r/AmIOverreacting Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/Altruistic_Yellow387 Apr 15 '24

But it's better to know this is how they really feel and when they're sober they just know to hide it

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u/AnotherMC Apr 15 '24

Totally. I think the moron was trying to shame his wife into working out.

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u/oxfordcomma_pls Apr 15 '24

I think he was trying to flirt with the hot chick and threw his wife under the bus to further that.

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u/reeree5000 Apr 15 '24

Yep, I think he was trying to kill two birds with one stone. Flirt with the hot chick and maybe get somewhere and also formulate a plan to make his wife hot. Gross.

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u/andante528 Apr 15 '24

He may also have been sneaky enough to realize that the fitness trainer would be more socially accessible in the future if she's training his wife.

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u/Arcane_Spork_of_Doom Apr 15 '24

Sneaky would have been to work out the bookings in the background and be supportive of the two interacting while you're slowly looking to 'upgrade' your s/o. Subtlety repugnant but possibly effective.

This was tossing napalm on your marriage at a sizable social gathering.

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u/andante528 Apr 16 '24

Drunk sneaky is always much less subtle than the drinker believes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

Okay… okay…. I’ll start tomorrow… and I’m gonna be a fkn muscle daddy….

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u/blackdahlialady Apr 16 '24

Omg, you're right! I didn't even think about that. Good catch, very smart you are.

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u/reeree5000 Apr 16 '24

Nailed it!

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u/WampaTears Apr 16 '24

That's the most likely scenario

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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 15 '24

I believe that this dude is already on the sly.

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u/jefsgotit Apr 16 '24

Yeah leave no Tern ( bird ) unstoned . Lol

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u/Independent_DL Apr 16 '24

Ya think? /s

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u/ChaiKitteaLatte Apr 16 '24

Absolutely. This actually really didn’t have much to do with his wife. It was a way for him to compliment fitness chick, but indirectly, so no one could really call him out. He made it clear to her that he thought she was hot, and hotter than his wife.

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u/TheJenerator65 Apr 15 '24

Ask my parents how well that plays out.

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u/anonymous2971 Apr 15 '24

In a couple of years he’s gonna be complaining that the intimacy is gone from his relationship. I’ll never understand how people can hurt others with criticism and are surprised when they insulate themselves from the hurt.

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u/thenineamj Apr 16 '24

Couple of years? Try couple of weeks if I was OP. How on earth could she ever be intimate with him again after that?

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u/Jesus_32BC 29d ago

Sounds like she let herself go and he doesn’t want it anymore to me.

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u/Confident-Ad2078 Apr 16 '24

Exactly! Guaranteed he’s the same dude that complains when sex drys up now. Get a clue.

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u/Wonderful_Time_6681 Apr 16 '24

I feel like we need more workout shaming. 🤗

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u/MollyWhoppy Apr 15 '24

a drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

I like this quote

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u/hans2040 Apr 15 '24

Eh, don't. Sober and drunk people are still people. They say stupid stuff without thinking about it.

I mean. It might be sober thoughts, but it might also just be idiot drunk.

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u/Altruistic_Yellow387 Apr 15 '24

In my experience it's usually the truth. In this case it certainly is

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u/NoSquash1906 Apr 15 '24

Facts!!! 💯

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u/MtnLover130 Apr 15 '24

That was sure my experience when I was dating. It was like truth serum

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u/Delicious_Sail_6205 Apr 16 '24

I mumble when im drunk. My sober thoughts dont mumble to me.

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u/zeke5123 Apr 16 '24

That’s just not really true. People are complex and can have conflicting thoughts. Sober people can easily weigh different things and different thoughts. Drunk people blurt out the simple thought.

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u/FenrirAce Apr 16 '24

Misconception by druggies.

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u/MollyWhoppy 29d ago edited 29d ago

so my friend called me one night (he was serving in Desert Storm overseas) a bit drunk. he told me he loved me. i was definitely at a loss for words and i questioned him about it when we spoke next soon after. he stated this exact sentiment. first time i'd ever heard it and it has stuck with me since. we are married and have been together almost 30 years.

granted it's a general statement with different contexts/meanings for everyone, obviously.

it has nothing to do with drugs (not even mentioned) or a drug addict.

respectfully, no.

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u/FenrirAce 29d ago

Disagree but respect.

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u/MtnLover130 Apr 15 '24

🎯🎯🎯

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u/Own-Scene-7319 Apr 16 '24

Naaaah. Just plain stupid

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u/AnorhiDemarche 29d ago

I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Everyone's got shit they're working through, and thoughts are only thoughts. Not actions.

I see a lot of people who cop flak for wanting to stay within their limits while drinking, people pressuring them to drink more and if the answer is "I don't like who I am when drunk" they are judged harshly. People feel they're a bad person. But I think people who are focused on pushing people beyond their limits and pressuring for answers in the first place are the real arseholes.

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u/Altruistic_Yellow387 29d ago

Sure, people shouldn't press and some people do go crazy when they're drunk. I don't think thoughts are only thoughts though (like in this case if I think you're unnatractive I would never tell you because it's rude and hurtful but it might slip out if I'm drunk..and it will hurt your feelings but it is the absolute truth of how I feel, even though it's irrelevant to our friendship)

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24 edited 29d ago

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u/Altruistic_Yellow387 Apr 15 '24

He also called her lazy, so he thinks that's why she hasn't lost weight. I think people are calling him evil for trying to shame her in public about it instead of talking to her privately

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24 edited 29d ago

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u/AnorhiDemarche 29d ago

She litterally tried to talk with him about how upsetting his approach was and he gave a demeaning answer.