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[–] 152 points 9 months ago (12 children)

She's a keeper. You're lucky. She's letting you know what irritates her, and how to avoid aggravating her again and also providing a way to make it up to her. This is the way to a harmonious life.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

    "happy wife happy life" seems so.. antiquated though.

    edit i think my viewpoint might be because my parents were both born in the early 1950s and very much reinforce the "boomer" stereotypes. i think both people in a partnership should be happy, to be clear.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    the only antiquated part is 'wife.'

    Happy Spouse, Happy House

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    There's truth in the saying though, since doing something nice to someone else feels good. And if that someone is a loved one, who you likely spend a lot of your time with/around, then that feeling is amplified.

    Also it's much more fun to spend time with people who are in a good mood than them being in a sour one.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    He isn't a keeper though, how the fuck do you eat chocolate in a way where it gets all over where you're eating it? I've had chocolate and just about any other food while in bed and black out drunk and never gotten any stains on the bedclothes.

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  • [–] 58 points 9 months ago (16 children)

    People are capable of being annoyed by something but still make peace with their feelings and get on with their day.

    Can some people not do this?

    Not to mention that their partner is annoyed, but that doesn't mean they suddenly don't love them any more.

    People weirdly paint each other as black and white, completely this or completely that, and don't consider maturity and complexity. It's odd.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    No, and this comment annoyed me.

    Pick your weapon, we meet at dawn.

    (/s in case a moderator can't read cues)

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Yes, there are people that can't do that.

    I know someone who received a phone call in the morning to ask if they were actually cool with their husband taking a trip across the country with him. Ruined her whole day. Couldnt go to work because she didnt want to cry in the office. She knew about the vacation and was fine with it. Still not entirely sure how that ruined her day, but it did.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    I'm not sure I'm following the source of her negative feelings

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    some people want absolute control over their partner/loved ones. and can't accept anything less.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    But she previously knew about the vacation and was fine with it. I'm not sure how the friend asking if she was cool with the husband going triggering a tantrum.

    Like, I'm usually pretty good at understanding the underlying drive of these kinds of emotional maturity failures, but it's really not clear exactly what she's upset about.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    not having absolute control.

    your problem is you are trying to understand an irrational emotion coming from a crazy/immature person. they don't need reasons or logic, they just have feelings they can't control and blame other people for making them feel that way.

    they don't question why they feel a way... they simple hate people who make them feel bad.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

    “Black and white” thinking is something that adhd and asd people struggle with constantly. It may not be a choice.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My gf and I both have ASD and being direct and stating exactly how we're feeling in the moment bluntly has made things 2000% easier.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    that's awesome. it can take a lot of courage to be blunt, even if you're very close to someone. i always have that voice in the back of my head going "was i too blunt? what if i offended them? what if they hate me now?" etc etc, even when i'm trying to be polite.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'll bite. I could have seen myself doing something like this before I was put on anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication. The reasoning was I would have invented some kind story in my head that ACTUALLY my husband is going on this trip because he HATES ME. Or maybe he's cheating. Or or or or- and it would have spiraled out from there until I was in tears. It sucked, and I am still sometimes kind of shocked I survived long enough to get treatment.

    Not saying that's what happened here of course, but I could empathize.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    you get it. glad you found something that helps, took me a while to find a med combo that worked to help me "logic" my way through the emotions. they're still there, but i'm able to bitch slap them into submission more easily.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Usually when someone is contacting someone else while working on making peace with their feelings about that person's behavior, it's because they want to have a discussion with them about it. It's unusual for it to be a one-and-done text without expectation of a response. But if a response is expected, it's then unusual to follow up that text with another concerning a completely different topic. If I were in this situation, I'd find it hard to begin a discussion about her annoyance, which is valid and deserves to be explored, when the current topic is now a winery van.

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

    Don't buy fabrics you can't wash. Seems kinda dumb.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Duvets usiually have duvet covers. The chocolate probably either went through the cover or it's a button up duvet cover and got in.

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  • [–] 71 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    I dunno she pretty clearly said she’s annoyed which sounds like a description of how angry she is

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

    But how do I read these subtle hints, can't she just tell me how she's feeling?

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    i wonder how much extra stress access to instant non-verbal communication has added to humanity. like for thousands of years you could only talk to someone face to face or wait three months for a letter to arrive. we never really had to try and translate someone's intent without the aid of vocal tone and body language until pretty recently.

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  • [–] 35 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Don't eat chocolate in the bed you fuckin goblins!

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    So let me get this straight. People complain when their gf gets mad over little things like chocolate in bed. They also complain when she doesnt. Wtf?

    Wish my wife would tell me if something bothered her this calmly instead of bottling it up until she bursts and gets angry. Im no better just to be clear.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is easy, just send one loving emote to reply. 💖

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    [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My brain mixed up duvet with bidet at first

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

    Husband here.

    Sometimes relationships end up with one "tidy one" and one "messy one".

    I busted my ass over the years to turn from a gremlin into a "tidy one".

    I got married to my "messy one". She's in charge of keeping the house clean.

    I have to remind her not to eat in bed 🥲

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Ok. I'm going to help you out. I'll take your messy wife, and I'll also be messy with her. We'll eat chocolate in bed. We'll leave trash in the shower. And burp in the car.

    And you can take my wife.

    Also, I'm not married.

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  • [–] 40 points 9 months ago (16 children)

    People who eat in bed are just animals.

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    My girlfriend got mad during sex the other day because she rolled over on her belly to change positions and CRUNCH potato chips I left in bed.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    There is wine all over the van, lets not do a group winery day again.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm 100% sure I can wash that throw.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    see, this is why we millienials throw so many lols into our text communication. so people know it's not super serious lol.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Maybe he ate the chocolate off of her body, so that’s why she is not mad, just annoyed it made a mess.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    When did she say she was mad??

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

    Well sometimes some people don't say directly that they're mad but say things like "I'm annoyed"

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  • [+] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I genuinely don't see how this is confusing

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It's a negative message immediately followed by a positive one, maybe it makes sense with an exaggerated example:

    "oh god, my entire family just died in an airplane crash! Also, i'm thinking we could go to legoland next month, how's that sound?"

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Coffee cup meme.

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