actually no, it can be worse....... But to be honest: the number 1 thing that any person should learn first off is to be 100% content or happy in their own skin and by themselves. THEN you can be happy with someone else. If you rely on anyone else to be happy, or "not lonely" you're doomed.
People think romantic comedies are real, and when their lives don't reflect the hilarious warm-hearted antics of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, they realise they've made a spirit-crushingly awful mistake. Get a cat. There's less emotional trauma involved. And it's cheaper.
Worked in catering all my life. Those kind of customers are very common and are always the ones who make a huge fuss and complain about pathetic things or invent imagined slurs or rudeness from team members because they sit in silence for the whole meal and the 15 minute wait for food seems like an unbearable eternity. Awful
I'm like this with new boyfriends...so I stopped dating. I dont take naturally to it. Much prefer being single and celibate. The odd dose of sex every couple of years and I'm good to go.
I guess that’s the tragi-comedy of the sketch and why it’s so funny really. I mean it’s the truth or authenticity in it. It’s really sad but at the same time life is a comedy for those that think and a tragedy for those that feel as they say. And this sketch kind of gets at both of these things. I mean it’s observational and that’s it’s strength… it’s really sad though.
This is the kind of couple you read about in the papers or see on the local news after the wife has stabbed her husband 117 times. And when interviewed, their neighbours say: _"Quiet couple, kept themselves to themselves, really. They've lived nextdoor-but-one for over 20 years, I suppose. We used to nod at one another while mowing our lawns or washing the car, but we didn't really know them. Nothing like this ever happens round here."_
I couldn't talk to girls for ages. I forced myself to while I was at uni because I realised if it would only become harder to learn later. I probably came off a bit strange for the first 100 times. Probably still do to be honest lol, but if I want a girlfriend, I can get one. Try tinder too. You get a lot of practice seeing what conversations are interesting, what where is the line between coming off too weak/strong. Find something rare you're passionate about so you can carry a conversation if the girl is shy / doesn't talk much. For me it's philosophy, economics, and stand-up comedy. Then there's basic stuff you like that can help start a conversation: movies, TV shows, games, animals. You've got to try talking to girls and be willing to embarrass yourself for 100 conversations before you have a good one. If you can't even talk to other guys, learn to talk to guys first.
If your soul growth is stuck it's time to move on or find your own passion. There's infinite better things in life. You can bring heaven on Earth, it's all perspective
Can't imagine what it must be like for the people who actually live like this. Tragic really. Only David and Matt could make something so depressing so hilarious! :-D
This is all too common unfortunately, my grandparents were like this and my parents are heading that way. They don’t even sit together it’s so depressing.
Thankfully, my parents weren't like this nor would they have gone that way, but I know people who are. The sort of people who say, "that's Christmas done for another year" on Christmas Day. Joyless.
Same. I want to know what makes people feel more trapped though, a long marriage or being single forever. There are benefits and disadvantages to both, and it scares me to think of my life being either one of those.
@@rebeccamclaren97 I cant imagine being in a relationship let alone long term. Its whatever makes you happy. The idea of being alone doesnt scare me. I love my own company.
@@ohkfilms I don’t know if it’s got a particular name, but could be just “happy couple”. If you type “little Britain happy couple” into youtube, this sketch, and another one at the zoo, pops up. Watch the zoo one , it’s even funnier than this restaurant sketch😂😂😂
I've heard this conversation so many times...Doctors/hospitals are a great place to hear. Usually with daytime TV as the backdrop. Brrr it gives me the heebeegees.
It’s the Irish way too. And to the system ⚠️ as a whole too. I think people marry too young and they don’t even know themselves yet. They don’t understand who they are and they inevitably grow and change and evolve and they don’t understand who the other person is anymore. They have nothing in common. And they drift apart. He would be an abuser in real life though. He’s very hurtful in what he says. We don’t understand the complexities and subtext in what has really transpired between them.
There’s many of them, I’ve observed this regularly, I remember one time a guy in this predicament said to me “Sometimes, I wish I’d married a bloke” 😂😂😂
Yeah I've seen that. I was tempted to go over and make small talk once, but we heard the bloke talk at the bar and he was rude and miserable. I couldn't be a lone ranger either..to me that's just as odd.
Society aka the human sheep have been tricked into beiliving you have to be in a relationship with someone to make your life fulfilled. Im going to accomplish so much in life i have so much planned so when im 60/70 i can look back on all the fun memories and all the things I've achieved instead of sitting in a chair with a husband/wife as depressed as can be wondering what the point of life is
About twenty years ago I went out with a girl and her parents were just like this. I felt sorry for the father because he was a nice guy. Couldn't reach the mother at all, most peculiar woman. Why anyone would have married her baffles me to this day.
@@medievalist Yes and no. My husband thought the world of my mother and I am very like her in temperament. I am not very like his mother (lovely lady tho she was).
I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why my dad married my mom. Then, she at 61 began a quick downhill slide because of a rare brain disease. My dad did EVERYTHING for my mom until the day she died, at home, in her favorite chair, at 65. Why did he love her? I don’t know. But he did, and no one should’ve questioned that. Especially their kid. I’ve always been sad about that. Aren’t I lucky he was such a great husband to my mom!?!
Fern Alderton I know a couple of older couples and they both enjoy each other’s company for over 50-60 years now. Probably American couples are far different from British couples.
This was my parents before they divorced. They had nothing in common. My mother met someone else and left my father, and he was mainly aggrieved that the man she left him for was a van driver. He found it outrageous that she’d rather be with a van driver than him, an accountant. She married him and they were together for 24 years before she died. I don’t know if she was truly happy even with her new husband, but at least they talked to each other. I’ve been married to my husband for 33 years, and 3 kids and many ups and downs later, we are closer than ever. Our kids say we still act like teenagers when we start riffing off one another. The thing is, it takes effort to nurture a relationship, and I think some people just can’t be bothered. If I thought we were going to end up like that, I’d leave him tomorrow. We only get one life and we shouldn’t waste it being miserable with someone we despise.
Exactly, word for word, what i was about to write . This for me is the very definition of hell on earth , on a daily basis . But i am grateful to all those couple , for teaching me, how not to be in my relationship. Luckily i am the opposite of that in my married life.
Me too. Why oh why do people live like this? Fear of change perhaps or unwillingness to admit defeat or mistake. Surely any change would be preferable to this living hell.
Whoever My Two Main Reasons: 1.) To have someone there for You, when nobody else can help you. 2.) So you don’t die alone. Of course Marriage is not for everyone, ( mainly because they fallen out of love and can’t stand each other). But what people forget is that marriage is a commitment, and you’re going to go through a lot with your partner. Maybe a few plates and forks tossed around, but sooner or later all your problems will come to an end. It’s just your choice to runway from it all, or face it.
Me and my covid girlfriend are kinda like this. I only talked so much because it was all we had, but it turns out she hates small talk or even talk without a specific point. I hope when I meet her its not like this because otherwise..... I will have to find someone else.
I'm the quiet woman he's the talkative male, I'm quiet because I'm introvert but also stressed because I pay all the bills There should be a study on the talkativeness of the bread winner in relationships
my ex would he great to talk to IF she talked to you but if she was upset in the slightest she wouldnt even bother to answer all sometimes when talked to. This is emotional blackmail and then one just has to end it because youll never get respect or love when you need it.
This happens to couples that married purely out of the "necessity" to marry and out of pressure from their parents and society. This type of emotionless relationship is more common amongst eldery couples because back in the day marriage wasn't an option, but an absolute must. If someone failed to get married before they turn 20, people started to think that something is wrong with this person and if someone failed to get married before they turn 25, they became an outcast of society and it was almost impossible to get someone to marry you at this age because you were labelled as being to old to get children. At least that's what my grandparents and other eldery people told me. So many couples didn't had much time to get to know each other before they decided to mary. They were in a hurry. The real sad part is that they probably realised early on that they married the wrong person, but divorce was also not an option back than if you didn't wanted to end up as an outcast.
There's a video on YT titled: Why You Will Almost Certainly Marry The Wrong Person. It's well worth a look. It's a bit deflating, but makes some salient observations. Tbh, it makes you wonder why anyone would ever bother getting married, especially these days when there are so many other things you could be doing.
Happens today a lot. Most blokes get marriage because someone allowed them entry to the furry cup. Men are so desperate to have their twig and berries touched they’ll end up with anyone then regret it later.
nothing better than being in a really genuinely happy marriage with someone you really love. I'm older and single 😁 but what I've discovered as I've got older is 90% of the happily married people I knew aren't happily married at all! At least half of them are downright miserable. I cannot imagine what it's like to live with someone who even just irritates you slightly! Let alone with someone you really dislike - cannot comprehend that at all! Think I'll stay single, safer bet 😂
this is so good in such a horrible way. One of the saddest things is seeing a couple who've clearly been together for a long time just sitting in complete silence eating a meal at a restaurant. I guess maybe they're just super comfortable with each other being totally silent but frankly it just looks like they're totally bored with each other and have nothing left to say. I'd rather be by myself than in such a relationship.
@@MegaSmk Its a two way street,, if you grow apart its best to leave for both your sakes,, if there's kids involved it can be tricky agree,, but usually the kids are young when the fire still burns, the couple are still quite young and sexually active so,, its usually when the kids have grown up or are past their formative years that the fire goes out.
@@therebel4332 you're right, of course. been there. I had many good years with my husband. When we were 50 and the kids were gone... well, there are different reasons and it's a different process for every couple, and we did put some effort in... but finally decided that we both still had some dreams to pursue and enough life in us to start a completely new phase in our lives. That was seven years ago and we are both happy with the decision.
@@MegaSmk What husband makes their wife "heave their guts up" and I don't even know what making their "face fall asleep" means? It is generally the woman that's the problem as men tend to have a better temperament and are easier to get on with.
Life is too short to spend it like this. They both deserve better. Don't believe you should stay together because you've put in 40 years. Not if this is the way you're relating to each other. Have courage and move on! Make the most of the years to come (the last years of your life?) worth living. It's never too late to reach out for something more. God bless anyone who actually lives like this. Praying for all of you and for your highest good...and courage!
@@whitehorses460 awwwww. Does it bu.t hurt your feelings that there might actually be woman that are the cause of many marriage failures? Another cliche it’s always the men. I know you Woke folk like not to take self responsibility.
As much as I find this funny, this is what I'm scared of... I want to meet someone eventually, but I don't want to be sad in my later years. I don't want to be unhappy and miserable, always longing for my youth and that amazing feeling of love when you first start dating someone.
Sean so..you want to be young forever...if that’s the case u gonna endup all alone...enjoy life life and be happy...we all gonna get old...just look for the right person...travel first
Sean, when you get older you're probably not going to still be thinking like this. I am married. My wife is uninteresting and bad company. But I don't crave romantic love. My youth is well and truly gone but I wouldn't say I'm longing for it.
@@therebel4332 What's stopping you from going off and doing stuff just because you're married? The only thing that truly limits your freedom is having dependent kids.
Wow. I brought all the dvds as soon as they came out,yet I never knew that these clips even existed. And they've been here for so long. And I'm looking around RUclips at least 5 days a week. Lol
Oh God . The people who created these sketches are geniuses. Actually there are couple like that. Bound to each other with unhappiness to share. Nothing common
This is my husband and I. He spent the first 20 years talking. We are at 33 years now.He only stopped talking when he was sleeping. He talked in the shower, in church, mowing the lawn, while chewing hunks of food. I'd talk to him but he never heard me. He carried on with 2 phones, 5 friends, all in the same room everyday as we are self employed small business owners. There are thousands of times I can recount how he spent 20-30 minutes on the shitter talking to himself. After awhile you just stop listening, you just stop answering. It's not worth the waste of breath. Show this couple 30 years younger.
They made me remember a couple I knew in a hospital, the man had been operated on, his wife was coming to visit him every day. They didn't talk. She sat next to the bed, took a magazine out of her bag and read, he filled out crossword puzzles during the time she was there. Thus they remained during the two hours of the visit. Not a single word except good evening and goodbye.
Just watched the sketch: “Little Britain - Happy Couples” A friend asked me, once, if I ever regretted not getting Married!! I said that I can feel lonely in a crowded room. I am fine with my own company. Watching this sketch 📺 Made me realise how fortunate I am. It is interesting that the husband does all the talking, but has nothing to say!! The wife’s silence speaks volumes!!🌞
Everyone feels sorry for him, while I think I'd have her exact facial expression, being with someone that's constantly narrating everything for decades. Would be fun if he walked off, someone else talked to her and she'd be all animated, happy and chatty 😁
The sad thing is that couples similar to this exist. People are so stuck on the idea that they should not divorce, no matter what, that they actually stay in that one bad relationship. Some people stay together for the rest of their lives and can be quite happy. I don't think this is very common. It's not as common as people would like to think, that's for sure. Most of us will fall in and out of love many times during our lives, and there's nothing bad in that nor should it be fought against. People should neither be stuck with the idea that monogamy is the only way to go. But when you find a person you really want to be with (and you shouldn't stay with someone you don't) you need to work to make that relationship work. After all it would be nice to have a person beside you that knows you though and through, that takes care of you and you care for them. If a relationship is not like this or heading this way, then something should be done about it.
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Loneliness in company is way worse than loneliness in solitude.
1 is the loneliest number. 2 can be as bad as one it's the loneliest number since the number 1
@@scruf2002 John Farnham
actually no, it can be worse.......
But to be honest: the number 1 thing that any person should learn first off is to be 100% content or happy in their own skin and by themselves. THEN you can be happy with someone else. If you rely on anyone else to be happy, or "not lonely" you're doomed.
Chris B I’ve been in this situation before. What taught me to not tolerate this in my life at present and future. Been happy since :-)
100 %
"British couples rarely divorce. Instead, preferring to live out their days in unimaginable misery." That's gold.
Yes, Gold, but sadly very true for 1000’s of couples.
Millions
It's even worse in the Republic of Ireland, divorce was completely illegal until 1996!
@@AA-hg5fkthat is pretty recent! Like it was illegal when these little Britain or come fly with me skit were filmed.
Poor Richard Bucket
I love how Matt manages to maintain that same unhappy facial expression during each of this sketches lol.
come to see me when i work. i do better😂
He's like Angela Merkel.
g h High five!
but not too enthusiastically please
Svennybaerchen Ja das ist Angela
Haha it’s worse than unhappy, it’s indifferent. Nothing matters to her at all haha.
This is a genuinely funny sketch but underneath the laughter there is a deep, dark message.
alright lad don't make comedy depressing
I feel bad watching this.
@@JimmyBergman7 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@JimmyBergman7 allahu alam my God can beat your God's ass😂😂😂
I mean the message isn't hidden... Stop trying to be "woke" lol, you just come off as sad and a bit pathetic.
"Marriage is a wonderful way of destroying not just your own life but also somebody else's"
A very slow n painful suicide
I love this!! 😂😂😂
@@gregoryashton tbh though what comment did people appreciate more, yours or his?
@@gregoryashton Idk what that means so I'll leave it up to your imagination
Hell yeah. I promised myself I wouldn't feel guilty for ruining someone's life. Word
Suddenly together forever doesn't seem quite so romantic.
People think romantic comedies are real, and when their lives don't reflect the hilarious warm-hearted antics of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, they realise they've made a spirit-crushingly awful mistake. Get a cat. There's less emotional trauma involved. And it's cheaper.
😂😂😂😂
why suddenly? I myself have never got that marriage thing. It`s everyone`s choice and you pay for it.
Is that what you say when you cry yourself asleep to your whale wife
😂😂
“Help me out here you boring old cow”😂😂😂
I see so many married couples in pubs and restaurants just like this
Worked in catering all my life. Those kind of customers are very common and are always the ones who make a huge fuss and complain about pathetic things or invent imagined slurs or rudeness from team members because they sit in silence for the whole meal and the 15 minute wait for food seems like an unbearable eternity. Awful
Same here, even relatively young people!!
I'm like this with new boyfriends...so I stopped dating. I dont take naturally to it. Much prefer being single and celibate. The odd dose of sex every couple of years and I'm good to go.
I guess that’s the tragi-comedy of the sketch and why it’s so funny really. I mean it’s the truth or authenticity in it. It’s really sad but at the same time life is a comedy for those that think and a tragedy for those that feel as they say. And this sketch kind of gets at both of these things. I mean it’s observational and that’s it’s strength… it’s really sad though.
"I really am now just waiting for you to die." 😂
they are already dead
Jan Jacobsen he died of boredom
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hats off to Little Britain for doing a series of sketches based on my parents!!
Probably based on their own
😂😂😂😂 mine too!
I think I was the only kid in school who prayed for their parents to get a divorce. But God wasn't listening, so I became an atheist.
Lmfao same here
Same! Without the small talk though…🥹
This is such a well acted sketch, you can really feel the lack of emotion but the deep rooted emotion at the same time 😂
Lies again? Always Happy Sheng Siong
Bit of a pause there while I chew
Shorter pause on that occasion, less need to chew.. So..help me out here you boring old cow!
Anna Hayes. My fave PART
Enigma
Eric Vanrijn ewwww
🤣😂🤣😂
This is the kind of couple you read about in the papers or see on the local news after the wife has stabbed her husband 117 times. And when interviewed, their neighbours say:
_"Quiet couple, kept themselves to themselves, really. They've lived nextdoor-but-one for over 20 years, I suppose. We used to nod at one another while mowing our lawns or washing the car, but we didn't really know them. Nothing like this ever happens round here."_
Omg that's so true! 😂
"Don't go...." pahahah
+Rose Davies Lol favourite part
This makes my inevitable loneliness seem a much more attractive end.
I couldn't talk to girls for ages. I forced myself to while I was at uni because I realised if it would only become harder to learn later. I probably came off a bit strange for the first 100 times. Probably still do to be honest lol, but if I want a girlfriend, I can get one. Try tinder too. You get a lot of practice seeing what conversations are interesting, what where is the line between coming off too weak/strong. Find something rare you're passionate about so you can carry a conversation if the girl is shy / doesn't talk much. For me it's philosophy, economics, and stand-up comedy. Then there's basic stuff you like that can help start a conversation: movies, TV shows, games, animals.
You've got to try talking to girls and be willing to embarrass yourself for 100 conversations before you have a good one. If you can't even talk to other guys, learn to talk to guys first.
And yes, I know you were making a joke
Fuck, I can't wait to move out of Nebraska. Otherwise, my end will be inevitable loneliness. Gay and lonely.
Blackout043 what’s wrong with Nebraska?
bp56789 that’s actually really good advice, cheers mate!
Even with Matt barely saying anything, his face perfectly tells you he's lived a miserable married life
Haha! Or perhaps his Mum or Sister did, and he was able to study it that way?
"Now they're trapped in a cage. Imprisoned together in misery." LOL!!
Lord he tries. I know the feeling 😐
i feel for you same boat
Cut your loses and go....lifes too short
If your soul growth is stuck it's time to move on or find your own passion. There's infinite better things in life. You can bring heaven on Earth, it's all perspective
Maybe time to jump ship mate! At least if your kids are grown. Good luck and on to the next adventure
I’ve had dates like this
Even Sophocles couldn't have written a more savage tragedy. This is beautifully written. (We've all met couples like this, sadly).
Legit depressing. So well done
I love your profile pic...love the colour!
a bit of the old mash potato
''putting it on the old fork............. using the knife to balance it on the fork............. and in it goes''
jonnygti
reminds me of michael rosen
I dont know of him, but he must be pretty funny if he does anything like these sketches
Lol
I say this every time I eat a bit of the old mashed potato...
I lost it when he said, “Don’t go” to the waiter. LOL
Can't imagine what it must be like for the people who actually live like this. Tragic really. Only David and Matt could make something so depressing so hilarious! :-D
soundseeker63 tbh my parents live like this it’s horrible. They don’t want to separate but idk 😐
@@dianaram.c.1992 fear keeps them together. They cannot imagine being single again and being lonely...
Many people live like this.
This is all too common unfortunately, my grandparents were like this and my parents are heading that way. They don’t even sit together it’s so depressing.
Thankfully, my parents weren't like this nor would they have gone that way, but I know people who are. The sort of people who say, "that's Christmas done for another year" on Christmas Day. Joyless.
Matt is such a great actor.
+nohaylamujer I think he said far too much in these scenes.
@@ButtChinsAreHereToStay that's script, not acting.
@@milkyoni I think you missed the irony. Doh.
@@ButtChinsAreHereToStay wasnt irony it was sarcasm but I get u
Yeah, how does he keep a straight face and not lose his shit laughing? 😂
david walliams is fantastic
My mother talks just like this. Every thought that goes through her mind.
Life is sad, but how funny these two are. The best ever partnership.
This would be sad if it wasn't so funny.
I was going to say it would be funny if it wasn't so sad!
Or maybe it would be funny if it wasn't true?
+Neil Uk
my thoughts exactly😢
Oh god Hahaha
It's funny because it's true
I like how they made the shot look as though they're the ones in a cage. lol
Same. I want to know what makes people feel more trapped though, a long marriage or being single forever. There are benefits and disadvantages to both, and it scares me to think of my life being either one of those.
@@rebeccamclaren97 you don’t have to do either, some people grow old together without ever getting married, or, just have open relationships
@@rebeccamclaren97 I cant imagine being in a relationship let alone long term. Its whatever makes you happy. The idea of being alone doesnt scare me. I love my own company.
That was the whole premise of the sketch
Love the first sketch how its so awkward and nobody knows what to say so he starts doing a running commentary of everything, genius hahahaha
Wait what’s the first sketch called
@@ohkfilms I don’t know if it’s got a particular name, but could be just “happy couple”. If you type “little Britain happy couple” into youtube, this sketch, and another one at the zoo, pops up. Watch the zoo one , it’s even funnier than this restaurant sketch😂😂😂
I've heard this conversation so many times...Doctors/hospitals are a great place to hear. Usually with daytime TV as the backdrop. Brrr it gives me the heebeegees.
Using the knife to balance it on the fork
@@imadrunk3576 then abit of mash…………….bit of the old mash potato”😁😂
This genuinely gives me an existential crisis. One of their best sketches
"hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way..."
Sounds like a David Mitchell line
@@TheSchemer1 actually it's a line from my favourite pink floyd song
@@onkelsy8001 ah really fairs, though have you seen peep show
Run rabbit run dig that hole and catch the sun.
It’s the Irish way too. And to the system ⚠️ as a whole too. I think people marry too young and they don’t even know themselves yet. They don’t understand who they are and they inevitably grow and change and evolve and they don’t understand who the other person is anymore. They have nothing in common. And they drift apart. He would be an abuser in real life though. He’s very hurtful in what he says. We don’t understand the complexities and subtext in what has really transpired between them.
Absolutely hilarious. Sadly I know a couple exactly like this, they go in my local, sit together and never speak a word, then go home. Happy days ☹️
Oh wow😔
There’s many of them, I’ve observed this regularly, I remember one time a guy in this predicament said to me “Sometimes, I wish I’d married a bloke” 😂😂😂
Yeah I've seen that. I was tempted to go over and make small talk once, but we heard the bloke talk at the bar and he was rude and miserable. I couldn't be a lone ranger either..to me that's just as odd.
Society aka the human sheep have been tricked into beiliving you have to be in a relationship with someone to make your life fulfilled. Im going to accomplish so much in life i have so much planned so when im 60/70 i can look back on all the fun memories and all the things I've achieved instead of sitting in a chair with a husband/wife as depressed as can be wondering what the point of life is
The fact that they're silent can also mean that they're completely comfortable
About twenty years ago I went out with a girl and her parents were just like this. I felt sorry for the father because he was a nice guy. Couldn't reach the mother at all, most peculiar woman. Why anyone would have married her baffles me to this day.
What's the betting his own mother was the same? Boys always marry their mother. It's sad when the example set is poor :(
@@medievalist wtf
@@medievalist Yes and no. My husband thought the world of my mother and I am very like her in temperament. I am not very like his mother (lovely lady tho she was).
I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why my dad married my mom. Then, she at 61 began a quick downhill slide because of a rare brain disease. My dad did EVERYTHING for my mom until the day she died, at home, in her favorite chair, at 65. Why did he love her? I don’t know. But he did, and no one should’ve questioned that. Especially their kid. I’ve always been sad about that. Aren’t I lucky he was such a great husband to my mom!?!
Like the sketch said - they were probably once in love
Damned..silence is deafening loud.
That lifeless expression on lucas face..Priceless
Among some of the best characters in Little Britain, in my opinion
This is what happens if you marry your school crush
Christopher Gibbs what do you mean by that?
tony flamingo you know everything about each other so the relationship becomes boring
Fern Alderton I know a couple of older couples and they both enjoy each other’s company for over 50-60 years now. Probably American couples are far different from British couples.
This is what happens if you marry anyone.
I don't think so
This was my parents before they divorced. They had nothing in common. My mother met someone else and left my father, and he was mainly aggrieved that the man she left him for was a van driver. He found it outrageous that she’d rather be with a van driver than him, an accountant. She married him and they were together for 24 years before she died. I don’t know if she was truly happy even with her new husband, but at least they talked to each other.
I’ve been married to my husband for 33 years, and 3 kids and many ups and downs later, we are closer than ever. Our kids say we still act like teenagers when we start riffing off one another. The thing is, it takes effort to nurture a relationship, and I think some people just can’t be bothered. If I thought we were going to end up like that, I’d leave him tomorrow. We only get one life and we shouldn’t waste it being miserable with someone we despise.
I know SO MANY couples like this! 😂💔
KT NI lol so do I, my parents are one of them.
KT NI try moving to Eastbourne lots of the old people are like that
Me to shame
Exactly, word for word, what i was about to write .
This for me is the very definition of hell on earth , on a daily basis .
But i am grateful to all those couple , for teaching me, how not to be in my relationship.
Luckily i am the opposite of that in my married life.
Me too. Why oh why do people live like this? Fear of change perhaps or unwillingness to admit defeat or mistake. Surely any change would be preferable to this living hell.
Matt’s look of apathy in these sketches are priceless.
My wife left me 2 years ago after 19 years of marriage and I've never been happier.
my wife left me for my best friend.
i do miss him.
One of the best shows ever!
Matt’s face is priceless. Comedy gold.
Absolutely crying with laughter; two geniuses
Its like looking into my future
mine two 😞
miserable cow
+Whoever Well there must be some people out there who are chill and awesome and you just want to hang out with all the time. Just has to be
There is but it would make poor comedy material.
You don’t have to go down the same road: make sure u make the right choice when u propose!
Whoever My Two Main Reasons:
1.) To have someone there for You, when nobody else can help you.
2.) So you don’t die alone.
Of course Marriage is not for everyone, ( mainly because they fallen out of love and can’t stand each other). But what people forget is that marriage is a commitment, and you’re going to go through a lot with your partner. Maybe a few plates and forks tossed around, but sooner or later all your problems will come to an end. It’s just your choice to runway from it all, or face it.
Love how the only thing the wife says is “Ornithophobia”
Funny how they've turned the roles around. Usually it's the woman talking and talking, while the man just sits there.
Me and my covid girlfriend are kinda like this. I only talked so much because it was all we had, but it turns out she hates small talk or even talk without a specific point. I hope when I meet her its not like this because otherwise..... I will have to find someone else.
I'm the quiet woman he's the talkative male, I'm quiet because I'm introvert but also stressed because I pay all the bills
There should be a study on the talkativeness of the bread winner in relationships
my ex would he great to talk to IF she talked to you but if she was upset in the slightest she wouldnt even bother to answer all sometimes when talked to.
This is emotional blackmail and then one just has to end it because youll never get respect or love when you need it.
never knew small talk could be so funny
These have gotta be my favourite LB sketches. Absolutely superb.
The sad truth is that there are many who live their lives like this.
Yeah I think a know a couple near me :/ I should try and help them
This happens to couples that married purely out of the "necessity" to marry and out of pressure from their parents and society. This type of emotionless relationship is more common amongst eldery couples because back in the day marriage wasn't an option, but an absolute must. If someone failed to get married before they turn 20, people started to think that something is wrong with this person and if someone failed to get married before they turn 25, they became an outcast of society and it was almost impossible to get someone to marry you at this age because you were labelled as being to old to get children. At least that's what my grandparents and other eldery people told me. So many couples didn't had much time to get to know each other before they decided to mary. They were in a hurry. The real sad part is that they probably realised early on that they married the wrong person, but divorce was also not an option back than if you didn't wanted to end up as an outcast.
There's a video on YT titled: Why You Will Almost Certainly Marry The Wrong Person. It's well worth a look. It's a bit deflating, but makes some salient observations. Tbh, it makes you wonder why anyone would ever bother getting married, especially these days when there are so many other things you could be doing.
Happens today a lot. Most blokes get marriage because someone allowed them entry to the furry cup. Men are so desperate to have their twig and berries touched they’ll end up with anyone then regret it later.
The waiting to die thing was legendary and I'm going to use that now.
LOL because if someone becomes fat they are no longer worthy of love...i see now but your a douche. ..Does that mean you are worthy of love, nah.
OnceUponABlog Ummm... what?
OnceUponABlog Ummm.... what?
OnceUponABlog Ummm... what?
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Priceless 😆😆 English humour at its best👍👍🤣🤣
Husband to waiter 'don't go', magical 🤣😂🤣. 👽
Still better chemistry than Bella and Jacob from Twilight
Samuel. S. L. Henshaw And a better love story, naturally!
😝
Samuel. S. L. Henshaw 😅😆😬
Aww come on. 😂 appreciate it for what it was. A teen movie promoting abstinence.
She tried too hard to be straight.
Every time I worry about getting older and being single I revell in this.
That's what I'm doing right about now myself...I'm older and single and loving it 😆
nothing better than being in a really genuinely happy marriage with someone you really love. I'm older and single 😁 but what I've discovered as I've got older is 90% of the happily married people I knew aren't happily married at all! At least half of them are downright miserable. I cannot imagine what it's like to live with someone who even just irritates you slightly! Let alone with someone you really dislike - cannot comprehend that at all!
Think I'll stay single, safer bet 😂
@@Witchofthewoods. How many Cats? 😂😉🐱🍷
Me too
I could watch these two for hours! Their sadness is oddly moreish!!
this is so good in such a horrible way. One of the saddest things is seeing a couple who've clearly been together for a long time just sitting in complete silence eating a meal at a restaurant. I guess maybe they're just super comfortable with each other being totally silent but frankly it just looks like they're totally bored with each other and have nothing left to say. I'd rather be by myself than in such a relationship.
As long as the sex is good all is fine
how did Matt manage to keep a straight face through all of that, I would not be able to he is very good😆
More true to life than some people may realize..
i don't think i want to get married anymore
i mean, the expression on the wife's face...priceless. i wanna get married soon.
I really love this skit but at the same time i feel really sorry for him :(
@@MegaSmk Its a two way street,, if you grow apart its best to leave for both your sakes,, if there's kids involved it can be tricky agree,, but usually the kids are young when the fire still burns, the couple are still quite young and sexually active so,, its usually when the kids have grown up or are past their formative years that the fire goes out.
@@therebel4332 you're right, of course. been there. I had many good years with my husband. When we were 50 and the kids were gone... well, there are different reasons and it's a different process for every couple, and we did put some effort in... but finally decided that we both still had some dreams to pursue and enough life in us to start a completely new phase in our lives. That was seven years ago and we are both happy with the decision.
@@MegaSmk What husband makes their wife "heave their guts up" and I don't even know what making their "face fall asleep" means? It is generally the woman that's the problem as men tend to have a better temperament and are easier to get on with.
@@David-ud9ju guys I think we found the sexist
@MusicMadMaurice the chicken or the egg? :-)
“I’ve just poured hot tea in your lap; still nothing? You’ve ruined my life.”
I would laugh if I wasn’t crying inside.
Life is too short to spend it like this. They both deserve better. Don't believe you should stay together because you've put in 40 years. Not if this is the way you're relating to each other. Have courage and move on! Make the most of the years to come (the last years of your life?) worth living. It's never too late to reach out for something more. God bless anyone who actually lives like this. Praying for all of you and for your highest good...and courage!
OMFG this is just BRILLIANT 😂😂
My ex-girlfirend and I were like this after only 5 years together...
You never spoke to each other while you were in a relationship?
@@notv_internetuser3789 we did, the first 4 years or so. not the last year
You both did the right thing and split.
I've seen many couples like this when i was waitress in a fancy restaurant, not a word exchanged during the whole meal. That's sad
Ironically the best new characters in Little Britain USA were British...
matt and david were everything
A fantastic clip. British comedy at its finest UTR
I aspire to be this happy one day!!
3 years later… have you achieved this goal yet?
Sorry to be an English teacher, but the camera looking through the cage was a great way of illustrating a trapped marriage.
As Charlie Chaplin said " Life is a tragedy when seen in close up but comedy in long shot"
Great show!! I advice people who don’t live in the UK to watch all 3 seasons. Brutal Classic British Humour
I lived this nightmare, until I told her she had to go and live somewhere else!!!
Best day of my life!
and probably hers as well.
@@whitehorses460 🤣
Why?
Can I ask why you married?
@@whitehorses460 awwwww. Does it bu.t hurt your feelings that there might actually be woman that are the cause of many marriage failures?
Another cliche it’s always the men.
I know you Woke folk like not to take self responsibility.
As much as I find this funny, this is what I'm scared of... I want to meet someone eventually, but I don't want to be sad in my later years. I don't want to be unhappy and miserable, always longing for my youth and that amazing feeling of love when you first start dating someone.
Mgtow for life!
my man
Sean so..you want to be young forever...if that’s the case u gonna endup all alone...enjoy life life and be happy...we all gonna get old...just look for the right person...travel first
Sean, when you get older you're probably not going to still be thinking like this. I am married. My wife is uninteresting and bad company. But I don't crave romantic love. My youth is well and truly gone but I wouldn't say I'm longing for it.
Do every drug you can get your hands on, no problem you wont make it to forty
You're miserable on your own and miserable if you're long-term married. Life is a game that no one wins.
For some it's the misery of loneliness. For others it's the joy of solitude.
Better to be alone in that scenario really, at least being alone you can go off and do stuff.
@@therebel4332 What's stopping you from going off and doing stuff just because you're married? The only thing that truly limits your freedom is having dependent kids.
@@epiphany55 We need to have kids so they can carry our bloodline on
Not so if you have interesting distractions.
the details of how he balancing his food on the fork xD
Lol
Wow. I brought all the dvds as soon as they came out,yet I never knew that these clips even existed. And they've been here for so long. And I'm looking around RUclips at least 5 days a week. Lol
Brilliant lol Sums up almost every married couple I’ve ever observed in England.
I always cry laugh at the end when he gives up trying and his spite comes out. "Come on ya cunt." 🤣
“COME FLY WITH ME” was a legendary show too 100
If you’ll pardon the pun
Perfect English wife no argument no complaining 🤣
I really know Brit couples just like that.
Marc Lidia Yep there's an old couple who live near me who are just like them and even look similar haha
They are all over the world. It’s a lot of these in Sweden too
Who the fucks says Brit lol
😂 😂 😂
@@jamie6192 erm Brits? Non Brits who are referring to Brits?
This is so accurate. I always pick out the unhappy couples if I'm in a social setting. I can't help it, it's so glaringly obvious
When they go out for a meal and sit in silence
Oh God . The people who created these sketches are geniuses. Actually there are couple like that. Bound to each other with unhappiness to share. Nothing common
Enormous Talent perfect delivery
I pour tea on your lap still nothing
This is my husband and I. He spent the first 20 years talking. We are at 33 years now.He only stopped talking when he was sleeping. He talked in the shower, in church, mowing the lawn, while chewing hunks of food. I'd talk to him but he never heard me. He carried on with 2 phones, 5 friends, all in the same room everyday as we are self employed small business owners. There are thousands of times I can recount how he spent 20-30 minutes on the shitter talking to himself. After awhile you just stop listening, you just stop answering. It's not worth the waste of breath. Show this couple 30 years younger.
@Ray El The Lord honors strength and endurance.
They made me remember a couple I knew in a hospital, the man had been operated on, his wife was coming to visit him every day. They didn't talk. She sat next to the bed, took a magazine out of her bag and read, he filled out crossword puzzles during the time she was there. Thus they remained during the two hours of the visit. Not a single word except good evening and goodbye.
Sometimes people are so content with each other that not much has to be spoken at all
I just love how the wife doesn't react when her husband pours tea in her lap :D
Just watched the sketch: “Little Britain - Happy Couples” A friend asked me, once, if I ever regretted not getting Married!! I said that I can feel lonely in a crowded room. I am fine with my own company. Watching this sketch 📺 Made me realise how fortunate I am. It is interesting that the husband does all the talking, but has nothing to say!! The wife’s silence speaks volumes!!🌞
Little Britain was the last of the great English comedy's.
Im American, I just discovered these two on you tube, so I’m binge watching. Brits are so funny.
If you want more British comedy let me know I will send you some titles of some really funny series. Andy England 🇬🇧 👍
Everyone feels sorry for him, while I think I'd have her exact facial expression, being with someone that's constantly narrating everything for decades.
Would be fun if he walked off, someone else talked to her and she'd be all animated, happy and chatty 😁
Matt Lucas is so great as woman in "happu couple"!
I have seen this in actuality so many times! They make a very valid sketch!!!
The sad thing is that couples similar to this exist. People are so stuck on the idea that they should not divorce, no matter what, that they actually stay in that one bad relationship. Some people stay together for the rest of their lives and can be quite happy. I don't think this is very common. It's not as common as people would like to think, that's for sure. Most of us will fall in and out of love many times during our lives, and there's nothing bad in that nor should it be fought against. People should neither be stuck with the idea that monogamy is the only way to go. But when you find a person you really want to be with (and you shouldn't stay with someone you don't) you need to work to make that relationship work. After all it would be nice to have a person beside you that knows you though and through, that takes care of you and you care for them. If a relationship is not like this or heading this way, then something should be done about it.
I'd rather die in a retirement home than wait around and die spending my last days like this couple, but most seniors do and it's depressing.
Imprisoned together in misery 😂😂