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Does your DP have future post apocalyptic warlord potential?

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Fedupandpoor · 27/04/2020 16:37

So if the worst happens, how would your DP handle him/herself in an end of the world situation?

My ex is strong, athletic and very brave so would be an excellent soldier. He has fast reflexes (ex professional athlete) and good instincts so would be very useful on supply runs. Unfortunately, he's a miserable, whingy bastard so would probably suffer an 'unexplained accident' in his community or be exiled to live on the settlement boundary wall.

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TARSCOUT · 27/04/2020 21:50

Think....William Wallace

NotMeNoNo · 27/04/2020 22:01

DH is 6ft6 , fit, outdoor skills, organises events, he would be absolutely made for an apocalypse. Never happier than rushing off to an emergency rescue situation in one of those bushman hats. In fact if the apocalypse would hurry up because he now has no work this year.

I can design or make anything, I would have to be in charge of building a settlement rather than anything combative.

postitnot · 27/04/2020 22:07

My DH would absolutely love to live in a post-apoplectic world. I think he'd prefer it.
He arsed around for too long and was too old to join the armed forces when it occured to him that was the ideal career for him!
He's very practical and capable. Doesn't suffer fools though. Probably best as a lone wolf...

aerosocks · 27/04/2020 22:47

Have we got porridge-making duties covered yet? My DH is a dab hand at that. He can also run quite fast for long distances so might be handy as a message-carrier. He'd also be pretty good with delaying the zombie onslaught long enough for everyone else to escape by arguing the toss with them about next to nothing for hours on end.

I can be quite belligerent should the occasion arise, and I have many gardening tools. Some of them are very sharp and pointy.

blacksax · 27/04/2020 22:50

So many men with beards mentioned on this thread. I'm scared of beards.

Bugger.

PennyArrowBar · 27/04/2020 23:11

I think beards, whilst aesthetically pleasing, are a negative in this scenario. Beards get caught in things (Well, mine does anyway, bastard PCOS!)

NC29 · 27/04/2020 23:13

My DH is an engineer. He could come handy in organizing, building stuff. Maintenance could also work.
As much as he know about physics or maths, he's a terrible teacher.
I can fix anything, organizes anything, can cook and knit. i think we'd be a good pair of warlords.
Although someone would need to hunt. And combat. And negotiate. We're crap at that. Or take our kid into the party. At 14 he could argue for or against anything and debate/talk for so long that the enemy would just go home to not hear him.

MerlinsButler · 27/04/2020 23:29

@GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal Vetinari mixed with Granny Weatherwax would kick arse. I'd vote them as leader any day.

My DP would be awesome more of a doer than a leader but annoyingly good at everything and would just get on with stuff. I would be ok as long as I had some way of making copious amounts of tea. Though I do have dictator tendencies so who knows.?

Justatenant · 27/04/2020 23:47

I just asked DH if he'd be any good in an apocalypse. He said no that's why I married you.

Countess61 · 27/04/2020 23:51

My DH would do the accounts! hey ho!

Naithnira · 27/04/2020 23:56

My DH would give up and start crying as soon as he ran out of Cillit Bang and kitchen roll.

RebelWhoWashesFor19Seconds · 28/04/2020 00:11

No. Mine would be killed off pretty quickly. He is not a DIY type bloke. He is sweet and gentle and has never been in a fight in his life. He can work the washing machine like a dream but you'd never see him erecting a zombie fence.

He also has weak instincts and I don't think he's read a book since high school. No. Really. There was a kids book beside the bed he'd found in his old possessions. I made a joke about it one day and he said, oh I haven't read it since I was a primary school kid". I said well it's been there a year, read it for a laugh. He still hasn't managed it. It's a Ladybird 'Peter and Jane' type book.

He also doesn't retain knowledge about stuff. For example, he's been watching The Walking Dead religiously for years with me but would say something like, "Lucille? Was she in the prison then?" Or "Was Glenn the guy with the eye patch who killed that old man?".

He also doesn't like me buying in bulk when stuff are cheaper. He's not built for an apocalypse. No preppier instincts, not practical and would probably sit in a house with the lights on and the radio playing while freaking out hiding from zombies walking outside.

But I do love him. He's lucky he's got a million other great qualities.

MrsCatE · 28/04/2020 00:22

Nope. Too set in his ways. Although tall and very manly he wouldn't be able to deal with marauding hoards without ensuring he's had his exercise / weight training, ablutions, breakfast, house in is order and he's got shopping list before going out.

I, on the other hand, would limp march out roaring, tooled up with unleashed BastardCat at my side.

user1471453601 · 28/04/2020 00:31

Not my partner, but DDs partner most certainly has this. She's a wiry 5'5" " but she can build just about anything ( a bit Heath Robinson, but still), can, and does grow most of our food. She also owns a shotgun, and associated license. She has a healthy disrespect for stupid people and rules. I'll tie my future to hers in case of an apocalypse

Bluebooby · 28/04/2020 00:36

He gets in a real flap at the slightest bit of stress so I don't think he'd cope very well. I'm much calmer in a crisis and quicker thinking, but I am not phsyically strong at all so perhaps he can be the muscle and I'll do the rest.

ohtheholidays · 28/04/2020 01:16

I am loving some of the descriptions on here of what other peoples DP's would do

My DH has worked as an armed Police Officer and he's very protective of our family so if he needed to he'd make sure we were all safe and he's very intellgent as well(he says he's not but he is)and can work things out really quickly and can think outside the box so I think we'd be ok.

He's really lovely but has a real resting bitch face and because he's tall and fit I think the sight of him would frighten alot of people off,I have to say I'm not being cruel when I say that he's quite proud of his resting bitch face,esepcially when it comes to dealing with people like the jehovah's witnesses.

ipswichwitch · 28/04/2020 07:38

I’d have to stick DH in the back with some generators to fix. He’s not build for crisis or warlording, he’s a fixer so he’d have us up and running with electricity and working showers in no time. I’d have the apocalypse organised - we have friends with guns and hunting/fishing skills so they’d all be gathered into the castle near us that I’ll have taken over. DS2 can get on with being a warlord. He did used to say when he grew up he wanted to be Darth Vader so it’s suit him perfectly. DS1 would try to organise zombies into a 5 a side league.

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