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So I was watching a couple friends of mine tonight get in a fight with one another and I didn't feel as indifferent about it as I figure I should feel. Up until then, I didn't realize that their relationship or their happiness was something that I took for granted. Rather, I didn't know that I I realized I wanted them to be together and to be happy. Honestly, this wasn't the first time this occurred to me. Several of my friends, this week alone, have ended relationships lasting years. Has this ever happened to you? Like, just a total lack of awareness about someone else's relationship until you see its faults?

I think it's a relevant topic in relation to the comic. We rarely take the relationships for granted because the problems are almost always right in the foreground and that tension drives the comic, so we rarely come into contact with feelings that just take us out of our element like this.

Unless you're an AbbeyxDaisy fan in which case fuck you.

Can't say I can recall, most of my friends aren't in relationships. How about anti-shipping, hoping for an end to a relationship for the sake of a friend's happiness?

Or preemptively hoping they don't get together?

I (am ashamed to say that I) ship two people in one of my classes at school. It's a little bit like mikexlucy, except the girl isn't as mean to everyone.

ChewySmokey, on 20 May 2012 - 06:40 AM, said:

Dr. Klaus, on 20 May 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

I'd have to say that the subconscious part can be as much affirmation as negation, and that I doubt it has any constraint on time in relation to the relationship. It's more like thinking about it without realizing you're thinking about it, so it's fair to consider hypothetical match ups, but the feeling would come with more revulsion because you had an answer for the situation but not a calculated response.

I occasionally cheer inside when ever two of my friends fight and I hope for a break up, but generally yeah, I want my friends to fix their differences and stay in the relationship, mostly cause media forces the idea that women need a man to be happy though.

I ship people all the time. I'm a total sucker for romance.

I do wish the best for all my friends who are in relationships. Commonly, I know both sides, and it falls natural to me to wish them all the best - there have been two exceptions, but in those cases my superconscious stepped in. ^_^

Particularly, I remember a very good friend of mine who got into a relationship with an acquaintance of mine - we might be called friends, but we hardly see each other these days and mostly have not since this relationship started. They broke apart, but have remained very friendly since. The point is, however, that I thought them very fitting for each other as long as it lasted: He was a sort of clumsy but incredibly helpful kind of boy who always went out of his way to support friends, and she was a pleasant and cheerful girl who let him help, but who was also not afraid to lend him a hand. They discovered, however, that they did not want to continue their relationship.

Personally, I think that is a beautiful story.

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I am, in fact, an Abraham and Daisy fan. The notion is registered and appreciated.

Jerk said:

Oh man, now you're turning me on.

wacko, on 26 May 2012 - 02:13 AM, said:

...I don't want to know what you mean by that.

It means I'm arousing him sexually.

And I'm okay with that.

Jerk, on 26 May 2012 - 09:36 PM, said:

; *backs away slowly* Brain Bleach, stat!

This post has been edited by Luigifan: 27 May 2012 - 03:35 AM

Luigifan, on 27 May 2012 - 03:34 AM, said:

C'mon, don't be coy, it's all natural.

And to be on topic, I don't think I share this unconscious "shipping" until I see some actual chemistry between two people I know. If it's with x person that I like, I obviously am much more competitive, but if I'm fairly indifferent, I do wish for the best. I actually miss a few of my couple friends. When they break up, you kind of see less of one of them if you meet x person through that relationship.

In my opinion, I'm indifferent to shipping. If Lucy and Mike make it together, i'll be like, "Okay, that's cool, but predictable". If Mike and Sandy stay as is, "Okay, they made it, but they were in love since forever". Lucy and Paulo, "That's a bit of a twist, but they always liked each other, so yeah". I could go on. Either way, I will still be the smug bitch who just enjoys the comic.

It wasn't really about them. It was more about established couples that you don't realize would break your heart if you saw them split.

On that note, the original couple I was talking about, my brother found one of the people in that relationship at a bar. He paid for my brother's drinks, but he was with enough girls to bring up the prospect that he might've been cheating and bribing my brother with alcohol not to talk about it. Shortly after, his wife left the country for the (I believe) second time this year. This time alone.