Never lie to your partner?
How about this question?
Do these jeans make me look fat?
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“Well, it’s not really the jeans, I guess.”
“Do these jeans make me look fat?”
True story:
My wife was shopping Capri pants one day, and she tried a pair on with some colored stripes. She asked me: “do these look too much like pajamas?” Me being the dutiful husband: “no, they look great on you.” So she bought them. Fast forward two weeks. We’re home from work, and she’s changing into the Capri pants. Me being the dumb*** I am said (really): “Are you getting ready for bed already?” The temperature in the house fell at least 30 degrees instantly, and I got a cold, dead stare. Then she totally went off on me after a solid ten seconds of total silence. To this day I hear about it (15+ years later…).
"Do these jeans make me look fat?"
"No, those jeans don't make you look fat".
I've responded to my wife when she asks questions like this with "Do you want to shoot me now, or later?"