Embarrassment usually isn’t harmless imo.
*Projects her teenage diary on a skyscraper
“iTs JuSt A pRaNk!”
Danger, Will Robinson. Years of reddit and scads of “I don’t get why she dumped me, I only (did an f-ing horrible thing that was not at all funny)” posts has taught me just no. Shoot for making your partner laugh, not be embarrassment.
My girl’s a tad shy so telling the waiter it’s her birthday when it isn’t and getting people to sing happy bday to her is a good one, lol. Also, dancing in public/randomly dabbing used to be my go-to move but she’s playing along now (she knows it takes away the fun, she’s effectively neutralised me!). She loves to disturb my peace so one of those here and there keeps things even and spicy! 😂 And sorry about the downvotes, some people are very sensitive/are children that haven’t found love yet.
Seeing you in public with her.
Fart loudly next to her at a store when other people are around.
Exactly this. You need to be the butt of the joke yo pull this off.
Think of why The Office is revered as a comedy show despite its racially/sexually charged jokes. The reason it works is because Michael is the butt of the joke pretty much every time. Even if the joke is really pushing boundaries, its never the race or sex that is the true root of the comedy, its the cringe idiocy of the character instead.
My wife once purposely ripped a huge fart in a passport office line with well over 100 people in it because she was bored. I was mortified but because she was the literal butt of the joke it was funny at the same time. Embarrassment was at an all-time high but it wasn’t because all eyes were on me.
Really and truly the only harmless way to embarrass someone else to make them embarrassed to be seen with you.
fun & embarrassing?
I’m not your girlfriend, I’m not even a girl (I’m a 50+ years old dude that has been married for almost 30 years and counting) but I can easily say that I can’t think of anything that I would find embarrassing and funny at the same time. Because, well, being embarrassed is not fun, it’s… embarrassing. What would be one thing that you would find at the same time to be real funny and real embarrassing if it was done to you on purpose by someone close to you?
That’s just my 2 cents but, luckily for one of us, it is not I you wish to harmlessly embarrass.
What would be one thing that you would find at the same time to be real funny and real embarrassing if it was done to you on purpose by someone close to you?
Tons of things, actually. Like my dad picking me up from school in a shitty old car in front of my friends. Or my friend pointing out loudly in public that I had a tomato sauce stain on my mouth from the food we were just eating. Or my girlfriend showing our friends a video of me being stupid when drunk. Fun and harmless.
Spare me the stupid lectures and stop assuming the worst. I did not say I wanted to ruin her life or pull a cruel prank. I also don’t intend to be completely joyless and uptight, because my relationship would be over very quickly.
I would dislike all of those scenarios. It’s great that you have such thick skin, I envy that, but don’t assume everyone would be ok with any of that.
Yeah, the responses you’re getting are pretty peak Lemmy. People who lack imagination and sense of humor, just ready to assume the worst.
Since I, too, am not in a joyless relationship, you can have this one that has worked for me: mispronounce really obvious things when you’re together in public where others can hear you. For example, once while perusing the cocktail menu at a bar I noticed a drink on the menu called “The FDR.” Now, I know how that’s pronounced, but I decided that when the waitress came back I would see if I could remain completely straight-faced while ordering “the fidder.” I announced my intention and my partner was like “No, you will not.”
So, of course, I had to.
I pulled it off. The waitress corrected me, and I acted like I had just learned something. But the point wasn’t the waitress (who probably went back to the bar with the best story to tell about the dumbass at that table over there). It was about my partner who, for about five seconds, probably wanted to die.
10/10 comedy, would recommend, would do this kind of thing again (and have).
