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I once absolutely missed out on doing the hanky panky with a gal...
... because I was absolutely insistent that we must watch all of Inglorious Basterds.
We were literally already in my bed, the entire time.
... But I was apparently more enamored with the movie and functionally spreading it as gospel.
Like, she actually groped me and whispered for me to roll her around and face her, as opposed to me being the big spoon, and I was like "No you don't understand, you have to see this movie."
... I guess the difference here being that I was entirely aware of the possible routes of that uh, encounter, and I consciously chose the movie, lol.
You did nothing wrong. That movie is incredible.
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
... It's been so long...
...
See these eyes so red
Red like jungle, burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
... I remember the immense irony hitting me the next morning.
That the lyrics of that song, that scene, had basically just actually played out... as a result of me very much wanting her to see that scene, hear that song.
What's wrong with her that she wasn't interested in one of the best movies ever
Well at the risk of sounding vain, possibly she was more interested in me than the movie.
Either that or she was just quite tired.
IIRC, she did just actually fall asleep maybe 2/3 way through the movie.
It's a great movie, but I'm convinced this exact situation is why the pause button was invented.
AFAIK there is no such analagous pause button for my immense autism (undiagnosed at the time of this story).