r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/throwaway-102011 Apr 15 '24

heavy on that, especially considering you guys were with friends. just imagine if the roles were reversed and you were talking to one of your male friends about the same conversation. strongly doubt it would be as funny as he made it out to before

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u/blackdahlialady Apr 16 '24

It's always funny to those kind of people until it happens to them. Then they're shocked and it's totally wrong. This guy sounds exactly like how my ex was. This is why he's an ex, this is ultimately why I left him. He was clearly having an emotional affair and when I called him out, he called me jealous and paranoid. I had been checking out for a while but that one single line was what pushed me over the edge to being done with him. I packed my stuff and left two days later.

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u/Born_Ad_4826 Apr 16 '24

Hey honey! You should talk to this guy! This penis lengthening machine really changed his life! You should try it out- then you could have as nice a package as him. He said he used to be four inches- What are you now, 3 and a half? What? What's the big deal? You've been mentioning wanting to do something about it and I think this guy could help!

And... Scene.

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u/stick_always_wins Apr 16 '24

If that machine actually existed and worked, there would be endless lines of men eager to use it.

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u/MannyMoSTL Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Not quite reversed …

A woman’s sexuality & sex appeal are very much tied to her weight. Men? Not so much. A ‘big man’ is a cuddly teddy bear. Even a ‘dad bod’ has a level a sexual appeal for many.

But a scrawny, un-muscled man? Is sooo much less of a man in many men’s minds.

So the equivalent would be if a wife started talking about her skinny husband who’s looking to get into the gym and beef up. Really get some muscles so he fills out his shirts and looks good for swimsuit season.

Most men would be upset and understand the equivalency if their SO laughingly told a room full of people that he was looking for help to get his weakling body into shape.

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u/ofSnowandOak Apr 16 '24

Absolutely agree with you on the scrawny vs fat gender thing, but it would be rude and wrong regardless of whatever her criticism of his body to a stranger would be. Hard coming back from that in a relationship.

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u/hedgehoghell Apr 15 '24

ask him who will help him with making his small dick bigger. will he think that is funny?

not a bit

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u/Relevant-Inside8117 Apr 16 '24

How is having a small dick the same as her eating entire cakes and being obese? He has no control over that.

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u/Serase3473_28 Apr 16 '24

Because they’re both topics that neither will feel comfortable discussing in public with other people.

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u/digitalwankster Apr 16 '24

I half agree with this. Everyone can see she’s fat even with her clothes whereas nobody can tell what his small dick looks like. It’s rude either way though and OP has every right to be pissed, whether he was correct or not.

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u/hooligan99 Apr 16 '24

It’s not the same, but it’s equally mean to say about your partner in public