We just started dating and she called me out over a joke. Petty?

[Anonymous]

We just started dating about a month ago. We were talking on the phone and I asked her what she was up to. She said she had just finished watching the news. I replied with, “oh what news? TMZ, National inquirer, Star magazine?” and I started laughing. She paused, and said, “you must think I’m an airhead or not particularly bright for you to assume I read such low brow things as my source of news. I don’t appreciate it and don’t do that again”. In my defense I know she is into celebrity gossip. Heck, she’ll even ask me once in awhile if I want to hear the gossip of the day.

I think she was being petty. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

That’s not petty.

[Anonymous]

Do you think she’s an airhead who’s not particularly bright? Sounds like she’s insecure about her interest in celebrity gossip… now you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think she’s an airhead who’s not particularly bright? Sounds like she’s insecure about her interest in celebrity gossip… now you know.

She’s not insecure about it since OP pretty much alluded to her being an idiot.

[Anonymous]

I don’t find it petty at all. Why not just ask which one and leave it at that instead of assuming?

[Anonymous]

YTA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YTA

How am TA? She does enjoy celebrity gossip.

[Anonymous]

This is DCUM so you're at fault since you're a man.

I'd just ignore and move on. She's insecure about her intellectual abilities, and wasn't able to fire back with a joke back to you like "No, I stopped watching TMZ becuase it got too violent with all the Oscars coverage.."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is DCUM so you're at fault since you're a man.

I'd just ignore and move on. She's insecure about her intellectual abilities, and wasn't able to fire back with a joke back to you like "No, I stopped watching TMZ becuase it got too violent with all the Oscars coverage.."

She did say she’s doesn’t read TMZ and has never read the National inquirer or Star Magazine in her life.

[Anonymous]

You were making fun of HER, so it is a bid deal. And it’s way too early in your relationship for that. A good joke would be one that you can both laugh about something other than either of you.

[Anonymous]

One can be into celebrity gossip AND interested in the actual news. The two are not mutually exclusive. You took an opportunity to put her down and implied there’s no way she could be interested in regular news. She wasn’t being petty.You sound insecure and immature, and after a month of dating, I’d likely move on. Not worth it.

[Anonymous]

I'd lose interest in you over that "joke". I'm betting you make a lot of jokes at the expense of others. Not my type of humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You were making fun of HER, so it is a bid deal. And it’s way too early in your relationship for that. A good joke would be one that you can both laugh about something other than either of you.

This.

Only nuts read National Enquirer and Star Magazine. Your words were biting and demeaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One can be into celebrity gossip AND interested in the actual news. The two are not mutually exclusive. You took an opportunity to put her down and implied there’s no way she could be interested in regular news. She wasn’t being petty.You sound insecure and immature, and after a month of dating, I’d likely move on. Not worth it.

We’ve been together a month but met in October (she just moved from the West Coast 2 months ago), so we’ve been romantically involved for 6 months.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t think it was that bad but I’m not her. It doesn’t matter what the rest of us think. Does she normally have a sense of humor? It sounds like your sense of humor doesn’t match with hers - that’s the issue.