About 7 years ago, my now-wife and I had just moved to this city and she was struggling to find work. We attended a few networking events to try to figure out the job market for her field here.

Now, I mean. I know my wife is hot. She was then, she is now. She can and has stopped traffic. People have fallen off bikes to gawp at her. Women have thrown themselves at her. Men act like boys around her.

At this professional networking event, while my wife had stepped away, a man wearing a 3-piece suit and clearly well into his career turned to me and said “I don’t mean to sound disrespectful, but she’s … really … beautiful.” The overall affectation and delivery was fawning, cautious, even. He was kind of moon-eyed. The guys around him all nodded somberly, as if they’d been stricken.
He had been talking with the men around him when we wandered over, and they all went a bit quiet when we came over.

Clearly, I still remember the compliment. It was a great testament to how hot my wife is. She’s a babe. (And like, fun, funny, and sweet and all the other stuff that makes relationships work.)

Being told you’re a lucky guy to have the girl you’re with is pretty much the height of cishet male-to-male compliments

I personally would be more likely to interpret that as being told I'm not good enough for her. But that's just me.

But this guy read the game in an even more deluded way than the average reader and thought he could just say "I am the prize" and have it be true

I very often tell people this i thought i was building the couple up its like a shes great therefore you must be great for being able to date her. Didnt think i was questioning thier masculino.