One liners from well-meaning partners that cause an eyebrow to raise...

[roarfeckingroar]

My dearest DP has just pranced in to the bathroom where I was showering shouting "Vagina! Vagina! Vagina!" So I shook my arse at him and he said with such glee "wow, there's a great wobble on that!"

He meant it as a compliment. I was like yeah, thanks love. I'm a bloody size 8!

He's now singing to himself about how I smell while ironing my work clothes.

Anyone else have a fecking weird unique one?

[Only1scoop]

So was I

[roarfeckingroar]

I was joking. Surely no one actually does that? Aside maybe Mark Oaten?

[Only1scoop]

That must take some doing from the tongue bobbing to the farting in his mouth....

[Sallystyle]

You fart in his mouth??

[roarfeckingroar]

I casually insult DP too. My favourite is to whisper "bear, darling bear..." So he looks over then stick my tongue out and fart in his mouth then run away laughing

[LilaTheTiger]

My DD once 'complimented' me with...


"mummy, what clothes do mummies wear?"

"Not you. Normal mummies."

Bless. Her.

[LemonRedwood]

I dumped him for cheating on me, not that comment!

[LemonRedwood]

One of my ex-boyfriends from all the hundreds thought he was complimenting me on how he could always count on me by telling me I was "predictable"

Couldn't predict me dumping his sorry behind though

[UmbongoUnchained]

My husband called me frumpy today. He thought it was a nice compliment
Obviously need to teach him more words...

[greensea]

"Potatoes are nice though, everybody likes potatoes. And they're very versatile"
Potatoes are versatile :-)
My partner told me I had "the grace of a goddess but the balls of an ant" on a recent snowboarding trip. Although he was trying to be mean, I thought it was lovely.

roarfeckingroar your DP has some neat rhyming skills.

Also, as a newcomer; I thought Mumsnetters were all lovely?
People seem to be awfully judgmental awfully quickly...

[winchester1]

Mine said today, ' You're really strong, do you think.its because you are so stumpy'

Seriously what does that even mean - does being short and fat make me strong - in what world does that even make sense as a question.
No, no I don't think eating cake and happening to be short is how I became strong.
Ejeet

[Onedaftmonkey]

Some girls are bigger than other girls mothers..

Love it vagina better than pussy Any day.

[ILostItInTheEarlyNineties]

When I grumbled to my dh that he never gave me compliments, he thought for a minute and said, "Black suits you."

[littlejeopardy]

I think it raised an eyebrow because it's an odd way to pay a compliment as it could sound like an insult. Hence the humour.

Worst comment from my DH was 'i think I just need more sleep than you'. When DD was 4 weeks old and he had just had a 3 hour nap. Was too sleep deprived to throttle him.

[CamembertQueen]

This site can be so weird! Hardly a stealth boast, I read it as lighthearted. Bad times when you can't say you are a size 8 without considering it boasting or having body issues....

[Believeitornot]

If there is no issue then why did it cause an eyebrow to raise then OP?

[roarfeckingroar]

Oh Lila YES! We should all meet up

[Ahappynewmummy]

if he makes you happy and he doesn't mean it nasty then there's no problem is there?

I keep getting asked if I've cooked muffins today. I ask why he goes cause I can see muffin tops. I have no come back so I can't help but burst out laughing.

[HippyPottyMouth]

My lovely friend called his fairly new DP at Christmas (new enough relationship that they were with their respective families not together, and told her he was having a lovely time, but there was a big lump missing! She still married him.

[roarfeckingroar]

Sorry phone - *him upsetting me with an offhand comment.

[roarfeckingroar]

Nah. I don't buy in to stepping on eggshells or "triggers". My silly, funny, loving partner can say things that I know he means with love without having to worry about hia

[LilaTheTiger]

will often ask me "how are the netters today? Are they being unreasonable" in full knowledge it is met with death stare.

I have a lovely silly funny one too. He asks me "what are the vipers all angry about today?" and I always answer "men" 🙃

Once I was complaining how I looked like a potato in a work uniform. "Potatoes are nice though, everybody likes potatoes. And they're very versatile" was not what I was hoping for, but it did make me laugh 😁

[Ahappynewmummy]

omg my DP is the same. he knows he can call me anything (even after having a kid) and I'd be just and mean back or he'll expect a childish thump. That what makes him and myself work. both a pair of crazy loons

[AyeAmarok]

Ah right. You do seem quite conflicted about your body - your DP should know to choose his words more carefully, I think.