Wednesday
Jun032009
Things you shouldn't do when your girlfriend or boyfriend says "I love you" for the first time
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 5:53AM 1. Wait 3 days before saying it back, "just to fuck with them".
2. Say "I know."
3. Reply with, "Elephant Shoes, too".
4. If it's over the phone, don't use the excuse "Um, yeah....I'm in a room full of other guys?" to not say it back.
5. Say "That's nice!"
6. Start looking at your watch and checking your (fictional) pager nervously.
7. Jump straight to, "Great! I want 8 kids, how about you?"
8. Whine, "If you really loved me you'd give me head."
(It's entirely possible that I've been the recipient of all or most of those responses at some point. Maybe. Not from hubby, which is one of the many reasons why HE WINS).
(Posted at the implied request of Sprite's Keeper, in conjunction with this week's Spin Cycle)
Reader Comments (43)
I waited 3 wks after Hubbie said it before I said it back. He said it after 3 days of knowing me so I said "I'm not going to throw that phrase around willy nilly" ugh!
me and hubby made a knock knock joke out of it. mostly because we were 17 & 18 and SO mature!
I can agree with all of those. I've also been on the receiving end of those three words after one date, when I promptly said, "Well, it was nice knowing you" and put on my boogie shoes.
I think that guy's in jail for stalking now...
Hahaha. #8 warrants a swift boot to the head. And #6 must have taken place some time in the early 90s, I'm guessing. Nice spin. ;)
Ha! Great list. I may or may not have been guilty of one of those items. May or may not, I contend!
You're linked!
Oy! That'd be rough!
I just LIVED this blog post!!! He told me two weeks ago and I waited a week to tell him back. YIKES! LOL
what about, "thank you."
okay . . . our favorite is:
"give your love to someone else, i'll take what's left over."
:-)
uh, no? :-0
well,
uh, . . .uhm . . .
we thought it was cute. :-(
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You forgot "ditto".
:)
I absolutely replied "That's nice" to my ex the first time he said it to me! oops.
So would "yeah cool, hand me a beer while your up" not work?
Not that I would have said that because I only drink wine or pink drinks.
LOL - these cracked me up!
"Thank you" is just about the worst, though. Seriously.
Hubby proposed to me over the phone in the ER. No way was I gonna get all mushy surrounded by testosterone laden surgeons.
So I might understand #4.
I'm embarrassed to admit I'm guilty of number one. Needless to say, he broke up with me shortly after that.;)
9. Say "olive Juice, too" in response.
My husband was so shocked (he didn't realised how fond of him I'd become) he just said, "thank you." It was several minutes before I said it back. I was mortified, but it worked out in the end.
I have had number 2 said to me.. not by hubby, which is why HE wins too! :-D
too funny. my boys are standing next to me and one of them just said "this is a boys website. can you get us a shirt for it? it's cool."
I pretended I didn't hear one of my boyfriends when he said it....yeah....cause I was an ass in HS.
"Uhm, are you sure?" is not an appropriate response either...as I once found out :)
your posting really made me smile and bring back memories of dating...LONG time ago (20 years)! thks for the fun
Elephant shoes, I'll have to try that the next time one of my stalkers tell me they love me.
Great list. I already have plans to say Elephant shoes. It may not be the first I love you but it should be fun anyway.
the first time my husband said it to me i replied, "don't say it unless you mean it." it was like month before he said it again. but we were in high school and I didn't want to eff around with "love this, love that" if it wasn't for realsies.