Movies

You know, movie nights are fun. The family sits down and watches a movie--it's great! Or a group of friends get together to watch something or go to a theatre and watch something--so much fun!

But what if that's it?

When meetings with friends are always movie-based, how much talking actually occurs? How much catching up can happen in a movie-watching setting? How well do you actually know that person sitting in front of the same screen? The friendship had to start somewhere--presumably not in front of a movie screen--so some knowledge of that person must be present. There must be some level on which one knows one's friend better than one knows any other person in the theatre.... But is that simply because their name is not unknown?

It just feels like the easy way. As though when people know a friendship is doomed to end, they start watching movies. If two people don't talk, they can't really fight. I know of no friendships that ended during a movie, only those that ended during a face-to-face conversation or, as seems more and more common these days, an online one.

I feel certain that the friendship is fine; we do have coffee together every rare occassion or so--though never one-on-one. Honestly, our personalities are too close to correctly mesh. Or maybe it is just me. Who knows. Maybe one-on-one coffee would be great. Or maybe it would all end.

I'm good with watching movies.