Do You Show Your Affection For Your Partner Through (Playful) Insults?

BiBunny

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Yes, this is a serious question.

I had a conversation with Chris_Xavier last night in which I called B. "my jackass." He sarcastically accused me of being a hopeless romantic. I just sort of laughed and pointed out that that's how mine and B.'s relationship works. We insult each other playfully back and forth and joke around about most everything. C_X pointed out that I hide my affection for B. behind the sarcastic and sometimes ironic names I call him, like "dumbshit," "my favorite little slave boy," and, my personal favorite, "fat white boy." In return, he calls me things like "smartass," "biggest nerd ever," and "grade A perverted bitch."

The last time I went to visit B., he had some company coming over the next day. He asked me to clean the house while he was at work. I, of course, complied because I'm totally whipped :p, but I jokingly complained later that he treated me like nothing more than a house-slave, to which he replied, dead-pan, "You ARE a slave." (No, we definitely do NOT take ourselves or our D/s too seriously.)

We have conversations which are entirely about us doing a verbal one-upmanship of each other. Sometimes, even when we play, there's still a verbal sparring match going on. I've always shown my affection for others--family, friends, pets, romantic partners--through jokes and playful, witty insults. I'd rather call B. my fat white boy or my dirty old perv than call him something nice, like "honey" or "dear" (unless it's said in a sardonic tone of voice, in which case it's perfectly acceptable). If I were actually nice to him, he'd think I was either mad at him or sick. I'm that way with Kitty to some extent, too, but I'm way worse about it with B. He makes it so easy for me and vice versa. Hell, read the excerpt from the Dorothy Parker poem in my sig to know how I really feel about him. *WEG*

We can't be the only ones who are like this. :confused: I would love to hear how you lovingly insult, tease, joke around with, or otherwise act mean with your other half. I could use some new ammunition. :devil:
 
Not so much insulting but irreverant. He's pretty OCD and I say I married Monk. He says "yes dear" in a particularly pussywhipped tone and it cracks me up. Stuff like that.
 
I'm just like that, Bunny, and I'm only happy in a relationship with a guy who's like that too. Been that way forever.
 
Netzach said:
Not so much insulting but irreverant. He's pretty OCD and I say I married Monk. He says "yes dear" in a particularly pussywhipped tone and it cracks me up. Stuff like that.

I think I really meant irreverent, anyway, instead of insulting but that's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. A lot of people don't understand this kind of bitchy dynamic we have going on. :p

lk70 said:
I'm just like that, Bunny, and I'm only happy in a relationship with a guy who's like that too. Been that way forever.

I KNEW we couldn't have been the only ones!
 
I have to say that I'm a pretty sarcastic s.o.b. and rarely publicly show public affection - if I hold hands, then its a rare day indeed. I may not use degrading names to refer to my SO but I think names like "dear, babe, sugar bottom" and others are kinda Stepford and make me want to puke.

Don't think that I'm not affectionate and romantic.. because I am. Being the self actualized individual that I am.. I know that the more sarcasm I throw at an individual the greater the depth of my feelings for them.
 
Chris_Xavier said:

Don't think that I'm not affectionate and romantic.. because I am. Being the self actualized individual that I am.. I know that the more sarcasm I throw at an individual the greater the depth of my feelings for them.

Yeah, me, too, pretty much. I have to care about someone to even bother using my witty insults to describe them. People I don't care about aren't worth the effort. :p
 
BiBunny said:
Yeah, me, too, pretty much. I have to care about someone to even bother using my witty insults to describe them. People I don't care about aren't worth the effort. :p


this is exactly how i feel. If I'm nice and polite to you...you'd better watch out. lol My friends put up with so much shit-talk from me! they are all the same way though. You have to be to be my friend.

It comes from family in my case, We are all a bunch of mind-fuckers. And proud of it!
 
Well, I've been known to refer to K as 'slave boy' and 'peon'. When we were dating I told him he was the king of dorks. He was ok with that, as long as he got to be the king. I've also been known to refer to him as Mr. Cranky, or Mr. Cantmakeuphismind. On the other hand I call him honey, sweety, sexy, handsome, loveofmylife, etc. He's not like me with the nicknames, but he'll jokingly say I'm a bitch, or call me slave (I'm not), etc. He also calls me honey and pea (short for sweet pea).
 
CutieMouse said:
Brief conversation of last night (mixed company, so a bit more elusive than normal):

him: Baaaaby... you know what I'm thinking right now?
me: Yes, Sweetheart; I'll take care of it.
him: Of course you will.
me: (laughing) Dork.
him: I'd watch the insults tonight if I were you...
me: You ass; those aren't insults, they're endearments.
him: (huge grin) Baaaaaby!


Hey I think I've had that same conversation with Daddy before. ;)
 
I do that kind of thing too. I like smart guys so the back and forth banter is fun. I don’t think I’d be interested in someone who didn’t have the humor or cleverness to sling it back right at me :)
 
We swap silly insults all of the time. Funny thing is we can be goofing around and he will say something like "You bitch, how dare you argue with me?" in some kind of bizarre accent and I just crack up. If he were to call me a bitch in anger I would go ballistic. LOL
 
We do both the lovey dovey and the irreverent depending on the moment and mood. It wasn't acceptable in the beginning as he really didn't understand my Aussie humour and there were other cultural differences we had to understand between us. After him seeing a few Aussie movies, comedies etc., he began to get a slight grip on our particular humour and so began the relaxing process which enabled me to be the one he fell in love with without having him get all upset and fandangled about it. There is room for both forms for us.

Catalina :catroar:
 
Every once in a while when we're both feeling playful it'll crop up, but more often than not I'm sickeningly respectful.
 
I grew up with a shit load of sarcastic humor. It was the one way I could get back to my 'rents to their faces and not get killed but make them laugh. In fact, a well timed bit of sarcasm could actually stop them from trying to kill me.

Therefore, I do sometimes indulge in a bit of playful sarcasm as my husband, kids and friends expense. I try not to because I believe that underneath is some hostility leaching out. I found that to be true for most of the people around me.

More often, I share with my kids, friends and husband the sarcastic remarks my caregivers would have fired in a certain situation.

I actually love sarcasm as long as it's not pointed at ME or a loved one.

I kind of hate myself when I say anything that could actually hurt a loved one.
 
Every now and then a tirade of insults is thrown back and forth, becoming competitively more insulting, rediculous and offensive. We enjoy this tremendously, especially because it stems from a particularly mundane disagreement or issue, for example one of us forgot to switch the kettle on. Then it starts...

Me: 'You said you were making the tea, you knob jockey.'
Him: 'Listen fuck face, you can always make it yourself.'
Me: 'When you've finished fiddling with your wart encrusted cock do you think you might get around to doing something useful?'
Him: 'If I make the tea I will probably infect it with herpes after fiddling with my cock, so why don't you stop being such a fuck-wit and just do it yourself? Or are you too fucking thick to work out how to use it?'
Me: 'I'd love to do it myself, but I have a cunt-faced husband to do it for me. If he spent less time fucking farm animals, then perhaps he'd be more use.'
Him: 'You eat shit.'

This continues in a deadpan delivery until we both begin laughing too much to continue, or begin to hesitate in the strain of thinking up insults to match or exceed that just delivered.

We never do this during (one of our infrequent) genuine arguments or disagreements. Such insults are never used in anger.
 
Netzach said:
Not so much insulting but irreverant. He's pretty OCD and I say I married Monk. He says "yes dear" in a particularly pussywhipped tone and it cracks me up. Stuff like that.


Pussywhipped is good!
 
Not just in romantic relationships but in general. If I'm making fun of you in a jesting manner then that means i'm comfortable with you and i like you. If I'm not screwing with someone then most likely i either don't like them or i'm still unsure about them.
 
Im a very sarcastic person... Id love to have conversations like this, they seem like a lot of fun.. shame I cannot share it with anyone right now.
 
i have a very sarcastic sense of humor, so yeah, this is A and i to a tee. one of my favorite endearments for him is "dork". he is too. a complete nerd. he knows it isnt an insult and is fine with it.
 
myinnerslut said:
i have a very sarcastic sense of humor, so yeah, this is A and i to a tee. one of my favorite endearments for him is "dork". he is too. a complete nerd. he knows it isnt an insult and is fine with it.

Oh, yes, this is one of my favorites. It gets slung back and forth often between both of us when we get going. I'm really not sure who's the bigger nerd in this relationship. I'm going to say it's him. :p
 
BiBunny said:
Oh, yes, this is one of my favorites. It gets slung back and forth often between both of us when we get going. I'm really not sure who's the bigger nerd in this relationship. I'm going to say it's him. :p


Pppffbt. Yeah, right. :p
 
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