# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/61 "2008-06-08T03:19:12Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] You are a dork. [/QUOTE] I like how you gave them a dishonest portrayal of what they are looking for. They were looking for a _happy_ family. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/62 "2008-06-08T03:23:07Z")
[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] And here I was reading through this thread, looking for a way to work in a cite to _that_ thread. ---
**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 8, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/63 "2008-06-08T04:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] I like how you gave them a dishonest portrayal of what they are looking for. They were looking for a _happy_ family. [/QUOTE] Am I being whooshed or are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/64 "2008-06-08T04:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Am I being whooshed or are you serious? [/QUOTE] Yes ---
**Author:** ![DellieM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DellieM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DellieM)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/65 "2008-06-08T08:42:58Z")
Weirdave - Ginger - you should be ashamed of yourselves. Go to your bedroom and flog each other with socks. Rock on! ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/66 "2008-06-08T13:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] What part of this was the clue that you were kidding? [/QUOTE] I suspect you purposely left out the part, pointed out earlier by me, which made the joke obvious. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/67 "2008-06-08T13:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] I think it’s the context. Getting pulled into a picture of a happy family after this line, for example. I giggled. [/QUOTE] See, now, I would have taken the Happy Family request a bit differently. I would have snidely remarked, “no happy family here–I’m with HIM!” 🆒 I don’t mind his dorkiness–afterall, the girl kept feeding him straight lines. Who among us could resist? PC addition: of course it’s wrong and bad and mean to hit your husband in public. Wait until you get home… some husbands like it! \ ETA: dammit, **mswas** beat me to it… I must remember to read the whole thread prior to posting. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091/68 "2008-06-08T23:25:12Z")
I remember a long time ago when I was a teenaged girl and my friend’s fathers (and even my own) pulled the dorky wiseass routine. It must be a rite of passage for men of a certain age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-wife-is-unjustly-mean-to-me/452091.md?page=3)