And people started sharing the absolute dumbest things their partner's had said, and honestly they're pretty funny. Here are some of the best ones:
1.
"We were talking about dinosaurs and he was shocked to hear they were real. Then he proceeded to ask me if they really breathed fire. He thought dinosaurs and dragons were the same thing."
—u/alixnkxng
2.
"When he missed his daily medication, he threw it out instead of just saving it for the next day."
—u/lostinstasis
4.
"They called it the 'Specific Ocean.'"
—u/Skyne
5.
"When he said he’d make pancakes and then put the dry powder directly in the hot pan."
—u/Sims5Evr
6.
"She refused to pay taxes, have a bank account, or pay for public transit. She told me, 'I change my name every few years so they can't find me.' Like, she'd go to the government and change her name. Legally. So the government couldn't find her.'"
—u/GreasyBud
7.
"My wife would bring stuff home that said 'refrigerate after opening,' open it, and put it in the refrigerator."
—u/overmonk
8.
"She didn't know that yogurt and pudding were not the same thing. She thought it was like how the British call fries 'chips'. She had been eating pudding and granola for breakfast for months and congratulating herself for being so healthy."
—u/MenudoMenudo
9.
"She didn’t understand that you actually have to pay what you spent on credit cards. Like the credit amount she had was supposed to be her monthly limit that just resets each month."
—u/alphalegend91
10.
"My ex asked me, 'Where does the sun go at night?' I was dumbfounded. She was in her early 20s at the time."
—u/VagrancyHD
11.
"We live in central Alabama. She told me that she and her best friend were going to Birmingham for the weekend. I didn't think anything of it; there's lots of shopping and things to do in Birmingham. She came over that Sunday night to tell me how disappointed she was with the trip. They had driven through all of the wealthier neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama, for two days trying to find a house that matched the gates to Ozzy Osborne's house and never found it. He lives in Birmingham, England."
—u/bluecheetos
12.
"I had a partner who stacked cups...when putting them in the dishwasher."
—u/DoctorWafle
13.
"She walked into a computer lab on campus and simply picked up a computer and walked home with it. She was living with me at the time, so I get home to find a very familiar-looking computer sitting on the kitchen table. She literally thought the computers were free for students. It took a bit of explaining to convince her that she stole the computer. I made her return the computer to the lab that night; she left it at the doorstep."
—u/watabby
14.
"He thought you absorb a gallon of water when you shower. So he didn’t need to drink water."
—u/Wild_Butterscotch_7
15.
"The doctor said my now ex-wife's test returned positive she asked, 'Does that mean I'm not pregnant?' I knew at that moment I was in for a long ride."
—u/mthw704
16.
"We were doing a 'fun fact about me' icebreaker in a group and his was 'I’ve never read a book.'"
—u/Unlucky-Limit7968
18.
"I knew after her third 'business opportunity' turned out to be another pyramid scheme."
—u/Aelerious
20.
"She didn’t want to watch the first Avatar movie until her uncle told her that it was based on a true story. I asked her if she meant that it was a futuristic version of Pocahontas…but no, she thought that it was somehow based on a true story."
—u/bearhos
21.
"She asked me if I could name all 52 US states."
—u/Mcshiggs
22.
"An ex once asked, in all sincerity, 'Do people who speak other languages think in English? All my thoughts are in English and I assume we all think the same way.' We were 22 years old."
—u/Vetinari-57
23.
"I once asked my ex to start boiling the potatoes for dinner about 20 minutes before I got home so that they would be close to ready for me to mash up as the side for dinner. I got home right as he put them in the water. He had to call his dad to ask how to boil potatoes."
—u/Early_Vegetable3932
24.
"My now husband, when we were first dating, told me that he believed that all plants could be classified as either a fruit or a vegetable. After we were married he told me he thought platypuses were the size of golden retrievers."
—u/batmanpjpants
25.
"I introduced him to my stepsister. He said, 'Weird. You guys look nothing alike.'”
—u/throwawayadvicesee
26.
"She said playing basketball makes you taller. Her proof was all the tall people playing basketball."
—u/rarawieisdit
27.
"After homecoming in high school, we went for pizza. She wanted to try a vegetarian diet and as we were selecting toppings she asked me, 'Is there meat in mushrooms?'"
—u/Imaginary_Sense_88
28.
"My ex would only drink whole milk because when he saw 2% milk he thought, What’s the other 98%? He thought he was a genius."
—u/smellycat25
29.
"When I found out my ex didn't know what order the months go in. When I asked him to learn he got mad, said no, and that it wasn't something he was interested in."
—u/DadImInSpace
30.
"She thought people dug potholes during the night to force you to buy new tires."
—u/kyle_circus
31.
And lastly, "They were curious about the amount of fat in water."
—u/MentalAssaultCo
