'I called him by my ex's name!': Spouses Confess Wholesome and Embarassing Stories from Their Dating Era

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    g? r/AskReddit u/Sideways_Turd • 2d Married people of Reddit: What is the most mortifying thing you did that your spouse overlooked while you were dating?
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    Curious_Working5706 • 2d First time this woman has me come and meet her folks, they order pizza and when it shows up I go "Oh, I got it" and I DROP THE MFING PIZZA as soon as I close the door man. Everyone is quiet for what seems like an hour, and then at the same time, her dad, older and younger brothers all start laughing/crying. I thought her dad was gonna have a heart attack. To this day the f-ing guy says he's never laughed harder and he's like 90. 30+ years and these people have their kids
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    Muppet0242 • 2d My wife is a snoozer, she hits ths snooze button an easy dozen time before moving. This one more the alarm go off she smacks it doesn't turn off. She hits it again. Still not shutting off. She really just start smacking the out of the alarm. Still going off. She sit up to realize two things. It's the trash truck alarm, and she been slaping my head the whole time. Did wake me. Reply 14k
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    Mushrooming247 • 2d We weren't even dating yet, we had hung out a few times in a group and he was driving me back to my sister's place in his sweet new car, and I threw up everywhere. I tried to open the window first, to throw up out the window, it did not work, I threw up on the window, and the door, and myself, and his soft gray leather seats. When I tell you that my beloved husband of 20 years is a neat freak and a perfectionist that is an understatement. Knowing him now, I can't believe he e
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    aceituna_garden • 2d Heavy, heavy, heavy period overnight. Woke up to a near crime scene. Worse yet it was a hotel room. He was totally cool and didn't even blink twice. Never brought it up again either. aHyperChicken • 2d Red Bed Redemption Reply 3.8k 23.2k
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    The RoyalShe ⚫ 2d • Not me but my loving husband. In the very early days of dating, we were waiting out a rainstorm on a walk in a Mexican grocer. Walking around and looking at all the imported items, he picked up a bottle of men's cologne/aftershave. I leaned in to give it a smell as he squeezed the sides of the plastic bottle to waft the smell for me. But he squeezed too hard. And it shot straight up my nose and down my throat. It was so startling. And so awful. And all I could smell for HOURS
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    Lynda Carter ⚫ 2d - I was in my first year of work out of law school. I was working around the clock, was super sleep deprived, and had basically no social life. He took me to a party with a bunch of his burning man artist friends. They were going around the circle, talking about their current projects sculptures, textile art, all kinds of really cool things. I was feeling out of place and kind of lame and also was just so sleep deprived and tired that my social compass was off. When it came my
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    LastCentury Modern ⚫ 2d ° When he introduced me to his parents, I was nervous enough already. When we got into his parent's car to go to dinner, I was hit with a very unpleasant smell. I thought maybe one of his parents had an accident or something, like maybe they had on some depends or just didn't shower for a week. No one said anything in the car - total awkward silence. When we finally get to our destination, I step out of the car and my foot slips. I had unknowingly stepped. in fresh dog ri
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    supersmackfrog • 2d . Early on while dating I was late to dinner with her at her house. She said I was late to everything and I stupidly said "I'm never late for important things!" Been married almost 15 years and she still makes fun of me for that one Reply 1.4k
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    EnchantingAmanda ⚫ 2d I accidentally called him by my ex's name during a romantic dinner, but he just laughed and said, "Well, at least now I know who to blame for your terrible taste in movies." Reply 1.1k D་ VisagelnATurtleneck • 1d My mom was a widow when she and my dad got together, and the first time he said he loved her she replied "I love you too, [first husband's name]." Just muscle memory, because you get used to saying a name...but man, so relieved he took it well, because oof. ... 268
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    Sideways_Turd OP.2d We were engaged and living together. I'm a restless sleeper. One night I rolled over and didn't realize how close she was to me. I accidentally kneed her HARD in the small of her back, just to the right of her spine. She was in agony and had problems with that spot in her back for years afterwards. But we've been together for 20 years with 3 kids and had an awesome day together today, so I think she's forgiven me. Reply 1.5k
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    Necessary-Quality-77 • 2d Spent our first Christmas together with all his family. I had horrible cramps and excused myself to the bathroom to do my business. Ended up clogging the toilet and absolutely panicking. After I text for help my now-husband came to my rescue with a plunger. His brother saw him and laughed "clogged the toilet?" And my husband just said "yep" and took the blame to save me the embarrassment. That's when I knew it was true love lol Reply 149
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    JustGenericName • 2d Well I almost ruined his proposal. He has an acquaintance who I think is the biggest canoe on the planet and he was dating a colleague of mine whom I also have zero respect. Well, they got engaged in Hawaii the day before we got to Hawaii. I was due for a marriage proposal at any time. When I saw their social media posts, I said, "Don't do something cheesy like propose in Hawaii". He had the ring already purchased and my perfect day snorkel trip with my favorite animal alrea
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    Typingpool 2d Sort of similar but I ruined the original proposal date he had planned. I was feeling like I was coming down with a cold but we had a whole afternoon planned. I decided to take DayQuil before heading out. On the drive I started to get INCREDIBLY drowsy. He asked if I took DayQuil or NyQuil. I ☐ accidently took NyQuil instead. He turned back home and I ended up sleeping the rest of the day. I was so mad at myself and I didn't even know he was going to propose that day! He proposed a
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    sluttydinosaur101 • 2d My mom told me once when she was dating my dad early on they went to a bar. She went to the bathroom and when she came back she snuck up behind my dad and squeezed his super hard. Except the man who turned around was NOT my dad, and she was mortified while he and my dad laughed their off 32
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    cantaloupe-490 • 2d The first night I stayed over at his place, I woke him up by moaning, "Heee|||||pppppp" in my sleep. A+ time for a nightmare! Reply û 37 ♡ 1 more reply
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    Kanadark 2d We went to an amusement and one of the rides suddenly made me very nauseous. I tried to hold it in, but it didn't work and I ended up vomiting. The unfortunate part was that it was one of those giant spinning swings and he was directly behind me and got a good dose of it all over him. He cleaned himself up, and took me home while having to keep pulling over to let me out to continue being sick. We've been married 13 years and I don't go on amusement park rides anymore! ← Reply 1.2k
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    gannerhorn ⚫ 2d I had an apartment, I was falling behind on my electric bill and was trying to work as much as I can to catch up but was almost to the point of them shutting me off. The day they were going to shut my electric off, she helped pay the bill. I was so embarrassed, I wouldn't have blamed her for not being with me. From that day on, she does all the bills.... Reply 539
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    birdwatcher1981 • 2d We were already just married, probably about a month. We'd rented a house that had a one lane driveway. We were always switching our vehicles to not block each other. One afternoon I moved my car up and went to park his truck behind it, the truck was a standard and I was not an expert. Long story short, I hit the back of the car with the truck. I quickly looked at the window and sure enough he was looking out and had seen what happened. I stayed sitting in the truck for a wh
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    HeatherCPST. 2d We had been dating long enough that marriage had been discussed but not engaged yet. I have a thing about symmetry that he was at least somewhat aware of at the time, but maybe he didn't know the extent of my quirkiness. We were talking about rings one night and I mentioned the symmetry thing and how I hated the wrap-type wedding rings that go around a solitaire engagement ring because the ones I had seen on friends that were engaged at that time didn't look visually balanced to

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