Turn the space between sessions into progress

Speaker A
Well, I'm gonna go wash the dishes. It'd be nice if you could help.
Speaker B
Yeah, for sure. Can get them a little bit later? I'm just gonna play Grand Theft Auto for a little bit.
Speaker A
Name Removed, come on. I don't want to do them later. Let's just get it done with now. It'll take 10 minutes.
Speaker B
Oh, babe, I am so exhausted. I just really want to chill now. If I could just sit here, let my food digest, and just try to enjoy my game for a little bit. We can clean the dishes tomorrow.
Speaker A
Name Removed, you know I don't like waking up to a filthy kitchen.
Speaker B
Who gives a crap?
Speaker A
I care, all right? I care. I busted my ass all day cleaning our home and then cooking that meal. It would be nice if you said thank you and helped me with the dishes.
Speaker B
Fine. I'll help you do the damn dishes.
Speaker A
Oh, come on. You know what? No, see, that's not what I want.
Speaker B
You just said that you want me to help you do the dishes.
Speaker A
I want you to want to do the dishes.
Speaker B
Why the hell would I want to do dishes? Why?
Speaker A
See, that's my whole point.
Speaker B
Let me see if I'm following this, okay? Are you telling me that you're upset because I don't have a strong desire to clean dishes?
Speaker A
No, I'm upset because you don't have a strong desire to offer to do the dishes.
Speaker B
I just did.
Speaker A
After I asked you.
Speaker B
Jesus, Name Removed, you're acting insane again.
Speaker A
Don't you call me insane. I am not insane.
Speaker B
I didn't call you insane. I didn't call you crazy. No, I didn't. I said you're acting insane.
Speaker A
You know what, Name Removed? I asked you to do one thing today, one very simple thing. To bring me 10 apples, and you brought me two. God dammit.
Speaker B
If I knew that it was gonna be this much trouble, I would have brought home 50 apples. Even 100 apples. You know what I wish? I wish everyone that was at that goddamn table had their own little private bag of apples.
Speaker A
It's not about the apples.
Speaker B
So that's all you're talking about?
Speaker A
I'm just saying it'd be nice if you did things that I asked. It would be even nicer if you did things without me having to ask you.
Speaker B
Well, I do seem to remember doing something for you this morning without you asking.
Speaker A
Name Removed, come on.
Speaker B
I'm serious. You know what?
Speaker A
No, I'm serious. I really am. Come on, you knew I was working today, and I made that meal. And you could have thought to yourself, you know, you could have said, I think I'm gonna get Name Removed some flowers.
Speaker B
You said on our very first date that you don't like flowers, that they're a waste of money.
Speaker A
Every girl likes flowers, Name Removed.
Speaker B
You say that you don't like flowers. I'm supposed to take that to mean that you do like flowers?
Speaker A
No, this is not about. You're not. You're not. You're. You're. You're not getting it. You're not getting this, Name Removed, okay? It's not about the apples. It's not about the flowers. It's not about the dishes. It's just, um. How many times do I have to drop hints about the ballet?
Speaker B
You know? I can't. Name Removed, come here. We talked about the damn ballet. I hate the goddamn ballet. You got a bunch of dudes in tights flopping around for three hours. It's like a medieval techno show. It's a nightmare. I sit there in a sweat. The whole thing, I do, I'm wondering when the hell's the goddamn nightmare gonna end. Go to a damn ballet?
Speaker A
It's not about you loving the ballet, Name Removed. It's about the person that you love loves the ballet and you wanting to spend time with that person.
Speaker B
Not when they're at the ballet.
Speaker A
Okay, forget the ballet. Forget the ballet. We don't go anywhere together.
Speaker B
We just went to Location Removed together.
Speaker A
To Location Removed? To the Giants game. You think screaming drunk fans doing backflips is fun for me. Come on, man. I did that for you. What do you. How do you show up for me?
Speaker B
I'm up on the train every goddamn day for you.
Speaker A
Come on.
Speaker B
I'm busting my ass to be the best tour guide in the damn city so I can make enough money to support both of us and hopefully you won't have to work one day.
Speaker A
I want to work.
Speaker B
All I ask, Name Removed, is that you show a little bit of appreciation. That I just get 10 minutes to relax when I come home instead of being attacked with questions and nag the whole damn thing.
Speaker A
You think that I nag you?
Speaker B
That's all you do. All you do is nag me. The toilet's a mess. Your gloves doesn't match. Hey, Name Removed, you should probably go work out. Nothing I ever do is ever good enough. I just want to be left the hell alone.
Speaker A
Really? Is that what you want, Name Removed? Is that what you want?
Speaker B
Yeah.
Speaker A
That's what you want?
Speaker B
Yeah.
Speaker A
Fine. Great. Do whatever the hell you want. You leave your socks all over this house, dress like a pig, play your stupid ass video game, I don't care. I'm done.
Speaker B
What?
Speaker A
I am done. I don't deserve this. I really do not deserve this. I deserve somebody who gives a shit. I'm, um, not spending one more second of this life with some inconsiderate jerk. You're a jerk.


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