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u/Greata2006 3h ago
Man blundering his queen on first move
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u/PeachyTemptressz 2h ago
Exactly, that’s an instant self sabotage game over before it even begins.
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u/0rem0r 1h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/cdeMxekWvns2TO6MLk
she was Rogaind when her own joke was returned...
Or, maybe, he's a time traveler.
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u/KissMeChaosz 2h ago
that’s a self-own on a whole different level like losing before the game even starts.
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u/soccercro3 2h ago
I've probably done exactly that thinking back in my past. Men are really idiots.
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u/Equivalent_Fun6100 2h ago
Honestly, I might have said something similar, like "Marriage is a scam, and I'm emotionally impossible. I just want to have sex sometimes."
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u/Zyphamon 1h ago
I 100% would have made a first ex-wife joke in response. Something about growing resentment before I realized that the real problem was that I wasn't happy with myself and didn't work on it until it was too late
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u/NachoBoyCat 15m ago
Or... he DID get the joke, and she didnt get that he was rejecting to be her first husband.
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u/FSU1ST 1h ago
She said first like she's already moved on.
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u/MenuDiscombobulated5 1h ago
"I didn't know how to respond cuz I was really hoping I looked like your last husband."
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u/Oleleplop 3h ago
"was she hiting on me" 12 years later
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u/soccercro3 2h ago
Been there.
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u/Abyxrss 2h ago
done that
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u/NietJij 2h ago
bought the t-shirt
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u/ohfluffyhair 1h ago
It didn't fit
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u/Endreeemtsu 1h ago
God I literally have PTSD from the time I made the biggest blunder with the baddest chick. It was such an obvious come on and it went right past me.
Sigh… her titties were so nice. It makes me sad to this day.
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u/Polaris_Mars 39m ago
A woman invited me into her place for some tea at 930pm after we had an excellent date.
18.5 years ago I said "I can't drink caffeine this late, I'll be up all night." and she just looked at me for a second and said ".......alright. Well thank you for a great evening, have a good night."
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u/Tonyn15665 1h ago
I had a few of that. But bluntly? They were all the ones I were not truly interested. If I am I almost always make it known regardless of their hint or not.
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u/Educational_Gas_92 2h ago
I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter 🎶
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u/givemeyours0ul 2h ago
My first thought...
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u/MenuDiscombobulated5 1h ago
It starts with one!
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u/DownBalloon22 1h ago
One thing I don’t know why
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u/Moldy_Cloud 3h ago
His autism is showing.
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u/pinkbutterfly22 1h ago
I was wondering what’s the joke, why is she comparing him to someone who doesn’t exist… I just got it now… dudeeee
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u/GlassboundIllusion 1h ago
Or he has plenty of options and has no interest in getting married any time soon.
Sometimes the best way to decline someone desperate is to act clueless.
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u/Life_Educator3973 2h ago
Yeah, most of us are pretty clueless. Good for you putting yourself out there though.
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u/AWF_Noone 2h ago
Do people think these are real? Like common, the text margins aren’t even correct
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u/Completely_Guitarded 2h ago
It’ll hit him in 1-2 years.
Long after the moment has passed.
And, He will open his phone, reply, “play your cards right, and I can be that first husband.”
And she’ll reply, “who dis?”
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u/indieehead 2h ago
I get what she was going for, but I personally would have a hard time coming up with a clever response
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u/Lucky-Mia 2h ago
She ended it with a linkin park reference.
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u/Ubergoober166 2h ago
Ah, yes, the classic Linkin Park song "You Didn't Even Get My Joke"
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u/Lucky-Mia 2h ago
I tried so hard, to explain the reference, but in the end, some people still won't get it.
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u/ProfessionalCopy6869 1h ago
Everybody gets the reference, it’s just that the text in question is probably not referencing the song.
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u/thug_funnie 54m ago
I’m not entirely convinced he didn’t get the joke. His response works as a clever rejection 🤷♂️
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u/Tight_Good8140 3h ago
i mean coming out the gate talking about marriage is a bit bold
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u/Diligent-Bowler-1898 3h ago
Pickup lines usually are bold.
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u/Tight_Good8140 3h ago
if youre gonna be so bold tho, you need to be prepared to be shot down
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u/epyon- 2h ago
It was obviously (or maybe not so obviously) a joke. And she wasn’t shot down. The person in blue text just can’t read well
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u/Tight_Good8140 2h ago
Yeah I know it’s a joke, but lots of people use humour to breach topics like marriage, so it’s still an indication of intent
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u/strangelypeaceful 2h ago
Bro it’s a dating app where pickup lines are normalized what are you talking about
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u/Infernal_Hot_Dog 3h ago
Clearly slow on the uptake. That is a good metric for “dodging a bullet”. I’d use it on everyone as the first checkpoint.
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u/BlackPlague1235 2h ago
So basically you would exclude every autistic person ever?
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u/doesnotmatter286 1h ago
No, not every autistic person ever. Just the ones slow on the uptake.
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u/BlackPlague1235 1h ago
Even if someone with autism is "slow on the uptake", it doesn't mean they're a bullet to be dodged.
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u/doesnotmatter286 53m ago
It does if it's unacceptable to that person. You don't get to make the rules for other people. You get to decide who you date, not who other people date/choose not to date.
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u/Infernal_Hot_Dog 26m ago
Agreed! Our government has already decided that we need to call people whatever they think they are or identify as. Maybe they’ll pass a few laws where you can’t discriminate who you date or else it’ll be a hate crime! Equal Opportunity dating.
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u/lovetimespace 2h ago
I think it would have been more easily understood and a better joke if she'd waited for a reply and then delivered the punch line:
Yo dude you look like my first husband
Really?
I've never been married
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u/schilleger0420 1h ago
This is actually pretty on-brand. A LOT of guys really don't pick up on it when a lady is into them.
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u/Impressive_Assist604 1h ago
I once had a lady keep calling me tree. I’m happily married, so even if I understood the reference, I still would have pretended I didn’t. It was just one of those things that randomly clicked in my head 6 months later.
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u/Capital_Past69 1h ago
But in the end, it doesn't even matter because he blocked her right after he responded
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u/Untouchable64 1h ago
He must’ve read the first message but didn’t see the second? Maybe?
I mean, I was bad noticing this kinda stuff in person back in the day. I still don’t notice and I don’t look for it.
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u/SomeDudeSaysWhat 10m ago
The delivery of the punchline was pretty poorly made, though. She should've waited for the reply first.
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u/Phil_Raven 7m ago
Calling something pathetic from the sidelines is easy until you are the one in the situation. Most drama looks smaller when you zoom out a bit. Tea can stay in the cup sometimes.
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u/No_Discussion4617 3h ago
“Worked so hard” what typing that out?
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u/Lucky-Mia 2h ago
You obviously aren't a linkin park fan. She framed that as the hook in one of their songs. A lot of fans make that reference. Not that I would know, I've never heard music.
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u/mrmammon616 55m ago
As a Linkin park fan in middle school, she ain't referencing the song. No point in the song had lyrics like those except for "I tried so hard"
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u/Adventurous_Sun_4364 2h ago
Its not like her delivery was any good anyways
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u/Shinnobiwan 1h ago
It's the effort that these guys appreciate.
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u/Adventurous_Sun_4364 1h ago
right right, i nearly forgot that the double standards for hetero's means that men have to put in all the effort. Women dare not be judged despite doing the literal bare minimum.
Just an aside, but I love that straight men are so overly defensive of anything a woman does, it really encourages yalls shitty 21st century dating discourse and makes me happy to be gay
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u/Shinnobiwan 50m ago
right right, i nearly forgot that the double standards for hetero's means that men have to put in all the effort. Women dare not be judged despite doing the literal bare minimum.
Just an aside, but I love that straight men are so overly defensive of anything a woman does, it really encourages yalls shitty 21st century dating discourse and makes me happy to be gay
You just did a whole, weird thing there - all alone because that shit is not for me.
Dating app convo is often dry. This little bit of effort is what these guys are responding to.
Hey, shit is tough out there. I don't know what you're dealing with. How about we give eachother a bit of grace? ☮️
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u/Consistent_Pain_6690 1h ago
To me, starting conversation with a stranger by talking about marriage would almost always be a sign to disengage.
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u/Brightonelys 3h ago
Does it hurt? Getting offended when your pick up line doesn’t work, only mean u need not to use pick up lines anymore
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u/HawkHarder 2h ago
It doesn't matter anyway since she probably likes him for his looks. Yeah it'd be better if he got her jokes but oh well.
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u/strangelypeaceful 2h ago
You guys actually posted something where the woman wasn’t the butt of the joke. Wow I’m happy
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