From a lifetime of stupid statements to ladies, Jamie Reidy reveals his most idiotic.
Let me preface this by saying I was 25 when these words escaped my mental filter.
At my girlfriend’s apartment on a Saturday afternoon. I was already showered and dressed for the barbecue we’d be attending later. Lying on her bed, I watched her get ready.
I remember frowning in confusion as she pulled the blue and white sun dress out of the closet. That looks way too big for her. After she put it on, I realized it didn’t look too big, it was too big.
She has to know, right? Apparently not, since she seemed quite happy with her appearance. I simply couldn’t let her leave the house like that. A collegiate swimmer and now marathoner, my gal had a rocking figure. This article of clothing hid that fact; it could’ve also hidden her two marathon training partners.
So I made some subtle suggestions in the vein of, “What happened to that red sun dress? I loved that one.” Alas, she was not picking up on what I was putting down. Glancing at the clock, I realized our ETD was fast approaching. I had to do something to stop this dress disaster!!!
“So, uh, baby, did you get free poles with that tent?”
And that, people, is the dumbest thing I’ve ever said to a woman.
What’s yours?
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About Jamie Reidy
A man whom I was having an affair with said he wanted to bring me to his estate and have lots of babies with me.
In and of itself, it doesn’t sound so horrible, except that:
a) it implied that I was his object (I wish I had the direct quote, which makes it more obvious)
b) the only marital issue he discussed with me was about his frustrations with his wife’s desire to have another baby
c) I was only 17
I didn’t completely rip him apart because he was drunk when he said it, but it still makes me laugh whenever I think about it.
Dumbest thing I have ever said to a woman? Well besides exposing ages and weights I think this was my worst one:
My friend had a picture of herself when she in elementary school, she looked very different I said “wow it’s like metamorphosis, you went from a caterpillar to a butterfly”
At a law student party when I was in grad school, a strange guy told me he was in the 97th percentile for attractiveness. I politely changed the subject.