When the Victoria's Secret commercial comes on the TV, and the model says, "I love my body", then saying back to the TV, "Me too"...with my wife sitting right next to me. Bad idea. OK--who else wants to share?
Reminds me of this ancient SNL skit: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=29142196
If your wife asks you if one of her friends is pretty, pretty much every possible response other than spontaneous combustion is a bad idea.
So true. Girlfriend for me of course, but still so true. Even famous people or anyone on TV. Girl: "She's pretty. Don't you think she's pretty?" Me: "Huh? Oh, I don't know. <anything to change the subject fast>"
ex: "am i the prettiest girl you ever dated?" me: "well there was one girl" I had to chase her down the street and convince her to come back inside.
Girlfriend talking about my ex who she absolutely hates: "She's not even pretty. Do you think she's pretty? Be honest." Me: "Well, yeah, she's pretty" Girlfriend starts crying and yelling at me. mostly yelling I was an idiot, I thought being completely honest was a good thing. I have since learned that that is bullllllshit haha
The one face-saving out I've found with famous people is to say, "Yeah, she really has your eyes (or lips or hair or whatever)." She'll get so flattered she'll forget to be pissed off. Doesn't work on her friends, though. No matter what you say, all she'll hear is "He thinks my friend is pretty. Prettier than me?"
It's not bad. But you can only go to that well so many times. Specifics stretch out the tactic much better. Example: "Honey, do you think Jenna Jamison is pretty?" Option A: "Sure, but not as pretty as you." Option B: "She has almost the exact same ear lobes as you, which I think is fantastic. Wait a minute and they'll zoom in to show her wiping her left one off." See? Option B has so much more mileage, because it makes it all about the goo in the actress' ear and not you. The key is to plan ahead. If you are going to watch a film with Jenna Jamison, the question is inevitable. (More because Jamison is so plastic that this is a double test--do you still find your significant other attractive, and are you shallow enough to find ridiculously proportioned fake tits hot.) So figure out which of the actress' attributes are in "the safe zone" of not-too-sexy but also not-too-contrived before hand. I try to write a note on my palm (a la Sarah Palin) just in case I forget, because you MUST NOT STUTTER in any way while delivering this line. Bonus hint: Sharpies are more resistant to palm sweat.
You don't say.... hmmm. [video=youtube;ZRtvpdV3XM4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRtvpdV3XM4[/video]
It's probably better than doing it at the seat itself. I remember reading this from a few years back: http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2008/03/woman-files-law.html
