Man Catcalls His Wife And Embarrasing Misunderstanding Ensues

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mattstaff
Oct 17, 2018 6:00 PM EDT

His heart was in the right place, but he definitely learned a nice and cringeworthy lesson in the end. 

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    Text - Some background: my wife and l are married (duh) when this happened today. We've been married for a year and are in our early twenties, so we can still be pretty immature. We both work in local government in a small, bustling city, but in different departments. We pass each other a lot at work and see each other throughout the city from time to time on the job. Today, as I was driving down Main Street, I saw my wife walking away from city hall, presumably to get lunch. Thinking I'll be sl
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    Text - Even with her back turned to me, I could tell she was tensing up. Something didn't seem right. So naturally, I call to her, but it still takes her second to turn around, again because she looks upset. Finally, when I'm beside her on the road, she turns to me and sees who I am and looks upset and bothered. I had no idea what was wrong! I'm her nice, goofy husband, and she's all bothered because I tried to make her feel pretty. T yelled to her that I loved her and I hoped she was having a g
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    Text - Now, some of you more eagle-eyed readers will know why I'm an idiot. As it turns out, that passerby was making sure she wasn't being harassed. My wife tensed up because she has been cat-called by scary, rude men on the street before and she thought it was happening again. She tensed up because she thought she might be attacked or hurt! Fortunately, she told the passerby, "oh he's my husband. He's just annoying." I'm in the clear. Still an idiot, though.
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    Text - TL;DR tried to make the wife feel pretty, instead made her feel terrified Edit: To all those commenting about how I shouldn't have cat-called my wife to make her feel pretty, yes, you are correct. Stupid idea, completely. Wasn't thinking with my head when I did it, had a good talk with my wife afterwards, apologized profusely, and it'll never happen again. I am lucky to have a wife with very high respect for herself and fortunately a lot of patience for me. This was a good learning experi
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