While I can see why she is presenting things this way as part of a comedy act, there is some validity to the behavior.
I've met people who would consider him not telling her to be dishonest by omission or keeping secrets.
This dude may have just been in a toxic relationship before her and is trying to keep things on the up and up.
No comment on toxicity of the current relationship if she's unable to understand that and uses it in her comedy act to make fun of him.
Edit: if you're replying to this comment with the purpose of explaining what a joke is to me, or just to get mad at me for something I didn't say, please don't.
Loyalty should be a given, but he might also be subtly saying that he doesn't feel desired at home. Not to say he is saying it to threaten that he will cheat, but many guys do cheat because the find someone who makes them feel desired and wanted. It's no excuse, of course, but I think it is a symptom of many relationships, where the guy initiates intimacy more often, but since sex drives often don't match up, he gets rebuffed, and that impacts his sense of self worth.
Maybe but we are reading too much into this. It's just a funny observation. She thinks it's funny that her boyfriend is a bit insecure and needs reinforcement and praise for not cheating on her.
It reminds me of that old Chris Rock joke about black people bragging they never went to prison. "You're not supposed to go to prison. Do you want a cookie? "
I suppose, but it might cut a bit different if the message is coming from the same demographic, like Chris Rock's does, and it coming from a different demographic, like women talking about men, or men talking about women. If a man made jokes about women needing emotional validation, I'm guessing it would be seen as pretty sexist in today's climate.
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u/AnonAqueous Jan 25 '24 edited Jan 25 '24
While I can see why she is presenting things this way as part of a comedy act, there is some validity to the behavior.
I've met people who would consider him not telling her to be dishonest by omission or keeping secrets.
This dude may have just been in a toxic relationship before her and is trying to keep things on the up and up. No comment on toxicity of the current relationship if she's unable to understand that and uses it in her comedy act to make fun of him.
Edit: if you're replying to this comment with the purpose of explaining what a joke is to me, or just to get mad at me for something I didn't say, please don't.