- - - This is a comic strip - - - Tim and Jamie are lying in bed. Tim snuggles up to Jamie. Tim: HEY FLUFFIE SNUFFIE.  Jamie: HEY SNOOKIE POOKIE.  Tim: I SAW A WOMAN AT THE GROCERY STORE AND SHE LOOKED JUST LIKE YOU. Jamie: OH REALLY?  Jamie: DID YOU FIND HER ATTRACTIVE? Tim’s smile is wiped off of his face, as he realizes he set a trap for himself. Gets nervous, starts sweating.  Tim gets up and walks away with his pillow under his arm. Jamie: WHERE ARE YOU GOING, POOKIE? Tim: I’LL GO SLEEP ON THE COUCH. IT’S INEVITABLE.

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago

That's why it's best not to talk at all. Go through a lifetime of marriage without saying a word.

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    [–] 125 points 3 months ago (28 children)

    Can you all really not acknowledge other people's hotness to your partner? As long as you don't try fucking them what's the issue? If they don't trust you why even be together?

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  • [–] 55 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    There's a few strands of toxic monogamy that are pretty common. Really jealous, controlling, and with poor emotional regulation.

    I'm lucky my current partner is very chill about these things. I'm still good friends with two previous partners and it's never been an issue. We've all hung out together.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

    I'm in an open marriage with a slightly bi woman, and these boomer-tier memes are always so funny to me. We look at women together, and when she asks if I want to sleep with them it feels more like coaxing than a trap.

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  • [+] -12 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    You do realize 95% of the population can recognize themselves in this situation, right?

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Not really? As lightnsfw said, even if you're monogamous you should be able to notice attractive people without it turning into a fight.

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  • [+] -15 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    And yet here we are. The joke wouldn't work if literally every man couldn't recognize this situation. Or are they all just mass deluded and you alone have seen the light? Just... Stop.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    Yes! And not just acknowledge hotness, but sometimes more depending on the couple. My husband and I not only acknowledge other people’s hotness - we will fuck them given the opportunity.

    Every person is different and every relationship is different.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Same here. We allow each other to fuck others when given the chance. I can't wait for her stories

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    See, I have compersion (the opposite of jealousy where you’re happy someone else is happy without you), but my wife doesn’t. We’ve worked through polyam with a therapist, so we’re fine, but I would love for her to have a partner that isn’t mine also.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I can see how my comment came off as disparaging people in open relationships. I didn't intend that. I was just directing it at those who are jealous, presumably because they're worried about their partner being interested in other people.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Jealousy is one of those personality attributes that can swing (heh) wildly in intensity from one extreme to another for different people (or sometimes the same person at different stages of their life).

    It can be almost 100% emotional and irrational or can be "meh" or even "that's kinda hot".

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  • [+] -9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    If people didn't date women who pull this shit humanity would go extinct.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    None of the women I've been with have been jealous like this. I've had some point out other women they thought were hot to me. There's options. It's also not just women with jealousy problems men can be just as bad too.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It's never happened to me either, but I've seen it happen to others. So YMMV I guess...

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  • [–] 61 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, but not as pretty as you.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (11 children)

    “I don’t know, I was too busy thinking about you”

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    That absolutely feels like the right kind of reaction! 10/10

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    I'd rather not deceive my partner, even if it's just with low effort pleasantries like this. It takes the right kind of partner and lots of work, and it only happened in our case because we're both autistic, but when you can always be 100% honest and accurate it's a life changer.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Or they were being honest, no deception required.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 months ago

    * Phone Vibrates *

    Me: Hot girl just text me. I'm prett popular.

    My wife: That was me. I just texted you.

    Me:

    😁

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago*

    at one point in our late 20s my wife worked with a woman who wore the same dresses and had the same hair length from behind and I walked up behind her, thinking it was my wife (it was my wife's cube/desk) and wrapped her in a big hug then, smelling the different perfume, realized my mistake.

    Realized I fuuuuucked up, apologized and they both laughed (wife was on the other side of the room).

    I have heard about this incident 2-3 times a year since it happened and doubt my wife will ever let it go lol.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yeesh, so many people grumbling about poor relationship dynamics. The whole joke is that it was all in his head - she teased him a little, and he put himself into a tailspin by losing an imaginary argument.

    I've done that kind of thing a few times myself - my wife says something innocuous, and I read into it until I've gone completely off the rails. Has nothing to do with anything she's done, it's all to do with me misreading what's happening and forecasting wrong without checking anything. That's the joke.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    that trap he set himself

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This is so weird to me. My wife and I are so comfortable with each other that we even point out attractive men or women to each other, it doesn't change anything.

    To me, this kind of relationship is one about to crash and burn, might as well just end it on a nice note

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    There's that famous scene in "The Little Prince" where MC is like: "It's the time that you've spent with your rose, that makes your rose so important." And that's really true.

    In this case I'd be like: No, because they aren't the one who was there for me when I got sick. They aren't the one who listened to me when my moms died. And they aren't the one who I cooked for every weekend and helped out with career stuff and watched anime with. Even if they kinda look like you, they aren't the you that I've been with, and that makes you a thousand times more attractive.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    "The parts that looked like you were incredibly attractive"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I dunno, I'm attracted to personalities.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Do yourself a favor and don't read the comments

    spoilerIt's degeneracy

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Bro fucked up. Now shes mad at you for 2 things. Should have taken the argument then went to the sofa.

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