this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2024
178 points (93.6% liked)

Asklemmy

43755 readers
1325 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy πŸ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

"Baby baby, I brought you your toast again."

Def annoyed her.

all 46 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 82 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i like to remind her every time her phone rings that its likely, for her.

"you should get that, i think thats for you" x 17 years

[–] darthsid 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

seems like oonly when the kids were young and cell-less. occasionally she would throw it back in my face

[–] darthsid 7 points 10 months ago

Aww adorable #relationshipgoals

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whenever she sneezes I'll give the first one a "Bless you" and the second something like

"Oh GROSS! Can you take that outside?"

"Babe we talked already, I'm not into your kink, stop iniaiting like that"

"Jesus anything for attention with you...."

It's now at the point where when she starts we are both glaring and smirking at each other.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

I've said, "Oh, fuck you! Grow up!" and similar to friends. But it's best immediately after sneeze one, and you should sound properly offended at the temerity.

[–] spittingimage 44 points 10 months ago

Not recently, but this is one I'm particularly proud of. She texted me to complain that she was music-less in the office because her MP3 player failed.

Well of course I phoned and was able to sing one line about never giving her up before she hung up the call.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Whenever she tells me she's going to do something I react "Hey honey, you should go and do something."

"I'm going to the store to get some milk"

"You know what? You should go to the store and get some milk"

"I'm going to wash some pants."

"Honey, I think maybe you should wash some pants."

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I do that with everyone that tells me "I'm going to the bathroom"

I reply with "Good luck! πŸ‘"

[–] Passerby6497 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My preferred response has always been "Hope everything comes out ok"

[–] peopleproblems 1 points 10 months ago

that's even better

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh wow, that's good!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I say either but my favourite is "may the Force be with you"

[–] Panurge987 2 points 10 months ago

I like to respond with, "Why? What's in the bathroom?"

[–] CaptainPedantic 1 points 10 months ago

I'll usually use "Don't fall in!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I always go with: "Just pee your pants."

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago

I look her in the eyes romantically, with a touch of mischief, and state "you're a very useful girlfriend".

I only do it a couple times a year at most.

The look of disdain is priceless.

She knows I love the hell out of her, and the anti climax is brilliant.

"What am I?! Your bloody house cleaner?!"

Then we laugh. Cuddle. She feigns a cold shoulder.

Too much fun.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes when she tells me she’s going to do… anything, really, I just say something along the lines of β€œno”, β€œout of the question” or β€œyou’re not allowed to do that”. Almost 15 years later, it didn’t get old - for me! - yet. As for her, I think at this point she just tuned out these things hahaha

[–] HarriPotero 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I do the opposite.

  • "I'm thinking to go shop for new winter boots on Saturday"

  • "I'll allow it."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Ooooh nice. I'll borrow that little gem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

"Objection!"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I do at least two things that she pretends to hate, but definitely does not.

  1. When discussing something I always reply this way:
  • Her: Come on, say something.
  • Me: Something.
  1. When she needs to do something in the future:
  • Her: Remind me, that I have to buy milk tomorrow.
  • Me: instantly You know, you have to buy milk tomorrow.
[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That second one followed by "I've done my part so don't forget!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Wife: Promise you will always listen to me.

Me: I promise to listen but not do what you say.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When I leave her, just to go to the bathroom, or to the store or leave her in the car while I go into the store, I'll say, "See you tomorrow" x 15 yrs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes when I come back into the room from the bathroom I'll ask if she missed me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Me (about to head down to the kitchen): Do you want anything from downstairs?

Him: No.

Me: Just me?

Him (with a sigh and a laugh): Yes, just you.

x19 years

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

Texted my wife to tell her I was heading to a mate's place for "a dip in the pool and some pizza", then followed up with a texted stream of consciousness, one line at a time, about how I was planning to eat the pizza - not dip in it, then pondering what dip on pizza would be like, followed be weighing up the pros and cons of about 4 or 5 different dips on pizza, and the different pizzas they might work on.

It took about 7 or 8 messages before I got her eyeroll response. Worth it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Everytime someone sneezed, and she says "Gesundheit", I quietly ask her, "Did you just say Kazoo Tight?".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

When she'd say "I guess" I'd pretend to have heard "heck yes" and get excited. Then I started with my kids. Now my daughter does it to her own friends and I've never been more proud

[–] dingus 16 points 10 months ago

You guys are so adorable I love this. Almost makes me wish I had a relationship

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I sneak up behind her and give her "tiger rubs", which is aggressive up & down motion on the ribs & side meat.

She loves it x20 years

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Whenever I let out a big fart close to her I say her name out loud in a surprised tone accompanied by β€œthat’s absolutely disgusting!” and she eye rolls immediately lol

[–] BodePlotHole 11 points 10 months ago

Inappropriate nicknames. Wait for her to do something slightly embarrassing, make a nickname out of it, then strategically use it in awkward situations.

My current frontrunners are "Whisp-a-doody", "FUPA-diaper", and "Dumptruck full o' dead cows".

That last one isn't anything she did, but something we both witnessed that really upset her.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Intentionally using the wrong ligger/lægger (lie/put down, in danish) in a text to my SO. She lovingly annoyed me back by intentionally not noticing it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

She squirms when I gently mess with the little ringlets of hair on the back of her neck. It’s cute.

[–] beirdobaggins 8 points 10 months ago

When we are watching a show or movie together and recognize and actor but can't remember what else we have seen them in.

I will look it up on IMDB and then exclaim "Oh, that's it! They are in [Name of the show or movie we are currently watching]!"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I think it was there. I can't imagine leaving it out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I no longer say these because of reasons...

"why do we argue so much when we both know you are wrong"?

"if you promise to love me forever then I promise to let you love me forever".

Her aim has improved alot during this marriage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Unprompted, I make a weird "surprise" face that freaks him out for some reason.

[–] owenfromcanada 3 points 10 months ago

Dad jokes. She not-so-secretly loves them, but always likes to give me an eyeroll.

[–] Globulart 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I will ask if she wants a drink, then request she makes me one too when she says yes.

I never offered to make it, only asked if she WANTED one.

I will then go make her a drink of course, and I'm not sure she's ever found it funny, but I'm amused.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

She hates the USA southern accent. While I grew up in a midwestern family, we spent some years in Tennessee when I was a kid. I pulled a hard southern accent on her yesterday. For like twenty seconds.