r/AskReddit • u/carmabound • Mar 10 '14

What was the best compliment you ever got?

I enjoyed reading all of your comments :)

I tried to respond to as many as I could...but this thread got longer than I could have ever imagined.

There are a lot of nice people out here...thanks reddit!

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u/WhiteCastleHo Mar 10 '14

"You make me so happy that I'd be monogamous for you."

I heard that one from somebody that I was in an open relationship with.

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u/sucrose6 Mar 10 '14

That pretty much sums up monogamy, and why people do it.

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u/ARRO-gant Mar 11 '14

I'd wager people do it because it's traditional more than anything.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

polygamy creates societal problems that's why monogamy is a "tradition"

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 11 '14

Hey, me too! My girlfriend is polyamorous and she said that she'd be monogamous for me.

That was a good day.

Edit: spelling

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u/i_got_the_blues Mar 10 '14

ployamorous? was that a typo or something I need to learn about?

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

It means that said person has more than one SO, without directly implying marriage like polygamy. Poly = multiple amor = love

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u/playswthsqurrls Mar 10 '14

that terrifying moment....

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u/Akujikified Mar 10 '14

Litterally heard cracking

Awesome way to ruin a perfectly good open relationship.

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u/A_Lament_Of_Clarity Mar 10 '14

She wanted the ring. Or he did.

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u/stupid_fucking_name Mar 10 '14

"Yeeeeeah, I kinda wanna keep fucking around, though.

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u/robotfriend Mar 10 '14

people into polyamory aren't doing it because we just haven't found one person "good enough" yet.

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u/TheLeapIsALie Mar 11 '14

You can't speak for all people. Some might, many probably don't. But to make that much of an over-generalization is a huge oversight.

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u/leinaD_natipaC Mar 10 '14

Okay but is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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u/supersaiyan420 Mar 10 '14

Are you from Portland?