I Want You to WANT to do the Dishes - The Break-Up | RomComs

Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) and Gary (Vince Vaughn) have a huge fight when she tells him he doesn't put enough effort into their relationship.

What is The Break-Up (2006) about?

After two years together, Gary (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke's (Jennifer Aniston) relationship seems to have taken a comical wrong turn on the way to happily ever after. Now the break-up is on, the lines have been drawn, and their honest feelings for each other are coming out. Get ready for an all-out war of the exes in this fun date movie that's hilarious and heartfelt.

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[catherinethorstenberg]

It’s a really hard concept to explain to someone if they don’t naturally want to do nice things for their partner

[MrSeanMDolan]

Dude I’m 31 now and this is so much more realistic and relatable than I ever thought.

[TheMiller]

It's pretty simple: if you love someone that badly, doing something simple as helping out with the dishes goes a long way.

[vera]

What she's basically saying is "if you loved and respected me, offering me help would be a no-brainer. You would think of me and my needs in a way that would make you WANT to do things that help me out, like do the dishes."

[jacq_sparrow]

They're arguing and she's still cleaning up and he's not still not helping. 😭

[AJ-kcnm]

He doesn’t see the big picture, it’s not about the lemons or the flowers or the dishes, it’s the accumulation of everything!

[yolandaponkers]

Her last words to him in this scene were sheer perfection. You really do deserve better than a partner who calls you crazy and gaslights you for simply asking for the same respect you give them.

[myathawthaw]

It's nice that she realises she deserved better. Lots of people don't and get stuck in toxic, one sided relationships and could not get out till the end.

[Mel__]

“Are you saying that you’re upset because I don’t have a strong desire to do the dishes?”

“No I’m upset because you don’t have a strong desire to OFFER to wash the dishes.”

“I just did”

“AFTER I asked you”

“You’re acting crazy”

the definition of gaslighting at its finest

[florencia]

I think many people don’t like this film because it doesn’t have a “happy” ending but I love it because it’s so realistic and relatable.

[auralit]

It's a nice touch how she's tidying the dishes throughout the scene while he just stands there.

[dimis]

A person who lies down on the couch with his shoes on deserves to be single!!

[sleepysteev]

It's not about the *thing* being done, it's about showing your partner that they mean enough to you for you to do things that you wouldn't do otherwise. This is good advice not just for romantic relationships, but any relationship.

[JalisaHapp]

When she said I’m done and turned around to stand up for herself, I get emotional. You get sick and tired of being sick and tired

[Oddbisket]

Just watched this movie again. He brings home 3 lemons and talks his way into making it her problem, she asks him to set the table and have a shower to be ready and he talks longer to get out of it than it takes to set the table, the family arrives and he doesn't help by answering the door or welcoming guests he says he needs a shower, during dinner he looks down on her family and brags about his dreams in the tour industry, her family offers to help clean and he says they will do it to rush them out the door and immediately play his game. Then all of a sudden his dreams that he is working for are for her and she owes him.

[shirin]

The thing is. No one wants to do the dishes at all. But if someone cooked a whole meal and cleaned the whole house, I couldn’t offer to do their dishes + my own fast enough. It’s just dishes, they’re literally the easiest chore, that person cleaned and cooked!!
And when it comes to doing my own dishes, I’m an adult, I can’t imagine leaving them for someone else to clean up. What am I 4 years old 😭

[Pandagachesko]

“Why would I want to do the dishes” well no one does! But why should she do it? If she didn’t do it, you will never get to it. Most irritating thing ever seriously

[bigrivtodagled]

I love how his friend puts it very nicely at the end and he finally understand how selfish he is.

[findlayarches]

I'm glad this film is getting more love these days. It's a great movie that has only gotten better with each year

[doloresmedina]

I heard a male therapist say that "men are only taught to provide (financially) so they grow up thinking thats what makes them a man. Which is why that is why they seem to lack in other areas"