# I think my wife is unjustly mean to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091 "2008-06-07T02:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/21 "2008-06-07T05:24:28Z")
Didn’t we used to have a rule about Doper couples airing their dirty laundry on the boards? Or am I mistaken? And if the physical violence was exaggerated or hyperbolic, saying that it’s “honest to God” true really makes that anything but clear… I thought the jokes in the OP, though corny, weren’t bad at all for off-the-cuff responses. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/22 "2008-06-07T05:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Didn’t we used to have a rule about Doper couples airing their dirty laundry on the boards? Or am I mistaken? [/QUOTE] Both are off line…maybe it was foreplay? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/23 "2008-06-07T05:34:25Z")
I think Ginger’s reaction was entirely justified. The only thing it lacked was a stick of limp celery. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/24 "2008-06-07T05:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Didn’t we used to have a rule about Doper couples airing their dirty laundry on the boards? Or am I mistaken? [/QUOTE] Seriously? People are actually mistaking this for real-life drama? Seriously?! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/25 "2008-06-07T05:41:17Z")
Well, fuck. My bad. I guess I was more inclined to take it seriously because I read the related Pit thread first. Judging by some of the responses, I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/26 "2008-06-07T05:44:52Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Well, fuck. My bad. I guess I was more inclined to take it seriously because I read the related Pit thread first. Judging by some of the responses, I’m not the only one. [/QUOTE] You weren’t the only one I was responding to, either, though…just the example quote I picked because it was the last one posted. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/27 "2008-06-07T05:57:38Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] Fuck these retards insulting your manhood. [/QUOTE] If for some reason you feel you just _have to_ call other posters retards, do it in the Pit. It’s against the rules of this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/28 "2008-06-07T06:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] Fuck these retards insulting your manhood. DO NOT respond to her violence with violence; DO NOT tolerate her violence, not once, not even a little bit. Next time she hits you say ‘When you hit me , I think that you don’t want to have a relationship any more; is that true?’ If it happens again, call her out, in public ‘You hit me! What the hell is up with that?’ Be prepared to bet the farm on this one. It will never get better on it’s own. [/QUOTE] Don’t feel too bad, quite a few people thought it was real. You have to consider the source of the OP and realize that attention whoring and stupid jokes _do_ belong in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/29 "2008-06-07T06:03:10Z")
Right- I admit this thread would be pretty confusing if you don’t know the couple. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/30 "2008-06-07T06:06:50Z")
Or know OF them. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/31 "2008-06-07T06:07:48Z")
Uh…anyone who missed the TOTALLY tongue in cheek nature of my OP needs to get themselves down to the mechanic for a quick humor check, I think you might be a quart low. Ginger did not hit me, she rolled her eyes at my taking the piss out of an innocent teenager. Sheesh! Next thing I know, y’all will have a problem with me [helping my wife get high](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253147&highlight=wife+high). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/32 "2008-06-07T06:14:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] Don’t feel too bad, quite a few people thought it was real. You have to consider the source of the OP and realize that attention whoring and stupid jokes _do_ belong in MPSIMS. [/QUOTE] I personally thought it was a charming little story. I didn’t get an attention whore vibe. Of course, I know the couple, but still…I hardly thought the OP was “attention whoring”. Corny jokes, yeah, but nobody’s perfect… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngryIrishLass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@AngryIrishLass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngryIrishLass)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/33 "2008-06-07T06:17:18Z")
FWIW, I thought it was funny. “Happy Familiy is number 11” ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/34 "2008-06-07T06:24:16Z")
If you thought it was stupid would \*\*Angry Irish Lass \*\* hit him? ---
**Author:** ![Greta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@Greta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greta)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/35 "2008-06-07T06:50:28Z")
Why is it that wives are put across as these moms to their husbands, keeping them in line for joking around? if I had a husband, I would be proud if he came up with an ad lib! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/36 "2008-06-07T07:00:31Z")
[QUOTE=Greta] Why is it that wives are put across as these moms to their husbands, keeping them in line for joking around? if I had a husband, I would be proud if he came up with an ad lib! 😛 [/QUOTE] Christ. Maybe you should trade whatever guy you have in on me. After 6 years, Ginger is sick of it, you might like it. _gleefully!_ Too bad! That’s the horse she backed, and I’m not changing! 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/37 "2008-06-07T07:21:06Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] Uh…anyone who missed the TOTALLY tongue in cheek nature of my OP needs to get themselves down to the mechanic for a quick humor check, I think you might be a quart low. Ginger did not hit me, she rolled her eyes at my taking the piss out of an innocent teenager. Sheesh! Next thing I know, y’all will have a problem with me [helping my wife get high](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253147&highlight=wife+high). [/QUOTE] I got it! My favorite part was the Happy Family line. Now I’m craving Chinese and it’s 2AM. Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/38 "2008-06-07T07:22:51Z")
**Weirddave** , the inclination to mess with church teenagers’ minds is often considered a sign of Southern nobility. I know that **Ginger** is “from away,” but is it possible that you are from the South? I’ve forgotten. Some consider parts of Maryland Southern and some don’t, but I’m thinking more of the demented South. (Those special pockets that seem to produce the great writers.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/39 "2008-06-07T07:42:56Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] Uh…anyone who missed the TOTALLY tongue in cheek nature of my OP needs to get themselves down to the mechanic for a quick humor check, I think you might be a quart low. [/QUOTE] I’m afraid a few dopers, including myself, conflated this thread with my related thread about actually being assaulted by my daughter’s mother. Sorry, I did try to _not_ hijack this thread with my drama, which I took to the pit. (post #9) ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/40 "2008-06-07T07:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] I’m afraid a few dopers, including myself, conflated this thread with my related thread about actually being assaulted by my daughter’s mother. Sorry, I did try to _not_ hijack this thread with my drama, which I took to the pit. (post #9) [/QUOTE] Don’t worry about it TSLK. I struck an unfortunate chord with you. You did fine, I’m just sorry my jokeish thread reminded you of bad times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091.md?page=3)