Did you know that men hate to listen to their wives? Did you also know that women only talk about inane things like what color to paint the foyer? If either of these "facts" comes as a surprise to you, then you clearly aren't working for Klondike, the ice cream company that forced a man to (gasp!) listen to his wife for five seconds in order to get a bar.
Now, obviously, the Klondike commercial is a joke (and a sexist one at that), but the premise comes from somewhere, some inherent truth the company seems to think exists in the relationship between men and women. The sad truth is, for many, it's real.
See the video below:
Unfortunately, so many people are stuck in loveless, bad marriages that this commercial likely strikes a chord. They find it hilarious.
For me, it's depressing. Too many people believe that marriage inevitably has to slide into suck. It doesn't. And if it does, why not just leave?
Life is too darn short to stay in something that makes you unhappy and miserable. To some, this might be funny. It might even seem true. But those of us in happy marriages know it's actually just depressing. If my man ever struggled to listen to me for five seconds, I would push him out the door.
Marriage is supposed to be about love and respect, not mutual tolerance.
Does this commercial depress you?
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Comments 6
Over sensitive, I think. Would only be offensive to people who were already in bad relationships. Every one who's in a couple doesnt want to listen to the other at least SOMETIMES!
I'll get depressed about this when someone else points out how ALL of the rest of TV has run down men. I can't even watch most "family" sitcoms any more. You want to talk about disrespect, and modeling horrible marriages? Let's see, the last one I can remember watching was "Everybody Loves Raymond". Ray was ALWAYS the "idiot" (as pointed out by his wife at least once an episode). He was always the bumbling husband who couldn't do the simplest tasks and who wasn't to be trusted with his own children. Other shows have everyone pointing out how stupid the husband/dad is, including smart-mouthed children, who get laughs for their disrespect, as the dad goes slumping off, "yeah, they're right, I'm stupid and incapable."
When I start seeing outrage about that, perhaps I'll start being outraged over a stupid commercial that paints a wife as less than riveting for five bleeping seconds.
meh, it's a commercial designed to fit in some sort of funny in approximately 15 - 30 seconds. i don't take it any more personally than i do flo offering me progressive insurance. the thing is, folks in a good marriage don't get tripped up about this, because they know they're the exception to this 'rule'... and you try telling me you've never tuned out a partner before, and i'll tell you that you haven't been in many long-running or committed-for-more-than-six-months relationships.
Instead of leaving, why not work to make it better? Divorce should not be the first option you think of! If it is, why get married in the first place? Marriage is about commtiment. Marriage should NOT suck, but every couple goes through rough patches that they work through and grow from. Giving up shouldn't be the go-to option.