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Trouble in Paradise

Date: Apr 29 2008

Intro

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Ever since they got together, Mason and Amanda have been having a lot of fun together. And everyone knows they were meant to be together.

But like a lot of couples, the power of the attraction that brought them together can be explosive as well. Mason and Amanda are at a pizza place and can’t decide on a pizza that they can share. So tensions are high when a sensitive topic comes up…

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Dialog

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Mason

Amanda

Mason: I think after all this time we can decide on an entire shared topping kind of pizza.

Amanda: OK. I trust you.

Mason: We’re not like strangers who need to, you know, get different toppings…

Amanda: How was your day? What did you do?

Mason: It was good, I heard from Devan earlier, so, uh, that was cool. We talked. Kind of cleared the air a little bit.

Amanda: Uh, what was that?

Mason: Devan gave me a call.

Amanda: Girl Devan, or boy Devan?

Mason: C’mon, you know Devan. Devan Devan. I felt bad, you know I felt bad about the whole thing…

Amanda: Did she call you or did you call her?

Mason: She gave me a buzz. I felt weird calling her, so I’m glad she took the initiative. Why? Is there, like, a problem?

Amanda: No. That’s fine. So what were we going to order?

Mason: Are you seriously shaking this off right now? What’s going on?

Amanda: I just, I don’t know, if you know that somebody likes you and we’re in this committed thing, why would you take her call?

Mason: ‘Cause I wanted to see what she had to say and she was totally trying to make things cool again.

Amanda: I think that’s what voicemail’s for.

Mason: Oh, c’mon.

Amanda: Like answer, ignore. Ignore.

Mason: Devan and I are friends, right. I’m not just going to ignore what was going on.

Amanda: I guess I don’t want to be high maintenance, but how do you think…

Mason: Well, I think you are being a little high maintenance in all honesty.

Amanda: If I were Devan, I might think that I made some hedgeway. Is that a word?

Mason: Oh, get over it. I can’t even believe that you’re not over this. Like, you won. Let it go.

Amanda: I kinda feel like calling Jason right now. I wonder what he’s doing.

Mason: Fine. Do it. I don’t even care. You know what?

Amanda: He doesn’t have to ask me what kind of pizza I like because he knows…

Mason: I’ll call him.

Amanda: ...because he can read my mind.

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Discussion

In order to stop talking about what pizza they’re going to order, Amanda asks Mason what he did that day. She’s not very pleased with the answer.

Mason talked on the phone with Devan. Jason had suggested that Mason give her a call because she’s been having a hard time. But it sounds like she called him. Good for her. They had a good conversation, and finally talked about how she liked him a lot but lost him to Amanda.

It was a healthy conversation that needed to happen, but Amanda is jealous. She says she can’t understand why Mason would even answer the phone. Mason gets upset that she’s upset, and the fight snowballs. Amanda wants to do something mean so says she might call Jason. Mason gets up and leaves.

Do you think Amanda is being unreasonable? Have you ever had a fight with your partner?