He called a wasp a moron at dinner

[PrueHal]

Ok, this isn't a serious thread exactly just a weird moment

So I was having dinner with my partner, a very nice outdoor meal. Very romantic and looking into each other's eyes etc.

Then a wasp came along and dropped into his wine. He responded by saying 'get out of there you moron' which caused the couple next to us of stop talking and stare at him then me. He then gave the wasp a small pep talk after rescuing it.

I felt embarrassed as I felt it was a really OTT response! I wanted to say was it really necessary to verbally abuse that wasp but seemed an odd thing to say...it just felt like a very angry response

Your boyfriend is right, wasps are morons, I would have called it a lot worse if it landed in my glass of wine, and let it drown in there

Did you ask if it was acceptable when addressing a wasp?

I give wasps pep talks when I'm encouraging them to leave the house, but usually coo at them and call them darling, possibly, if really exasperated, silly darling. I often reflect that it's just as well I live alone without any neighbours in earshot.

Was there wine with the dinner?

I can't decide if you've had to much or too little.

If you are in any way serious, you really need to get a grip.

Really? I'd just have been laughing.

I'd have called any wasp that thought it could get in my wine a lot worse than a moron.

Where are you that you are eating outdoors @PrueHal?
It isn't outdoor eating weather where I live.

I’d be calling something a lot ruder tbh

Maybe the other couple are Welsh and thought it strange that your partner called a wasp a "carrot"?

Wasps are annoying and piss me off. I'm team boyfriend.

Accurate. I would have told it to fuck off away from my wine.

I hope they were safety knives...👀

Do you think this could be the beginning of the end of your relationship?

“The ick”. A concept made up to justify blind, unjustified criticism. “Oh, but I have The Ick though; there’s nothing you can do when that happens. It’s officially A Thing and therefore not my responsibility in any way”.

If you do decide that he's incompatible, send him to me. Talking to wasps, telling them off and giving them a pep talk is EXACTLY the sort of thing I'd do.

I've been swatting a little fruit fly off my laptop screen for the past half hour. It's just landed on my glasses so I've just given it some sage life advice. Namely that if it doesn't stop annoying me I'll be squishing it.

I'd love to have a life where this was a big deal

I'm grateful to you for the thread, it reminded me there was a wasp buzzing round my bedroom curtains earlier, so I went to draw them and sure enough, there it was, snuggled down, so I moved it ('sorry darling to disturb you') and dropped it out the window. Wasps that wake up and target my bedside reading lamp are very annoying, though my least favourite one in recent years was the moron that settled onto my pillow while I went to the loo before settling down, which resulted in both of us having a nasty shock when I got back.

My husband would probably have called it a bastard and turned the table over in the drama to get out of its way - he has a terrible fear of them

I called a cat a fucker earlier. Sometimes they've just got to be told

Poor little wasp, he nearly drowned , was given verbal abuse and has a hangover . He'll need some antidepressants 😧

Blimey my OH goes mental at flies and wasps, lots of flailing of hands, ducking of the head, swiping, swearing.

And wasps are morons, along with flies. Always finding their way in and never finding their way out.

Being thwacked with a tea towel soon does for them. Along with verbal abuse.

She won't dump him.
But Cling to him with dear life yet challenge everything he says and does to morph him into the non beige boyfriend she has dreamt of.

This would have made me laugh but each to their own. I think a guy who gives pep talks to insects sounds amusing.

Are you a bit stiff?

@FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren I always seem to tune in exactly to a post just before mine... today it's yours 🤔😂

100% this

I'd have found that really funny

Wow...I would have pissed myself laughing and felt blessed I had a partner that made me laugh !!!