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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/mullet4superman on 2024-09-13 19:13:06+00:00.
So this was actually today. Whoops.
For date night I thought we could watch a film and when picking I realised the last movies I've picked have all been really silly (think early 00s late 90s comedy flicks) so I thought I would go against the grain and prove to them that yes I have taste and can be deep. I decided on To Kill a Mockingbird because I know they havent read or seen it yet and I have. Excited at the prospect that I was able to show them something important to me and my childhood, I immediate started setting things up. They knew it was about racism and I thought "yup thats enough preparation" (boy was I wrong) The film finished about half an hour ago. And since then my partner has been able to fit in pointed notes such as:
"why did you think I would enjoy that??"
"You need to tell me if a dog dies in a movie"
"A good bulk of your pitch for this movie was about Scout looking funny in a ham costume"
"This is the first evening I've been calm in such a long time"
"You're face looks like a moon" (I have recently shaved and they don't like it)
"When I ask you if he saves Tom Robinson, your reply shouldn't be "I'm not sure", you bastard"
"How am I supposed to go roller skating in 2 hours?"
"I just feel like if we agree to do something on a day we're meant to go out, it shouldt be something likely to give me an emotional breakdown"
So TLDR; I ruined the mood for our date night because I put on a triggering movie and now we may not be able to go skating later
We have calmed down a bit and I have now learned that I should do a good trigger warning session before we watch another big drama movie.
Update: just finished rollerskating (we made it!) And we're all cool. They're driving us home and spotted the moon and said "see it's nice to be called a moon!look how beautiful and radiant it is"