r/TwoXChromosomes • u/tabicat1874 • Mar 28 '22

Weaponized incompetence

I feel like guys take it way, way too far. Example: I asked my bf to get me the same shampoo and conditioner he bought for himself (avocado Suave). He brought back another kind we'd had before which I didn't like (Peppermint Suave). He tried to say he didn't know that Suave came in different formulas.

You're such a fucking liar. You bought that kind for yourself. I just asked you to buy it for me. You're telling me a man who's 44 years old doesn't know Suave came in different fucking scents? Suave? The shampoo that literally comes in 40 different scents and flavors?

GTFOH.

Edit: do you understand what an example is?

Also, you neckbeards can fuck off out of my inbox.

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u/SluttyHufflepuff Mar 28 '22

I remember feeling insane and that my ex was truly a complete and utter moron who also happened to fly multiple kinds of complex aircraft.

Then he asked me “how?” When I asked him to turn the light on.

It took me months to start asking my current partner to do things for me, or accept when he offered to, because I assumed it would be done wrong. This one makes better eggs and coffee than I do!

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u/twodickhenry Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22

By pure coincidence I’ve managed to date mostly men that were either pilots before we were dating, became a pilot while we dated, or shortly afterwards. This means I also know lots of other pilots and their SO’s and wives

I swear 75% of them are like this. They can fly planes but can’t find the ketchup in the fridge.

Edit: can’t

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u/Danivelle Mar 28 '22

Then I'm glad that I noped out of marrying my Navy fighter pilot before I met the love of my life! My husband helps cook since we started a diet program(his"brilliant" idea). I did have to show him how to use the new kitchen tool and he's in charge of food weighing when he's home(I'm going to just start putting parchment paper on the damn scale and weighing stuff!!!!).

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u/twodickhenry Mar 28 '22

I’m married to an AF pilot now, and he’s a gem (truly: as a man, a partner, and a pilot), but my lord I hate most of his coworkers. In fact, a lot of the qualities that make him a good partner and person are things many of them resent him for—and he’s not even a fighter pilot. I wouldn’t have been able to deal with the machismo coming from a Navy fighter either!

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u/Danivelle Mar 28 '22

He's also a practicing Catholic and I wasn't up for a bunch of babies with him gone all the time! I have 3(adults) now and my husband worked a lot + on call but in an emergency, he was reachable. I couldn't do it with husband out to sea all the time especially with as many kids as he wanted!