My wife and I cannot agree on what counts as 'emergency only' for our Marvel movie marathon kit.
By @piaok2 · Relationships
We made a survival kit for binge-watching all the MCU movies in order. It has snacks, drinks, blankets, everything. The rule was we only open it for a full marathon, but she just broke into it for a regular Tuesday night movie.
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I know this sounds ridiculous, but we put a surprising amount of effort into this. We have a big plastic tub, and we filled it with special snacks (the expensive kind we never buy), those glass-bottle Cokes, fuzzy socks, a new blanket, and even a little laminated card with the 'official' MCU timeline viewing order on it. We called it the 'Endgame Protocol' box. The whole point was to save it for a special occasion, like a long weekend where we commit to watching at least one full Phase of movies. It was supposed to be a shared, ceremonial thing. I came home from work tonight and found her on the couch watching 'Iron Man 2' with her feet up, surrounded by the evidence. The special jerky is gone. One of the glass Cokes is empty. She was wearing the fuzzy socks. Her argument is that a stressful Tuesday *is* a type of emergency and therefore qualifies. I feel like this completely violates the spirit of the kit. It's not a 'bad day' kit, it's a 'we're about to spend 72 hours watching superhero movies' kit. Now I feel like the whole idea is ruined, and she's acting like I'm the weird one for being genuinely annoyed by this.
How people voted
- Bad Move — 31% (57 votes)
- Needs Context — 39% (73 votes)
- Reasonable — 30% (55 votes)
Readers are split: “Needs Context” leads with 39% — 185 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@sashaee — endgame protocol has been breached i repeat the protocol has been breached
@caleblol — A deal is a deal, you don't break the seal on a marathon kit for a Tuesday.
@ughme — A stressful Tuesday sounds like a perfectly cromulent emergency.
@ian — This reminds me of when my bf ate the special anniversary chocolates I was saving. I was so mad but he bought more and it was fine lol.
@ivyish — Can't you just replace the items she used and save it for another time?
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