# I think I inadvertently met my girlfriend's physical boyfriend today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330 "2010-12-16T04:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/101 "2010-12-16T20:50:25Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Call her mom and ask for her opinion. Be sure to call really late at night when you can be sure her mom is home, or call her at work to guarantee a response. Please, please PLEASE don’t do this. While sober. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/102 "2010-12-16T20:53:45Z")
Maybe PSXer is a hot bisexual nymphomaniac posing as a teenage boy on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/103 "2010-12-16T21:13:02Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Laserdisc players are too big to fit inside hollowed-out VCRs Excellent dead-pan response. From his various threads, I am trying to figure out the comedic style of PSX’er - Steven Wright? Eddie Izzard? Maybe something really retro, like early Mark Twain travel essays? Perhaps more like Max Cannon’s Webcomic ‘Red Meat’ (Bug-Eyed Earl, anyone)? A fusion of many comedy styles - Wow, we could be witnessing the beginning of the next big thing… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/104 "2010-12-16T21:30:25Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > That’s funny. I call my penius “The Pedestal”. Paging Dr. Freud … ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/105 "2010-12-16T21:32:20Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Laserdisc players are too big to fit inside hollowed-out VCRs You just need a bigger VCR. Look for one from the early 80s. The real trick is going to be distracting her while you change discs. The potato may come in handy, here. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/106 "2010-12-16T21:43:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, oh! > > Write her some sensitive new-agey poetry. Be sure to reveal your innermost feelings, and perhaps some secret stuff about yourself. > > Make sure you ask her to never reveal this poetry to another living human, ESPECIALLY her physical boyfriend. Write it in Sanskrit. Chicks love Sanskrit. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/107 "2010-12-16T21:48:56Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Or learn some skills. Girls only like boyfriends with great skills. That’s “skilz”. Chicks dig guys with Mad Skilz. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/108 "2010-12-16T21:49:35Z")
It’s too hard to figure out how to translate all the Harry Potter terms into Sanskrit. I mean, really, what’s the Sanskrit for “Blodger”? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/109 "2010-12-16T21:52:35Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > And remember, whenever you put a woman on a pedestal, she has no choice but to look down on you. That’s deep. Of course, you can then look up her skirt. So there’s that. > [@a35362](#): > > ``` > I am just baffled by the concept of a "physical boyfriend" vs. a "mental boyfriend." > > ``` The “physical boyfriend” is the one who boffs her. The “mental boyfriend” is the one who thinks about her while whacking off. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/110 "2010-12-16T22:38:30Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > You just need a bigger VCR. Look for one from the early 80s. > > The real trick is going to be distracting her while you change discs. The potato may come in handy, here. Exactly right on both counts. **iamthewalrus** gets it. I’m guessing he’s either a woman or someone who women are always fighting over. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/111 "2010-12-16T23:07:40Z")
How large is this school? Who’s nailing whom in my HS was about as secret as Liberace being gay. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/112 "2010-12-16T23:43:18Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I have a theory that **PSXer** posts stuff from movie plots of little-known movies, making himself the subject. > > If that’s not true, I’m sort of disappointed. I suppose this is a good time to confess [I’ve never lived in St Petersberg](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13002823&postcount=36)… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/113 "2010-12-17T00:02:02Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > They’re all fake OPs designed as hypothetical exercises. They’re supposed to be similar to **Skald’s** epic “What If… Hypothesis” threads, it’s just not explicitly stated. They’re fabulous though. Don’t forget 'should I get a jeep and paint it like the jeep in Jurassic Park?" That was a fave. Also, up until this one, they were just close enough to sane to make you think:“…hm…maybe…just possibly…” for a second or two. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/114 "2010-12-17T00:06:08Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Just don’t spend too much time shading her upper lip. Spread the love around! Right! I totally forgot that one. We’re about ready for a\*\* PSXer\*\* retrospective thread. Or maybe an installation. Crap, should it be a mental one or a physical one? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/115 "2010-12-17T00:08:49Z")
I only know Latin and Ancient Greek. My college doesn’t offer Sanskrit, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/116 "2010-12-17T00:16:07Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I only know Latin and Ancient Greek. My college doesn’t offer Sanskrit, sadly. Use the Latin. Chicks dig Latin lovers. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/117 "2010-12-17T00:20:30Z")
she was not impressed by Catullus 97 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/118 "2010-12-17T00:21:48Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > That’s funny. I call my penius \ “Penius?” Is your penis Latin? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/119 "2010-12-17T00:27:39Z")
I personally don’t think I’d have a problem with this sort of relationship in real life. Granted, as soon as I find someone who can be both the “emotional” and “physical girlfriend”, I’m out of there, but, while it’s going on, I think it’d be fun. It’s quite similar to my flirty friendships that I love–the ones where I know they don’t like me in that way, but we have fun anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330/120 "2010-12-17T01:06:01Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > girls don’t like me I am too fat and too shy to talk to anyone and incapable of having actual conversations that don’t turn into me making jokes or movie references Assuming that you’re sincere (and along with everyone else, I really doubt that you are), I recommend that you read [this column](http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/teenage_wasteland_sex_advice_for_teenage_boys/Content?oid=1187812) by Dan Savage. In it, he reiterates the advice he wrote to a fifteen-year-old boy about how to meet girls and get laid. (Yes, I know that you claim to be 22 or 23 years old, but even if that’s correct, I think the advice will be useful to you.) Basically, get to a gym to get fit, read so that you have something interesting to say, go out and do stuff so you can meet women in different settings, clean up your appearance and vary your masturbation routine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-inadvertently-met-my-girlfriends-physical-boyfriend-today/564330.md?page=7)