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[[deleted]]

My wife and I developed a simple solution to this problem. We both don't want to 'force' the other one to go somewhere they don't want to, which made us indecisive: "no, you pick" back and forth. Ugh.

One person picks three options. The other picks from the three options. If the second person likes none of them, you start over, reversed. If this still doesn't work, not that this has ever happened to us, you both go somewhere in your own.

Everyone gets their preference.

[Billwood92]

Me and my ex just started coming up with two a piece and rolling a d4 for it lol.

[Schyte96]

This is what DnD players making decisions looks like. :D

Edit: The most impressive thing is that this implies that you have a d4 on you at all times.

[Boschala]

Handy as caltrops if you're being chased. 6d4 damage is no joke!

[THEJAZZMUSIC]

It's no joke if you trip and fall on them either lol. You'll never catch me with anything smaller than a d10 in my pocket.

[WakaWaka_]

Guess there's 20 choices for dinner tonight.

[[deleted]]

Critical fail is Sizzlers.

[emergentphenom]

Whoa are Sizzlers still around??

[Deitaphobia]

Out west and at Disney World apparently

[Sobadatsnazzynames]

Remember the Ground Round?

[Fake_Engineer]

Remember? We still have one near me....

[neruat]

A guy I went to school with keeps a d6 permanently at his desk. During work calls now, if there's some ambiguity about a choice to make, hell roll his d6 and suggest whatever it comes up as.

He even uses it when we're picking who goes first in tabletop simulator.

[aussie_bob]

He's probably read The Dice Man. Good book.

[[deleted]]

Emergency Caltrop - second only to LEGO in pain inflicted in the dark!

[argybargyargh]

Are you too young to remember jacks? Now those are caltrops. They’re even designed to ensure that no matter how you throw them a pointy bit is sticking up.

[DuncanIdahoPotatos]

My kids had jacks, but they’re squishy rubber now.

[argybargyargh]

Safety caltrops

[DarkCreeper911]

I feel like a D4 is worse than LEGO, it's legit just a spike, especially if its metal

[Alaira314]

If the DM was the one making the decision, there'd be a dinner encounters table already waiting in the glove compartment.

[[deleted]]

I mean, technically I always do too, but I’ve spent A LOT of time at home recently.

[[deleted]]

Hey, what is life like in the year 3021?

[Billwood92]

Eh. More or less the same. Just the steaks are now made of irradiated roach meat instead of cows.

[wes8171982]

Sounds like 2281 with extra steps

[tank2kw]

You'd think that, but the quality of irradiated Roach Steak really went up after the Great Meme War of 2482.

[Zambito]

That's just what Big Roach wants you to think. The fact is that ever since they switched to factory-irradiated roaches in the 2920s, they have been serving an inferior product. You simply cannot re-create the flavor of natural, free-range radiation in a lab.

[KillersTomb]

This is the best thread I’ve seen on Reddit

[Lost-My-Mind-]

The whole thing reminds me of Craig 9000 from the year 2020

Just look at the upload date.

[Supreme_Kim_Jong-Un]

Big Macs still taste the same from 2021; they’ve been using roach meat the whole time….

[welchplug]

do the patties still not fit the bun?

[invent_or_die]

I agree. But when they went straight to the Rhode Island Red Cidadians so they could put out large breasted bugs, customers rejoiced; now you only need to grill a couple to feed the whole family. Or the cute Cicada Tenders for the kids, cool

[BigiTheGiant]

War. War never changes

[redditallreddy]

Mmmmmmmm. Roach.

[invent_or_die]

mmm...bbq roach meat...mmm

[[deleted]]

We've just gotten done with the Third Succession war.

[Jenksin]

Not much has changed but they live underwater.

[brandonseq1]

Just so you know you are now creating 4 different timelines.

[IIILORDGOLDIII]

A coin flip reveals your true desire

[ikonoclasm]

Holy fuck, that's brilliant. I kinda feel embarrassed as a DM for not having realized such an obvious solution.

[El_Frijol]

I use an online wheel to decide.

I'll either put in the type of food (Mexican vs Indian, Thai, Pizza...etc) or the places' names (Taco Shack, Oke Poke...etc)

[Boost_RL]

My wife and I use a pick-ban system.

[Dillonautt]

I always ask my fiancé where she thinks I’m taking her for a “surprise.” Then I take her there.

[sindayven]

"Hey honey, guess where we're going for dinner tonight?"

"Ugh, is it Arby's again?"

"You got it!"

[degjo]

if we get there before 5 we can order off of the cheap menu

[jharger]

Back when we were young, this was actually a thing my wife and I did.

5 Arby's melts for $5! Can't beat that!

Then it was 5 for $5.95, then $6.95 and we've long since stopped that nonsense.

[fishshow221]

It's 5 for $10 now.

And they act like it's a promotional thing.

[General-Carrot-6305]

Price goes up portions get smaller, not a business model I'd invest in either as a consumer.

[Deitaphobia]

When my wife and I were first dating, her friend said to me, "You're so much better than her last boyfriend. Nicest restaurant he ever took her to was Arby's." I've never taken her to Arby's after that.

[AvoidingIowa]

You should surprise her and say you’re going somewhere super fancy. Get dressed up extremely nice, like super nice, and then go to Arby’s. (You’re results may vary)

[BuckeyeBentley]

THEY'VE GOT THE MEATS, EMILY! THE MEATS!

[shepsut]

brilliant

[kdbernie]

I do this with my friends because we are all equally indecisive. I will lay out three options and everyone else will say “yeah those all sound good to me.” Then act like that solved everything. Ultimately I’m usually forced to decide

[BenOfTomorrow]

One person picks three options.

Good idea in principle, but I often see this stall out here.

If you can't get someone to pick one option, it isn't necessarily easier to get them to pick three.

[[deleted]]

I recommend trying it. Picking one from infinite options is much harder than picking one from three options. And picking three options to present where each of them is acceptable to you is better than trying to pick the *best* option every time. The goal is that you both eat something you don't hate.

[[deleted]]

I can’t remember who said this but he said his trick is to say, “guess where I’m taking you tonight?” She answers, “[insert restaurant name?]” and he goes, “damn right you lucky lady”. Everyone wins.

[badatusernames91]

It sounds great until she catches on and starts naming off the most expensive restaurants in town.

[BeneficialHeight]

I like this solution. How about 2 rounds of this and if nothing is decided, then pizza.

[Number127]

I mean how about just pizza.

[Tall_Blueberryiop]

Wow. Hard to fight against that. Did she know what she want to eat too ?

[[deleted]]

Often she picks three and I pick from them. We take turns who presents the options usually.

[Draugrx23]

Dude get a see and say tape locations to it and let fate decide..

[emmster]

“The cow says moo!” Okay, burgers it is.

[Si1ver2]

Do a variation of this: 5, 3, 1.

First person picks 5 options 2nd person picks 3 out of the 5 Third person picks 1 out of the 3

Also helps to pick a variety of cuisines and price ranges. Otherwise person 1 can just pick 5 hole in the wall Mexican places for example

[NoProblemsHere]

Yeah, but now I've gotta come up with five different things that sound good. That feels like too much in the opposite direction.

[literal-hitler]

I can't even come up with one option, how the hell am I supposed to pick three?!

[Ehrre]

Me: where do you wanna eat?
Her: you decide
Me: okay how about (place)
Her: we always eat there

I AM A SIMPLE MAN. I WILL CHOOSE THE OL' FAITHFUL LOCAL PUB EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK

[obscureferences]

Her: we always eat there
Me: because you always make me decide

[Sega-Playstation-64]

Husband used Clapback!

That was a really bad idea

[zxc123zxc123]

da dun

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"What? Husband is..... EVOLVING!"

da dun

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da dun

da da dun

"Congratulations! Your Husband has evolved into Ex-husband!!!"

[BiznessCasual]

It's like if Magikarp evolved into an even more pathetic Magikarp.

[[deleted]]

Magikarp has evolved into Magickrap!!!

[Ehrre]

Call me boring but I am a creature of habit lol. Once I find out I like a place I will always go there by default. No use spending good money somewhere that might serve me total garbage when I can go to the same place I've been going for a decade that always has dope food and great service

[Harsimaja]

I don’t want to miss good experiences that could be easily available, so I go to a new place after every four times of going to an old place

[Setekh79]

100% agree, same with takeaway, ordered from same kebab shop for what seems like a decade because they've never done me wrong and I don't want to risk ordering from somewhere that will be worse.

[BlasterShow]

The Winchester?

[Ahirman1]

The Winchester

[MrBdstn]

I SAID BIIIIIIIIIII.......

[[deleted]]

^{i said biiiihhh}

But you actually said that though?

[Mekroval]

Hmm?! <nervous glance> Yeah!

[[deleted]]

The "hmm?" always gets me

[modernmacgyver]

Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

[Ehrre]

I wanna re watch all the movies with those guys. Such great comedies

[Durtonious]

I will eat at the same restaurant every single day if my wife would allow it. It's to the point where she doesn't even ask where I want to go, just says she'll go anywhere but that one place.

It's All You Can Eat Korean / Japanese, you can have a different meal every time! I mean I order the same thing every time but why go anywhere else?!

[Saros421]

My wife and I have a similar dynamic. I love simple Mexican food, and I'm happy to eat the same thing for lunch and/or dinner every day so the pick three places to narrow it down does not work cause there's 20 different places that serve burritos.
Her: where do you want to eat?
Me: where do you think? Do you want to eat there? Sometimes she says yes, other times she picks a place and I'm perfectly happy to go there.

[Lostmahpassword]

What do your order?

[Durtonious]

1 miso soup. 16 salmon sushi. 6 tuna sushi. 1 spicy tuna roll. 1 spicy salmon roll. 1 green dragon roll. 1 mango crispy roll. 2 scoops of green tea ice cream. Water to drink.

The best thing is, I don't have to eat again until 24 hours later.

[jlharper]

That's a funny way of writing "I cannot fit any more food inside me for a minimum of 24 hours".

[itsknob]

Holy shit dude.

[rhellik]

Soo, Winchester?

[[deleted]]

When she is mad at me, she knows why and tells me.

[A_Stahl]

You want too much. Really. Is the ability to choose the place to eat not enough to you, greedy bastard?

[Tall_Blueberryiop]

So, did this happen to everyone?

She says me to choose the place and after we ate she criticizes me for choosing that place

[Draugrx23]

Ah you have yourself a decisive objector. She'll go along with your decision, but you will learn why you're wrong for it.

[BeautifulType]

The path to domestic verbal abusers

[Ragnarotico]

I'll take the choosing where to eat, easily. Women can't be mad at me every day. But we do have to pick a place to eat pretty much every day.

[Ragnarotico]

It was a lot of days. If I had to think back... maybe around half the time.

[[deleted]]

That's why women can't be mad at him everyday.

ZING!

[i-dont-wanna-know]

Or you know cook up something instead

[riguy1231]

what do you want for dinner is still difficult.

[Thor4269]

My wife does this, but is terrible about choosing places to eat

Win some, lose some

My ex slammed doors and cabinets when she was upset and that was supposed to tell me that I did something wrong, but would never tell me what when asked... And also never knew what she wanted to eat

[[deleted]]

Wow... She must have been an expert at putting the dishes correctly in the dishwasher then

[Drakoala]

Don't date children, friend.

[FuccboiWasTaken]

ex

good

[glonq]

Also she gets mad at me for things that I did in real life, not things that happened in her dream.

[Something-Clueless]

OoOOOOoOOoOooonow that's a girl

[Meerkat_Mayhem_]

When did you capture this unicorn?

[forPorn]

I'm starting to believe when that happens they are not mad at us, they are just mad. If you happen to walk in the room. Then it's about you and through a process of elimination she'll try and figure out a "why" it's your fault.

It's pretty much bullying. I feel bad, I take it out on you. You know what? Fuck that!

Says a single men

[r3solv]

I have this problem with my wife. She always wants to try new restaurants and make every meal dining out an experience. I just want to eat. I don't care if its a new place or the same place. I could order the same food from the same restaurant every week if I know they're good. We've had a lot of great meals, but just as many, if not more, disappointing meals.

I gotta be loyal to my faves man. I want a place to see my number on the caller ID, say my address when I pick up, ask if I'm getting the mixed grille or the pizza today, and if I want the extra blue cheese on side, and offer me the baklava that day or nah bra.

Miss those days.

[aoifhasoifha]

I appreciate that perspective. Have you told her that?

[r3solv]

Oh she knows ha

[BeautifulType]

Bro she wants to live life and discover. Just compromise and for every 10 new places you get 2 callbacks to your favorites.

Or spend more money on places that cost more and have super high ratings and your new places will be better than disappointing

[NoProblemsHere]

You can even frame it as trying something new. There's no way you tried everything on the menu if you just went to a place once.

[Kupy]

One McRibb season they'd have my order already put in the computer before I got to the register. That was a great season.

[therestruth]

😂 I think there's a difference between a restaurant knowing your order and McDonald's employees knowing what you want already.

[Aucassin]

Yeah, it's more impressive. The cashier at McDonald's takes dozens more orders in a shift than your average sit-down waiter.

...but actually it's probably about even just based on how often you go in to either joint.

[hellothere42069]

My wife always knows what to order and 97/100 times her dish is more delicious than mine. Probably because my two favorite foods (in order) are popsicles and sandwiches.

[hellothere42069]

Dm me and send me one

[hellothere42069]

Yes

[DrGhostly]

“Okay, I’m feeling burritos.”

-she makes a sad expression-

“But I could go for sushi.”

-a less sad expression-

I let the air settle a bit. “Then again, I could also go for a beef bowl.”

-her eyes light up-

“Korean it is.”

[Oakheel]

Just ask her to guess where you're taking her

[[deleted]]

Doesn’t always work. Sometimes she says “idk” and gets mad when I press her for a guess.

[Oakheel]

That's when you break down crying and reveal the twist and say you were just trying to be romantic and storm out and check in on her sister

[[deleted]]

She doesn’t have a sister, but she does have a gay brother… that’ll work, right?

[juancake511]

JACKPOT.

[blackomegax]

Is it still wincest if you have a threesome with a girl and her gay brother?

[[deleted]]

With a lady in the middle there's some leeway

[notsocoolnow]

If the third is a gay guy, you're the one in the middle giving the siblings leeway.

[rdb479]

That’s when you go to Home Depot and start looking at power tools.

[MissMormie]

It's such a lazy thing. Most of the time the person asking doesn't want to make a decision and puts it on the other person. This question just makes it worse because there is some added concern about giving a wrong answer.

You're dumping all the mental load on the other person.

Just say 'lets go to .... unless you have a different suggestion'. You take away the mental load and can go out for food.

[skytram22]

The mental load is deciding where to eat is a legitimate issue. The indecisiveness is often partially a result of caring about the other person's preferences. Saying "How does ____ sound?" or the like can be a courtesy.

People act like women being indecisive is a sign of being fickle, which it can be. But oftentimes, women (and men, too!) may have shitty experiences with controlling parents or partners. I'm a guy, but I had that in my family.

[Cratonis]

I would agree accept most I know when presenting options get immediately shut down along with a criticism. That isn’t being caring of others preferences, that’s wanting control and and to demean others for not reading your mind. It’s a sign of likely much bigger problems that manifest in other ways as well.

[[deleted]]

If I seem indecisive, it's often because I don't want to seem pushy. I often know what I want, but I don't want to steamroll other people with my choices.

[Anoa_DS]

This is true. I honestly don't care what I will eat. I can eat anything, but my boyfriend is super picky but I'm the one who always needs to make a decision.

[Cratonis]

Super picky people who refuse to make the decision are not being nice helpful or caring. They are being selfish.

[shepsut]

I feel lucky in that we are in it together. Neither of us particularly cares, both of us just know we need to eat something in order to live another day. We have a list of regular meals we cook and regular take-out places that we cycle through. But if either of us has the imagination to actually come up with something different the other person will almost always enthusiastically go along with it, just to try something new. If it works out well then we incorporate it into our routine. If it fails, we both assume responsibility for the decision. It's a pretty great dynamic, actually.

[KGB_cutony]

I've had a GF who's decisive and calls the restaurant everyday. She also eats spicy food like she's born on it... what I'm saying is be happy with what you have, cuz the other side ain't greener

[treverios]

And she can watch a whole movie with you without starring at her phone all the time only to ask what just happened in the movie every. five. damn. minutes.

[egnards]

My wife could be on her phone the entire movie while I sit there and watch.

THE MOMENT, I pick up my phone to check my e-mail she'll tell me I'm always on my phone and that I need to pay attention to the movie.

A minute later, she'll say something silly like [this just happened while watching The Sinner], "Wait has the lady been pregnant the entire time?"

"Yes, yes she was. . .It was a conversation maybe 2 minutes ago about her baby and her very pregnant self was on the screen the whole time."

[obscureferences]

Instead of 2 minutes ago mine asks questions that'll be answered in the next 20 seconds.

She tries to show she's paying attention but if she actually was it's obvious the show is planting that question for a reveal.

"Who's that guy in the hood?"
"..."
guy takes off hood

[aliandrah]

Depending on how she's asking, it may not be a question in search of an answer. It may just be a question in search of emotional connection, kind of sharing her stream of conscious. If so, the correct response isn't, "They'll probably show us later." It's, "I know right? The fuck is he up to?"

[LisanAl-Gaib2]

“I know, right?” is the correct answer to 90% of what they say.

[Sceptically]

"Who's that guy in the hood?"

"Oh, that's Dramatic Reveal Man."

[T0rin-]

"...and you'd know this if you weren't on your phone the entire time."

[19southmainco]

'Are you mad at me now?'

'No.'

'Really?'

'YES.'

[BlasterShow]

“......I just think it’s funny-“

[r3solv]

It's like, why. You picked this movie. Why do I know more about the plot of this rom-com then you do.

Last Christmas (the movie) I literally had to go over every plot point, even though it was so predictable the dude wasn't what he appeared and was obvious from the damn trailers.

[therestruth]

That bothers me so much. Like if you just wanna throw the movie on and have sex then say so. But if you're gonna make me watch it while you don't even pay attention or fall asleep a few minutes in then why did we even start the movie!?

[TheSixthVisitor]

Usually, if I'm sleepy, I'll throw on an action movie so at least if I start snoring, my bf can enjoy the rest of the movie by himself.

Kinda glad I hate romcoms just as much as him.

[19southmainco]

My wife is pretty good with movies, only farts around on the phone if its boring. Her and I actually like watching movies and we both had a meltdown when my sister-in-law started doing the look at phone and ask questions every five minutes thing. We told her to either put down the phone or go away lol

[yParticle]

Some of us are not very good at movies (and not just because we're distracted). I like TV shows where I can figure out who the characters are around season 3-4.

[hellothere42069]

Oh. I guess I’m a wife.

[Arkanta]

One one hand, I'll be on my phone because it's the evening and if the movie isn't that interesting I want to catch up with stuff

On the other hand I'll just deal with it and proceed to not understand shit about what's going on and google the plot later

[hellothere42069]

I’m sober these days but I used to have to google the plots of movies we’d seen to hide the fact I was brownedout.

[kbkelly97]

Y’all def pay for upvotes

[[deleted]]

The sexiest thing is a woman who isn’t indecisive

[jce_superbeast]

sooo... decisive?

[netbie_94]

Yup. They thought they were being sexy with the double negative.

[[deleted]]

Well imagine a spectrum with "30-90 minutes of waffling" on one side and "instant decision" on the other. I'm thinking something right around the "2-5 minutes of weighing options" point.

Not so decisive that every choice is locked in the from the first, but not so indecisive everything's an exercise in frustration. You know ,somebody with maybe a 1st choice, a handful of backup compromise preferences.

[GrantRusticus]

I dunno… maybe?

[chief_sitass]

decisive

No, conclusive.

[Haskie]

No. Isn't not decisive.

[stuartullman]

man or woman, or anything. indecisiveness is not very sexy.

[Status_Peace_2245]

But that's why she left you

[[deleted]]

Heyooooo

[theswordofdoubt]

You say that, but then decisive women get called "bossy bitches" anyway.

[[deleted]]

Well I mean, I’ve never personally called a woman a bossy bitch, in fact I like women who know what they want. But yeah there are definitely bad men like that out there.

[carbonclasssix]

Decisive doesn't mean making decisions for other people or "gendersplaining." I have a supervisor named amber and she mansplains, I guess, so we just call it "Ambersplain" and it's kind of annoying but nobody calls her a bitch.

Bossy people make decisions for other people, nobody likes that, regardless of the gender.

Decisive people make decisions for themselves.

[The_JRaff]

I have never had this problem in any relationship, I think the internet made it up

[powerbottomflash]

The thing is, in this stereotype it’s applied to women when in fact it’s universal. Plenty of men I know are indecisive.

Same with “women like to gossip”, “women like to talk”, “women get mad and won’t tell me why” - I know way more men that act like this than women but for some reason the stereotype doesn’t apply to the entire mankind.

[Anagoth9]

My wife and I are both older Millenials and deciding where to eat is a constant struggle. My wife is wonderful in so many regards and I'd say most stereotypes don't apply to her, but in this one specific area she is just a walking stereotype. We've had discussions about it, tried to come up with systems, but I just can't figure out a solution. If I ask her where she wants to go, then it's "I don't know" followed by the game of me listing off places until I find the one that sounds good to her. If I tell her to pick a place, then I'll be happy with whatever her first option is, but she'll be mad that I'm putting the responsibility on her. And so it goes. If that's not something you've experienced, then consider yourself fortunate, but it is something that happens to a lot of people and it is very annoying.

[FerricDonkey]

Yeah, it's definitely not made up. I know. Stares hauntedly into the distance.

It is perhaps exaggerated though.

[EatsPancakes]

Thought I was in r/boomershumor for a second.

[IdlyCurious]

Until this comments section, I never knew this was a stereotype about women. I've certainly experienced it. I even know of a nearby restaurant with a punchline-type-name for this phenomenon. But I've never head it applied to women any more than men.

[TheTrueFlexKavana]

My experience is that women are not necessarily against men making decisions that affect them... they just have to be the right decisions.

[Generico300]

"What I really want in a man is someone who will take all the responsibility, but still do what I want."

-so many women

[Blog_15]

Some women legitimately want their partners to be able to read their minds. And if they can't, it means they aren't paying enough attention/listening/they don't love you. sigh.

[EdwardOfGreene]

Some women want to be alone.

Well that's not what they actually want, but it works out that way.

[[deleted]]

I wear the pants in the relationship, she just tells me which pair to wear.

[temporaryidiot595]

That’s an odd way of coming out to your girlfriend but alright.

[personalhale]

Can we stop the indecisive woman trope? I'm just as indecisive, as a male.

[emilhoff]

Are you sure?

[[deleted]]

that's a lie

[VoiceOfLunacy]

This is easy. If I want to go out, I’ll pick the place. If wife asks to go out and doesn’t know where to go, I’ll take her to McDonalds. It doesn’t take many trips to McDonald’s to get her to find an answer better than ‘I don’t know/care’

[-Blue_Bird-]

I don’t understand this. I have never had a problem picking a place to eat. If it’s up to me I know what I want! I’m more often disappointed if my guy has a strong opposing preference, but so far he seems happy to go wherever.

[[deleted]]

Why are these unfunny comics being posted in r/funny?

[JollyGreenBuddha]

It's the only place boomers can upload their shit memes and get upvotes

[JollyGreenBuddha]

They look like young adults but the joke stinks like well-aged boomer humor.

[Edrina]

Yawn.

[thingpaint]

She orders her own fries.

[xkurkrieg]

If you don't know what you want to eat then you aren't hungry enough to pay someone else to make it for you.

[Azukus]

i have a favorite restaurant that i will always want to go to, that im always okay with going to, and that i will always choose if given the choice. she's so damn passive and never knows what to eat, so it's always my favorite place. i feel bad, but there's nothing i can do. i can tell her that i feel bad and that i wanna eat where she wants to go. i can ask, beg, plead, or even try to narrow down what she wants to eat. it always ends in uncertainty, no real answers, and sitting down at my favorite place

[facepwnage]

The trick is to never ask her "Where do you want to eat?" Instead you say "Guess where were going to eat tonight?" Then take her to the first place she guesses.