my boyfriend isn't funny

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  • Acheronus
    Acheronus Posts: 25
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    Those who think laughter is the best medicine should not work in an ER department....
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
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    I probably get pegged as "too serious" or "not funny" because a lot of people's attempts at humor seem egomanical, overwrought, and pathetic (which is why most stand-up commedians depress me to death). But humor that is smart, spontaneous, and delivered in an understated manner really makes me laugh.

    Maybe your boyfriend is like me. Just because someone doesn't appreciate mainsteam humor, or doesn't laugh at everything they're "supposed" to, doesn't mean they're not a funny person. Maybe it even has to do with cultural differences-- is he more likely to laugh around family? Everyone has their own brand of humor but it may not be immediately obvious.
  • tmacmoto
    tmacmoto Posts: 286 Member
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    Remember, it's not the size of the joke. It's how well the punchline is delievered!

    Humor like any emotion has it's good and bad parts. Timing is essential, discretion just as so, but it comes down to knowing your audience and that is what is the hardest part. Some folks feel humourisly impotent, some can't get a joke in edgewise, and some folks just don't where their funny bone is. If it's limp, you may need to stroke it a bit.

    Like all parts of a relationship, it takes work and finally acceptance and that it may be one sided, but can you live with that in a relationship? Are you funny enough for two? As the old saying goes, doesn't matter where you get your appetite from as long as you eat at home.

    Just remember, a funny thing could happen on the way to Rome.
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
  • Pir8Rav
    Pir8Rav Posts: 36 Member
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    Ive never understood serious people.
    Lifes too short to be serious - and a day..hell and hour is too long without a laugh.

    Give him a wedgie and dump him - you're bound to laugh at one of those moves.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
  • MattGetsMad
    MattGetsMad Posts: 429 Member
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    Give him a wedgie and dump him

    lmmffao!
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
    Straight up.
  • Acheronus
    Acheronus Posts: 25
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.

    You'd have Simon Cowell over Paula???
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
    Straight up.
    I see what you did there.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
    Straight up.
    I see what you did there.

    :bigsmile:
  • Acheronus
    Acheronus Posts: 25
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    You have more issues than Sports Illustrated!!
  • HeaderAutumn
    HeaderAutumn Posts: 119 Member
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    I could have sworn Paula WAS Satan. Hmmmm...
  • prestonmay
    prestonmay Posts: 107 Member
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    I think sometime we correlate happiness with humor and its just not the same thing. I can look at myself and make myself smile and laugh.. Call me a GEEK, etc....... But yes you might be doomed if this is a must. I think you should look at the person whole body of work and way the pro vs con. However, I hope you have had this conversation with him before us... Adding us or another to the equation will not make the situation better but complicated. Get you a quick fix and go to the comedy club or something. Humor is a good quality to possess, but Whopppi Glodeberg could not make me happy, even though I am sure she can make me have pains in my stomach from laughter....
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
    Straight up.
    What do you think she means when she says in that song "wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door?" It sounds painful.
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.
    Straight up.
    What do you think she means when she says in that song "wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door?" It sounds painful.

    I would just like to say that I now have that damn Rush Rush song in my head ..:angry:
  • MattGetsMad
    MattGetsMad Posts: 429 Member
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    What do you think she means when she says in that song "wouldn't like to get my love caught in the slammin' door?" It sounds painful.

    Yeah, I've wondered that. How about some information, please?
  • _GingerSnap_
    _GingerSnap_ Posts: 339 Member
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    Opposites attract
    Dear god now Paula Abdul is now stuck in my head.
    I've phoned the priest. He's on the way.
    I'll take Satan over Paula Abdul any day.

    I thought they were the same person.
  • Acheronus
    Acheronus Posts: 25
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    No... Simon has bigger Ta-Ta's!! :p
  • TheBakerGirl
    TheBakerGirl Posts: 151
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    My girlfriend always laughs at me, so I just pull up my pants and walk away.

    :laugh: now this is funny

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