Is you’re husband as stupid as mine?

[MyHusbandIsVeryStupid]

I went out for dinner last night with a bunch of my husbands work colleagues who I’ve not met before. We all got on great but I could tell there was a weird vibe between me and them.

Do you want to know why?

My job is a sexual health advisor.

Turns out when asked what I do he’s been telling people I’m a sex worker.

He actually thought that’s what sex worker meant. Thankfully I’ve put everyone straight and the weird tension eased. But omg what a bloody idiot.

Aibu to think he wins the stupid man award?

You do the general chat about what your job is when you apply for the job and maybe your first couple of weeks. After that why would you need to discuss what it is?

Maybe they have more interesting to discuss than work.

Of course he knows what my job is. And he does know what a sex worker is, although that’s not the term he would use. I think in his head his brain just made a disconnect between the two and he got it all muddled up. He does have a habit of doing that to be fair to him!

God the Miss Marples are out on this thread.

If someone told me his wife was a sex worker I'd smile and change the subject. I'd either think she was and wonder why he was telling me and maybe suspect he was trying to draw me into a dodgy conversation. Or I'd think he'd made a mistake and I wouldn't want to correct him and make him feel embarrassed. I'd certainly be interested if I met her but I'd wait for her to bring it up because I wouldn't know what to say. So I believe OP's husband said that but maybe I'm just stupid.

I'm sorry OP but I don't think anyone DH is as stupid as yours I'm afraid :p

I have properly laughed there 😂. I needed that..

One day I ran into him in the queue at the local post office and he looked me up and down and said (very loudly) "Oh Hi Hazel how are you I didn't recognise you with your clothes on!"

Adults who say this are (usually) doing it on purpose (Lynn). Why would you genuinely think to say 'with your clothes on'? Surely it would come naturally to specify the kind of clothes - e.g. 'not in your work uniform' - with the clear understanding that you are currently wearing different clothes and not actually no clothes at all?!

That said, we only recently heard the phrase 'Nudie suit' and were rather shocked to read that celebrities would often turn up at parties and ceremonies in the US 'wearing their Nudie suit'. Apparently, it's a very ornate kind of spangly tuxedo that was originated by (and thus named after) a designer called Nudie Cohn. We couldn't believe that Kris Kristofferson had actually turned up to collect an award completely in the nip, much less that people were nonchalantly commenting on it. Whatever you do, don't go out in public and get your Nudie suit and your birthday suit mixed up

I do think that the 'sex worker' confusion is quite plausible. The very existence of the phrase is designed to legitimise and remove the stigma associated with prostitution, so the fact that somebody has specifically used it would suggest to me that they saw nothing untoward or embarrassing about it - so commenting further on it could well make you look weird and prurient, rather than imputing any shame to the speaker (or person they're referring to). Although you may raise your eyebrows slightly and would internally 'take a big step back', you would probably just nod and quickly change the subject.

Ok well this has been a blast I’m off to my job interview! I feel sick.

This is funny to read, but I'd be fuming if my husband said I'm a sex worker. Is he for serious? That's really dumb.

Good luck with your interview @MyHusbandIsVeryStupid !

@SleepingStandingUp ”Thai is real, it’s my favourite food” proper made me laugh out loud.

If someone told me their wife was a sex worker I would be far too polite to ask for details. So it all sounds completely plausible to me.

TheWayoftheLeaf
"English is his second language and he wrote 'I'm passionate about soliciting'. Thank God he got me to check it. He can be forgiven considering it's his third language but it did make us laugh when I explained."

English is his second language and his third language?

Good luck OP!

God some of the people on this thread today - absolute killjoys

OP your story made me laugh out loud - very rare for threads on here

he is a bit thick for that but it’s clear he has other good qualities

English is his second language and his third language?

Give the man a break - he sometimes gets a bit confused between 'second' and 'third'; not surprising, really, as English is only his fourth language

@pinkyredrose

Theblacksheepandme
It also makes me wonder how you could marry someone so stupid? I couldn't spend the rest of my life with such stupidity. Intelligence is what floats my boat. Maybe you're all just as stupid.

That's nice dear.

Maybe you could elaborate and help me out. How does your partner live with you?

FFS

I remember that thread! 😳

Is your DH Dr. Cline from Our Father, on Netflix? 😂😳

All the best, hope it wen t well ?

I got the job! Life is good! Mr Stupid has the evening off and we have a babysitter so we are going out to celebrate. Thanks for sharing your stories, made a lonely evening much happier ❤️

Big congratulations all the best, what's the correct way to explain your role ?

Have a good evening.

When I studied both my DH and my mum usually told people that I studied at high school level. My DH by slightly mispronouncing the name of my business school, my mum by saying the name of a school that while teaching the same subjects only taught them up to high school level.

So instead of bragging my DH sounded like a creep who dated someone at least 10 years younger and my mum made me sound like I was a bit slow. So yeah, thank you for that.

Congratulations @MyHusbandIsVeryStupid. Make sure you teach him what your new role is tonight!

Congratulations! Don't let him talk to any strangers

Oh, congratulations!

My husband embarrasses me all the time - we once walked into a crowded place where you get lift-passes from. We were just about to start our French skiing holiday. A member of staff greeted us with a jolly 'Bonjour!' to which my husband replied equally loudly 'Au revoir!' I wanted the floor to open up and swallow me.

Sounds like the sort of boo-boo mine would make, lol