feeling neglected in a relationship theme
Someone is in a relationship where they feel their partner doesn't pay sufficient attention to them.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh2x12 | major | Each of Gerald's three different wives longed to spend more time together with him because he spent so much time in other cities on supposed "business trips". |
| ahh2x20 | major | Doris was motivated in part to seek out a lover on account that her psychologist husband was preoccupied with his research. |
| ahp7x31 | major | Louise felt Stanley was neglecting his husbandly duties by being preoccupied with his business. She confronted Stanley about it and later confided in Dave about how she felt. |
| talesoftheunexpected9x02 | major | Eve obviously felt neglected by her unfaithful and brutish husband. |
| tftc1989e3x13 | major | The housewife Janet turned to the cable guy to fulfill her carnal needs because her husband was consumed with his groundbreaking medical research. |
| voy7x03 | major | B'Elanna felt Tom was neglecting his boyfriend duties by canceling their vacation on short notice |
| ahp2x16 | minor | Norma complained to her husband that he didn't even notice what she was wearing anymore. And because of that neglect she took up with Miss Elliot's boyfriend. |
| apuleius180tgainset1 | minor | One of Psyche's wicked sisters complained that was too old and arthritic to satisfy her in the sack. |
| blackmirror6x03 | minor | David deduced that Cliff's marriage was hanging by a thread because Cliff was unempathic and dim, and because he hadn't touched his wife in ages though she was craving intimacy. |
| movie: The Lawnmower Man (1992) | minor | Caroline walked out on her husband, Dr. Angelo, because all he could think about was his research project. |