Netflixed

I read a story about a man who confessed that he was very protective of his Netflix queue, but he reluctantly added his girlfriend to his account. They used to watch movies together, but then she started working late and she wasn't around to watch movies. So he started watching movies in the office.

When I signed up for Netflix, I also reluctantly added my husband. I love him and I like a lot of the same movies he likes, but I also like a bunch of other movies that he doesn't like. We never watched the movies on his list and I returned it months later, so I removed his privileges.

I increased my movies to three last summer and would ask Dan'l what he wanted to watch. So I'd order two movies that we could both watch and one that only I would watch. I started watching those at work. Sometimes, but not too often. I have a lot of movies on my list and I need to make the most of my membership, especially since I can't watch them online on my Mac.

Then Dan'l asked if he could have his own list. I added him and let him choose one movie at a time. The first two, we watched together. Then he started watching movies as soon as they arrived--without me. Last week he and his friends saw a movie at a neighbor's house. Even though it was a movie I'd never see, "Are we there yet?" I felt left out. I was hurt.

Is that how Richard feels whenever I watch a movie he's not interested in watching? Would he all of a sudden ignore his dislike of bad movies and watch with me? I hesitate to ask because I don't want to give up my two movies. He's at home watching TV all day, why should I give up my two movies? I know it's selfish and bad, but I won't give them up.