Why we'll never understand each other

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Seems like the issue is not "we'll never understand each other" but rather the man constantly assuming the worst of someone who shows him love and care 🤔

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u/Key-Mark4536 21d ago

shows him love and care

You saying I’m soft?!

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u/Either_Home_9292 20d ago

Huh?

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u/Key-Mark4536 20d ago

The guys in the cartoon take everything their wives say as a personal attack. I was doing the same.

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u/sour_creamand_onion 21d ago

Sadly relatable.

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u/jackfaire 21d ago

Sometimes intentionally so even though he knows he's full of shit as a way to act like he's the victim when he's being a shitty human being.

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u/AnubisTheCanidae 20d ago

thats the point of the comic i think. its not supposed to be wife bad, but a critique of it

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u/ReinaDeRamen 20d ago

that was very much the intent of the comic, OP just missed the point a bit

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u/DapperRead708 20d ago

Unshown: the woman doing the exact same thing

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u/SniffmyBread 20d ago

Ok you don’t like men huh

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u/Either_Home_9292 20d ago

No, they are trying to say they don’t like men that act the way being depicted here, in this comic. Unless ALL men act like that, all the time, then your assumption is incorrect.

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u/hodges2 19d ago

You are who this comic is depicting

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u/SniffmyBread 19d ago

😝

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u/dinsfire24 17d ago

the original comment vs the version of the comment that you came up with in your head

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u/Difficult__Tension 21d ago

How are you going to ask someone to marry you, then act like a victim when they accept?

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u/kinos141 21d ago

Cuz he's a bitch.

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u/PandaBear905 19d ago

Because they see marriage as an obligation not a choice

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

This dude sounds like he has a personality disorder

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u/flowssoh 21d ago

Um actually everyone has this it's called being married 😂 /satire

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u/Mr_Minecrafter88 20d ago

Well I mean that is literally true

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u/TheAndorran 20d ago

It’s a bummer to see this from Wiley, whose comic strip Non Sequitur I really enjoy and who once got in trouble for hiding “Go fuck yourself Trump” in a panel.

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u/LongEyedSneakerhead 21d ago

that schizophrenic man's poor wife.

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u/wafflesandbrass 21d ago

Or, you could learn to listen to the other person and try to understand their point of view. It's an acquired skill.

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u/SexyCheeseburger0911 21d ago

Did anyone tell the Boomers when they were young that no one was going to force them to marry a particular person? That they had an actual choice in the matter?

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u/Either_Home_9292 20d ago

So THATS why they hate gay marriage! CHOICES!

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u/Delta9312 21d ago

Peak Boomer humor

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u/Certain-Rock2765 20d ago

Def. I guffawed loudly and showed this to my wife as a substitute for meaningful conversation. She didn’t laugh, never does. Women have no sense of humor!

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u/OkFreedom931 20d ago

Are you okay in the head? Women do have a sense of humor. Like beauty is subjective so is humor. Everyone has a different sense of humor. I doubt you have a wife with that attitude..

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u/WigglesPhoenix 20d ago

Everyone has a different sense of humor, true. Yours needs work

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u/OkFreedom931 20d ago

Why is it abt my sense of humor? I think mines is fine lol

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u/WigglesPhoenix 20d ago

Because you just responded to what was very obviously a joke with a lecture lmao

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u/OkFreedom931 20d ago

Wait mb I’m a bit dumb😭😭

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u/Low_Shallot_3218 20d ago

Yk what? Props for owning your mistake. You seem like a chill person

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u/OkFreedom931 20d ago

Oh thx you too ^{^}

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u/Certain-Rock2765 20d ago

Eeep I thought “as a substitute for meaningful conversation” would be a good tell that my reply was satirizing traditional boomerhumor like that found in the asinine comic strip.

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u/OkFreedom931 14d ago

Mb dude, I was in a bad mood and wasn't thinking clearly lol. Sorry abt that👍

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u/Certain-Rock2765 13d ago

We all have bad days. No need to apologize & props for owning your emotions! Rock on!!🤘

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u/KappaKingKame 20d ago

I really, really, hope this is ironic, because if not….

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u/Book-Faramir-Better 21d ago

Speaking for my own marriage:

What he heard: "I love you."

What she said: "I love you."

What he responded: "I love you, too."

It's so much different when you actually love your wife.

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u/Key-Mark4536 21d ago

I can’t always bulldoze people with my opinions

THOUGHT POLICE!

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u/DeadAndBuried23 21d ago

It's a good introspection on the toxicity of cultures that stigmatize being unmarried to the point that being married is valued over being happily single or in a happy relationship.

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u/No-Property5530 21d ago

consequences of nuclear families on our society

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u/Prudent_Historian650 21d ago

Meaning they grew up to close to a nuke power plant?

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u/kinos141 21d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/samjacbak 21d ago

Can't we just agree to mean what we say, and say what we mean?

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u/Prudent_Historian650 21d ago

How about agreeing to hear what was actually said rather than what we imagine was said? If the rolls were reversed I'd be living this meme.

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u/samjacbak 21d ago

If both parties are doing one or the other, it's effectively the same as both.

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u/Mitch_Conner_65 21d ago

Why did he even asked her to marry him then. Makes no sense.

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u/HotStraightnNormal 21d ago

Jeez, when's the execution taking place?

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u/Kittycraft0 20d ago

Her head really shrunk

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u/Derivative_Kebab 21d ago

This is what happens when you decide that every person needs to be married and that every relationship needs to turn into a marriage.

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u/_The_Mother_Fucker_ 20d ago

I hate my wife 😆

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u/originalcinner 19d ago

Reminds me of :

Her: Which dress should I wear? The red one, or the blue one?

Him (sensing a trap): "Uh, I dunno, maybe the red one?

Her: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BLUE ONE??! ARE YOU SAYING THE BLUE ONE MAKES ME LOOK FAT??

My husband hates questions like that. I have to say "it's not a trap" every time, but he's still nervous.

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u/Nowardier 20d ago

"I hate my wife. Isn't it funny how I hate my wife?"

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u/ABewilderedPickle 17d ago

the problem here is a lot of boomers look at this comic like it's a fact of life and the way things are supposed to be, while others clearly see it as a social dynamic that should actually change

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u/Erran_Kel_Durr 19d ago

So that’s why they hate their wives…

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u/Martha_____ 19d ago

I think we're looking for a kind of humor that just wasn't intended to be in this comic.

It seems more like commentary on communication flaws eating away at a marriage relationship like acid.

The only humor is in the ending which the man ridiculously misinterprets a word and it's like showing that their marriage was doomed from the start.

Boomer humor tend to lean towards exaggeration rather than a concrete "twist" punchline

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u/GomeroKujo 20d ago

This one is pretty funny though

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u/fvgh12345 20d ago

I like how young people refuse to acknowledge that a lot of couples get jaded with each other over time and act like its just a boomer thing.

Spoiler, theres a good chance you and your significant other will change over the years, their may be things about these changes you dont like or resent. Only time will tell.

I'm not a boomer just someone whos observed this happen enough to know its not just boomers.