My girlfriend and I have been watching this season of Love Island religiously. As viewers typically do, we would share our opinions of each Islander. The ones we liked, disliked, thought were crazy, etc. At THIS point, most audience members had formed their clear opinions that Huda was crazy, toxic, and jealous (opinions have shifted since then). I think we were on the episode where they had the baseball challenge. There was a lot of making out, butts, slo-mo’s… as Love Island tends to depict a lot of. I noticed my girlfriend glaring at me several times during this challenge. At first, I was wondering if my face conveyed any sort of lust or awe, but I found myself reacting moreso with laughter and “OMG” as Islanders like Charlie, Bell-A, and Taylor got out of their comfort zone. Anyways, each time I felt her glaring, I would look at her confused, and then return my attention to the screen. Mind you, this isn’t the first challenge of scene that my gf has done this for. Nearly any time a butt, boob, or anything sexual popped on the screen, I felt her eyes lasering into the side of my head, and sometimes she’d even say things like “what are you looking at” or “you like that?”.
Anyways, I was a little over it atp and said “you’re kinda being like Huda right now.” She got incredibly offended, rolled over, and hid under the blankets. I didn’t comfort her because I’ve gotten a little tired of her baby act where she either leaves the room, goes for a drive, or hides in the bathroom anytime she’s remotely offended. I said once more, “that’s lowkey something Huda would do too” as she hid under the blankets. MIND YOU, I’ll reiterate that at this point, I think it was a strongly formulated opinion of America, that Huda was indeed toxic and unnecessarily jealous with Jeremiah, so I did believe it was a fair comparison to her actions.
I just don’t understand how she can want to watch a show with me, a show that we both enjoy, but she’ll make me uncomfortable anytime a butt pops on my screen. I’ve expressed to her many times while we watch that I would be the type of islander to be attracted to drive, ambition, and intelligence. In fact, when she asked me who I’d go for, I responded with “Probably ____ because she seems more emotionally mature than the rest and is very well-spoken.” Lol this contestant has been removed since for very valid reasons, so my opinion is no longer in-play.
It just made me feel extremely uncomfortable that she looks at me as if I’m watching the show for the eye candy. I literally send her tiktok’s of the show because I’m invested in the drama, I could honestly care less about how the islanders look and I’ve expressed that.
Was I an asshole for comparing her to Huda?
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Backup of the post’s body: My girlfriend and I have been watching this season of Love Island religiously. As viewers typically do, we would share our opinions of each Islander. The ones we liked, disliked, thought were crazy, etc. At THIS point, most audience members had formed their clear opinions that Huda was crazy, toxic, and jealous (opinions have shifted since then). I think we were on the episode where they had the baseball challenge. There was a lot of making out, butts, slo-mo’s… as Love Island tends to depict a lot of. I noticed my girlfriend glaring at me several times during this challenge. At first, I was wondering if my face conveyed any sort of lust or awe, but I found myself reacting moreso with laughter and “OMG” as Islanders like Charlie, Bell-A, and Taylor got out of their comfort zone. Anyways, each time I felt her glaring, I would look at her confused, and then return my attention to the screen. Mind you, this isn’t the first challenge of scene that my gf has done this for. Nearly any time a butt, boob, or anything sexual popped on the screen, I felt her eyes lasering into the side of my head, and sometimes she’d even say things like “what are you looking at” or “you like that?”.
Anyways, I was a little over it atp and said “you’re kinda being like Huda right now.” She got incredibly offended, rolled over, and hid under the blankets. I didn’t comfort her because I’ve gotten a little tired of her baby act where she either leaves the room, goes for a drive, or hides in the bathroom anytime she’s remotely offended. I said once more, “that’s lowkey something Huda would do too” as she hid under the blankets. MIND YOU, I’ll reiterate that at this point, I think it was a strongly formulated opinion of America, that Huda was indeed toxic and unnecessarily jealous with Jeremiah, so I did believe it was a fair comparison to her actions.
I just don’t understand how she can want to watch a show with me, a show that we both enjoy, but she’ll make me uncomfortable anytime a butt pops on my screen. I’ve expressed to her many times while we watch that I would be the type of islander to be attracted to drive, ambition, and intelligence. In fact, when she asked me who I’d go for, I responded with “Probably ____ because she seems more emotionally mature than the rest and is very well-spoken.” Lol this contestant has been removed since for very valid reasons, so my opinion is no longer in-play.
It just made me feel extremely uncomfortable that she looks at me as if I’m watching the show for the eye candy. I literally send her tiktok’s of the show because I’m invested in the drama, I could honestly care less about how the islanders look and I’ve expressed that.
Was I an asshole for comparing her to Huda?
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