidental phone calls, and all other forms of communication.
Not allowing any social media accounts, Facebook, Twitter etc.
Going through the partner’s belongings.
Always asking where the partner is and who they are with.
Isolating partner from their family and friends.
Not letting the partner have personal interests or hobbies outside the house.
Controlling the partner's social circle.
Claiming the partner is having an affair when they withdraw or tries to escape abuse.
Accusing the partner of holding affairs when the marriage's sexual activity stops because of the abuse.
Verbal and/or physical violence towards the partner, the individual who is considered to be the rival, or both.
Blaming the partner and establishing an excuse for jealous behavior.
Denying the jealous behavior unless cornered.
Threatening to harm others or themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_jealousy
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Hmmmmmh ... IDK, 'delusional' is not the first word I'd associate with Marbear.
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We're also in no position to characterise her jealousy as a preoccupation or as obsessive, which seems to me to be a key characteristic.
Smallest:
--- Quote from: swapna on 16 Feb 2018, 02:27 ---
--- Quote from: zisraelsen on 15 Feb 2018, 20:58 ---I can only hope Dale will pick up on the boldface type of Marigold's "no reason" in that last panel so her jealousy can at least be addressed before it evolves into something dangerous, as jealousy does.
I also don't really understand the distaste for Marigold here. Maybe it's because I struggle with low self esteem in very similar ways to her, but I find her endearing.
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As one of the people who aren't as endeared by Marigold: her low self-esteem is a very relatable character trait, but the way she chooses to make other people suffer for it is annoying. Dale has no idea what's going on, and he's at the same level of social awkwardness as Marigold so she knows he needs things clearly spelled out just as she does.
So, armed with that knowledge,what does she do? She runs him through an interrogation about Emily while giving him no clue about the context. Charming.
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Thank you for wording this. Now on to read a page and a half of comments between your post and where this posts.
Is it cold in here?:
I too hope Momo hears about this and intervenes.
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