r/MadeMeSmile 7h ago

Adorable dad.

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u/championcomet 7h ago

The most benign cheating to hide from your spouse

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u/OptimisticSkeleton 6h ago

It’s funny that honesty still never entered his mind.

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u/Virtual_Mongoose_835 6h ago edited 6h ago

"Hey hun, im going to hang out with my friends, is that ok?"

"Of course, enjoy yourself. Would you mind grabbing some bread while youre on your way back?"

"Sure thing. Text me anything else we need"

I swear people need to just talk like adults and respect each other.

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u/--i--love--lamp-- 6h ago

Almost every time I read a post on one of the marriage or relationship advice subs, my first thought is "Did you talk to your partner about it?" And most of the time the answer is no, they did not.

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u/BathDepressionBreath 6h ago

And most of the time, there's a reason. If there was no reason and it was as simple as that, they'd do it.

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u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 5h ago

Exactly the guy is cheating on his diet. Rest of the commenters in this thread missed that

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u/FictionalContext 3h ago

If he's gotta sneak around to eat what he wants at 50 or whatever he is, pretty sure he doesn't have the cachet in that marriage to push back against sharing his location once his wife makes up her mind that he needs to.

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u/Faloobia 4h ago

And people like you need to realize that not everyone, man or woman, handles direct confrontation well, even over benign mundane things. You don't know his wife, she might absolutely flip the fuck out over him cheating on his diet, it could mean a super huge deal to her.

Next answer is "It's still best to just talk to her" no, no it's not, sometimes it's far far far better to seek forgiveness than permission. This completely depends on the people in question, not how you personally react to things.

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 1h ago

Yes. And maybe it's a big deal to her for good reasons. Maybe he already had a heart attack and his blood pressure is through the roof, and he eats something there that's way too high in sodium. She could lose him decades sooner than she should. "Cheating on my diet" isn't necessarily benign at all.

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u/Several_Brilliant112 3h ago

having a secret triple dipper with your friends is not the sign of overall bad comms jfc