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> Last weekend, my partner had her friends stay with us over the weekend. We needed to find a movie to watch. This was my chance! I was so excited!

> "Let's use WeWatch!"

> "No, it would take too long. Let's just watch Space Jam."

The guy did a not-insignificant amount of work on an app and his... "partner"... didn't even entertain the idea of using it; if not for mere exposure to their friends, at least for an actual "good" suggestion.

Guy, you might wanna re-evaluate your "partnership".

But hey, at least now I'm inspired to download it and try it out.



I appreciate your concern.

I used her as a punchline because I thought the title and story was funny.

She consistently helped me with testing, gave me feedback, and let me talk her ear off about it for over a month.

She's wonderful, don't worry :)


She's bored, you should worry.


I definitely read that last bit as tongue in cheek. Also doesn't "No, it would take too long" imply that their partner has used it in the past? Maybe the process really does take too long, because you have to scroll through a 100 movies before you find one you both like. And in that case it sounds like the partner was decided what they wanted to watch - Space Jam. In that case I'd just go "ok, sure, if you really want to watch movie X then let's watch it". Obviously we're just sitting here digesting someone's life on the internet. It's stupid anyway.


Yeah, they would have had to download it, sign up, and add us.

She already knew what she wanted to watch, and we were all up for it, so it was just a scenario where it genuinely wasn't useful.

Definitely tongue in cheek!


I'm constantly badgering my non-technical partner to try random tech shit & apps that she doesn't want and didn't ask for. She tells me no sometimes, and usually for good reason.

Please tell me internet person with zero insight into my personal life: should I end my longterm relationship just like you're advising the author to?


Seems like you need /r/relationship_advice. Anything a romantic partner does is a Red Flag. The only fix is to immediately hit facebook, delete the gym and fire your lawyer.


why, so you can find one that is more receptive to your badgering?

the problem is that you're badgering someone

i'm a software engineer and I barely even care about web or mobile apps. i barely install or sign up for anything.

just let people do what they want


Would it take too long or not? I feel that is the deciding factor.


Sounds like an app opportunity right there.




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