'Oh please, you wish you looked like him': Protective girlfriend calls out the couple's disrespectful friend for constantly making jokes about her boyfriend's appearance

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Emma Saven
Jul 22, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

It is our job, as certified lover-girls, to protect our Labrador boyfriends at all costs.

We know they love to hit the gym for four hours a day and act all big and tough. But we all know the truth. They're simple, little puppies who need to be held, fed, and walked three times a day. So when our boyfriends are caught in a cross-banter clash with one of their friends, their most common response would be to laugh it off with the quote of the day: "He's just joking, babe."

However, there must be some sort of invisible line that differentiates harmless banter between the boys and being straight-up offensive.

So when this girlfriend repeatedly hears the couple's friend throwing shots at her boyfriend's appearance in public, she decides to dish it back to him with a game of "let's test how big your ego really is."

And the results? As expected. Suddenly, the friend who always has so much to say is left speechless.

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  • When this strong girly puts her boyfriend's friend in his place for making jokes about her man's looks, it is bound to spill some piping-hot tea amongst the friend group. Whilst many agree that she had every right to stand up to their ‘friend’, others believe that her response was totally uncalled for.

    Taking shots at his appearance will ultimately strike a soft spot, but was it her job to make a scene in the name of love?

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    "Some of my friends think I was just dishing it back, but other friends say I went too far and was just being petty"
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    AITA for telling my friend he’s not even close to as handsome as my boyfriend?

    AITA for telling a friend he's not even close to as handsome as my boyfriend? My boyfriend has a friend who is
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    fairly conventionally attractive and kind of annoying about it. The friend tends to make jokes at my boyfriend's expense, usually
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    poking fun at my boyfriend's nose. My boyfriend has a unique, larger, very handsome nose that I am very attracted to. It's very
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    masculine and appealing to me, so when I hear his friend making fun of his "big nose" and comparing my boyfriend to angry birds, it slightly bothers me, but it
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    doesn't appear to bother my boyfriend, and my boyfriend has even said the jokes make him laugh.
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    We were all drinking at a party the other day and the friend was once again making jokes at my boyfriend's expense about the
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    way he looks. I was pretty dr k and over the jokes, so I said "Oh please, you wish you looked like him" with a smile on my face. He
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    seemed genuinely caught off guard since I'm normally fairly passive. He said something along the lines of "Why would I want to
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    look like him." I replied with "Because you're not even close to as handsome as him." I thought it would come across as flirty and
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    cute because I'm his girlfriend, so of course I think he is the most handsome in the world. I thought it would be a nice ego boost for
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    my boyfriend as well since he was getting dogged on for his nose all the time. My boyfriend enjoyed my
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    response, but his friend seemed actually hurt by what I said. I heard later that he was telling others that what I said was really
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    ride and uncalled for. Some of my friends think I was just dishing it back, but other friends say I went too far and was just being petty and ride. AITA?
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    Efficient Sector_870 Can you tell him he's nowhere near as handsome as me either. I'd really appreciate it fam
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    leafybucket OP Would gladly pass along that message
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    Wonderful_Two_6710 NTA for defending your BF. If his friend can't take it, he shouldn't dish it out.
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    TheMoon_Shadow13 Friend knows he's not as attractive and is insulting your boyfriend to try to make himself feel better. You jabbed him in his sensitive spot and it hurt. You're NTA, friend needs to work on himself instead of lashing out and bringing others down to try to boost himself.
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    Loud Ad_9187 NTA for defending by your boyfriend. His friend is too hung up on looks and shouldn't need to make jokes at others expense
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    CrimsonKnight_004 NTA - You don't need to glaze some guy that's actively putting your boyfriend down. He's making these "jokes" because he's insecure, that's the end-all be-all, which is why he overreacted to your comment. It was, in his mind, confirmation of his own fears and insecurities.
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    Wooden-Kiwi-9684 NTA, you're a keeper for sure, props for sticking up for him
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    Littlefoot1979 I think what you said was probably very true and super sweet. If you have to keep telling people how hot you are you're not as hot as you think. Your boyfriend's friend is r de. Not you.
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    yellowrose04 NTA. Has he given off any you should be with me vibes? Idk why else he would constantly say bad things about your boyfriend especially in front of you. I know guys have their pick on each other in
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    "good fun" bit. Just seems weird. But yes it's perfectly fine to stand up for your boyfriend. If the other guy got hurt by it maybe he'll keep his mouth sh t about it in the future.
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