• toynbee@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I assumed from context that this was their first date, and maybe I’m old or old fashioned, but due to that my thought process went

      Oh yeah she gets a ring

      For sure! Call her back!

      Wife her up OP

      Maybe too early for that?

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        17 hours ago

        Sometimes you just meet people and you just get a very good vibe for them and then you say things like that. It doesn’t actually mean you’re going to proceed but would probably scare them off.

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        Phrases like “Wife her up”, “put a ring on it” and sometimes “mary she/them/him” are often said as an ironic “damm they’re good” more than a literal suggestion that they should propose