Bre a k i n g P o i nt :
( a n ot- so-i nd e p t h i nv e stigation )
Contrary to popular belief, my Saturday night was not spent out on the town, but rather wasting away hours trying to come to a decision with my room mate. The conversation went a little like this:
We're now so spoilt for choice with amazing places to eat, that making the decision about where to eat has garnered itself as one of the most important pieces of discussion in society today. You know, aside from things like ISIS and climate change.
Room mate: “I don't know... Pizza?”
It's something that has born many a meme and if it becomes a meme, you know it's important. Most memes however focus on those who are in a relationship, because apparently if you're with a significant other, making decisions is that much harder. So I put it to my colleagues and friends who are loved up to see how they overcome this, not at all, first world problem.
Me: “Nah... At the end of this Friends episode, let's put together a game plan.”
We struggle everyday with this,” says Laura Hayden of Laura Kate events. “We play a game where we take it in turns vetoing everything until there is nothing left... Or I just decide.”
Me: “Ok, I'm hungry now, what do you want to do for dinner?”
20 minutes later... Room mate: “Ok, so what do we want? Indian?” Me: “Nah I don't feel like Indian.” Two hours later, it ended with her going to get McDonald’s and myself scrounging two chicken dippers out of the back of the freezer. Not ideal. But it got me thinking, is this not the conversation of our generation?
Similarly another friend says, “I usually just suggest everything in Geelong. I list off all the different cuisines in a process of elimination until we get to one.” “My friends would have a jar which they would put different places in and then pick it out,” says a colleague. “It would work until one of them would be like 'I DON'T WANT THAT!' Looking at memes, most of them seem to blame the female in the relationship for the indecisiveness but this could just be a case of mansplaining. So, what's a good way to overcome this issue? I personally like the jar idea – or to keep it fair just take it in turns choosing.
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All I know is, it's probably not something we'll fix overnight – so Godspeed and stock up on snacks.
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