Meeting a partner’s colleagues is rarely a great experience. Everyone knows each other and can share conversation, and you end up being the one stuck in the corner or having to have everything explained to them. Luckily, when I met my partner’s colleagues, they were all warm, friendly and interesting (despite being a bunch of accountants…).
A few of them joked and asked me what I was doing with my partner as I was “too good for him”. I don’t think I am, of course, but the compliment did give me an ego boost.
People often tell women that they are far too beautiful/smart/talented for the men that they are with. Sometimes this is okay – women do have a tendency to flock to bastards – but is it okay to say it to a normal couple who are with each other because they love each other?
Can men take this sort of comment simply because they’re men? I can’t imagine introducing my partner to my colleagues and being told that I’m not good enough for him and that he’s far too handsome/smart/talented for me. I would find it hurtful and it would probably make me feel a bit insecure.
Are men genuinely happy to receive this kind of comment? When we tell a man his woman is too good for him, does he feel proud that he’s managed to get her? Is there really no trace of insecurity?
Men and women may be equal but we’re certainly not the same.
Trophy wives FTW.
If we can’t be narcissistic in our own blog, where can we be… 😉
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo, a hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango. He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.
The rhino said, “I know, we’ll call it Um Bongo”, Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo.
Yeah, men bond by taking the piss out of each other. This used to baffle me, but I’ve got used to it now. “What are you doing with him?” is common, as is (when you’re not around) “How’s your girlfriend, has she left you yet?” (see Ep 1, Series 1, The Office). Of course, they wouldn’t say this if you weren’t attractive. They’d say “Don’t fancy yours much mate.”
If we can’t be narcissistic in our own blog, where can we be… 😉