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Guys Explain How They'd React If Someone Flirted With Their Significant Other

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When in public with your significant other, we all try to play nice, but people don't always know who is and who is not together.

So their is no reason to incite a brawl if someone flirts with your person.

But it can be difficult to sit back and watch.

Is there a calm etiquette for these situations?


Redditor Hot_Wine_2004 wanted to hear from the guys out there, so they asked:

"Men of reddit, what would be your response to a guy who suddenly starts flirting with your girl?"

I've always let a partner handle their own flirts.

Just like I do.

Thanks

"Had a guy buy our margaritas when my GF ordered them for us at the counter. I thanked him from across the restaurant, free margaritas taste better."

whiskeyriver0987

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Sweet

"I’d step in and say something. Not because I feel I need to or because my wife can’t handle herself, but because I know her and she likes the feeling of being looked after. I know this because she’s told me."

Psycle_Sammy

"That’s very sweet. Just because you can stand strong doesn’t mean you should always have to. It’s good to know you have backup whether that’s your friends or your husband."

mickbubbles

Give Move Guy

"My wife had a guy offer to buy her drink and when she said she was married he said something to the effect of 'Then let me buy the lucky man his drink instead.' Which I thought was a great way to handle it, and gets you a bar friend most of the time since the guy gets a free drink, and if he is jealous or protective will respond better because he didn't buy her a drink after all."

WurthWhile

I Get It

"Nothing, She is beautiful and I get it. When she shoots them down and they keep trying is when I would step in because its harassments at that point and that is a problem."

To_Fight_The_Night

"Exactly. I had a customer invite my wife on a helicopter ride the other day, totally trying to chat her up. When he asked what she did there she just pointed at me and said 'I’m just hanging out, I’m married to him.' You could see him deflate like a balloon."

Nippon-Gakki

"Yep. My wife's a grown adult and can handle her own."


Kiss my Wife

"I looked at the dude and said 'sorry dude you are not my sister's type' then I immediately kiss my wife. We are both blonde so people think we are related all the time lol."

sled-gang

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Keeping it in the family is healthy.

Hey Stud

"Ask him if he’s down for a 3 way to make him uncomfortable."

Smellmyhand

"Plot twist - dude is bi and is totally down for that."

RandomJPG6

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She Got It

"I once let my girlfriend handle a situation on her own, and the thing I learned in the process is that it takes a woman a lot more work to deter an aggressive guy."

"As soon as I stepped in, Handsy McNoboundaries apologized to me. Not the stranger whose a** he touched and complimented. She absolutely could handle the situation on her own, and my first impulse was not to treat her like a possession some other guy was touching. But on some level it feels I was condoning the behaviour."

ClusterMakeLove

Trust

"My wife constantly gets hit on.I don't care if men hit on her. I trust her completely and have since the start she has never given me a reason not to trust her."

"When we used to goto the bar together she would get hit on. Guy's would offer to buy her drinks, she would always tell them my drink of choice."

"After she gets the drinks she would thank them walk away then hand the drink to me."

"If people don't respect her boundaries that's where I step in. We have never had any bad experiences with men hitting on her. Normally once they see her with me they basically just walk away."

Islefive

They Get the Idea

"It depends on the situation. Most the time I think good luck man, hope she doesn’t embarrass you. I know she’s coming home with me at the end of the day."

"If the guy is obviously creepy and making her uncomfortable, I typically step in and make sure he gets the point."

"I’m not a small guy so they usually get the idea."

"I don’t really care for confrontation or violence, but with that said, I won’t tolerate someone harassing my wife or making her uncomfortable."

assa9sks

Beautiful

"My wife is gorgeous in my eyes, but she is incredibly hard on herself. After kids, antidepressants, and being 20 years older than she was when we started dating she doesn’t always see that she’s the most beautiful person for me. Someone else gonna start talking her up and wants to get in her pants? I’d just tell her I told you so."

fuqaduck

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The ladies got it handled and so do the men apparently.

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