He called a wasp a moron at dinner

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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

That's not what the ick is.

The ick is when somebody (usually a man in a romantic relationship) has done something or some things so gross that their partner (usually a woman) feels repulsed by them. She gets the ick, and doesn't want to touch or be touched by him in any way.

I would have embarrassed you far more, I'd have screamed and run away.

I think I'm in love with your boyfriend

God I do this all the time! I even gave a spider directions to a nice looking gate that would be good for webbing.

I haven’t RTFT, but I assume someone has already asked if he T-Rexes in Asda?

How is that different?

Well it wasn't the cleverest place it's ever landed was it? Worst case it drowns, best case it gets done for flying under the influence.

You really need to get a life OP.

Peer mannie.

I'd find it quite amusing to give an animal human qualities- anthropomorphism and all that.

Could be worse- could have said it was a 'fucking moron.'

You need to lighten up.

If this upsets you how on earth are you going to get through life?

I think he sounds quite fun.

Thats what the poster is saying, but the point is, someone who claims 'the ick' (infantile phrase), is not taking responsbility for their feelings, they are blaming the other party. As you did in your post

To say, "oh you silly thing!" (Or equivalent, "moron" also acceptable) and fish an insect out of a glass of wine is surely the correct way? What would you prefer, that he watches a defenceless creature drown then waste the glass of wine throwing it out?

The over -reaction is not his.

I wonder whose else it could be?

Surely the opposite?

You wouldn't be pissed because your drink would have a wasp in it.

DP would have called the wasp a "see you next Tuesday" and either flicked it or squished it. What a brute.
By comparison, your friend is positively humane and civilised.

You assume the wine wouldnt have been consumed though, who is going to waste that wine?

Not me.

Rescuing the ‘moronic’ little thing then giving him a pep talk could well have melted my heart. I guess it depends on other factors for OP though as she’s the one who knows him.

Oh no. I won't sleep for weeks thinking of this!!!! 😭😭😭

Very fair point. 🤔

Wasps are morons, and it needed a good talking to to make sure it didn't do it again. I'm with your DH all the way with this one.

Yes they have! And I still don’t know what that is. But then I was very late to the Sistine chapel too!

He was so angry that he ended up rescuing Mr. Moron and giving him a pep talk? He sounds like a sweet and funny person to me. That's what I would do.

Of course, my husband called me "peculiar" last night, so what do I know?

He doesn’t sound at all beige to me.

I call 'em stripey little fuckers, OP! Oh FFS, everyone swears at wasps, surely? If some random passersby raised an eyebrow, what of it?

(they ARE stripey little fuckers. And morons.)