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WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)

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OldGoat:

--- Quote from: brasca on 18 Feb 2018, 22:15 ---I can sympathize with Dale to a point, but he’s been with Marigold long enough to of her insecurities.  He really should’ve exercised more tact.

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But he's an ubernerd - he doesn't know how.

I've been in Dale's shoes more that a couple times myself.  People who are born understanding The Rules can't understand how they'er not obvious to everyone, and they'll punish the nerd for not having their in-born understanding.

anonymsly:
I don't know, I think I'm almost completely on Dale's side here - while both sides need to apologize, his side is a simpler one apologizing for clumsiness, whereas Marigold should be apologizing for what amounts to unconscious malice.

Dale tried to address Marigold's current upset in a very clumsy and ineffective way, once he'd realized what said upset actually was. He definitely needs to apologize for his bad phrasing, after figuring out how to properly say 'but she's not my girlfriend who I love, and you are'. And, you know, saying it.

Marigold saw Dale thoroughly platonically interacting with another human being in a friendly way and immediately leaped to 'incipient jealous rage.' To me, this is much, much worse because I can see it becoming some very controlling and problematic behavior if not checked somehow, in the realm of controlling who Dale is allowed to see or speak to. Also the lack of trust her reaction betrays ('Of COURSE he's been lying to me and just waiting to throw me over for a relative stranger') seems like a fundamental issue.  Marigold has just shown, to me at least, that she has zero trust in Dale, has never had any trust in him, and doesn't appear interested in developing any.

Tova:
Welcome, new person!

I am completely on both of their sides. I hope Dale will get better at communicating what he feels, and that Marigold develops some more self-confidence and trust in the relationship. It's reasonable that the latter will take some time to develop. I wouldn't say she's uninterested in developing trust. But trust isn't something you can just flick on like a switch, especially if you're feeling vulnerable. Trust is earned over time.

snufflebottoms:

--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 19 Feb 2018, 05:43 ---I wouldn't even consider it emotionally illiterate. I also wouldn't consider it "stupid and useless". We have no idea what his point was, or what he was about to say: She never let him finish talking.

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I wouldn't have either. It's not like he's an evil person or anything but honestly, I get why Marigold was jealous and insecure.

Zebediah:
I’ve already mentioned my hope for a “Momo to the rescue” strip in this arc, and it’s looking increasingly likely. But there’s also room for a “May to the rescue” moment as well.

Momo will sit Marigold down and explain to her in calm rational terms exactly how she’s being an idiot, because that’s how Momo rolls. Meanwhile May will hear Dale’s side of the story and say “You said what? You fucked up big time, dude. Better go apologize.” Because May really cares about Dale, in her own obnoxious vulgar way.

Sometimes an outside perspective is just what you need.

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