So we were playing a popular, funny card game with his uncle and girlfriend this afternoon. The object is to get the funniest answer, person with the most cards that made people laugh wins. At the beginning of the game, my husband made a joke that made me laugh, and his response was
“Wow, with a laugh like that, making jokes makes me feel bad.”
Another round had me laughing, and he said “wow, that makes me want to cut myself.”
And then the round after that, I was laughing at a card that wasn’t even mine and he said “if that’s your card, this is going to turn bloody.”
After that, I stopped laughing. When I asked him about it later, he said he thought he had just been playing off the long standing joke that he didn’t find my jokes funny.
Now, every time I laugh at something, I remember what he said, and I stop because it makes me so sad. I don’t think my husband really understood how much what he said affected me, even though I told him it upset me at the time. Now, I know I won’t be able to laugh like I used to. It’s just so weird, he always tells me he values me so much for my upbeat and cheerful attitude. But whenever I’m particularly happy, he’ll start saying things like this.
tl;dr: Husband said a number of really hurtful things about my laughter, to the point where when I start to laugh now, I stop.
Submitted January 05, 2020 at 06:17PM by buriedinblue https://ift.tt/36u0BRt
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