# "Never make a pretty woman your wife" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575 "2013-02-17T03:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/121 "2013-03-03T03:23:06Z")
So it’s okay for YOU to be out of shape then, but not for her. Gotchya. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/122 "2013-03-03T03:26:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > So it’s okay for YOU to be out of shape then, but not for her. Gotchya. Well according to both of us, yes. By “out of shape” we mean the size of her belly - not how aerobically fit she is. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/123 "2013-03-03T03:45:04Z")
I’d post here again but seeing as how many times Clay’s wife’s belly has been mentioned I died from alcohol poisoning quite a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/124 "2013-03-05T08:17:02Z")
She just said “I’m alright looking. Have you got a pretty baby? I’m joking!” ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/125 "2013-03-05T11:51:02Z")
**JohnClay** , quit it with this constant schtick about your lady. It’s getting mighty tired, and I for one am really over it. Even though you claim your mental-health issues are things of the past, your obsessive preoccupation on these boards tell another story. Get a new hobby or something, m’kay? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/126 "2013-03-05T12:11:24Z")
I vote in favor of occasional updates. Enquiring minds and all. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/127 "2013-03-05T12:22:56Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > **JohnClay** , quit it with this constant schtick about your lady. Constant? I hadn’t posted about my wife for about a day or so… > [@](#): > > Even though you claim your mental-health issues are things of the past, your obsessive preoccupation on these boards tell another story. Ok what mental illness from DSM does that mean I have? > [@](#): > > Get a new hobby or something, m’kay? My postings on the Internet about my wife would take maybe an hour in a day at the most… usually only a few minutes. BTW this forum is for “frank exchanges of views on less-than-cosmic topics”… My wife is a less-than-cosmic topic. If this bothers you so much why not just stop reading it all? Trying to stop me from posting about my wife is a waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/128 "2013-03-05T14:19:47Z")
unsubscribing ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/129 "2013-03-09T09:08:38Z")
My wife used to be extremely popular in high school. Many guys had crushes on her but she was only attracted to some of them. She came first in athletic events. People said she was an 8 or a 9. People called her “the body”. Anyway what if I had gotten together with her when she was younger? She might have still gotten schizophrenia and then gotten a belly due to the medication. It would have been like her attractiveness went downhill but it least in my experience she’s been about the same the whole time. In fact her personality has opened right up to me and I feel closer to her. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/130 "2013-03-09T11:40:54Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > unsubscribing Your loss. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/131 "2013-03-09T13:14:48Z")
I’m not usually one to pick on somebody for their looks, but I legitimately can’t stop laughing that the flabby man in that picture 1: is acting like he’s some sort of stud who can go out and slay bitches and 2: has the audacity to call anybody but himself a 5. Further, am I the only one who saw this? > [@JohnClay](#): > > My wife tells me a lot about how hot she thinks I look… she even said to some girls that she knew that were about 13 that I’m hot. So many things. So many. 1: He’s bragging that 13 year old children want to bang him. That’s weird as hell. 2: He’s actually suggesting that teenage girls are just jumping at the chance to talk about what a hottie he is, man boobs and all. \*Please. \* Sure, teenage girls often find older dudes hot, but it’s usually dudes [like Hugh Jackman](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csk9mfVXw38/TptkLuPuRkI/AAAAAAAABmY/ICQ0MdeALGk/s1600/hugh-jackman-six-pack-beach+rock+hard+abs+celebrity+hollywood+los+angeles+ripped+ryan+reynolds+wolverine+toned+midsection+get+lean+celeb+trainer+jillian+michaels+bob+harper+boston+real+steel+frugal+fitness+results.jpg) or [David Beckham](http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/08/23-End/david-beckham-abs-list.jpg), not the pudgy pasty guy their teacher married. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/132 "2013-03-09T23:20:35Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’m not usually one to pick on somebody for their looks, but I legitimately can’t stop laughing that the flabby man in that picture 1: is acting like he’s some sort of stud who can go out and slay bitches My wife thinks something like that about me but I think she’s the best I can do… i.e. I doubt I could “slay” other women. BTW I have better pictures of my stomach - ones where I have a flat stomach (breathing in a bit) but I wanted to show that I have a bit of a belly myself. > [@](#): > > and 2: has the audacity to call anybody but himself a 5. If I do think I’m a “stud”, why would I tell people I could only find a 5? > [@](#): > > …Sure, teenage girls often find older dudes hot, but it’s usually dudes [like Hugh Jackman](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-csk9mfVXw38/TptkLuPuRkI/AAAAAAAABmY/ICQ0MdeALGk/s1600/hugh-jackman-six-pack-beach+rock+hard+abs+celebrity+hollywood+los+angeles+ripped+ryan+reynolds+wolverine+toned+midsection+get+lean+celeb+trainer+jillian+michaels+bob+harper+boston+real+steel+frugal+fitness+results.jpg) or [David Beckham](http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/08/23-End/david-beckham-abs-list.jpg), not the pudgy pasty guy their teacher married. How can you talk on behalf of EVERY teenage girl there is… some are different, just like how me and my wife are different. BTW my wife sometimes raves how gorgeous certain girls are… it doesn’t mean she wants to bang them. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/133 "2013-03-09T23:28:07Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > How can you talk on behalf of EVERY teenage girl there is… some are different, just like how me and my wife are different. BTW my wife sometimes raves how gorgeous certain girls are… it doesn’t mean she wants to bang them. Dude, no **adult** brags about 12 year olds finding them attractive. Just…no. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/134 "2013-03-10T00:05:25Z")
No kidding. Even Sandusky had the decency to keep the bragging to a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/135 "2013-03-10T00:22:20Z")
You should have seen the way this 8 year old was looking at me the other day. He totally wanted to bone me, you could just see it in his eyes. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/136 "2013-03-10T00:26:38Z")
Please. At Target the other day, this 4 year old boy in line behind me called me “a pretty lady” to his mom. I am the hottest. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/137 "2013-03-14T11:45:02Z")
This afternoon she sent me the following message > [@](#): > > I love u so much, I have a lot of love in me to give to u. Love Ur wife [name]xxoo Later she said “I’m your hottie”. I said “yeah” or “yep” and she repeated “I’m your hottie”. Then she said “you’re very sexy” and that I couldn’t help it. Hmmm… she wants me to say that she’s my “hottie”… i.e. that she is objectively very good looking… I was going to say she’s “hot stuff” which doesn’t really mean the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575/138 "2013-03-14T12:05:27Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Hmmm… she wants me to say that she’s my “hottie”… i.e. that she is objectively very good looking… I was going to say she’s “hot stuff” which doesn’t really mean the same thing. You could say something about her not smelling bad when she’s hot and sweaty. And you can boogie around the room singing _Smooth Operator_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-song/650575.md?page=6)