Spare and Wanting

Whether this is true obliviousness or just Annie wanting her son to accept they have to rent the spare room for money is not clear.

Source: Western Animation / The Iron Giant
Wanting to spare her feelings, he ended up sounding like an Insecure Love Interest.

Source: Visual Novel / don't take it personally babe, it just ain't your story
This could be hubris and him wanting to use it first (The Commander had insisted he go first), or taking the risk on himself to spare The Commander.

Source: Film / Forbidden Planet

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