BF Embarrasses GF For Her Quirk In Front Of His Friends, Regrets It When She Decides To Dump Him
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People like to give inanimate objects names. I named my guitar Zac when I was 14, for example. Others even talk to their beloved things and treat them like a human, and there’s hardly anything wrong with that, right? Well, to some, it might seem just like a harmless quirk. But others think these people are weird and their behavior is embarrassing.
Like this boyfriend, who called out his girlfriend for treating her car, Angie, like a person, saying that she’s being “weird” and “embarrassing.” Perhaps he has been reading too much Stephen King recently? Either way, when she went radio silent, he started wondering if he maybe acted like a jerk.
Bored Panda got in touch with an expert who studies the human mind, Adam Waytz, Ph.D. He is a professor and psychologist at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and he kindly agreed to tell us more about why people like to attribute human qualities to objects, and how that can affect relationships.
Some people have a silly quirk of treating inanimate objects like people
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One boyfriend told his girlfriend he didn’t like the way she treated her car like a person
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Anthropomorphizing is quite a natural behavior
People give names and talk to their possessions or animals quite often. The scientific term for this is anthropomorphism – giving human-like qualities to a non-human entity. Many people do this in childhood: they talk to their toys and pets, give them names, and generally treat them like a person.
The world’s leading expert on anthropomorphism, Nicholas Epley, claims that while some people may put down those who talk to their possessions, this feature is exceptional to humans and is a testament to our intelligence.
“Historically, anthropomorphizing has been treated as a sign of childishness or stupidity, but it’s actually a natural byproduct of the tendency that makes humans uniquely smart on this planet,” the professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago said.
Adam Waytz, a researcher on anthropomorphism, tells Bored Panda there are three main reasons why people do it.
- When people are trying to make sense of the world,
- when people are seeking social connection,
- or when people observe a nonhuman thing that looks humanlike, they are more likely to anthropomorphize.
Essentially, it’s because the non-human entity either has a human-like face, we want to be friends with it, or we just can’t explain its behavior. We’re especially prone to anthropomorphize an object if it has eyes.
“Fake eyes are a trick we fall for almost every time—one that can dupe us into seeing a mind where no mind exists,” Epley wrote. “As a member of one of the planet’s most social species, you are hypersensitive to eyes because they offer a window into another person’s mind.”
The independent research consultancy Human Futures Studio found similar things. One of their researchers, Shane Saunderson, describes how they asked 125 adults about how and why they give their possessions names. They identified two reasons: they either feel emotionally close to the object, or are looking for ways to describe the object’s inherent characteristics.
Treating your car like a person can be a double-edged sword: it has its benefits and downsides
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We indeed tend to turn to our pets or inanimate objects for comfort when we’re feeling down. PscyhCentral writes that anthropomorphizing things can fulfill a social need. When we’re feeling lonely or sensitive, we might want to spend time with our pets, like talk to them. A plushy can also give us comfort, more so if we give it a name and attribute emotions to it.
The psychology behind it is that we then relate to that object or person better. Researchers proved this in a 2021 study, where they found that when people attributed human qualities to nature, they were more likely to care about wildlife conservation.
However, in the case of pets, anthropomorphism can have negative effects too. Researchers found that misunderstandings happen when we tend to treat our pets like people. The thing is that dogs don’t operate like humans do, so trying to explain their behavior in human terms would be wrong.
No, your dog isn’t bringing you the ball because he’s sassy and mad at you. Maybe he just saw a bird or needs more training to do that. That’s why researchers caution people that giving pets human characteristics can lead to instances where it harms their needs and interests.
Adam Waytz tells us that, in the end, human connection has the best benefits for us. “Nonhuman entities may be able to provide social connection, but there is no substitute for a real live human being, so getting too attached to a nonhuman might deprive you [of] the social connection you really need.”
People were quick to call out the boyfriend, pointing out that he was the weird one here
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Car naming is an art. And you're not always in control. I tried to name my car (a white minivan that always save the day for everyone) as the mighty Leviathan, or the Enterprise, or even Stay Puft. Nope, my wife and my friends call him Roliço, that is Portuguese for "fatso". He doesn't seem to mind, so it stuck.
Don't worry Pandas on wheels, Vincent/Vince and I had a pretty fast discussion as well and decided OP isn't an A-hole, but an imbecilic dingbucket that doesn't deserve his ex or Angie. We read that he got dumped and that he thanked us for the judgments. Well, on behalf of Vince and I, YOU ARE WELCOME!!! -_-"
There sure seems to be alot of people with corks stuck up their tight butts over basically just a ongoing light heartedness in others .
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My mum always calls her cars Bessie, short for Bessie Emma. The reason being that for a long time she only drove Peugeot 504s and they looked like her Aunt Bessie. Anyway, I've recently seen a photo of the human Bessie Emma and she does actually look a bit like a 504, turns out.
I gave my car a name and talked about her the same way your ex girlfriend does. I love my car because it is my dream car. Also, you're lucky she didn't throw your judgmental self off on the side of the road. Next time be appreciative when someone does you a favor.
I liked The Hun! I think Angie and her human are well rid of this guy. Not because he doesn't want to play, but because of how he approached it. Had he said to her in private that it bothered him, that would have been fine. They could have discussed the issue and split amicably, with no A in the picture. Instead, he chose to embarrass her in front of friends while she was doing him and the friends a pretty serious favor.
I disagree with bringing it up even in private. The only reason to bring something up is if you want the person to change it, and that is such a non problem. Either the OP kinda found her annoying already, or he really needs to get some perspective on what is a reasonable expectation of others.
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Why is it so hard to let people just be happy? Why is it necessary to put people down and make them feel bad? Unless someone is actually doing something bad then just leave them alone.
wish i could upvote this so many times! let people be happy, succint and so true.
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My hubby just bought me my dream car AND helped me name her - Zoom Zoom Motherf*cker - Z.Z. for short. This dude should not have embarrassed her like he did, NOT cool. She dodged a bullet, IMO. Life's short, you gotta have fun, stop and smell the roses, marvel over rainbows, etc...
I bought the Minnow in 2012 after my divorce and for a few months I stayed with a friend in a rural area. If I needed to go into town for errands, I generally did them all at once so my friend said I should call her that because every trip was a 'three hour tour.' The Minnow turned 21 this year! If we can name boats, why not cars?!
Quirky is good and fun and I still have a piece from my first car....
I still have the flap from over the petrol cap from my first car, which was an absolutely crappy car that barely ran but I was still sad to see it go.
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I am going with NTA, although it might have been in the way he said it. But this sort of cutesy talk would absolutely drive me crazy, I could never be with a person who is like that.
If you cant be with a person like that then you should break up with them. Not berate and embarrass them in front of other people ad try to shame them into changing who they are. THAT's what makes him the AH. He was rude and disrespectful to someone he is apparently supposed to care for.
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My truck Cindy is my best girl, I talk to her, pat her when I walk by, talk her through rough turns, and she definitely has a personality. I will mourn when she finally dies, because she's old and has a few issues now, but she's gotten me everywhere I needed to go and I love her.. edit to add ..my husbands truck Josh agrees, he's a dummy
I wish this was just a silly joke. It isn't I'm sure, but the guy...yeah, he is a joke. I've heard of men being jealous of their GF's friends and resenting time spent with anyone but themselves. Some boys are jealous when their GF has a child. But this guy? To be jealous and resentful of his GF's car? Hey buddy, perhaps it's past time for you to grow up and be something other than a giant douche.
my first husband was jealous of my dog. some people are just dummies
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Hasn't he ever seen the movie CHRISTINE? Sounds like LUCILLE may be an ancestor of CHRISTINE. HE HE
My cars Batatron & Wednesday are glad Angie doesn't have to deal with this human turd anymore.
Merideth is horrified by this. We are in the bath house right now.
Otis would be furious with OP if it wasn't because I had to take him to the scrapyard 25 years ago. He died of old age, as one can only aspire to.
Object personification is an interesting thing, isn’t it? I haven’t bought my own car and never thought about naming cars (though as a kid I did pretend all cars were Transformers), but I guess that if/when I buy one, I’ll name it Ratchet (after my favourite Transformer).
Ok, so, I've named my cars in the past, but don't currently have one for my car, but I have nothing wrong with it. But, if OP thought it was weird, then he should have talked about it to her alone and in a gentle way. Pointing it out in front of others in a condescending way while she's literally doing you a favor is pretentious as hell and not how you communicate in a relationship. So while others will say YTA because naming cars is normal, I'd also say YTA because of how he communicated with her.
He had a girl who was willing to drive him about, fix it when it broke and fill it with gas. And he risked all that because she called the car Angie??? He really didn't appreciate what he had. I know a lot of men who would be more than happy to join in for a girl that looked after her car instead of calling them to fix it (or worse, calling another man to fix it).
We name household appliances. Our bug electrocuter is called Frank Zapper, our grill pan handle is called Dave and our vacuum is called Jaws because it's from the brand 'Shark'.
Definitely the AH for bringing it up with others present. If it bothered him that much he should have just broken up with her. I share the same opinion about naming vehicles but to each there own.
Big Spence agrees that the BF is an ahole. He also wants the girlfriend to know that Angie is definitely hungry and not thirsty when she needs gas. She is thirsty when her coolant levels need to be topped off.
I don't think he's TA, I just think they're incompatible. I would say when you're drunk and she's giving you a ride isn''t the best time to bring it up.
Our old Toyota got nicknamed Rattleclank, because it was old and we put a transformers logo on the front. Our new one doesn't have a name.
My sister had a friend growing up who named her cars Yolanda the Honda and Gretta the Jetta. I had an old Acura Integra in college and slapped an Autobot sticker on the hood, started calling it Integrabot :D
My car Bella had a lot to say on this subject but unfortunately she is Italian (fiat 500) and I don't speak Italian so no idea what she said!
Betting that it was pretty rude and insulting, and that most of us would agree with her.
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My car was Jezebel. She had an emergency vet fund for when she got sick amongst other typical anthropomorphisms. Not only is this just a quirk I have, it has a function - it was much easier (and less painful) for me to budget for my car's expenses if I thought of her as a creature (after years of horse care this came naturally, but I was used to free public transport as I'm disabled).
She's well out of it, I like her style and think she has a better relationship with her car than she ever did with this guy. How incredibly immature to get upset about the way someone talks to their car
The floater in my right eye is named Stewart. Both our vehicles were vehemently against being named, and I had to respect that.
My wife taught me that we name cars, I've never heard it. If you have an issue with this you'll have more issues with a person who does that so ... good riddance
A lot of girls I met gave names to their first car. My best ones are Titine (short for Christine in french, referring to a certain car in a S.King novel) and Porshitta (a really really bitten up small Toyota). I also joke around with my Polo some times , especially when it's having a bath 😅
I got angry reading that it is anthropomorphizing to give a cat and dog a name, but it is necessary to be able to call them. Apart from that I have always tried to talk about or to computers politely, and as a result I almost never have trouble with them while colleagues who didn't or even bad mouthed theirs had their computers acting out all the time. When I was asked to swap computer with a colleague whose computer gave trouble I had no trouble with his but my old one broke down after one day in his company.
Avatre wouldn’t like you. Named after a dragon means Fire of the Dawn. After the character in Mercedes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters series.
It does sound really annoying tbf, I obviously wouldn't call it out in front of people but still ick
Not a car but people Name their roombas. My parents called their Czesław. My ex has one named Sztywny. The guy in the post is no fun
I had a car named Susan. My bff' s car is named Lucy. We tell her she can do it when we go up steep hills.
Eccentric? Yes. Symptom of mental health issue? Most likely no. Harming anyone? Definite no here. She needs to find someone with a sense of humor and enough respect for her to not publicly shame her for something so trivial and harmless.
tbh, I never took the car thing as far as OP's ex gf. But I did name my previous car, a Nissan juke, "junebug" just because I thought it was cute and it reminded my of the OG VW beetle. Wasn't so happy when the transmission broke and left me stranded on the roadside though! It took months and thousands of $ to get a replacement gearbox. I just got it back fixed after a very long wait, and only 3 weeks after I gave up and bought a second hand Toyota Vitz. So now I'm selling Junebug, our relationship failed, but I've got Vitz to get me around in economical style. ;-) All three of us, Vitz, Junebug and I, think OP is TA for not appreciating the service Angie and her owner did him, transporting him and his drunk friends to and from the bar.
I think he’s an 🫏🕳️ because poor Angie is walking (driving) around being called “Angie” when her name is actually “Heather.”
I'm a lot older than 21 and I have named my last 3 cars, current one is Alfie, he's a smart dude and his name suits him. I hope people can remember Herbie. 😀
Trevor disapproves of the BF's judgmental behavior ... I disapprove of him being judgmental and complaining about the judgments he got ...
My 2023 Subaru Crosstrek that the wife and I named Charlotte, (we call her "Char-Trek") thinks that you, sir, are the AH.
>“Fake eyes are a trick we fall for almost every time—one that can dupe us into seeing a mind where no mind exists,” Epley wrote. < This is so true! I stuck a pair of googly eyes on Jésus, my Roomba, and since then I can't help but treat him like much more than just a convenient appliance.
A guy names a boat and it's fine, a girl names her car and it's weird. He deserved getting dumped.
My truck is Hot Daniel (from Adventure Time 😹) and he's been a reliable companion for over 7 years. Got him from a junk yard for $750, and there's been no major problems. A couple years ago the fuel injector went out (luckily a rather easy and inexpensive fix when it comes to vehicular malfunction) but late that night after my truck was towed home and dumped in front of my house I sat in the trusty driver seat with my forehead on the steering wheel and I WEPT. Luckily it was found out a few days later to be that easy fix, and was done. Yes I have coworkers younger than my truck ('98 Dodge Ram) but to me he is the best vehicle
YTA!!!! My ex named his Suzuki VStrom Susie way before we ever met. I always thought it was really cute that he had 2 Susie's.
I thought only men named their cars and treated them as something unrealistically special. Nice to see that women do it too. Overall it is a harmless quirk, and OP was stupid.
I named my stone lion on my patio, Aristotle. My teddy bear is Barney (he's almost 56 years old, so before the dinosaur.
My first car was Pearl (pink Ford escort 4door in "sunrise red" aka color changing magenta-to-fuchsia, it was my mom's), next was Ruby Frankenstien (originally red, multicolored after I wrecked it and had silver, white, black, and green panels), there's been Rufio, Caddyshack, and my current one hasn't earned a name.
myself, my sister, some friends have named cars for ages... there's nothing like saying "C'mon Duane, you can make this hill!" when struggling up incline. I've also named my instruments.
i tell my girl cindy "you got this, come on, lets get through this" all the time lol
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He shouldn't have shamed her in front of others but the girl is a bit off plumb.
I don't know. So now it is bad to tell someone they are annoying you with something... Siiiish... 🙄
It's okay to communicate annoyance, but there are better ways to do it than in front of a jury of one's peers. For example, my husband told me in private "I don't want to hear about X", and I was fine with it because it's about something in the past and not need to rehash the same c**p.
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My truck Cindy thinks maybe you could use some yourself lol
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Car naming is an art. And you're not always in control. I tried to name my car (a white minivan that always save the day for everyone) as the mighty Leviathan, or the Enterprise, or even Stay Puft. Nope, my wife and my friends call him Roliço, that is Portuguese for "fatso". He doesn't seem to mind, so it stuck.
Don't worry Pandas on wheels, Vincent/Vince and I had a pretty fast discussion as well and decided OP isn't an A-hole, but an imbecilic dingbucket that doesn't deserve his ex or Angie. We read that he got dumped and that he thanked us for the judgments. Well, on behalf of Vince and I, YOU ARE WELCOME!!! -_-"
There sure seems to be alot of people with corks stuck up their tight butts over basically just a ongoing light heartedness in others .
Load More Replies... My mum always calls her cars Bessie, short for Bessie Emma. The reason being that for a long time she only drove Peugeot 504s and they looked like her Aunt Bessie. Anyway, I've recently seen a photo of the human Bessie Emma and she does actually look a bit like a 504, turns out.
I gave my car a name and talked about her the same way your ex girlfriend does. I love my car because it is my dream car. Also, you're lucky she didn't throw your judgmental self off on the side of the road. Next time be appreciative when someone does you a favor.
I liked The Hun! I think Angie and her human are well rid of this guy. Not because he doesn't want to play, but because of how he approached it. Had he said to her in private that it bothered him, that would have been fine. They could have discussed the issue and split amicably, with no A in the picture. Instead, he chose to embarrass her in front of friends while she was doing him and the friends a pretty serious favor.
I disagree with bringing it up even in private. The only reason to bring something up is if you want the person to change it, and that is such a non problem. Either the OP kinda found her annoying already, or he really needs to get some perspective on what is a reasonable expectation of others.
Load More Replies... Why is it so hard to let people just be happy? Why is it necessary to put people down and make them feel bad? Unless someone is actually doing something bad then just leave them alone.
wish i could upvote this so many times! let people be happy, succint and so true.
Load More Replies... My hubby just bought me my dream car AND helped me name her - Zoom Zoom Motherf*cker - Z.Z. for short. This dude should not have embarrassed her like he did, NOT cool. She dodged a bullet, IMO. Life's short, you gotta have fun, stop and smell the roses, marvel over rainbows, etc...
I bought the Minnow in 2012 after my divorce and for a few months I stayed with a friend in a rural area. If I needed to go into town for errands, I generally did them all at once so my friend said I should call her that because every trip was a 'three hour tour.' The Minnow turned 21 this year! If we can name boats, why not cars?!
Quirky is good and fun and I still have a piece from my first car....
I still have the flap from over the petrol cap from my first car, which was an absolutely crappy car that barely ran but I was still sad to see it go.
Load More Replies... I am going with NTA, although it might have been in the way he said it. But this sort of cutesy talk would absolutely drive me crazy, I could never be with a person who is like that.
If you cant be with a person like that then you should break up with them. Not berate and embarrass them in front of other people ad try to shame them into changing who they are. THAT's what makes him the AH. He was rude and disrespectful to someone he is apparently supposed to care for.
Load More Replies... My truck Cindy is my best girl, I talk to her, pat her when I walk by, talk her through rough turns, and she definitely has a personality. I will mourn when she finally dies, because she's old and has a few issues now, but she's gotten me everywhere I needed to go and I love her.. edit to add ..my husbands truck Josh agrees, he's a dummy
I wish this was just a silly joke. It isn't I'm sure, but the guy...yeah, he is a joke. I've heard of men being jealous of their GF's friends and resenting time spent with anyone but themselves. Some boys are jealous when their GF has a child. But this guy? To be jealous and resentful of his GF's car? Hey buddy, perhaps it's past time for you to grow up and be something other than a giant douche.
my first husband was jealous of my dog. some people are just dummies
Load More Replies... Hasn't he ever seen the movie CHRISTINE? Sounds like LUCILLE may be an ancestor of CHRISTINE. HE HE
My cars Batatron & Wednesday are glad Angie doesn't have to deal with this human turd anymore.
Merideth is horrified by this. We are in the bath house right now.
Otis would be furious with OP if it wasn't because I had to take him to the scrapyard 25 years ago. He died of old age, as one can only aspire to.
Object personification is an interesting thing, isn’t it? I haven’t bought my own car and never thought about naming cars (though as a kid I did pretend all cars were Transformers), but I guess that if/when I buy one, I’ll name it Ratchet (after my favourite Transformer).
Ok, so, I've named my cars in the past, but don't currently have one for my car, but I have nothing wrong with it. But, if OP thought it was weird, then he should have talked about it to her alone and in a gentle way. Pointing it out in front of others in a condescending way while she's literally doing you a favor is pretentious as hell and not how you communicate in a relationship. So while others will say YTA because naming cars is normal, I'd also say YTA because of how he communicated with her.
He had a girl who was willing to drive him about, fix it when it broke and fill it with gas. And he risked all that because she called the car Angie??? He really didn't appreciate what he had. I know a lot of men who would be more than happy to join in for a girl that looked after her car instead of calling them to fix it (or worse, calling another man to fix it).
We name household appliances. Our bug electrocuter is called Frank Zapper, our grill pan handle is called Dave and our vacuum is called Jaws because it's from the brand 'Shark'.
Definitely the AH for bringing it up with others present. If it bothered him that much he should have just broken up with her. I share the same opinion about naming vehicles but to each there own.
Big Spence agrees that the BF is an ahole. He also wants the girlfriend to know that Angie is definitely hungry and not thirsty when she needs gas. She is thirsty when her coolant levels need to be topped off.
I don't think he's TA, I just think they're incompatible. I would say when you're drunk and she's giving you a ride isn''t the best time to bring it up.
Our old Toyota got nicknamed Rattleclank, because it was old and we put a transformers logo on the front. Our new one doesn't have a name.
My sister had a friend growing up who named her cars Yolanda the Honda and Gretta the Jetta. I had an old Acura Integra in college and slapped an Autobot sticker on the hood, started calling it Integrabot :D
My car Bella had a lot to say on this subject but unfortunately she is Italian (fiat 500) and I don't speak Italian so no idea what she said!
Betting that it was pretty rude and insulting, and that most of us would agree with her.
Load More Replies... My car was Jezebel. She had an emergency vet fund for when she got sick amongst other typical anthropomorphisms. Not only is this just a quirk I have, it has a function - it was much easier (and less painful) for me to budget for my car's expenses if I thought of her as a creature (after years of horse care this came naturally, but I was used to free public transport as I'm disabled).
She's well out of it, I like her style and think she has a better relationship with her car than she ever did with this guy. How incredibly immature to get upset about the way someone talks to their car
The floater in my right eye is named Stewart. Both our vehicles were vehemently against being named, and I had to respect that.
My wife taught me that we name cars, I've never heard it. If you have an issue with this you'll have more issues with a person who does that so ... good riddance
A lot of girls I met gave names to their first car. My best ones are Titine (short for Christine in french, referring to a certain car in a S.King novel) and Porshitta (a really really bitten up small Toyota). I also joke around with my Polo some times , especially when it's having a bath 😅
I got angry reading that it is anthropomorphizing to give a cat and dog a name, but it is necessary to be able to call them. Apart from that I have always tried to talk about or to computers politely, and as a result I almost never have trouble with them while colleagues who didn't or even bad mouthed theirs had their computers acting out all the time. When I was asked to swap computer with a colleague whose computer gave trouble I had no trouble with his but my old one broke down after one day in his company.
Avatre wouldn’t like you. Named after a dragon means Fire of the Dawn. After the character in Mercedes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters series.
It does sound really annoying tbf, I obviously wouldn't call it out in front of people but still ick
Not a car but people Name their roombas. My parents called their Czesław. My ex has one named Sztywny. The guy in the post is no fun
I had a car named Susan. My bff' s car is named Lucy. We tell her she can do it when we go up steep hills.
Eccentric? Yes. Symptom of mental health issue? Most likely no. Harming anyone? Definite no here. She needs to find someone with a sense of humor and enough respect for her to not publicly shame her for something so trivial and harmless.
tbh, I never took the car thing as far as OP's ex gf. But I did name my previous car, a Nissan juke, "junebug" just because I thought it was cute and it reminded my of the OG VW beetle. Wasn't so happy when the transmission broke and left me stranded on the roadside though! It took months and thousands of $ to get a replacement gearbox. I just got it back fixed after a very long wait, and only 3 weeks after I gave up and bought a second hand Toyota Vitz. So now I'm selling Junebug, our relationship failed, but I've got Vitz to get me around in economical style. ;-) All three of us, Vitz, Junebug and I, think OP is TA for not appreciating the service Angie and her owner did him, transporting him and his drunk friends to and from the bar.
I think he’s an 🫏🕳️ because poor Angie is walking (driving) around being called “Angie” when her name is actually “Heather.”
I'm a lot older than 21 and I have named my last 3 cars, current one is Alfie, he's a smart dude and his name suits him. I hope people can remember Herbie. 😀
Trevor disapproves of the BF's judgmental behavior ... I disapprove of him being judgmental and complaining about the judgments he got ...
My 2023 Subaru Crosstrek that the wife and I named Charlotte, (we call her "Char-Trek") thinks that you, sir, are the AH.
>“Fake eyes are a trick we fall for almost every time—one that can dupe us into seeing a mind where no mind exists,” Epley wrote. < This is so true! I stuck a pair of googly eyes on Jésus, my Roomba, and since then I can't help but treat him like much more than just a convenient appliance.
A guy names a boat and it's fine, a girl names her car and it's weird. He deserved getting dumped.
My truck is Hot Daniel (from Adventure Time 😹) and he's been a reliable companion for over 7 years. Got him from a junk yard for $750, and there's been no major problems. A couple years ago the fuel injector went out (luckily a rather easy and inexpensive fix when it comes to vehicular malfunction) but late that night after my truck was towed home and dumped in front of my house I sat in the trusty driver seat with my forehead on the steering wheel and I WEPT. Luckily it was found out a few days later to be that easy fix, and was done. Yes I have coworkers younger than my truck ('98 Dodge Ram) but to me he is the best vehicle
YTA!!!! My ex named his Suzuki VStrom Susie way before we ever met. I always thought it was really cute that he had 2 Susie's.
I thought only men named their cars and treated them as something unrealistically special. Nice to see that women do it too. Overall it is a harmless quirk, and OP was stupid.
I named my stone lion on my patio, Aristotle. My teddy bear is Barney (he's almost 56 years old, so before the dinosaur.
My first car was Pearl (pink Ford escort 4door in "sunrise red" aka color changing magenta-to-fuchsia, it was my mom's), next was Ruby Frankenstien (originally red, multicolored after I wrecked it and had silver, white, black, and green panels), there's been Rufio, Caddyshack, and my current one hasn't earned a name.
myself, my sister, some friends have named cars for ages... there's nothing like saying "C'mon Duane, you can make this hill!" when struggling up incline. I've also named my instruments.
i tell my girl cindy "you got this, come on, lets get through this" all the time lol
Load More Replies... He shouldn't have shamed her in front of others but the girl is a bit off plumb.
I don't know. So now it is bad to tell someone they are annoying you with something... Siiiish... 🙄
It's okay to communicate annoyance, but there are better ways to do it than in front of a jury of one's peers. For example, my husband told me in private "I don't want to hear about X", and I was fine with it because it's about something in the past and not need to rehash the same c**p.
Load More Replies... My truck Cindy thinks maybe you could use some yourself lol
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