To have burst out laughing at movie quote DP?

[OdettySpaghetti]

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?

• 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 😂😂😂*

🤣🤣🤣🤣 This thread is so funny

Are you sure he doesn’t just do it to make you laugh?

My mum is like this. It's infuriating

I think it's sweet and yet I appreciate it must be hard not to laugh. I'm not quick witted enough to join in with him and laugh together!

I’m a bit perplexed by this. None of it sounds like movie quotes and none of it is particularly funny.

He talks in clichés but then so do 1000s of people.

Maybe it’s time to move on.

But what comes after the movie quote? If you reply normally and he replies normally then nothing wrong
I’d find it slightly irritatin but just a quirk. DP and I are both neurodiverse and say weird stuff a. Lot .

I don't think it's mean to laugh at your husband's sayings sometimes.

He needs to be able to laugh at himself and not take himself too seriously. We all have odd foibles and character quirks.

I would find it tedious if he was taking offense every time you found him amusing. Dh and I often tease each other over the daft things we say.

Hopefully he can lighten up. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon.

Outrageous that women are still calling other women bitches, bang out of order.

I get what you mean OP and I'm afraid I'd be laughing too but I think it would get tiresome after a while lol

Aw, he sounds lovely.

I don't think I could hold back laughing either, but I'd definitely be telling him it's something I love about him if I were you.

‘ Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn 😂😂😂’

‘G’night, JimBob’
‘Tomorrow is another day’

I think it'd definitely get annoying because it sounds fake. Like he's saying what he thinks he should say rather than what he's actually feeling, as if he's spent too much time learning human interaction from films and not from being around actual people. He's in a relationship, he doesn't need to be fake anymore.

@Changednamehere56

Could be autistic scripting.

I thought that. But that's because my very sweet autistic DS does it.

Is he on the spectrum and copying things, he thinks he should say?

He sounds a bit intense to me.

My first thought was autistic scripting too.

He sounds like a lovely man

I think it sounds like a nice quirk. I'd probably lightly tease him about the more dramatic ones ("we'll get there!") but I love it when people are a bit different like this. It's harmless.

I can't decide whether you're immature or just condescending? Maybe you had to be there, but I really can't see why these things would have you bursting out laughing or choking on your drink.

@mrcow

Just get up today and tell him, “I love the smell of toothpaste in the morning”.

😂😂😂

Ffs he doesn’t have to be ASD 1000s of people talk in clichés, just look at this place:

Sat here in tears
I love the bones of him
Not my circus not my monkeys
Spidey senses
Poor boundaries
Needing space
Pick me dance

I agree with @Northernparent68

Laughing at someone is rude, and apart from the first and last one none of them are really movie quotes.

I didn't recognise any of them as movie quotes.

I don't recognise anything as a movie quote, sounds like normal speech to me.
I'd be wondering if you were OK if I heard you bursting out laughing for no apparent reason.

I would absolutely love it. He sounds lovely.

@ZenNudist

I agree with *@Northernparent68*

Laughing at someone is rude, and apart from the first and last one none of them are really movie quotes.

I didn't recognise any of them as movie quotes.

It's not so much that they're direct quotes, but it's a slightly dramatic, movie-style way of talking.

As I say, I would find it a nice quirk. All part of human variety.

I'd never heard of 'autistic scripting' before this thread, so it's been interesting to learn about that.

Aww he sounds lovely.

You should say to him “We need to talk” - does anyone ever say this in real life?? Also - give him a watermelon to carry and see what he says after that 😂

I get that it could be funny and annoying at the same time. But I also think you sound a bit mean and not half as funny as you think you are. I know which one I'd rather spend time with.

I think he sounds lovely, I get that it might be funny but do you never worry it might miff him a bit you laughing at him all the time? I know it would me. If he's always done it, then why would you want him to be any different?

I'm quite broad Yorkshire and my ex still picks me up on Yorkshire terms and sayings I use in day to day conversation, makes me feel a bit naff if I'm honest and always has done. That's just how I speak 🤷🏻‍♀️