Is he just DUMB!? PLEASE read the most amusing story about a Dumb A$$. It will def. make your day!:) So i've posted here about my stupid boyfriend before. We've been having some issues in general but posters advised I try to talk to him or give him another chance. The relationship lacks romance, passion, equality and cooperation (on his part).
Tuesday, I had a talk with him about eating all of my food and not pitching to help buy it. I told him im on a budget that I MUST stick to, especially this month and i asked him to either help more financially (ie. saving his month and not wasting it on games) or that we limit our activities, thus cutting out the expenses.
He told me he was contributing and that he had to help out his dad (which he NEVER told me, so how was i suppose to know?) Then he said,"Oh well i spent a ton of money on food that one weekend so i believe it equals out" I was upset. I told him if you look at my bank statements and add up the amounts that were for us, it would double what you spent. Every time I pay it is always more. In addition, I had to give him $20 to get home, but i never griped about it. And he expects me to pay him back because I spent my money on him and couldn't afford transportation for myself!!?? Oh please....ugh
The final straw occurred this week...
His friend called him and told him he was going to LA to meet with some people. My bf wrote a movie script and his friend wanted him to write up a synopsis and email it to him. He had NO clue how to do it at all and asked my friend and I for help. Ok, fine, i don't mind helping. However, we had to read the script to understand what was going on...
All i can say is atrocious...He can't spell simple words, nor does he know anything about basic grammar!! I was sooooo shocked!! We tried to read through the first page but couldn't because everything was sooo bad. So, we tried to fix some words here and there and instead of coming up with ideas he kept saying "Whatever you guys think, it just has to be done like tonight". LAZY!!!! He pretty much wanted us to do the work for him.
In addition, I asked him "Do you read fantasy novels or scripts so you have an idea of what the genre is like?"
His response: "Haha, no i don't..i have ADHD, i have like no attention span!"
idk why he thought that was a good excuse or amusing
then i asked...
"Did you read this aloud did you do research on you topic, did look up how to properly write a script so that it won't get rejected?"
his response:
"No, i wrote it at 3 in the morning and I just wrote what i felt like and it is formatted right!"
When i asked if he looked online for resources and examples he could look at his excuse was "There was no Google when i first wrote it and my internet is down at home"
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!???????
I can't STAND excuses! None of the reasons he gave are good. He can go to the library and use FREE internet. Google exists now, so hop to it!!
He even told me the reason why he doesn't know basic grammar was because he didn't go to a good school.
He is about to be 27 years old. He's been out of HS for years. That is no excuse to me. He can pick up a book and read...BUT i know he won't because he blames his ADHD instead of working hard and trying to overcome it to do better!!
The worst thing of all...
He was suppose to call me back last night because I told him we couldn't do it because there were too many errors and none of the sentences made sense. However, I was going to email him what we changed but I left the disk at work on accident. He never called. At 10 last night he texted asking how the editing was going!! What?!! He thought we were going to edit the whole damn thing and do the synopsis for him!! Hell no!
I called him and told him to do it and send it to me. He called 15 min later with an attitude saying" Oh, i fixed everything and it only took me 5 sec on Word to correct things and I even fixed you guys errors. haah so yah".
I was ready to throw my phone across the car. I never sent him changes so he fixed his OWN mistakes, not ours. In addition, my friend and I are Master's students. He never finished 2 year college. I highly doubt he is smarter than us seeing as he didn't even know what a synopsis was OR that the words pal and pale, were and where and sliver and silver are not the same....dumb ass....
And then he says, I really appreciate your help, guys, I really do. Im gonna let him turn it in and when the movie people look at him like a fool, that will be on him. We tried to tell him to go back and read his script, do research, get books...but he kept making excuses.
I can't date a dumb person...so he's done.
Thank you for reading! I hope you have enjoyed the Chronicles of an Idiot.
Update: August 05, 2010.
Just to clarify, I don't think that he is dumb because he has ADHD. He uses the fact that he has this disorder as a crutch. I agree that there are treatments for it;however, he refuses to take any treatment, and he is lazy to say the least. While he asked my friend and I how the editing of HIS script was going, he was sitting in front of the television watching a film! I've known many people with this disorder and most have tried to overcome the obstacles, not simply give up. If his passion is screenwriting, he should be willing to do whatever it takes to make it. He is passing off the work to other people and hoping no one notices. He was trying to be clever, but my friend and I are more observant than that. - Asked by sesshokun, A Sweet Sarah, Female, 22-25, Student | 