'He asked my grandma if she ever had kids:' Ex Girlfriends and Boyfriends Reveal the Moment They Realized That Their Partner Lacked Brain Cells in Hilarious Online Gossip Sesh

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Dec 3, 2024 5:00 PM EST

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Hollywood loves a lovable idiot; it especially loves a good, old-fashioned himbo protagonist. For the uninitiated, a himbo is defined as 'an attractive but unintelligent man.' While intelligence is supposed to be hot, there is something about a goofy, hunky man with a big heart that has women swooning. Millennials who like this trope may remember Brendan Fraser's George from George of the Jungle as their first crush and are likely now crushing on Chris Hemsworth's Thor. Himbos are endearing on screen because we know that they are just characters, and they are literally played by handsome Hollywood actors, but dating someone in real life with the same level of intelligence as Kelso from That 70s Show is actually more jarring than it is charming. In the thread below, both men and women recount their own tales of the exact moment they realized that their partner lacked brain cells. Get all the details down below. 

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  • 01
    g? r/AskReddit u/post-nutclarence • 2d What was your "I'm dating a idiot" moment? 9,114 ☐ 6,635 D
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    IndividualAd2337 • 2d I told him I had to leave in 1.5 hours. He told me that was oddly specific and I should have rounded up to 2 hours instead of 1 hour and 50 minutes. I clarified that I had to leave in 1 hour and 30 minutes and he said that's actually 1.3 hours. ... ← Reply 9.2k
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    Redvent_Bard. 1d Should have asked him what 1.7 hours was. ... ← 81
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    Hippopotasaurus-Rex • 1d My mother can NOT understand time zones. No matter how many times I tell her "it's easy, I'm an hour ahead of you" she just doesn't get it. Every voicemail starts "it's 10:30 my time, idk what that is in your time...." I really didn't think it was difficult, it's apparently it's rocket science. ← 33
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    daemin • 1d I, too, have had to explain to an idiot that "a quarter hour" is 15 minutes, not 25, because 1/4th of 60 is 15. They didn't get it. ... 833
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    Banana42 • 2d He insisted that Spain was in South America because they spoke Spanish ... ← Reply 2.1k
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    LadyShylock • 2d When he asked my grandmother if she'd ever had children. ... Reply 12.1k
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    Pay attentionmore ⚫ 2d "Theres no way the earth spins once a day. If it spun the fast we would all fly off" ... Reply ✩ 4.3k
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    xx_Chl_Chl_xx. 2d The way it's worded makes me think he thought that the Earth sits still all day and at some point just spins a full 360° without warning ... 12.1k
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    Difficult-Day4439 • 2d Wait until they found out how fast the milky way is traveling through space 906
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    Distinct_Safety 5762 • 2d She seemed to be confused about the difference between flamingos and penguins, but insisted they weren't real because she'd grown up in Alaska and never seen any. Reply 8.6k
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    Local-Pop-2871 • 2d I once convinced a coworker that flamingos weren't real, just silly made up creatures for lawn ornaments. "A bright pink bird? Really?" It took her all day to realize I was messing with her lol ← 4.1k
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    Baby Sirloin 2d I was having bad cramps and I took an Advil. My ex told me I shouldn't take them because it's a gazebo. Reply ୪ 9k
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    Cat_tophat365247 • 2d He was right. You need to take a pavilion for cramps. 5.2k
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    dude_stfu⚫ 2d "What kinda bird is a ham?" was hard to ignore. Reply 118.3k
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    Singular Plurality • 2d stations?" "How do oil companies know where to build gas she thought that there was a gasoline bubble underground that they would tap into and run a line straight to the pump. She was working for Chevron. Reply 11.6k
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    jrubs38 • 2d "Wait the Romans are from Rome?" Reply 1 ✰ 8.4k
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    rythmicjea 2d • My grandfather was from Rome. I had a boyfriend that was like "your grandfather's Roman?!" And he thought I meant the Roman Empire. Even though the correct term is Roman, no one thinks of the city. So now I always go "my grandmother was Sicilian and my grandfather was from Rome." 2.9k
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    msslagathor • 2d Asked me to use smaller words (the word I used? "demographic") Reply 3.7k
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    Cosplay George • 2d Omg reminds me of a friend I had, doesn't technically fit the question because she was just my friend, but she said something similar about my "big words". My word was "blunt", as in "I was just being blunt with him." 740
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    wutsligma 2d • I opened a drawer in my bathroom and noticed a bunch of q-tips scattered all over my hairbrush, towels etc. When I asked him about it, he said he dumped all my q-tips out and threw away the box they came in to help me "save space" in the drawer... Reply 3.9k
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    chnb. 2d He was putting chicken directly on the racks in his oven to cook, despite juices dripping down and smoking/burning. ... Reply 1 733
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    Counterfeit AIDS • 2d Partner once said the earth is getting lighter because we mine materials out of the ground ... Reply ↑ 488
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    hoesinchokers • 2d I was going into anaphylactic shock at a restaurant due to unknown allergy. My throat was closing and I had no neck due to swelling. He asked if I wanted to go outside to get some air. WE WERE SITTING ON THE PATIO. ... Reply 5.2k
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    CrushinatorYOOHOO • 2d Her: "Look at the moon. That ain't right." Me: "What do you mean?" Her: "You're not supposed to see the moon during the day time. The government put that there to spy on us." Me: "..." ... Reply 5.2k
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    vodiak • 2d It became obvious that she had a poor sense of direction and I asked her which way she thought was north. She pointed up. Reply 2.6k
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    OdysseusX 2d • I used to think that. Then i realized north was whatever direction you were facing. Then I turned 9. 1.4k
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    raempc 2d . I had an ex literally call me to ask me how to make pasta....... From a box, and then asked what equipment he needed to do it. He was 35. I was also the idiot for dating him. ← Reply 1.1k
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  • 29
    ModernGardening • 2d "When's the Fourth of July? June?"
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    post-nutclarence OP.2d For me, the last girl I went on a date with blindly crossed a busy a street in front and cars in both directions had to slam on their brakes to avoid her. I waited and crossed when there was no one coming. When I finally got up to her I asked was that?? And she said "pedestrians have the right of way" Reply 2.2k
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    former-child8891 • 2d Girl I dated before meeting my wife. Me: So what's your long term goals/plan? Her: I'm gonna win the lottery and retire. Me: Haha yeah I'd love to too, but really though. Her: I'm serious. I buy a ticket every week, I'm going to win millions and retire. We didn't last long. ← Reply 243
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    the_thex_mallet • 2d . She asked me if I honestly believed dinosaurs were real Reply Q 94 ↓
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