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Aibu to think this doesn't make sense (behind my back)

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tccat · 14/08/2017 20:50

Having an argument with Dh about this, I say the phrase "behind my back" doesn't make sense because if something was behind your back surely it would be in front of you?
I'm getting more and more irate trying to explain my point and only dogs and dolphins can hear me
Am I right?

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ParadiseCity · 14/08/2017 21:56

I have read entire thread... no diagrams!!!

missmollyhadadolly · 14/08/2017 21:56

Your denseness is only surpassed by your stubborness.

AngelaTwerkel · 14/08/2017 21:54

'a plane further away than the dorsal surface'

There are some smart people on MN!

I love the number of people who have patiently explained why the OP is wrong, using examples!

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tccat · 14/08/2017 21:54

But my back doesn't have a back just a front, oh my god my head is sore 😂

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tccat · 14/08/2017 21:53

Yes it's behind me but it's not behind my back

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Areyoufree · 14/08/2017 21:52

It depends on which way your back faces. If you say that the front of your back faces away from you, then you are right. If the back of your back faces away from you, then your husband is right.

Anecdoche · 14/08/2017 21:51

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WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 14/08/2017 21:51

You're wrong, OP. It makes perfect sense grammatically.

I'm not going to bother to explain why because everyone else already has and you're still not getting it so there's no point.

IloveBanff · 14/08/2017 21:50

If you think of the back wall of the house as the back of it, where is the back garden? In front of the back of the house or behind it?

cardibach · 14/08/2017 21:49

OP I think what yo mean is your back is in front of them. It's about point of view. If someone is behind you, looking at your back, then your back is in front of them. From your perspective, with your perception coming from the front, they are behind your back.

Ohyesiam · 14/08/2017 21:49

Your poor husband.
You could watch the news instead?

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tccat · 14/08/2017 21:48

Teaches , no I'm only 5"2'

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tccat · 14/08/2017 21:48

Banff, the back garden is at the back of the house, it's not behind the back

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TeachesOfPeaches · 14/08/2017 21:47

Are you high OP?

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tccat · 14/08/2017 21:46

Another!!!!!! yes that's it's exactly😀😀😀

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TennisAtXmas · 14/08/2017 21:43

anotherquoll NOTHING is in front of your back because your back doesn't have eyes.
Actually, I reckon we are all in front of our backs?

I think its funnier that people say 'then he/she turned around and said..', as if they had been talking to someone who had their back to them up to that point..maybe thats a sign they were talking being that persons back Grin

IloveBanff · 14/08/2017 21:42

AnUtterIdiot I don't think that's going to help tbh. In the OP's mind the back garden is in front of the back of the house. She seems to imagine her back has eyes and is looking at what is behind her, rather than thinking like a normal personthat her back is part of her and what is behind her is behind her back too.

notevernotnevernotnohow · 14/08/2017 21:39

I think OP must have eyes in the back of her head. It's the only explanation!

April241 · 14/08/2017 21:38

anotherquoll NOTHING is in front of your back because your back doesn't have eyes.

Unless you do have eyes on your back, in which case, as you were!

AnUtterIdiot · 14/08/2017 21:37

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IloveBanff · 14/08/2017 21:36

AnotherQuoll Don't you start!

Aquamarine1029 · 14/08/2017 21:36

OP, the human body DOES NOT HAVE TWO FRONTS. Where are eyes are is our front. A car's behind is always the back of the car. A person standing past the back of a car is ALWAYS BEHIND IT. A tree growing in the back yard of a house is always behind the house. Honestly, this is not difficult.

Stickmangate · 14/08/2017 21:35

If the police asked you to place your hands behind your back where you you put them?

And if by your logic your back has a front and a back why does it face the opposite way to your front? The front of your back is the side inside you that you can't see (side facing front and the back of your back is the the outside bit.
(Does that even make sense?!gConfused

AnotherQuoll · 14/08/2017 21:34

OP, it took a few minutes but I get you now. What you're saying does make sense. If I stand with my back towards the wall, the wall is in front of my back. The rest of my body is behind my back.

MuddlingMackem · 14/08/2017 21:34

Think of it this way. You're driving a car. There is a red car in front of you. It is also in front of your car. It is therefore in front of the bonnet.

There is a blue car behind you. It is behind you. It is behind your car. It is behind the boot of your car. It is behind your back.

You turn your car around but the other two cars stay in the same places. The red car is now behind you. The blue car is now in front of you. In front of / behind are relative to the point of reference, and if the point of reference changes direction so does the terminology. Something can only ever be behind your back because directionally anything behind you is also behind your back.