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

[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?

I wouldn't have called you out; I'd just fade.
I don't date men who think I'm an idiot or attempt jokes at my expense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

I wouldn't have called you out; I'd just fade.
I don't date men who think I'm an idiot or attempt jokes at my expense.

+1000 and then OP attempted to gaslight her by saying “don’t say that about yourself.”

[Anonymous]

Naturally OP has not responded to any comments asking whether he has learned anything from this situation. Maybe he is also watching Star Magazine.

[Anonymous]

My reaction would not have been slow fade. It would have been fast fade.
It doesn't set a good foundation for a relationship.
Question for OP: Why are you involved with a woman you have contempt for?
Question for the women: Is this the first or last red flag with this guy?

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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.

This isn’t going to work out. She’s too young for you and probably has some mental issues if she’s willing to date a decade older divorced man. She might also secretly look down on you for being so much older. You probably think you hit the jackpot dating a younger woman who will patiently appreciate your dumb, mildly insulting jokes. You low key despise each other.

Yeah, generations of women must be mentally ill...

We see we see what you're doing.

Those were different times. Society has evolved. In this day and age, women have way more and better options unless they’re damaged.

Like remaining single?

That's fine....just stop whining about it all the time. The world doesn't owe you every little thing your heart desires.

The amount of single 35-45 year-old single, female friends I have who harp on about this almost incessantly, as if the world has done them some great injustice...

Just own your choices and standards and stop burdening everyone else with it.

Whining all the time? Who’s whining aside from OP? And what do your 35-45 yo single friends have to do with anything? The point is OP is a loser-too old, bad sense of humor, and divorced. His gf holds all the cards in that relationship but she’s decided to give OP a chance bc most likely she’s a loser too and/or she likes dominating and intimidating someone like OP, who she perceives as being more pathetic than herself. Their relationship is fu*ked.

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See you later, alligator. Afterwhile, crocodile.

[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 must be gorgeous. Remember what my father told me - tell a pretty girl she’s smart and a smart girl she’s pretty. Now you know.

[Anonymous]

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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?

I wouldn't have called you out; I'd just fade.
I don't date men who think I'm an idiot or attempt jokes at my expense.

Being passive aggressive isn’t much better than being a jerk. Speak up and tell someone why you have a problem. Geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Naturally OP has not responded to any comments asking whether he has learned anything from this situation. Maybe he is also watching Star Magazine.

Lol. I can see him now, just silently staring at a magazine lying on the table.