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Oh, Abhi.
Yeah, you have been a pretty bad husband. Mostly because you haven't wanted to be a husband.
But, no, you haven't really been the worst husband in the world. There are worse. You've even done things right here and there.
It's kind of annoying that we're invited to console you for exaggerated self-blame - disingenuous, you understand, because it's also an invitation to overlook your actual shortcomings. I think CVs do this kind of thing because audiences don't like to see men suffer too much. It's enough to show us that you feel bad. No one (supposedly) wants to see you wallow.
Thus Pragya and the audience are both encouraged to short-circuit your negative self-talk right away.
But then again, Pragya shut down your "woe is me" pity party today and made you hear how your mistakes are translating into her own punishment.
And you even apologized to her for snapping out. And you admitted that you don't know what the hell you're doing. So it makes sense that you'd express your self-blame so exaggeratedly.
So my egotistical hero...there's one award you don't get. Worst husband in the world...nope, jury, keep looking. Abhi's not the winning candidate today. 😛
Yeah, you have been a pretty bad husband. Mostly because you haven't wanted to be a husband.
But, no, you haven't really been the worst husband in the world. There are worse. You've even done things right here and there.
It's kind of annoying that we're invited to console you for exaggerated self-blame - disingenuous, you understand, because it's also an invitation to overlook your actual shortcomings. I think CVs do this kind of thing because audiences don't like to see men suffer too much. It's enough to show us that you feel bad. No one (supposedly) wants to see you wallow.
Thus Pragya and the audience are both encouraged to short-circuit your negative self-talk right away.
But then again, Pragya shut down your "woe is me" pity party today and made you hear how your mistakes are translating into her own punishment.
And you even apologized to her for snapping out. And you admitted that you don't know what the hell you're doing. So it makes sense that you'd express your self-blame so exaggeratedly.
So my egotistical hero...there's one award you don't get. Worst husband in the world...nope, jury, keep looking. Abhi's not the winning candidate today. 😛
Bindi
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