# Apparently, I've screwed the pooch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024 "2012-01-01T06:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/1 "2012-01-01T06:29:14Z")
Oops. Alcohol is involved. SO likes to probe for my Inner Secrets when we’ve been drinking. Here’s the problem: She’s a devout Christian, and I’m not. She gets off on a rant on Bill Maher, and I try to explain that Jesus doesn’t care about the outcome of a ball game. I try to explain my views on the Right and the Left. Somehow she thinks I called her a slut. Aiyiyiyiyi… I don’t understand woman. I’ve made her angry, and I’ve made her cry. I don’t know why. . ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/2 "2012-01-01T06:31:14Z")
Exactly how does the conversation move from ball game to “slut”? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/3 "2012-01-01T06:32:03Z")
I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/4 "2012-01-01T06:44:58Z")
So she’s angry and/ crying, and you’re on the Dope posting about it? Son, that is no way to start a new year with an SO. If either or both of you are too far gone to speak calmly and logically enough to work it out, then go to bed now and work it out in the morning. If both of you are in the space to stop imbibing and come to a resolution tonight, then do it even if you’re tired as hell and just want to fall over and “oh god my head is starting to hurt.” Log the hell off and attend to your SO as best as you can. If you can’t, take steps (read: sober up and go to sleep) to ensure that you’re in a place to attend to her as soon as possible. I hope both of you think it was ridiculous in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/5 "2012-01-01T07:20:02Z")
Can you say you meant it in a good way? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/6 "2012-01-01T08:11:33Z")
Dude, you are familiar with a human woman? When did you dump the Triumph Herald? It appears she has stuck with your stupid decisions as long as your friends here have. Fake it, make her believe you meant your ol’ pal **drop** (I could use the positive PR), and, FOR GOD’S SAKE, keep faking it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/7 "2012-01-01T08:27:02Z")
Ah, Amateur Night. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/8 "2012-01-01T10:44:58Z")
\*\*Apparently, I’ve screwed the pooch \*\* I thought this was going to be a much more interesting thread. Not one about a human you didn’t screw. Now seriously **Johnny** , you tried to reason with a drunk Christian while you were drunk? :smack: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/9 "2012-01-01T10:48:28Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > \*\*Apparently, I’ve screwed the pooch \*\* > > I thought this was going to be a much more interesting thread. Not one about a human you didn’t screw. > > Now seriously **Johnny** , you tried to reason with a drunk Christian while you were drunk? :smack: 😕 Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/10 "2012-01-01T13:31:41Z")
Never try to have a conversation involving sex, religion, sports, politics, and relationships while drink. You should never try to have a conversation involving sex, religion, sports, politics, and relationships while sober either. But you’d know better than to try this when you’re sober so you only need to be told not to try it when you’re drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/11 "2012-01-01T14:51:21Z")
I too was expecting some really unnecessary revelation. Johnny, go fuck the dog and get it over with. You gave us the thread title, now you owe it to us. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/12 "2012-01-01T14:54:33Z")
Last night I was drunk and confused. This thread is a bad idea. I will ask a mod to close it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-ive-screwed-the-pooch/608024/13 "2012-01-01T14:58:13Z")
You got it.