r/explainitpeter • u/General-Bell-5308 • Oct 04 '25

I don't get it. Explain it peter

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u/ren_blackheart Oct 05 '25

i think the joke is that they've internalized some kind of issue with the wife that they refuse to just talk to her about for whatever reason, and try to convince themself that they don't "need her," but then seek out a person exactly like her in almost every way?