# Who is this man, and what has he done with my husband?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 15, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-man-and-what-has-he-done-with-my-husband/426592 "2007-11-15T21:29:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-man-and-what-has-he-done-with-my-husband/426592/21 "2007-11-16T05:38:46Z")

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You haven’t noticed any extra plasma TVs or copies of _Light Her Fire_ lying around, have you?

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**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-man-and-what-has-he-done-with-my-husband/426592/22 "2007-11-16T05:54:43Z")

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[QUOTE=norinew]  
Last weekend, the I, and the man who _claims_ to be my husband, went away for a weekend getaway, to celebrate our 19th anniversary.

Now, I love my husband, and he loves me. If anything, our marriage is stronger and happier now than it’s ever been. This man certainly _looks_ like my husband; but:  
when we dressed for dinner Saturday night, and I asked him how I looked, he replied “gorgeous”. Now, my husband has referred to me in the past as “cute”, and “sexy” (yeah, his eyes are bad; why do you ask?) but _never_ has he referred to me as “gorgeous”. Then, sitting at dinner, he picked up one of my hands, and _complimented me_ on my nail polish!! In the past, I cannot believe he would have even _noticed_ my hands (barring the occasions when they were touching relevant parts of his anatomy) unless perhaps my fingers had been chopped off in a bizarre kitchen knife incident, and my bleeding was blocking his view of the television or computer monitor.

To say he’s never been romantic would be a serious understatement. All of a sudden, he’s noticing my manicure, commenting on my “sexy legs” and calling me gorgeous?? I don’t know if early senility has set in, or if he’s having an affair, or if he’s just now getting around to appreciating what he’s got, or if he’s been replaced by a Pod Person.

But I like it, I like it! 😉  
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Well, when you figure it out, could you let me know? Please? I’d like to see if it will work on mine.

(course, I’m not so sure about the affair part of it, but if it’s anything else…)

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**Author:** ![FourPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e0b2c6/32.png) [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-man-and-what-has-he-done-with-my-husband/426592/23 "2007-11-16T10:22:32Z")

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[QUOTE=norinew]  
It worked. Eight times between Friday night and Tuesday morning, in fact. 🆒  
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Were all eight times with him? 🙂

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-man-and-what-has-he-done-with-my-husband/426592/24 "2007-11-16T12:10:50Z")

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[QUOTE=FourPaws]  
Were all eight times with him? 🙂  
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Certain secrets shall accompany me to the grave. 😉

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