Comment on My wife doesnt like when with I tell story's that took place before my wife died. She says, "its very disrespectful."

• SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You’re not wrong Walter, you’re just an asshole

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  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Died is the past tense of the word die. I think in this case they are indeed wrong.

    It’s ok to say “I loved my wife, I still do, but I did previously too.” Since the love occurred in the past tense that makes sense, but since her death has not occurred I do not believe OP is grammatically correct.

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    • okwhateverdude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Whippin’ out Mitch Hedberg to win an argument is the best internetting I’m gonna get to see today

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• Vanderdeckenscopilot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Is this like how I used to introduce my first ex wife to people as “My First Wife” while we were still very much married?

  For some reason she did not find it as amusing as I did? I wonder if its funny now?

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• Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I like my wife too much to make jokes like that. That’s kind of awful, really.

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  • Aeao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I like you’re wife too

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• klugerama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  But why would your wife say “it’s very disrespectful to refer to them that way”? That doesn’t make sense either

  It already doesn’t make grammatical sense because your wife hasn’t died, so you can’t refer to it happening in the past tense - you’d have to say “before my wife dies” which ruins the joke.

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Bedore my wife will have died

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• klugerama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You could fix this joke by instead saying “before my wife’s death” or “before the death of my wife”, and having her just say “that’s very disrespectful”.

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