It got me thinking about all the TV shows I watch (or have watched) and my relationships with them. Here's the inventory, accompanied by appropriate GIFs because I can't help myself:
Mad Men: That guy you started dating because he dresses really well and has a good reputation and is intelligent but lately you've started realizing he's kind of a pretentious d-bag who says #dafuq-tastic things. You still like him, you'll keep dating him, but you talk bad about him to all your friends meanwhile.
The good times...
But now whenever you hang out it's like...
Homeland: Your one true love, you're made for each other. You're in this for the long haul, there is no turning back now. He did something bad recently but made up for it but everyone was like you need to break up with him, he's a horrible person, and you were like, hey, people make mistakes. Still, every night you pray that he's gotten his act together. It's complicated but it's not. Which means it's complicated... I guess.
It was love at first sight...
And he loved you, too...
Bliss and happiness, everything was perfect...
But then...
Ugh...
But as long as there's this, everything will be okay...
Breaking Bad: He's so fun! You went on a crazy weekend trip together and were inseparable for a while there but then started to drift apart and now you haven't spoken in like six months even though you keep meaning to call him.
Hannibal: You think he might be suicidal and you worry for his sanity but he's so beautiful and says really intelligent and thought-provoking things all the time. Every time you see him he looks like he badly needs a hug.
All the time with this guy...
And you're just like...
Scandal: So fun to hang out with but he's pretty shallow. Not much under the hood if you catch my drift.
SO fun in the beginning...
But then you're like, wait what?
The OC: High school boyfriend you look back on now and smile at how much fun you had but thank God you realized there were so many other fish in the sea.
Friends: Best friend for life. Always makes you laugh.
Grey's Anatomy: A really abusive relationship that started out great and awesome and then slowly decayed into something sordid and horrible. You finally cut it off a year ago and have never felt better. But you keep a box of stuff that reminds you of him and look at it every night because the good times really were good.
Your get-a-grip friend was onto him from the beginning...
So you were like...
Girls: Hilarious hipster guy that you were really into and then his OCD relapsed and he started acting really erratically and shoving Q-tips in his ears and you were like, whoa dude I don't know if I can handle that. Still waiting to see if he recovers...
It was a lot like this...
My So-Called Life: You want to marry him because he's so perfect but he died young. So basically you want to marry a dead person.
Rapturous love...
Enlightened: You want to marry him because he's so perfect but he died young. So basically you want to marry a dead person.
Shameless: He's kind of bipolar and goes through lots of mood swings. One time he did this really unexpected thing and it was so moving. Then five minutes later he streaked through the streets and everything was back to normal.
Happy Endings: Casually dated and then fell madly in love and then he died. RIP.
First it was like...
And then he died and you were like...
Gilmore Girls: Quirky high school boyfriend you still really like and every time you go home you hang out. But it could never work out because you still get ragey when you think of that thing he did toward the end of your relationship. Ugh.
He just... got you...
Orphan Black: You had a very brief fling and it was fun but now everyone won't quit talking about it and you just want to crawl in a hole.
You're just like...
The Americans: Friend set you up and said you'd really hit it off but you went on three dates and realized it just was not gonna happen. So you stopped returning his phone calls, even though you feel kind of guilty about it.
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