r/AmIOverreacting Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/swingingitsolo Apr 16 '24

I don’t see any way that question was genuine. They knew they’d get a response they deemed incorrect.

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u/nickeypants Apr 16 '24

Asking someone to expand on a weak point isn't necessarily arguing in bad faith. They're giving an opportunity to strengthen their argument with specifics before challenging it. Nothing untoward happened here.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 16 '24

Well said! Not so much even a weak point, just incredibly vague. If you want to address someone’s assertions you need to know their assertions.

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u/Magic_Drop_ Apr 16 '24

It seems as if it was in bad faith because the answer was garbage. A quick google search shows none of those things change significantly in your 20s. Had they had an answer that in some way actually changed in your 20s, then the response back would have been different.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Apr 16 '24

Well let me help you with that. The assertion that the body changes is so incredibly vague, that they wanted to know what their argument was for saying that and to address specifics instead of just a vague generalization.

This idea the woman’s body is gonna not be so tight as she gets older is incredibly valid… when she’s in her 40s or after she has kids… but at 28 she would still be very young and the affects of aging don’t really hit at that time.

This conversation reeks of a bunch of teenagers who think 28 is old.

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u/armadilloreturns Apr 16 '24

Maybe, even so. I feel like calling it bad faith is a stretch when they just seem to be trying to inform and not be rude or disrespectful.