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Wife's the scapegoat. Saying "my wife wouldn't be happy with X" is just saying "I don't want to do X" while shunting the blame away from yourself.
by Domenic_S 13y ago
Wife's the scapegoat. Saying "my wife wouldn't be happy with X" is just saying "I don't want to do X" while shunting the blame away from yourself.
- nsxwolf 13y agoYou're obviously not married.
- Domenic_S 13y agoI'd say I don't have a wife, but there's a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that ;) Seriously, people use the wife or parents scapegoat all the time. In high school my mother told me if I was at a party and being peer-pressured into something I didn't want to do, to blame her in order to get out.
- topbanana 13y agoAbsolutely. I have friends like this.