Tubular Monkey said:
Shadow Fox said:
I don't think it's beyond Chris to use passive-aggressive guilt trips to try to get what he wants. I would hazard a guess that Barb employed this tactic a lot, so he might have even learned from her - but I admit that's giving him a lot of credit.
I have no doubt that he's learned about emotional manipulation from her. He doesn't know how to employ it, but he knows that it's a means to an end. Barb will say, "Chrishun, I'm jussa poor ol' woman who took care of ya since birth. If you wanna go out and leave me alone in this house you must not love me." Chris will say, "PLEASE, Damian Antaria, SLEEP WITH ME! I don't want to have to spend $50 on a damn HOOKER!"
Yeah, I've never taken his lack of sophistication as a lack of subversive or malicious intent. Chris' feeble attempts at deception, reverse psychology, and extortion may seem laughable to us - because they are often so transparent or half baked - but I bet he thinks he's frickin' Danny Ocean pulling a masterful swerve on a potential piece of China or a dimwitted gay JERK.
IMO, Chris' lack of sophistication, spinelessness, and weakness are the only things keeping him from becoming a full blown predator (because goodness knows his bent moral compass always points to him). If he had more refined tools for psychological manipulation, had less fear of reprisal, and were physically stronger than a 4 year old, I sincerely believe he would be
moderately dangerous to a number of unwitting people in his path to...
WHATEVER end Chris seeks (I honest don't even know these days).
Any idea if Barb would enjoy going to Fridays After Five? Maybe with her as a chaperone, Chris could go.
Is Barb so paranoid, so decrepit, so averse to fun, and/or so intent on hoarding Chris that she
wouldn't want to get out of the hoard for a few hours every week?