Comment by goooshie on 09/01/2025 at 14:14 UTC

3835 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)

View submission: My husband(30m) said our daughter(7 months) looks ugly because she has to wear a brac

NOR, the fact you wear braces makes it feel much worse- very malicious and targeted compared to just a bad ignorant joke.

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Comment by TricksyGoose at 09/01/2025 at 17:23 UTC

563 upvotes, 1 direct replies

My thought exactly- and since OP has had similar experiences, you'd think he'd be intimately aware of how to navigate verbiage around that sort of thing in order to be as sensitive/kind as possible. The fact that he went the other direction is alarming.

Comment by jwillsrva at 09/01/2025 at 17:18 UTC

142 upvotes, 8 direct replies

What’s NOR mean? That’s a new abbreviation for me.

Comment by StrongTxWoman at 09/01/2025 at 22:17 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

And it wasn't a joke. Who's laughing at his joke? Only a bully will say that.

Comment by cellists_wet_dream at 09/01/2025 at 23:12 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

His reaction to turn it back on her instead of realizing what a horrid thing it was to say is super messed up. I can never understand why partners like this treat their spouses like they absolutely hate their guts.