00:01 [ONSCREEN] Avoidance

00:06 [WOMAN and MAN sit on a couch. WOMAN leans her head on her hand inclined toward MAN, with her knees curled up and pointed towards MAN] MAN: So I was thinking I could go buy us a tent and rent two kayaks or something. We could make a week out of it.

00:12 WOMAN: I -- you're talking about for a vacation?

00:14 [ MAN inclines his body toward WOMAN] MAN: Yeah.

00:14 I thought we were talking about going to New York…

00:15 [ MAN laughs]

00:15 WOMAN: …and seeing shows and restaurants and [inaudible]?

00:18 MAN: That's so boring. Everybody goes to New York, come on.

00:20 WOMAN: Wait, but this is our trip. We were talking -- didn't we --

00:23 [ MAN throws his hands up, turns away from WOMAN] MAN: Fine, I just...I don't...

00:26 WOMAN: I thought we agreed already on this.

00:28 MAN: Clearly we haven't. So maybe we should just think about it a little more, okay?

00:34 WOMAN: Okay.

00:35 MAN: Okay?

00:35 [WOMAN uncrosses legs, turns to face her body away from MAN] WOMAN: No, yeah, let's think about it a little more.

00:39 [ MAN sighs and glares at WOMAN]

00:42 [ONSCREEN] Avoidance: A way of handling conflict by ignoring or communicating vaguely about the situation.