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

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Anonymous wrote:OP, she is insecure as evidenced by her reaction. You just hit a nerve.

This. She knows she's an airhead.

[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.."

Man here. He was a total ass. It wasn’t a funny joke.

A funny joke involves a priest, a rabbi and an imam walking into a bar.

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet all the posters defending this guy are, well, guys. Would OP have asked one of his guy friends the same question? I highly doubt it. By even asking her this question, he reveals himself to be somewhat misogynistic. This has nothing to do with her being insecure. If she were insecure, she'd have gone along with this "joke" Kudos for her for calling him out. He needs to grow up or find someone who actually thinks his lame jokes are funny.

Uhhhh....yes. Guys can rib each other all the time and not make the biggest deal over every perceived "slight".

Maybe b.c they aren't tired of society questioning their intellectual and abilities at every turn. Maybe b.c they aren't condescend to and mansplained to all the time.

Maybe women have had enough of the negging and just want respect.

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet all the posters defending this guy are, well, guys. Would OP have asked one of his guy friends the same question? I highly doubt it. By even asking her this question, he reveals himself to be somewhat misogynistic. This has nothing to do with her being insecure. If she were insecure, she'd have gone along with this "joke" Kudos for her for calling him out. He needs to grow up or find someone who actually thinks his lame jokes are funny.

Uhhhh....yes. Guys can rib each other all the time and not make the biggest deal over every perceived "slight".

Maybe b.c they aren't tired of society questioning their intellectual and abilities at every turn. Maybe b.c they aren't condescend to and mansplained to all the time.

Maybe women have had enough of the negging and just want respect.

Yawn. Here comes that life-sucking, woe-is-me attitude. Sucking the joy right out of any room you walk into demanding RESPECT!

OP, run my dude.

[Anonymous]

I am actually kind of shocked by this thread. 1- the OP being clueless that his comment might be construed as offensive. 2 -people are defending him. She should run. And if the OP thinks she is petty, he needs to date women who think his 5th grade level humor is funny. What an ass.

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet all the posters defending this guy are, well, guys. Would OP have asked one of his guy friends the same question? I highly doubt it. By even asking her this question, he reveals himself to be somewhat misogynistic. This has nothing to do with her being insecure. If she were insecure, she'd have gone along with this "joke" Kudos for her for calling him out. He needs to grow up or find someone who actually thinks his lame jokes are funny.

Uhhhh....yes. Guys can rib each other all the time and not make the biggest deal over every perceived "slight".

Maybe b.c they aren't tired of society questioning their intellectual and abilities at every turn. Maybe b.c they aren't condescend to and mansplained to all the time.

Maybe women have had enough of the negging and just want respect.

x100000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's super uptight. Also, watching the news on the idiot box doesn't exactly disqualify you from being an airhead.

OP doesn’t even watch or read the news. She’s at least trying to be in the know.

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet all the posters defending this guy are, well, guys. Would OP have asked one of his guy friends the same question? I highly doubt it. By even asking her this question, he reveals himself to be somewhat misogynistic. This has nothing to do with her being insecure. If she were insecure, she'd have gone along with this "joke" Kudos for her for calling him out. He needs to grow up or find someone who actually thinks his lame jokes are funny.

Uhhhh....yes. Guys can rib each other all the time and not make the biggest deal over every perceived "slight".

Maybe b.c they aren't tired of society questioning their intellectual and abilities at every turn. Maybe b.c they aren't condescend to and mansplained to all the time.

Maybe women have had enough of the negging and just want respect.

Yawn. Here comes that life-sucking, woe-is-me attitude. Sucking the joy right out of any room you walk into demanding RESPECT!

OP, run my dude.

OP, the intel’s would like you to rejoin the fold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

You sound like a condescending ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Red flag. My ex was like this. It got exhausting quick.

She took everything in the works as a perceived slight.

Some people like to rib one another. I grew up that way, my friends and family are that way and the woman I fell in love with and have been married to 23 years is that way.

If someone can’t laugh at themselves there are deep seated issues. Looking to start a fight abs have drama constantly ….

You can start by poking fun at your own expense. It is in better taste.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

Can we just revisit this for a minute? I’m assuming you’re just a troll who didn’t proofread carefully enough, because this is nonsense.

By those references, I assume OP is over 45 and trying to date younger or doesn’t understand where people other than middle age women get info/gossip.

+1

Seems like there is a reason why OP is single at his age.

I’m 39. She’s 30.

No wonder, you are too old. Your jokes are lame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me personally, would dump someone like that. If I can’t be myself and she can’t take a joke, imagine the future together and always having to bite your tongue. That will get old after a while.

That is why you don't have a partner and probably never will.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I laugh at myself a lot. My husband laughs at me too. He pokes fun at me for my quirks and it is pretty funny. But OPs comment was not funny. You insinuated she was not a serious person. That’s a lot different than poking fun at someone for ordering their mayo on the side.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do you watch or read the news?

No…any news that I get is from my friends.

Yikes.

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Anonymous wrote:Run away man. Run!

I think you should do this, OP, because she can and should do much better than you.

Yeah, sounds like OP gets his news from Facebook.