A little too familiar between friends
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orchid blossom
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MerakSpielman said:
My best friends boyfriend and I used to say that to each other all the time. We were referring to the "Mindy and Buttons" cartoons on Animanics. Mindy used to always say, "Okay, I love you, buh bye!" to everyone.
Years later, after they've gotten married and I'm talking to her on the phone one day, I find out it had always freaked her out something terrible. She'd never seen the cartoons and had no clue what we were doing.
Another time, as we're gaming, I walked up behind my boyfriends chair and start rubbing his back. A few moments later I looked down and realized it was NOT in fact my boyfriend, but another friend of ours. I looked at him and said something like, "What the
am I doing?" At which point I went and gave my boyfriend a hug. Weird thing is, the friend didn't say anything while he was getting this mystery back rub.....
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Well, in all seriousness, I really DO love the guys I game with. These are lifelong friends who have been through some tough times together. They are really more like brothers than friends, although probably with a few less noogies.
But we're guys, so of course we keep that sort of thing bottled up most of the time. We have been known to jokingly let loose a few "terms of endearment" with each other, especially when we lived together back in our college days. In particular, one guy would pay the utility bill and the rest of us would write him a check for our portion. We would frequently write the checks something along the lines of *First Name* "Snugglebunny" *Last Name*. And then, under the "Note" section, we would write "For *sexual favor deleted*".
On one memorable occasion, the bank teller made him endorse the check the same way it was written out.
But we're guys, so of course we keep that sort of thing bottled up most of the time. We have been known to jokingly let loose a few "terms of endearment" with each other, especially when we lived together back in our college days. In particular, one guy would pay the utility bill and the rest of us would write him a check for our portion. We would frequently write the checks something along the lines of *First Name* "Snugglebunny" *Last Name*. And then, under the "Note" section, we would write "For *sexual favor deleted*".
On one memorable occasion, the bank teller made him endorse the check the same way it was written out.
Silver Moon
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Ah yes, love the paper towel story - a classic case of mistaken identity. Happened to me once. My wife (Kriskrafts) and I were active in a historic reenactment group that portrayed the everyday life of the ancient Scot. We were at a Highland Game in Massachusetts and I went off site for a few minutes. When I came back I walked up to Kris from behind to give her a hug and kiss on the neck - and it turned out to be her 13-year-old sister! The sister had joined us that day and was the same height and had the same color and style of hair as Kris, and while I was off site they had dressed her up in a spare outfit of Kris's. Both forgave me, but boy was I embarrassed.
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Rozman
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Quasqueton said:
Now you've got ME started!
Seriously though, just ask your friends &/or their parents about this guy subtly (but subtle like the "T" instead of the "B"...) Nobody likes having a masher as a guest at their party.
Unless of course there's a pile of social factors I'm ignorant of and jgsugden's advice will work better.
Or just kick him in the junk and claim you mistook him for someone else when he touched you...
Blood Jester
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Um, I'm married, for years, and if your story happened in my group, I doubt anyone would have even noticed. And if they did, I guarantee my wife would be laughing the loudest.jgsugden said:
In you example above she'd either ask when I was seeing my sister, or assume it was harmless sillyness with one of our friends (female or male).
shilsen
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jgsugden said:
Been there, done that. Admittedly not with a wife, but a girlfriend in a long term relationship. Both she and I would have figured the other was an ass if one had a problem with it. And I can number at least a dozen couples (some married, some not) who would be exactly the same as us. Maybe I just know mature people (they range from early 20s to late 40s). All those I'm thinking about are Indian, so maybe they're just more progressive
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cignus_pfaccari
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Henry said:
Back in college, I was our local Hillel's Shabbas gentile, and also worked during the week, too, answering the phone, which was answered with "Shalom, Hillel." I answered the phone in our dorm with that several times.
The only person I use a pet name with in anyone's company is my ex-girlfriend, and it just feels...strange...calling her Pumpkin when we're hanging out with more than one or two other people. She doesn't game, so there's no real problem with mistaken identity there. However, at work, I keep wanting to call some of my younger co-workers "kid", for obvious reasons.
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