-Question submitted by Anonymous

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Dannielle Says: 

Listen… I understand where you’re coming from, but if I was dating someone who rolled their eyes when I LOLd at a sign that said “MANGOES 69” I would be forever sad. You guys, 69 is sooooooo funny. I TOTALLY GET HOW it’s not funny to some humans and i RESPECT that. Howevz, if I could feel on my insides that you thought I was an idiot every time I LOLd at 69, it would probably legit ruin our relationship. 

The way I see it you have two options. Option one: Tell him that buttholes and farts can be funny, but when you’re trying to kiss his nipple and he makes a fart noise, it makes you feel like he doesn’t want to do sexi things with you SLASH makes you feel like you’re not good at sexi things SLASH makes you feel like he isn’t attracted to you and just wants to be your ‘bro’ 

Option two: break his heart and leave him in a pile of mush. 

Kristin Says:

Oh man. I can’t believe today is the day that we tell you to leave your boyfriend because of butt jokes…

It’s like HERE’S THE THING. When you say, “Well, I loved my boyfriend but I had to leave him. He always made fart jokes and I couldn’t stand it,” that sounds dramatic (and sort of hilarious), HOWEVER… when you say, “I loved my boyfriend so much but our senses of humor were polar opposites, and that made things really hard for both of us,” … that sounds pretty logical.

So. Step One is addressing the issue.

My first solution: Butthole Tuesdays. On Tuesdays, your boyfran is allowed to literally make as many butt jokes as his gutter-brained-heart can muster. He can wake you up with a fart noise and serve you breakfast while telling you butt jokes. On the rest of the days, he gets to tell one gutter-butt-joke. #butterjoke

I love the first solution because I REALLLY want there to be something called Butthole Tuesday, plus I feel like those limits will help you deal with him and also help you find some more humor in the gutter.

If you can’t reason with him, or if you find that after talking to him nothing improves… then you seriously might be in a situation where your joke-brain is so far off the mark from his that you can’t have as much fun together as either of you would prefer in the relationship. That is a valid concern, especially if nothing is fixed after you adress the issue and work on it as a team.

I’m really rooting for you. Butthole Tuesdays for the win.