life lessons from tv shows
some time back i was having dinner and watching a chinese drama serial about paramedics. there was this girl who was a paramedic and came from a fucked up family while her boyfriend was a doctor from a rich family.
so one day her gambling addict father asked her for $10,000 because he was being blackmailed with some sex photos but she didn't have any money and he persuaded her to ask her doctor boyfriend.
after a lot of thought she finally went to ask him, but he didn't want to give her father the money because the father was quite a fucked up gambler and besides, giving money to the blackmailers would just make them ask for more.
he wanted her to go to the police but she refused because she didn't want people to know about her father's sex thing with other women. so basically the doctor was being totally reasonable and sensible while the girl was starting to spazz out a little.
finally they started arguing and she said something like "i know the reason you don't want to help me is because you look down on my family!" and then suddenly the guy was all "omg i'm so sorry that's not what i meant," like it was all totally his fault.
at this point i started laughing at the absurdity of her excellent reversal, it was so powerful that the poor guy didn't even know what hit him, turning him into the bad guy in an instant.
but then i thought about it for a second and hmmm, i realised it wasn't quite as absurd as it seemed. perhaps not done in such an outrageous way, but girls are definitely good at turning the tables and shifting blame. and the worst thing is you'll likely end up like the guy, clueless and totally believing that it's your fault.
learn now and not fall into the trap.
so one day her gambling addict father asked her for $10,000 because he was being blackmailed with some sex photos but she didn't have any money and he persuaded her to ask her doctor boyfriend.
after a lot of thought she finally went to ask him, but he didn't want to give her father the money because the father was quite a fucked up gambler and besides, giving money to the blackmailers would just make them ask for more.
he wanted her to go to the police but she refused because she didn't want people to know about her father's sex thing with other women. so basically the doctor was being totally reasonable and sensible while the girl was starting to spazz out a little.
finally they started arguing and she said something like "i know the reason you don't want to help me is because you look down on my family!" and then suddenly the guy was all "omg i'm so sorry that's not what i meant," like it was all totally his fault.
at this point i started laughing at the absurdity of her excellent reversal, it was so powerful that the poor guy didn't even know what hit him, turning him into the bad guy in an instant.
but then i thought about it for a second and hmmm, i realised it wasn't quite as absurd as it seemed. perhaps not done in such an outrageous way, but girls are definitely good at turning the tables and shifting blame. and the worst thing is you'll likely end up like the guy, clueless and totally believing that it's your fault.
learn now and not fall into the trap.
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