# Tell us something odd about your relationship with your significant other **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300 "2009-03-04T18:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/1 "2009-03-04T18:28:48Z")
**Kim the Rhymer** and I always address one another by our last names. (She kept her birth name after marriage, obviously.) Even in intimate conversations, it’s never “Kim” or “Skald”; it’s always “Rhymer” and “Katz.”\* Even in the height of passion we don’t use the real first names, but in that case it’s something pornographic and disturbing. Anybody else? \*Not her real last name. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/2 "2009-03-04T18:52:24Z")
Queue the creepy music… My current wife’s birthday is the same day as my late wife’s and my anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/3 "2009-03-04T18:57:14Z")
I realized that I loved Mrs. Intergalactic Gladiator when she sat on my head and farted. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/4 "2009-03-04T19:09:39Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I realized that I loved Mrs. Intergalactic Gladiator when she sat on my head and farted. > > Does that count? Priceless. Yes. Mrs.P will go to the grocery store to do a full-on weekly shopping and upon her return will promptly order a pizza, take-out. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/5 "2009-03-04T19:11:14Z")
I don’t speak much Navajo but we spend a lot of time using that language. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/6 "2009-03-04T19:19:06Z")
My husband is not comfortable talking about exes so we never, ever have. Ever. We’ve been married over 13 years. He even gets insulted when I talk about the time I naively got what I now consider a stereotypically lesbian hair style (slightly mullety, slightly buzzed) and then didn’t get any dates. He’s not even comfortable discussing when I didn’t date anyone. It’s odd. Also, I haven’t farted in front of him while awake. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/7 "2009-03-04T19:42:40Z")
My girlfriend has yet to sleep fully stretched out in her own bed while I’ve been there. Between me and the dog, we leave her about 2 square feet in which to curl up. (And the 2 square feet aren’t always contiguous.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/8 "2009-03-04T20:02:01Z")
She’s a devout Catholic, I’m an agnostic. We’re definitely the odd couple. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/9 "2009-03-04T20:58:44Z")
I had a full set of forks, spoons and knives; he had a full set of forks, spoons and knives. When we got married, 1 + 1 = 2. Our kitchen drawers are very shallow, so we have one set in one drawer and the other in the other. He uses his silverware, I use mine. Coming up 15 years now. If I need a spoon and I’m out, I wash one. It would \*never occur to me \*to look in his drawer to see if he has any spoons. Yes, I know. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/10 "2009-03-04T21:00:36Z")
Emotionally and romantically, I’m like the girl in the relationship and she’s like the guy. Which means, more often than not I’m the one feeling in need of more romance, hugs, caresses, etc. It’s not that she isn’t comfortable with it, she just doesn’t think about it. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/11 "2009-03-04T21:02:52Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I had a full set of forks, spoons and knives; he had a full set of forks, spoons and knives. When we got married, 1 + 1 = 2. Our kitchen drawers are very shallow, so we have one set in one drawer and the other in the other. > > He uses his silverware, I use mine. Coming up 15 years now. If I need a spoon and I’m out, I wash one. It would \*never occur to me \*to look in his drawer to see if he has any spoons. > > Yes, I know. The most impressive thing about that is that you have enough drawer space in your kitchen for two complete sets of silverware. We have a pretty big kitchen and we still have to store drawer-style things in cabinets and pantries and such. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/12 "2009-03-04T21:09:42Z")
You’re not impressed by our separate-but-equal cutlery? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/13 "2009-03-04T21:17:51Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > You’re not impressed by our separate-but-equal cutlery? Oh- I am, but it’s trumped by your drawer space. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/14 "2009-03-04T21:19:45Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I had a full set of forks, spoons and knives; he had a full set of forks, spoons and knives. When we got married, 1 + 1 = 2. Our kitchen drawers are very shallow, so we have one set in one drawer and the other in the other. > > He uses his silverware, I use mine. Coming up 15 years now. If I need a spoon and I’m out, I wash one. It would \*never occur to me \*to look in his drawer to see if he has any spoons. > > Yes, I know. What do you do when you have guests over? Split 50/50 among the guests? Or do you take turns being the “host” with regard to silverware? Does he ever use your silverware? So far I think you win the thread. 🙂 * * * The oddest thing I can think of about Mr. S and me is that we growl at each other. It’s a “schmoopy” thing that started as a “dog” thing; we say it’s a “friendly growl.” (And really it’s just more of an “rrrrrr,” not an actual growl.) We don’t even need to make a sound; just a slight baring of the teeth, with a bit of a smile, does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/15 "2009-03-04T21:22:23Z")
My girlfriend farts more than me. I was warned too. She’s got a pretty good sense of humor about it. It’s not anything she can control nor would I want her to try. I could care less and it actually makes for some good laughs!!:eek: On more than one occasion in the last few months we’d been able to reply to each others flatulence with some of our own. Very romantic. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/16 "2009-03-04T21:23:40Z")
We don’t even have that much drawer space. That’s pretty much it, plus the knives and dishtowels. When we have guests we use either the stuff we got for our wedding (the mutually held cutlery) which is in the bottom of the entertainment center in the living room with my mother’s sterling silver, which we will use if we ever entertain on a holiday. I weigh the pleasure of using the sterling against the the angst of entertaining the relatives and the fumes of the silver polish. He uses my silverware when we have ice cream, because \*his \*inferior set didn’t come with ice-cream spoons. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/17 "2009-03-04T21:29:21Z")
I’m an atheist my wife’s christian. 20-odd ‘interesting’ years. And no ground given. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/18 "2009-03-04T21:36:22Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > He uses my silverware when we have ice cream, because \*his \*inferior set didn’t come with ice-cream spoons. Ice Cream Spoons?? For real?? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/19 "2009-03-04T21:44:39Z")
Well, they don’t _say_ “ice cream” on them . . . you could eat pudding with them, or stir your cocoa – it’s not as if we have some Victorian service with poached-fish tongs or anything. We just eat ice cream with them. ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300/20 "2009-03-04T21:51:14Z")
1. My wife often sleeps with her eyes partially open. 2. Late at night, if I come to bed late, we’ll often have a complete conversations which she will completely NOT remember the next morning; IOW, she is sleep-conversing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-odd-about-your-relationship-with-your-significant-other/488300.md?page=2)