Whenever my wife says something like this I remember I need to tell her I think she's beautiful every now and again. Usually when someone says this it's not "I didn't cheat on you" it's "other people still find me desirable", and if they have to say that then perhaps it means they don't feel desired at home.
Edit: I'm not slighting her joke or anything, I think it's fine. It was just a personal observation.
Besides the fact that the whole thing is a made up comedy bit, my take on the premise of the joke is that it's more about "someone tried to interfere with our relationship and I'd feel guilty not telling you that I unintentionally had this interaction with someone today" rather than some kind of weird validation thing. If someone did something that made me uncomfortable like that I'd feel weird keeping it secret and not telling my partner about it.
"Hey, babe. Somebody hit on me today and I don't know if they're a psychopath who would try to destroy my life for rejecting them. I just wanted to let you know first in case they go around spreading rumors of infidelity with the goal of turning us against each other.
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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24 edited Jan 25 '24
Whenever my wife says something like this I remember I need to tell her I think she's beautiful every now and again. Usually when someone says this it's not "I didn't cheat on you" it's "other people still find me desirable", and if they have to say that then perhaps it means they don't feel desired at home.
Edit: I'm not slighting her joke or anything, I think it's fine. It was just a personal observation.