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To have burst out laughing at movie quote DP?

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OdettySpaghetti · 08/10/2021 06:34

DP has a habit of saying things as though he’s in a movie. He doesn’t do it jokingly - example:

He was telling me about when he was younger and spent the weekends going to car meets in car parks (boy racers 🙄) and he suddenly stopped talking, shook his head and said “man, that summer was immense” - I burst out laughing and started singing “the summer of 69” - it just sounded so American and movie like!

Another one - I was saying how much I’m missing Thailand (it’s been a while since I’ve travelled, first world problems I know) and he took my hand and stared into my eyes and said “we will get there again, believe me, we’ll make it back” 😂😂 he was being dead serious, I burst out laughing as it just sounded so out of context!

Anyway, last night - we’d gone to the local for something to eat. We were sat in the beer garden, it was lovely and warm. He suddenly stood up, held out his hand and said “walk with me?” 😂😂😂 I almost choked on my bloody drink, he said “what’s funny this time?” So I said “why do you keep talking as though we’re in a movie??” And he looked all embarrassed and laughed and said “I don’t, I just wondered if you fancied a walk!” So I said “so say that then! The movie quotes just make me laugh!”

Fast forward to bed time, he stood up, stretched and said “well, I’m going to hit the hay, tomorrow will be hard on everyone” 😂 I said “why will it??” So he replied “I just mean Fridays are always a ball ache as people just want to fast forward to weekend”. Ffs why the dramatic movie quote?? AIBU to find this so funny and cringey at the same time?

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Aprilx · 08/10/2021 07:23

You sound mean with your constant mocking of him.

Pazuzu · 08/10/2021 07:24

What's he like in the bedroom?? 🤣 🤣 🤣

Watchingyou2sleezes · 08/10/2021 07:24

Wrong post

BIoodyStupidJohnson · 08/10/2021 07:28

It sounds a bit cheeseball

But I wouldn’t enjoy being laughed at either.

No person is 100% coherent 100% of the time, and people cover for that in different ways.

LubaLuca · 08/10/2021 07:33

I think I'd find this very endearing. He's not afraid to express his feelings with words, and I admire that in people. Obviously I'd laugh at some of it, but I'd try to do it in an affectionate 'what are you like?' way rather than a 'wtf is this now?' way.

DrWankincense · 08/10/2021 07:34

I'd love that Grin, but I'm all about the drama!
I think it's cute but I can see how it would be cringe..I'd be laughing but not at him, that's a bit mean.

GoWalkabout · 08/10/2021 07:36

Its definitely an unconscious strategy he's developed for doing small talk but instead of modelling it on friends and family he's perhaps got a really good memory for movie dialogue. OP, it is hilarious but as he doesn't find it funny you might need to dial down the laughing.

BabyofMine · 08/10/2021 07:36

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RedRec · 08/10/2021 07:39

@mrcow

Just get up today and tell him, “I love the smell of toothpaste in the morning”.
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userxx · 08/10/2021 07:45

@BabyofMine

They’re not as cringe as your emoticons

😂😂😂

Frankly my dear, you sound like a giant bitch.

Nice.

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OdettySpaghetti · 08/10/2021 07:46

@BabyofMine

They’re not as cringe as your emoticons

😂😂😂

Frankly my dear, you sound like a giant bitch.

Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn 😂😂😂
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YesIDoLoveCrisps · 08/10/2021 07:49

Print out all the quotes he says and frame then or get them made as those wall stickers. Eventually your house will be covered in them and he might get embarrassed.

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Summerfun54321 · 08/10/2021 07:52

My DH is dyslexic and says some really out of context things in conversation. I used to laugh at the start of our relationship but it hurt his feelings so I stopped.

Badgercity · 08/10/2021 07:52

It’s not nice to laugh at someone for their syntax. He won’t be consciously scripting what he’s about to say. It will be something that comes naturally to him and to laugh at him is not kind at all.

LyndaSnellsSniff · 08/10/2021 07:56

Does he do it to other people too? If he does I’d find that painful to witness.

It reminds me of when we met up with a friend of ours and his new girlfriend. We were just walking along when he suddenly just grabbed her hand and skipped off in a mad, “in so in looooooovvveee!” kind of a way! Poor woman was dragged along behind him looking horrified.

It was hilarious. But she dumped him soon after!

BakedTattie · 08/10/2021 07:56

My husband occasionally does stuff like this. It’s hilarious.

We do live our lives speaking in constant movie quotes though, mainly from Friends, or wolf on Wall Street Grin

Summerfun54321 · 08/10/2021 07:59

Taking the piss out of someone for the way they talk is just bullying, it isn’t funny.

Practicebeingpatient · 08/10/2021 07:59

This sounds awful. The poor man.

He clearly thinks in advance about what he is going to say and phrases it carefully. To me (as someone similar but not as articulate as your husband) that would suggest some level of anxiety about being judged. And it's happening. His partner, the person who is supposed to love him and support him, is judging his speech, laughing at him and mocking him.

I'm going to hazard a guess that you pull him up on this because you are worried other people might think he is a bit of a twat and therefore you must be a bit of a twat for going out with him. If that's the case I'd worry less about what strangers think of him and more about what he thinks of you. Don't make fun of someone for being who they are. If you can't love him for his quirkiness you probably aren't a good match.

TLIMSISNW · 08/10/2021 07:59

My DH is dyslexic and says some really out of context things in conversation. I used to laugh at the start of our relationship but it hurt his feelings so I stopped.

This ^

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Polmuggle · 08/10/2021 08:08

Are the things he says true? Like the ocean thing?

Tal45 · 08/10/2021 08:16

I think it's sounds very funny and fun. My DS has ASD and makes up his own words - when you're totally baffled by something you're a bewilderbeast for example. We laugh our heads off about his phrases and use them ourselves all the time. I'd go with it and have fun with it together, go into over dramatic mode with him, you've got to be able to laugh at each other IMO and get him to lighten up and laugh at himself too. Tell him you love his crazy phrases and think they're hilarious, quirky is fab IMO.

RudestLittleMadam · 08/10/2021 08:16

I feel really bad for him that his partner not only laughs in his face at things he says but goes onto a very public forum which is sometimes shared to national newspapers etc and blabs about it for other people to take the piss out of him too.

Are you attracted to him? Genuine question. I kind of knew my previous relationships were over once my then boyfriends started making me cringe or giving me the ick.

U2HasTheEdge · 08/10/2021 08:18

@BabyofMine

They’re not as cringe as your emoticons

😂😂😂

Frankly my dear, you sound like a giant bitch.

Well, OP doesn't sound half as mean as you do. There is no need to call her names.

OP, I think it is sweet, but it would probably drive me mad if I was married to him.