Once you enter a long term committed relationship, you're going to run into the problem of the couple friends. You'll have your friends, your signifcant other will have her friends, but for whatever reason, finding another couple in a long-term relationship that you both enjoy hanging out with is like trying to find Waldo. None of my friends in relationships live particularly close to us, all of Rachel's friends live in the midwest. We tried to be couple friends with a couple of people that I worked with, but when I got a new job, we saw less and less of each other, and realized we really didn't have anything in common with them.
The other part of the couple friends search is finding a couple that is at the same point in their lives that you are. Rachel and I just got married and bought a house, and are now starting to plan for the future, whether that includes continuning education, moving, saving for retirement, starting a family or getting a pet. That's a pretty specific moment in people's lives. We do have one couple of friends that live somewhat close to us that are also at this point in their lives, and we hung out with them this weekend.
It was great to hang out with them, because as we walked through Washington Square, I could talk to Don about sports and work and things like that, while Mieka and Rachel's conversation was all babies and puppies. If we weren't hanging out with couple friends, either Rachel would be bored with the sports talk, or I'd be in a sugary induced coma listening to baby and puppy talk. The couple friends are indeed a rare and special gift that should be treasured.
After the mall, we were given a tour of their new home and then headed to Tigard Cinemas to watch a movie. Once we got there, we decided on Happy Feet because none of us had seen it, and all of us had at least a mild interest in seeing it. What an absolute mistake that was. All in all, one of the worst movies I can remember seeing in a long time. I really can't remember ever seeing a movie where I sat with my arms with a blank stare on my face for a half an hour straight. I had no clue what to think. It wasn't funny, it wasn't emotional, it wasn't anything. Just a terrible piece of filmmaking. Robin Williams did elicit a few laughs from the crowd, but other than him, there wasn't another redeemable quality to the entire movie. I kept laughing at the serious parts because they were so terrible. Even the kids sitting around us didn't like it. Not many times you go to an animated movie and you hear kids asking their parents what's going on more than you hear them laughing. It was just terrible. Then the movie got over, and the credits started, and NOBODY LEFT. I couldn't figure it out. Either they were all in shock or something happens after the credits that I didn't know about that every other person in the theater did. The four of us got up and walked out into the lobby with bewildered looks on our faces. Then we started cracking up because we all thought it was absolutely awful. And still, after standing there discussing how bad it sucked for a good two minutes, not another person had come out the door. It was unbelievable. Never see that movie. Unless you have two hours to kill and a few bucks you don't need......don't see it. It's awful.
If you have already seen though, I'd be interested to see if any of you thought it was as bad as I did.
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