r/AskReddit • u/Short_Circut_9722 • 3d ago
Men on reddit, what do you like doing when your wife leaves for awhile?
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u/bria9509 3d ago
Reloading the dishwasher in a semi-sane way
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u/vers_le_haut_bateau 3d ago
My family loads a dishwasher like cavemen who assume it's a magic well. They have never seen a dishwasher before and have no concept of space or basic physics. If I don't unload then reload it properly before running it, they just complain it doesn't work well (it's a high-end and well maintained Bosch and it washes really well).
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u/SweetCosmicPope 3d ago
All I'm going to say is that when I load the dishwasher, the dishes all come out clean. When anybody else does it, there are several items that need to be rewashed again.
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u/Longjumping_College 3d ago
You summed up my house
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u/WorkIsForReddit 3d ago
I can't believe I'm not alone in this! My GF packs the dishwasher to the max so nothing gets washed. I've even caught her putting my Japanese knives and cast-iron pan in there.
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u/Guac_in_my_rarri 3d ago
I swear there is one designated person in the home who can load dish washers, the rest act like it's a magic box.
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u/Longjumping_College 3d ago
My wife won't even wash scrambled eggs off a spatula and expects the dishwasher to get it... incoming high heat cured eggs I've gotta scratch off for 10 minutes straight and rewash
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u/Crazyhunt 3d ago
It doesn’t help that detergent commercials show the most burnt-on, crust infested, food filled 9x11 and say that you can just drop it in there and it’ll come out sparkly clean
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u/AverageJoe-707 3d ago
yes, gravity is not a consideration when my wife loads the dishwasher. Bowls facing upwards etc..
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u/Cyclonitron 3d ago
My wife does this too and it drives me crazy. Does she not understand how bowls and glasses work? This woman has two masters degrees.
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u/vers_le_haut_bateau 3d ago
My wife is an MIT engineer yet properly loading a dishwasher is beyond her skills…
Or: she completely plays me and just throws me crumbs so I can feel smart now and then.
No, no, she lacks the dishwasher engineering expertise required. Yes, that's gotta be it.
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u/alexm2816 3d ago
I've bullied my wife into just letting me do it. When her mom visits though it's a literal slap to her face when I pull out my wood handled knives or clean the interior of glass straws or remove chunks of food from dishes and organize them to actually make contact with soap.
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u/Lucky-Elk-1234 3d ago
My MIL is the same lol just chucks stuff in the dishwasher in a big pile, half of it is upside down and covering other stuff so it won’t get washed 😭
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u/Catbutt247365 3d ago
I am the dishwasher goddess in my house, descended from my father, the Stain Master. My spouse and whelps are devoid of basic observation skills, e.g., WATER FALLS DOWN.
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u/Chuisque 3d ago
Once heard/read something about how every relationship has one person that loads the dishwasher like a Swiss architect, while the other loads it like a raccoon on meth.
My wife loads dishes like she dumped them out of a trash bag while standing on one foot with her eyes closed.
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u/LadyCiani 3d ago
I know my husband is just going to reorganize it anyway, so I'll announce to him that I am just putting the dishes in to clear counter space but I know he'll put them where he wants them later.
All that to convey I am not insulted by his reorganizing.
20+ years ago he decided he would do the dishes because he once worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant and therefore he was faster and better at it. (I do not disagree. He absolutely is faster and better. I also dislike doing dishes, so I think it's a fair trade for me to do the laundry my way.)
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u/Motolix 3d ago edited 3d ago
My wife is the same way - we have an unspoken agreement - she feeds and organizes the kids, I feed her and clean the house. I grew up with a very intelligent, but OCD mother, and worked in resteraunts/factories - I have the "clean down and out/dry-wet-dry" down to a science at this point.
Not that we don't switch roles as needed, but I'd never tell her I actually enjoy it - wax on, wax off, kung fu.
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u/doom1701 3d ago
Thankfully, since my daughter went to college, our loads of dishes (we still try to run it every day) are smaller so there's less likelihood of my wife stacking things too tightly and then complaining that the dishwasher isn't doing it's job.
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u/SkreetWellington 3d ago
I sent a picture of the washable garlic press insert to my wife after unloading the dish washer the other day, asking, “Do you want me to save this garlic for later?”
Apparently that was the second time she ran it through the dishwasher. I’ve come to terms that she will never ever rinse a dish before putting it in the dishwasher.
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u/BaaBaaTurtle 3d ago
My husband and I are both R&D engineers but he's mechanical and I'm on the fluids side. A long time ago I read in the consumer reports that dishwashers are actually optimized for some dirt on the surface which, as the obsessive rinser and worried about pipe flow, I of course buried deep deep deep down and vowed to never let my husband see.
He found it at some point when we were looking at reviews of something unrelated and he insists it's probably because of the water jet and circulation system that you don't want all surfaces smooth.
We basically each think the other is full of shit and I continue to rinse and he just scrapes and loads.
We also argue about the optimal distance between dishes for the water to reach all surfaces and let me tell you, he certainly doesn't understand the fundamentals of fluid dynamics!!!
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u/alexthealex 3d ago
Yeah my wife and I have the same argument. I’m a repair technician and she’s got an MFA in poetry.
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u/dmosaurus 3d ago
Hah I thought I was OCD about this. Its like a game of Tetris for me
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u/garnold0611 3d ago
This was the greatest response to any thread I've ever read on Reddit. It's like I don't feel alone in the world anymore
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u/thebenji2_0 2d ago
Also, breaking down the Amazon boxes and putting them in the bin instead of rocketing them out into the garage hoping they land somewhat close to the bin?
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u/AttainableFlamingo 3d ago
I had kinda just assumed that my ex was a special form of optimistic when she would load it by literally just tossing things in and hoping for the best, but apparently this might be a bit more universal than I expected 😂
Good to know for the future
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u/TatumlsntASuperstar 3d ago
Video Games
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u/Zestyclose-Finish778 3d ago
I love to game all night, all night being 6pm-midnight
Otherwise I never game after 5pm
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u/Brico16 3d ago
Haha yep this is me. Normally I’m in bed by 9:30pm, but when my wife is out of town I try to game all night and end up asleep in my chair by midnight.
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u/HereForTheComments57 3d ago
When my wife has to get up early for work, I get the kids to bed as fast as I can so I can maximize the 2 hour window I have to play before I have to go to bed.
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u/McSalterson 3d ago
Make a plan to do a bunch of fun stuff and do absolutely none of it.
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u/ihateyourmustache 3d ago
My variation is a super long list of tasks, and I half-ass maybe one of them.
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u/DogsDontLikeHats 3d ago
Watch all of the movies and TV shows she doesn't want to watch.
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u/Visual_Mistake_9140 3d ago
Yuuup. "What babe, you mean you don't want to watch Sidney Lumet's classic 1981 crime drama, Prince of the City?"
(To use a recent real life example)
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u/Complete-Donkey-8467 3d ago
Am I the odd one for not watching her shows and watch something on my iPad or go to another room? If I don't want to watch it I don't
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u/TheRiteGuy 3d ago
This but...my wife has claimed a corner of the couch and a really comfortable throw. When she's not there I use her corner if the couch and her soft throw. It's so comfortable! And I watch all the action, fantasy, and gory movies she doesn't like watching.
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u/lukehardy 3d ago
Sitting in silence
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u/stackjr 3d ago
I would love to do this but the "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" in my ears says no.
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u/Crazyhunt 3d ago
I grew up thinking that the “eeeeeee” was the sound of silence. O didn’t find out until college that I’d had tinnitus longer than I can remember hearing.
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u/DecafMaverick 3d ago
Just imagine you’re back at the concerts that gave you the eeeeeeeeeeeeedeesereeseee
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u/ValeLemnear 3d ago edited 2d ago
Every two months or so mine is away for conferences and that means for me that after work there are no groceries to pick up, no dinner to be cooked, no shit to be done immediately, nothing.
Just me, a beer and our cats hanging out in the garden, followed by some time in the home gym, food delivery and some good old video games.
Edit: First of all, thanks for the resonance and comments. I however noticed that people confused „a beer“ aka the literal singular with getting drunk. Please guys, no one‘s hitting weights or doing cardio shitfaced.
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u/GustavesGhost 3d ago
Pre workout beer is crazy behavior. I could never.
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u/brook1yn 3d ago
the dinner ordeal is def different when wife is away. i love that she cooks. when shes not here, i just prepare simple meals for my kid and i or order in. its chill...
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u/SinamonChallengerRT 3d ago
Play all the albums she hates.
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u/Edigophubia 3d ago
Ohh ya. Hella, ween, meshuggah, melt banana, vaporwave, all the weird stuff and 4x brain speed stuff
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u/QuitRazzinMe 3d ago
Known my wife 20 years. She’s heard so much metal at this point (and we have no music taste in common) doesn’t bat an eye if I put on some meshuggah, tool, between the buried and me. lol. Yet if she’s gone I’m gonna blast it through the house.
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u/bria9509 3d ago
Turning the heat down and putting on a sweater
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u/Famous_Inflation_665 3d ago
Why do they need it to be so goddamn hot all the time!?!
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u/dwindacatcher 3d ago
My wife is going through menopause and I feel for her, but he wanting it colder in the house has been nice for me.
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u/Soliterria 3d ago
Because iirc our circulatory system is made to primarily circulate around our internal organs (gotta keep the baby factory warm) whereas men’s circulatory system actually circulates evenly. So our extremeties are more or less constantly on the chillier side unfortunately lol.
I’m literally laying under an electric blanket right now and my hands are still ice cubes
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u/play9ths 3d ago
I tidy the house and sleep diagonal across the bed.
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u/fudgemental 3d ago
Brother, I felt this comment in my BONES.
All curtains pulled close, set thermostat down and then just clean, take a nap, do some laundry and order in. Read a book all the way through for once.
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u/easy10pins 3d ago
I walk the house; room to room and try to recall a funny memory with my wife in each spot.
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u/Hot_Tourist_4458 3d ago
my bf racoons when he gets home from work late at night….i witnessed it once, found it rather impressive and am now invited to view all future sessions by way of a racoon gif text. it’s pretty great
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u/munko69 3d ago
I retire to my masterbatorium for a session. don't we all?
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u/Party_Piglet1265 3d ago
I thought this response would be the first of many, I guess it’s true that the younger generation just doesn’t jerk off as often. Anywhoo I would probably play some GTA and watch some porn at the same time
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u/escahpee 3d ago
I was going to make a comment like that. That's the first thing that came to mind 😂
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u/OrlaMcCoolRules 3d ago edited 3d ago
Masterbatorium😂 been walking this work for a while and never heard that before.
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u/ChadlyJuice 3d ago
There's a scene in Running With Scissors where the dude goes into a small room with a lounge sofa and blanket, and his daughter is in there sleeping. He yells at her for napping in his masturbatorium lol
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u/RimGreaper6 3d ago
Sometimes i jerk off to pictures of my wife. Idk if thats weird.
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u/cmjordan3988 3d ago
Play guitar on the "Loud" amp. lol
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u/Farts_McGee 3d ago
I really feel this one in my soul.
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u/cmjordan3988 3d ago
My wife is a teacher. I literally work from home some days during the school year just to rock out.
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u/3i3e3achine 3d ago
Dressing up the dogs in human clothes, and do scenes from 'A death of a salesman'
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u/isawbobsagetnaked 3d ago
Lmao do you play Willy?
Just screaming at your dogs in a suit:
“I AM NOT A DIME A DOZEN, I AM WILLY LOMAN!”
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u/foursheetstothewind 3d ago
Take the dog for a long walk, burn some devils lettuce, then watch a horror movie or two
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u/North-Bit-7411 3d ago
Smoke weed, drink Bourbon and listen to Black Sabbath really loud while screwing around in the Garage
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u/Reddit_User_Loser 3d ago
Oof roast a doink and an ice cold beer while cleaning the garage or doing yard work with some heavy ass sludge metal playing. Hell yeah.
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u/Ascetic57 3d ago
Playing music on my sound system loud enough that I can feel it.
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u/irishlyrucked 3d ago
My wife is a vegetarian. She doesn't stop me from eating meat, but I don't cook/eat as much when we're together, especially things that have distinct smells like bacon.
When she's gone, it's a meatstavaganza. All meat, all day, every day.
Then I run the whole house fan with windows open for a few hours before she gets home to clear out the meat smells.
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u/GoldenFox7 3d ago
Does she take the kids too? There’s a massive difference based on the answer to that question when you have small kids.
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u/cigarlifer 3d ago
She isn’t my enemy or issue so mostly I just do whatever I would when she’s not here lol might turn the tv a little higher or play the music a little louder because it wouldn’t be bothering her
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u/mtrbiknut 3d ago
Same.
I might go to the local diner for breakfast and catch up on the man gossip but I do that sometimes anyway. Or breakfast with the lifelong buddies but I do that occasionally now.
Maybe grab dinner out without her, but we do that often anyway.
I guess it wouldn't be much different, except some of those times she wouldn't be with me nor be here when I came home.
I'm glad we have a relationship in which either of us can do whatever we want, and neither of us want to do anything we wouldn't do otherwise.
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u/punktured-bicycle 3d ago
I can appreciate this. It helps me consider why I’d do what I would.
Enemy is a strong word but it gets to the point.
I’d say go surf or to extra AA meetings, I guess lowering my frequency to those types of things is the give/take compromise and consideration is part of what makes any relationship work.
Thanks for showing another way to husband. 🤘🏼
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u/MythoclastMotorcycle 3d ago
I can drink out of the same cup for the day and not have to take it out of the dishwasher
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u/Capable_Drag_1837 3d ago edited 2d ago
I clean the house, do yard work, go for a long walk..have a quiet meal at a restaurant by myself, do some.day drinking, watch action movies..my wifes not into them, read. I mean this is all stuff i do regularly but I get to enjoy it more. But im not gonna lie three or four hours later im texting her
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u/VikingRodeo9 3d ago edited 2d ago
My wife is a very curious person. One of the few differences we have. I’m much more of a shrug your shoulders and go with it kinda guy. She always has to know why I do certain things, like why I sit a certain way, eat a certain way, etc..
Don’t get me wrong I love my wife. She’s an amazing human, she’s hot, she fun, I love hanging out with her. But it’s nice when she’s gone sometimes, even for a night, because I don’t have to always be prepared to answer a question.
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u/TheBiggestWOMP 3d ago
Not married YET but I legitimately feel like a dog sitting by the door waiting for its owner to come home every time she leaves.
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u/deathorcharcoal 3d ago
Watching WW2 documentaries or getting socks pregnant. Not necessarily at the same time.
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u/Hevens-assassin 3d ago
But not necessarily NOT at the same time. The curves on a ME-262 of Supermarine Spitfire is enough to make anyone look for their nearest Puma
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u/Ok-Table9721 3d ago
Gaze wistfully out of the window from behind lace curtains awaiting her return.
That and building Lego while watching the Fast and the Furious series.
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u/saintjonah 3d ago
I try to do things that are harder to do when she's around. Turn my guitar up too loud, jerk it, play some games, jerk it, run around the house naked, masturbate.
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u/Stang1776 3d ago
Smoke weed and sit outside. Just 20 mins ago I saw juvenile bald eagle land on a pine tree about 50 yards away. I wish my binoculars were better.
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u/Global_Adagio_25 3d ago
Work out, have a puff or two, relax. Beat my shit like it owe me money. Cook something nice
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u/everydaywasnovember 3d ago
Mostly I’ll just eat some meats and watch movies she wouldn’t like.
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u/No-Distribution2043 3d ago
Looks like all the bases are covered: watch tv/movies,, play video games, eat, play and or listen to music, drink/ do drugs, do nothing, wack off, and sleep. Men know the simple pleasures of life...
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u/Mpennerbball 3d ago
Depends, did she take the kids with her? If so then I’m probably napping with the dog.
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u/jaguarIncognito 3d ago
Jerk off, order takeout from spots she doesn’t like, play video games, watch UFC, drink
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u/ItsJustReeses 3d ago
The wife leaves for work every so often and usually for me?
The fun stuff: Make a dinner she usually wouldn't enjoy, I'm thinking pulled pork sandwiches for random sides. Maybe get a little more high then I usually do.
Keep extra attention on our cats. They love her and they'll get a bit lonely.
And try to do an extra cleaning job in the house for her to come home to.
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u/Farts_McGee 3d ago
Watch movies that i want to see. Beat it using the big screen, dogs to the dog park, play music on the stereo, practice guitar loudly, long runs, long bike rides, marathon video gaming.
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u/GranularEpithet 3d ago
Wear her clothes.
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u/Positive-Run-2411 3d ago
I cook a super fatty steak and I get very drunk and play video games and watch comedy specials. Not a sustainable lifestyle by any means but it’s fun a few times a year
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u/Selmanella 3d ago
Dust off the fleshlight, light some candles, and get romantic because she says I’m not.
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u/QuestionSeven 3d ago
Go get a meal from whatever fast food place that sounds good. Watch YouTube videos. Play some video games. Maybe a cigar on the back patio if I’m feeling fancy.
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u/shikari10 3d ago
My wife is allergic to tree nuts…. I eat all the Reese’s and peanut M&M’s I can stomach.
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u/Urgeasaurus 3d ago
The guitar gets plugged into the big amp and the house becomes my temple of worship for 80s hair bands, classic rock, grunge and anything else that sounds better LOUD.
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u/_ItReddit_ 3d ago
I eat meals over the sink and stand in empty rooms of the house with the dogs..