The "Outrageously Idiotic Past the Point of Comprehension" Statements Thread

[Count 'Bility]

I have one question.

Did i or did i not own up to my comments and apologize 5 f'ing hours ago when i was first called out for somethin i did not know?

I just wannaake it clear that i do apologize.

Im dun with this now. There. Now Bo, can we please put together a sound game saturday night before we all kill each other?

 

[beanman]

Since we're talking about wives, can you guys give me advice as to how to tell my wife she needs to go to the f'ing gym or I'm gonna kick her out?

Thanks!

Best way - start working out yourself. Leading by example is one of the best ways to effect change. Think of how hard it is to change yourself - now imagine that someone else is trying to change you. That's what you're trying to do with your wife. Be prepared to spend *literally* years doing this, and perhaps the rest of your life.

If you work out regularly already, be really cool about it. Don't rub it in her face that you do and she doesn't. Don't even say anything to her, just be content, be happy with it. If she sees you enjoying it, that'll be the biggest advertisement that she should start.

Also - who cooks at your house? If she does, take over a little bit, and focus on the veggies & healthier dishes. Learn to cook if you don't, and make good-tasting, healthy stuff.

Just about the surest way to sabotage your intent (a shapelier wife) is to insinuate, hint, or in any way express to her that you're dissatisfied with her figure. You'll undo 1,000 good deeds with one such comment.

Probably good advice. She does most of the cooking. I work long hours depending on the day and it's never a planned thing. So that makes it tough for me to cook during the week. Our diets are not good. But, if I stop drinking soda and go to the gym I can drop 10 lbs in 2 weeks. She on the other hand doesn't seem to get anywhere. I don't know if she understands how to actually work hard at the gym and I think the personal trainers I've paid for didn't push her enough.

We just switched gyms from that snotty a$$ Lifetime Fitness so maybe that will help her be more comfortable.

 

[zoogs]

NUpolo defending his wife's decisions, classic.

This is way out of line.

QMany, I'm going to do you the favor of a warning, but you (and perhaps others) might be getting worse after we review some of this discussion. This is the Woodshed, yes, so call each other names, but do not cross boundaries into their personal lives, defame their character, or involve their family. There is no place for that on this board, or (I would hope) any other.

If that wasn't abundantly clear before, please let it be now.

 

[QMany]

Oh, spare me, zoogies.

EDIT: Not even worth my time.

 

[beanman]

Group hug you guys. I want to be in the middle.

 

[ZRod]

Since we're talking about wives, can you guys give me advice as to how to tell my wife she needs to go to the f'ing gym or I'm gonna kick her out?

Thanks!

Best way - start working out yourself. Leading by example is one of the best ways to effect change. Think of how hard it is to change yourself - now imagine that someone else is trying to change you. That's what you're trying to do with your wife. Be prepared to spend *literally* years doing this, and perhaps the rest of your life.If you work out regularly already, be really cool about it. Don't rub it in her face that you do and she doesn't. Don't even say anything to her, just be content, be happy with it. If she sees you enjoying it, that'll be the biggest advertisement that she should start.

Also - who cooks at your house? If she does, take over a little bit, and focus on the veggies & healthier dishes. Learn to cook if you don't, and make good-tasting, healthy stuff.

Just about the surest way to sabotage your intent (a shapelier wife) is to insinuate, hint, or in any way express to her that you're dissatisfied with her figure. You'll undo 1,000 good deeds with one such comment.

Probably good advice. She does most of the cooking. I work long hours depending on the day and it's never a planned thing. So that makes it tough for me to cook during the week. Our diets are not good. But, if I stop drinking soda and go to the gym I can drop 10 lbs in 2 weeks. She on the other hand doesn't seem to get anywhere. I don't know if she understands how to actually work hard at the gym and I think the personal trainers I've paid for didn't push her enough.
We just switched gyms from that snotty a$$ Lifetime Fitness so maybe that will help her be more comfortable.

Exercise is great but a good diet is best.
Bean you're an engineer right? So look at the math. It takes roughly 3500 calories to lose 1 lb. So About 500 less calories a day to lose 1 lb a week, 1 to 2 lbs a week is usually the way to go for long term success. Now look at exercise, say your 200 lbs and run for 30 minutes 4 times a week. You burn about 500 calories a session, so 2000 a week. That's still 1500 short of what you can do with a diet. Diet is the key man, and it can be so much easier than getting sweaty.

 

[Landlord]

I have one question.

Did i or did i not own up to my comments and apologize 5 f'ing hours ago when i was first called out for somethin i did not know?

I just wannaake it clear that i do apologize.

Im dun with this now. There. Now Bo, can we please put together a sound game saturday night before we all kill each other?

I didn't see all of this stuff actually unfold but it seems like you've apologized for the comments which is a good first step, but I think ultimately what really brings progress is taking to heart what led you to make them in the first place, which is a belief that you have the ability to have an informed opinion on something that you can't possibly understand.

That's not an attack at you at all, either. It's not your fault that you can't relate to a manipulated and abused victim, especially a woman, but it does everyone, especially the people that are stuck in situations like that, a lot of good if we recognize that we don't know much about their situations.

 

[beanman]

Since we're talking about wives, can you guys give me advice as to how to tell my wife she needs to go to the f'ing gym or I'm gonna kick her out?

Thanks!

Best way - start working out yourself. Leading by example is one of the best ways to effect change. Think of how hard it is to change yourself - now imagine that someone else is trying to change you. That's what you're trying to do with your wife. Be prepared to spend *literally* years doing this, and perhaps the rest of your life.If you work out regularly already, be really cool about it. Don't rub it in her face that you do and she doesn't. Don't even say anything to her, just be content, be happy with it. If she sees you enjoying it, that'll be the biggest advertisement that she should start.

Also - who cooks at your house? If she does, take over a little bit, and focus on the veggies & healthier dishes. Learn to cook if you don't, and make good-tasting, healthy stuff.

Just about the surest way to sabotage your intent (a shapelier wife) is to insinuate, hint, or in any way express to her that you're dissatisfied with her figure. You'll undo 1,000 good deeds with one such comment.

Probably good advice. She does most of the cooking. I work long hours depending on the day and it's never a planned thing. So that makes it tough for me to cook during the week. Our diets are not good. But, if I stop drinking soda and go to the gym I can drop 10 lbs in 2 weeks. She on the other hand doesn't seem to get anywhere. I don't know if she understands how to actually work hard at the gym and I think the personal trainers I've paid for didn't push her enough.
We just switched gyms from that snotty a$$ Lifetime Fitness so maybe that will help her be more comfortable.

Exercise is great but a good diet is best.
Bean you're an engineer right? So look at the math. It takes roughly 3500 calories to lose 1 lb. So About 500 less calories a day to lose 1 lb a week, 1 to 2 lbs a week is usually the way to go for long term success. Now look at exercise, say your 200 lbs and run for 30 minutes 4 times a week. You burn about 500 calories a session, so 2000 a week. That's still 1500 short of what you can do with a diet. Diet is the key man, and it can be so much easier than getting sweaty.

Oh I agree... But I'm the pickiest person on the face of the earth.. So really, my dietary changes will be something like: eliminate Coke, less candy, less chips and such. I won't necessarily change my dining habits other than maybe not completely stuffing my face in the evenings when I get home. I want to get back into shape so I can kick some a$$ on the Bball court with the dudes I play with and would like to be able to dunk a basketball again. At the age of 35 I think that would be saying something for a 5'11" cracker from rural Nebraska. It's been about 15 years since that was last a reality for me. It's at least a more tangible goal for me that I can get excited about other than trying to get back into a smaller jean size. But if I downgrade those there won't be enough room for my nuts.

 

[Landlord]

beanman, do you think your wife owes you looking a certain way that you find satisfactory?

asking that honestly and genuinely; not attacking you at all.

 

[ZRod]

Haha I totally understand, it's nice to looked good but so much nicer to know you can kick some a$$. Cutting out pop and other sugary drink, candy and the like will do wonders. They're just empty calories. Even gatorade isn't that great.

 

[beanman]

beanman, do you think your wife owes you looking a certain way that you find satisfactory?

asking that honestly and genuinely; not attacking you at all.

Don't make me out to be one of those guys. Physical attraction is sorta important is all. I wouldn't let myself go too far, and I'd expect the same from her. The difference between us is she has an excuse and I don't. But me knocking off weight won't be much of a problem.... Our relationship would certainly be much better off if she could shed some of that pregnancy weight is all.

 

[beanman]

Haha I totally understand, it's nice to looked good but so much nicer to know you can kick some a$$. Cutting out pop and other sugary drink, candy and the like will do wonders. They're just empty calories. Even gatorade isn't that great.

We'll just have to see if this old man get get his vertical over 30". That may not happen. If I don't get up to 32-34" I can probably kiss the dunking thing goodbye.

 

[ZRod]

beanman, do you think your wife owes you looking a certain way that you find satisfactory?

asking that honestly and genuinely; not attacking you at all.

Don't make me out to be one of those guys. Physical attraction is sorta important is all. I wouldn't let myself go too far, and I'd expect the same from her. The difference between us is she has an excuse and I don't. But me knocking off weight won't be much of a problem.... Our relationship would certainly be much better off if she could shed some of that pregnancy weight is all.

You just don't want to lie anymore when she asks the dress question.

 

[Landlord]

beanman, do you think your wife owes you looking a certain way that you find satisfactory?

asking that honestly and genuinely; not attacking you at all.

Don't make me out to be one of those guys. Physical attraction is sorta important is all. I wouldn't let myself go too far, and I'd expect the same from her. The difference between us is she has an excuse and I don't. But me knocking off weight won't be much of a problem.... Our relationship would certainly be much better off if she could shed some of that pregnancy weight is all.

absolutely agree that physical attraction is important, but also am kind of troubled by the idea that your relationship would improve if she lost weight.

love, especially the kind of 'let's get married and spend the rest of our lives together' love, is supposed to be unconditional right? for better or worse? i know we're all human and don't play that out well but i think the only way your wife will actually want to lose that weight is completely for herself and her own reasons, and if she decides to lose it for your happiness she might end up resenting you for it down the road.

i'm not married so you can call me naive because i am, but that just makes me uneasy.

 

[RedRedJarvisRedwine]

Some of you guys could use a Snickers