^^^^ Fair enough and now I see your point... most religions tend to want to push the "innocent angel" angle despite ancient texts which more accurately portray women as humans with all their faults and greed and shortsightedness. I get it.
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.