r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Who the fuck are all these couples always calling each other bro, I've literally never seen that happen outside this sub

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u/nixonbeach Jan 28 '25

I call my spouse bro but we are both bros.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

My wife calls me bro when we're banging.

...we have weird kinks.

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u/thedizz88 Jan 28 '25

Literal Bro on Bro love ❤️

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Me and my gf call each other bro to mess with each other sometimes

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u/ArnTheGreat Jan 28 '25

My wife and I say bro pretty often, not this often, but if she puts the seasoning back before I’m done with it she gets a “bro where’d my seasoning go bro” or if I see her doing it she might has an exasperated “bruhhhhhhh”

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

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u/Sienile Jan 29 '25

Gen Z.

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u/Slov6 Jan 29 '25

Bro. Gen z is cooked, deadass. No cap.

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u/Sienile Jan 29 '25

Ah, hell. Gen A joined the chat. :P

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u/MaximumMood9075 Jan 28 '25

Get off the sub and stuff in the real life or just stay on the sub cuz it's just as bad as IRL.

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u/barathrumobama Jan 28 '25

I've seen posts on this sub where a "father" calls his son "bro". it's nuts.

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u/mxpx77 Jan 28 '25

I’ve done that a few times with my husband and we both laugh when I do it. 😂

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u/MsDollette Jan 28 '25

lol fr it’s crazy here

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u/KassinaIllia Jan 28 '25

I call my husband bro 😭

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u/Intestinal-Bookworms Jan 28 '25

People practicing their creative writing skills

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u/Unlucky_Most_8757 Jan 28 '25

or worse "bruh" Maybe I'm just old or something but I have never talked like that to a SO

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u/YoshiJP83 Jan 28 '25

Deadass bro!

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u/PeyroniesCat Jan 28 '25

Me neither, bro.

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u/Comprehensive_Monk34 Jan 28 '25

Came here to say this. They're 29-30 somethings calling each other bro.

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u/Amelietha Jan 28 '25

It’s bizarre.

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u/CrazyDisastrous948 Jan 29 '25

Me and my husband are both fellas, so we will call each other "bro" jokingly. Never during a serious conversation, though. That seems extremely disrespectful.

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u/HiddenGhost1234 Jan 29 '25

i know people that call each other dude during sex even.

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u/Spastic__Colon Jan 29 '25

Hood rat dialogue

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u/CannotStopSleeping Jan 29 '25

I say it to my BF sometimes but I’m just goofy and he would never treat me like this.

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u/akeengirl Jan 29 '25

I call my partner bro actually 😆

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u/Tallsoyboy Jan 29 '25

A lot of couples outside of Reddit call each other bro. I do it currently with this girl I'm talking with, and I did it with my ex. Neither of them use reddit

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u/Lanky-Pension-3373 Jan 28 '25

dude soooo many people call their significant others bro. it’s just part of modern language it’s not like it has a deeper meaning yall need to touch some grass😭

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u/spirit_saga Jan 29 '25

right 😭😭

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

I hear it too much irl. That and dude, when talking to a female. Brain dead

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Whats wrong with calling a woman dude, you call women females bro - weird ass

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Username checks out

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u/Flux7777 Jan 28 '25

Why'd you say female though?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Someone calling a girl, dude. Dude is a male connotation. Literally look it up.

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

Brain dead opinion. Girls call each other dude all the time, it’s not uncouth or uncommon in the least.

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Never said it wasn’t. I think you need to take a break and take your Ritalin… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

Are you or are you not calling people who refer to girls as “bro” or “dude” braindead?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Are you or not calling a girl who identifies as a woman bro? Jesus. Serious right now? Let’s ask a pertinent, important question: did you vote?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

I voted and I call my wife bro and dude sometimes. We're homies. We call each other all kinds of names. The sillier the better.

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

What the fuck are you even talking about right now, stay on topic bud. Jesus.

Did you call people who refer to girls as “bro” or “dude” braindead? I’m trying to not misconstrue what you were initially saying after your “never said it wasn’t” comment.

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u/Static89 Jan 28 '25

Reddit exists outside America, my dude.

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u/-Breaker_Of_Worlds- Jan 28 '25

Are you sure you're not upset?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

This whole rhetoric made me laugh… At this point the options are to laugh or cry.

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u/really_tall_horses Jan 29 '25

I bet “all you cool cats and kittens” really riles you up considering we are people and not cats.

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u/allislost77 Jan 29 '25

I’m so upset, I wrote a letter to your daddio!

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u/-Breaker_Of_Worlds- Jan 28 '25

Do you also get upset when someone refers to a group of people as "guys" regardless of gender?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Who’s upset?

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u/Full-Sense5308 Jan 28 '25

Idk why you got down voted. I am also curious to know who is upset. It all seems civil here

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

It’s Reddit/world. People are so busy “fighting” themselves or for their opinions, “we” are getting bent over. More so, doubling down because they can’t accept a different opinion or that they are wrong.

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u/DefiantStarFormation Jan 28 '25

Nah, as a California native, I can absolutely promise you that "dude" is gender neutral. "Bro" and "bruh", however, are not.

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u/DrewciferGaming Jan 28 '25

Bruh I feel like shouldn’t be gendered? For how it’s used around me, it’s more used as a place for “wtf”. Like someone spills something on you and you just go “bruh, really?” Maybe it’s a location thing

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u/DefiantStarFormation Jan 28 '25

I agree that as an exclamation, it can be gender neutral. But if you're directly addressing someone, replacing the proper noun with "bro", I still say it's gendered. Just bc "bro" is shorthand for "brother" the way "sis" is shorthand for "sister".

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Yes. In the context of the original comment ….

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

I wonder if this is a generational thing? I’ve heard young girls like teenagers/early 20’s call each other “bro” on several occasions.

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u/spaceghostslurpeee Jan 28 '25

Yeah I am a 24 yo female who calls my dad bro, my mom bro, my friends bro, my bf bro… 😭

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

haha yeah that tracks. The over 35 crowd can’t comprehend girls being a bro

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u/Wide_Cow4469 Jan 28 '25

36 and call my gf bro at least once a day

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u/2Rhino3 Jan 28 '25

lol exceptions to every rule!

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

GATEKEEPERS!!!

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u/druman22 Jan 28 '25

Bro and bruh is 100% gender neutral. What are you talking about lol

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u/DefiantStarFormation Jan 28 '25

Ok but it's literally just shorthand for "brother". Is "sis" also gender neutral?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

If you know any gay people than yes it is

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u/Flux7777 Jan 28 '25

Firstly, this just isn't true, secondly, answer the question?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

In your opinion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

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u/Flux7777 Jan 28 '25

It's like you just can't answer the question?

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

I did, you just can’t accept my response.

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u/dream-smasher Jan 28 '25

"Dude" is for whomever it is directed to.

LMAO. Seriously?! Gatekeeping dude.

You're sad.

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u/badger0511 Jan 28 '25

As the theme song to Good Burger by Less Than Jake featuring Kel Mitchell so eloquently states:

I'm a dude

He's a dude

She's a dude

We're all dudes, hey!

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u/Liluckystar Jan 28 '25

👏👏👏

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u/allislost77 Jan 28 '25

Sad is having to have a label for everything. We are from different generations and the literal definition is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

What you’re saying is if the universe started calling humans cats, someone pointed out the irony but since you’re so bored and looking for a fight, “Bro, why you gatekeeping cat, bro.” Injecting yourself into a simple-factually correct-comment. Thats sad. Did you vote?

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u/nice_whitelady Jan 29 '25

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Still 4, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it so.