# Do all guys tell their girlfriends they are "the best ever"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207 "2003-07-09T11:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/1 "2003-07-09T11:57:33Z")
I’m of the opinion that most do, or that certainly if one does, it should be taken at zero value. Guys? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/2 "2003-07-09T12:11:30Z")
Well, I tell my wife she is, because she is. I didn’t tell any previous girlfriends that. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/3 "2003-07-09T12:13:20Z")
I forgot to add that in the heat of passion, guys have been known to toss out some superlatives…😉 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/4 "2003-07-09T12:19:47Z")
Nah, I only comment about naughty acts to the hookers. And even then I say stuff like, “Eh, I guess it was okay. Honey Hooch on 15th and Vine was more enthusiastic for half the price.” Keeps the competition up and prices down. 😉 [sub] **SkipMagic** – doing his best to pump up Capitalism.[/sub] On the other hand (so-to-speak), **OpalCat** , if a guy breaks down and finally asks his current beau how he rates when compared to her past collection, should he believe her when she says, “You’re the best, baby! You’re more exciting than socks on a rooster!”? I mean, which answer should you be more inclined to take at face value: one that is volunteered (I’m assuming you meant that the guys just blurt this out), or one that is given because someone asked–thereby possibly putting pressure on the askee to come up with something pleasing? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/5 "2003-07-09T12:38:59Z")
1. If you tell your girlfriend she is the best, then she is the best. If you break up with her, get a new girlfriend and say she is the best, she very well could be better than the former. 2. I never tell my wife she is the best, because I would be comparing her to a past love, that in my book is not ok. My wife is the best because she and I are best friends, lovers, and will be for life. I never compare anyone to her because no one is worthy enough. Not just sexually, but all around. So in that case, she is the best. 3. _ **HI!!** _ 4. Yes you are correct **Opal**. Some Lame-ass men compare current sex with current GF to past sex with former GF. In my opinion if they are asked by current GF to compare, then GF is asking for it. If the guy just blurts out a comparison he’s an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![isthatsowrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/35a633/32.png) [@isthatsowrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isthatsowrong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/6 "2003-07-09T12:45:31Z")
I have told every woman I had a longterm relationship with that she was the best ever. It just so happens that each one was better than the last. I probably would have told them they were the best ever even if they weren’t, however. Conversely, all of these women told me “It’s the biggest one I’ve ever seen.” All of these women had been with several men before me, so I find it hard to believe that none of them had ever seen an average-sized penis. Somehow they had all managed to sleep exclusively with below average men? ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/7 "2003-07-09T12:50:37Z")
It’s not just guys you know, every single woman I’ve been intimate with has commented on “how I’m the best, the biggest, blah, blah”. So either I’m a porn star in waiting, or I’ve been bullshitted to some degree. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/8 "2003-07-09T13:02:46Z")
I like to hike, particularly to mountaintops with fantastic views. Everytime I get to the top, sit down and take it in I think to myself, _this_ is the best one ever. Of course I just lie to women. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/9 "2003-07-09T13:10:01Z")
Yes. Without exception, yes. It’s common courtesy, purely because it’s expected. To do otherwise is like Juan Antonio Samaranch failing to declare an Olympics the “best ever” - in other words, godawful from start to finish. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/10 "2003-07-09T13:24:33Z")
I’ve never been one to even bring up the subject. Telling one’s SO that she’s great doesn’t have to involve comparisons with past SOs, either individually or as a group. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/11 "2003-07-09T13:36:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*My wife is the best because she and I are best friends, lovers, and will be for life. I never compare anyone to her because no one is worthy enough. Not just sexually, but all around. So in that case, she is the best. \*\* Okay **Phlosphr** , any single brothers or friends, around 30 y/o, financially stable? Because I have not been lucky enough to find anyone that closely matches your description. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/12 "2003-07-09T13:37:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigNik \* > \*\*To do otherwise is like Juan Antonio Samaranch failing to declare an Olympics the “best ever” - in other words, godawful from start to finish. \*\* Which is exactly what he did in Atlanta: NOT declare them the “best games ever”, thereby breaking a long tradition. Oh, and the Sydney games really WERE the best organised games ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/13 "2003-07-09T13:42:29Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/14 "2003-07-09T14:02:43Z")
Nope. Never said anything like that in my life. I have however been told I have been a number of times. Can’t women come up with better BS then that? now playing, Don’t Believe a Word by Thin Lizzy. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/15 "2003-07-09T14:13:40Z")
Me neither. I’ve told my wife “you’re so cute … beautiful … wonderful … funny … insane … etc.” and “I love you,” a whole lot, but never said “best.” I mean, best at what? That wouldn’t even make any sense, since I have no basis for comparison. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/16 "2003-07-09T14:32:46Z")
When you’re in love with her, she is the best ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/17 "2003-07-09T14:39:22Z")
Guys tell their women that they are the best ever just as often as women tell their guys that they are HUGE!!! ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/18 "2003-07-09T14:45:19Z")
_ **Garius** _ and _ **Garigirl** are snuggling on the sofa watching a film._ **Garigirl** : am i your best girlfriend ever? _ **Garius** looks her straight in the eye, then gives her a big ol’ passionate kiss_ **Garius** : Yes **Garigirl** _(Smiles)_: Thanks. **Garius** _(Settling back down to watch the film)_: The others never did my ironing. _WHACK_ True Story. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/19 "2003-07-09T15:01:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*Guys tell their women that they are the best ever just as often as women tell their guys that they are HUGE!!! \*\* See, if I were to tell a guy he was HUGE it would be another way of telling him NEVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!!! OpalCat fan of small-to-middlin, thank you ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-guys-tell-their-girlfriends-they-are-the-best-ever/187207/20 "2003-07-09T15:16:31Z")
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