Vital Lessons ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Can Teach You About Relationships

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When Curb Your Enthusiasm (which is available to stream on HBO Now) debuted in late 2000, the show was immediately recognized as a sort of west coast extension of the fascinating world Larry David had co-created on Seinfeld. In both shows, David had an incredible ability to take a familiar social situation — or unfamiliar one, for that matter — and push the limits of what was acceptable behavior in a normal, functioning society.

In no other situation was that more evident than when David tackled the world of romantic relationships. On Seinfeld, the characters of Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer ran through more dates than any of them should have expected based on their anti-social personalities. And yet, despite their shortcomings, the characters taught us countless valuable lessons, such as “a weekend trip to Vermont is not a good third date,” or “don’t grab the booth with bad lighting,” or “under no circumstances should you date your cousin.” That last one should have been a given, but I digress.

On Curb, the relationship lessons were far less blatant and explicit, but they were each important in their own sick and twisted ways. Here are five dating lessons you could only learn from our favorite anti-social from the world of Curb Your Enthusiasm.