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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
cybersmurf:
There's friction building up. Marten will be able to handle it better than Claire I think. Claire will need to burst her own bubble, and the question is whether the relationship will survive. Although being Trans, I have the feeling she was somewhat sheltered from the really bad things, mostly leaving her steaming in her own anxieties and expectations.
There will be a big bang, the question is how metaphorical that will be.
It probably will push Marten on a path he was avoiding to take.
This whole Arc will be a learning experience for both marten and Claire, with the latter realising she could've had it worse herself. Although the most important part is her social circle is accepting her the way she is, and she can both relax and open up. Yes, there will be crude remarks, but that's just Pintsize.
Welu:
I'm not sure how having a marginalised status shelters you from the "really bad things". Claire is acutely aware of her personal safety, like many others in her situation. I could guess if her focus of the last couple years mainly have been her parents' divorce, studies and transition, then that may have left her comparatively unready to others her age for things like moving out of home and establishing their first serious relationship.
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I use spreadsheets all the time in work and made a lot of use of them when planning my wedding. I like using them a lot because my brain just seems to read the info out of them pretty easily. I'm pretty sure the ones for my wedding only made sense to me, even though I tried to make it more parsable because I was sharing them with other people. The day went well so they did the job. Though I probably do use colour coding way too much.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Sep 2018, 03:19 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 Sep 2018, 02:54 ---These guys are starting to push a number of the 'relationship implosion' buttons...
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Personally, I think that you're letting your personal negative viewpoint on this relationship colour your interpretation of the strips, Joe.
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Personally, I think you are incorrect.
Surely you cannot deny the things are raised have happened?
Nor that they are known stressors on relationships...?
I see behaviours taking place (and the above replies certainly seem to agree with my 'take' on what i am seeing)
I am merely commenting on the plain facts that such behaviours, if left unchecked, can escalate and lead to the ending of said relationships.
My like or dislike of Claire (or, indeed, Marten) has no bearing on that.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 Sep 2018, 06:12 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Sep 2018, 03:19 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 Sep 2018, 02:54 ---These guys are starting to push a number of the 'relationship implosion' buttons...
--- End quote ---
Personally, I think that you're letting your personal negative viewpoint on this relationship colour your interpretation of the strips, Joe.
--- End quote ---
Surely you cannot deny the things are raised have happened?
Nor that they are known stressors on relationships...?
--- End quote ---
Actually, yes, I can deny some of the things you said have happened.
There are no money worries, only Claire suggesting Marten should be thinking ahead. The pair have no indication of being under financial strain at all.
There is little 'professional jealousy' too. Marten hasn't got it in him to be jealous, as Claire's clear perplexedness when he admitted that he didn't know why any qualified person would want his job clearly demonstrated. Claire certainly didn't want his job, only a job (and preferably a more senior one).
The only thing that seems to have happened is the communications breakdown that definitely seems to have been resolved aside from both party's sense of guilt at failing to listen but just assume. I think that it is more likely that the two of them will be more likely to try to be extra-nice as a result rather than be offended!
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Sep 2018, 06:19 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 Sep 2018, 06:12 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Sep 2018, 03:19 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 Sep 2018, 02:54 ---These guys are starting to push a number of the 'relationship implosion' buttons...
--- End quote ---
Personally, I think that you're letting your personal negative viewpoint on this relationship colour your interpretation of the strips, Joe.
--- End quote ---
Surely you cannot deny the things are raised have happened?
Nor that they are known stressors on relationships...?
--- End quote ---
Actually, yes, I can deny some of the things you said have happened.
There are no money worries, only Claire suggesting Marten should be thinking ahead. The pair have no indication of being under financial strain at all.
There is little 'professional jealousy' too. Marten hasn't got it in him to be jealous, as Claire's clear perplexedness when he admitted that he didn't know why any qualified person would want his job clearly demonstrated. Claire certainly didn't want his job, only a job (and preferably a more senior one).
The only thing that seems to have happened is the communications breakdown that definitely seems to have been resolved aside from both party's sense of guilt at failing to listen but just assume. I think that it is more likely that the two of them will be more likely to try to be extra-nice as a result rather than be offended!
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Personally, I think you are letting your desire to see the relationship work, colour your interpretations of the strips.
(ETA: Feel free to check my previous edited comment which I posted to early...)
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