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Did my patriotic duty and watched the Underwhelming Bowl. Had the boy there so that, once again, I could show him why I am forcing him to learn how to throw a 40-yard spiral, and the wife was in and out as her Hallmark movies cycled (shiver). At one point she is sitting next to me on the couch (staring blankly up at the screen) and I ask her if she knows who is playing. The names had been up on the screen several times, as well as the team logos.

"Isn't it the....um...somebodys and the somebodys...?" And then she sort of half laughs. Yes, dear wife, at some point, a few weeks before the Super Bowl, the league makes sure that somebody is playing somebody else. Way to sum it up.

Fast forward to the presenting of the trophy and Peyton is dodging the retirement question (she had already asked if that was Eli?), and she says, "Aren't they going to show his wife?"

Now there are two reasons a woman might ask that question.

First, she believes that, being his wife, she deserves to be able to be on national TV. Even though Peyton just spent the last couple of hours getting his nuts pounded and after this he gets to soak in a tub of ice water, even though he went through years of painful injuries and surgeries and torturous physical therapy, Mrs. Manning deserves to be in the winners circle too because she, magnanimously, agreed to marry him. Essentially co-opting all of his accomplishments.

Second, and this is the reason my particular spousal unit asked, is so they can judge how pretty the athlete's wife is - which is never prettier than themselves, proving to herself that she could be the one in the limelight if she had not settled for the schmuck sitting next to her on the couch.

I tend to believe that more women would ask for the second reason, because they really don't care about your accomplishments. As long as they get whichever perk that makes other women look at them, the cause has no significance.

In the end I told her that she just missed them showing his wife. Really? Yes. There wasn't a mic on him at that point, but he leaned over and said something in her ear. What did he say? (woman I just said there was no mic on him! briefly rang in my head)

Well, from what I could see of his lips moving, and the way she ran off, I think he said, "Go get me a beer." (way to help me by talking about drinking a lot of beer tonight, Boss)

MRP is a life hack. It is not a noble pursuit, it is not fixing the problem. MRP teaches you how to be happy even though Shats Creek has passed flood stage and the crest is no where in sight.

EDIT: In my younger days, I would have asked why she asked that question. And to be honest, part of the reason I would have asked is that I did not already know the answer. Asking would have resulted in her having to explain, which she would not do, and would result in no uppy-downy. Now, after TRP and MRP, not only do I know the reason, I don't care about the reason, and I can make her laugh and go get me something to drink and STILL get the uppy-downy.

EDIT 2: Fo da PEYTONS


[–]spexerMRP APPROVED17 points18 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

No one asked where beyonce's husband was...

[–]GarandPing5 points6 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Maybe the should. Jay Z pulls down $56 million a year, twice the amount of Mr. Manning ($15 million + $4 million for wining Super Bowl). Meanwhile, Beyonce's income is reported at $110 million/yr. What does hypergamy say? "Marry Beyonce!"

[–]its-icemanMarried1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Peyton easily pulls $20-30m in endorsements.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

Just saw the flair, congrats man!

[–]En_sigmaMarried- MRP APPROVED[S] 4 points5 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Nobody is more shocked than me, brother.

[–]TrekneckMarried1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Congrats to ya man! Just goes to show ya, there's no way outta the rabbit hole. See a new light in everything, especially the media.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

One of the Most bitter parts of red pill is realising that women care more about the opinion of a complete stranger who is a woman than any man she claims to love.

[–]edwardhwhite5 points6 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Mrs. Manning deserves to be in the winners circle too because she, magnanimously, agreed to marry him. Essentially co-opting all of his accomplishments.

Well, to be fair, she did receive those HGH shipments for him.

[–]RPAlternate42MRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Least she can do for him given that he lets her be married to him.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Now, after TRP and MRP, not only do I know the reason, I don't care about the reason, and I can make her laugh and go get me something to drink and STILL get the uppy-downy.

Flair congrats!! and that nearly made me short-circuit my computer with coffee

[–]ArchwingerMarried- MRP MODERATOR11 points12 points  (9 children) | Copy Link

Women are herd animals. Did you notice how one day a couple of years back, suddenly, every single woman was wearing boots outside of her jeans instead of putting her jeans over the boots? I guess it makes logical sense since their boots cost like $550, while their jeans only cost $200, and you'd want to show off the more expensive object. But it just sort of happened one winter.

The way that works is that some woman sees a picture of a pretty, successful women doing it, spreads the picture over social media, and within the week, all women are doing it, almost subconsciously.

Women have to keep tabs on what the pretty women with awesome husbands are doing so they can keep pace.

[–]En_sigmaMarried- MRP APPROVED[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Back when Martha Stewart went to prison, when she came out she was wearing some kind of hand-knitted poncho-like thing made with a very specific yarn. I know this because I read the article detailing how the yarn maker had sold out of the yarn within hours and had enough back orders to keep them busy for 6 months or more.

Yarn.

And she was in prison.

Makes no difference to them, she was on TV!!!!

[–]RPAlternate42MRP APPROVED5 points6 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

suddenly, every single woman was wearing boots outside of her jeans instead of putting her jeans over the boots?

You mean like this?

[–]PM_MEYourFavBodyPart0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

heh, reminds me of this

[–]MRPguyMarried3 points4 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

spreads the picture over social media, and within the week, all women are doing it, almost subconsciously.

Fucking pintrest. My wife and I were looking for a couch or chairs to place at the foot of our bed. We went to several furniture stores to find something we liked...or so I thought.

I was searching for something I liked, while she was simply searching for something that the internet liked. This was evidenced by her searching pintrest every time we saw a piece and checking to see if the height of the sofa, or the patterns on the chairs, etc., matched what she saw in pintrest.

[–]ArchwingerMarried- MRP MODERATOR8 points9 points  (3 children) | Copy Link

I was searching for something I liked, while she was simply searching for something that the internet liked.

Exactly. I might check the Amazon reviews for a product to see if the shit I'm about to buy broke in 5 minutes or worked awesomely. Meanwhile, my wife's checking Facebook to see how many of her friends own one of the same color.

I believe that if 700,000 reviewers gave something an average of 4.5/5 stars, it's pretty good. My wife believes that if 7 of her close friends like something, it's great and if none of her close friends have heard of it, it sucks.

[–]MRPguyMarried2 points3 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

My wife believes that if 7 of her close friends like something, it's great and if none of her close friends have heard of it, it sucks.

Classic line. I'm writing that in my notebook I keep.

[–]BadassRPMofo1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Knowledge of how women think comes in handy if you sell goods on Amazon. They will buy shit on a stick if the social proof (positive reviews) is there...

[–]midlifedickMarried1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

This is true for medical, to the detriment of all of us. This behavior is what fueled the spread of the belief autism is caused by vaccines.

It's also why mlm crap is viable, like herbalife, Amway, Tupperware, Avon.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

same with leggings, I live in the states, from Europe, head home after 3 years of being away and every fucking single girl / woman wearing leggings / Yoga Pants , every fucking last one of them. What's funny is, they all look the fucking same, it hurt my head to be honest.

[–]GarandPing2 points3 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

Peyton Manning is more on the goofy-looking side, while his wife is rather good looking.

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Peyton-Manning-wife-Ashley.jpg

This fact would no doubt reinforce her conviction for reason 2 (e.g. "That could have been me in the limelight-wife-attention extravaganza!").

My question after they rolled out Manning's impressive NFL career stats was this: "Yeah, but does a goofy-looking dude like that score half as much at home?"

Don't answer that.

[–]TRPhdLTR1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Mr. Manning's benign neglect of his wife was oft-rumored in Indianapolis for years, with not-infrequent sightings of Mrs. Manning out on her own with her friends and no hubby within shouting range. Often that is a bad sign, but who really knows? About five years ago there were rumors of "divorce" swirling, and shortly after the Mannings drafted some new recruits (not from the Combine; from her uterus). After that they moved to Denver, but by all accounts Mr. Manning finally had something as interesting at home as football; teaching his son football. He is also reputed to dote upon his little girl.

So, his reputation in Indianapolis was the opposite of a womanizer -- a man who cared more about football than pretty much anything else in life, until he had a son to whom he seeks to transmit his undying love of... football. Not a bad life overall.

I have absolutely no inside knowledge of the Mannings' interactions; I just knew people who knew bartenders at spiffy places on the North side of Indianapolis.

[–]UEMcGillMarried- MRP MODERATOR1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Rule #3, you shall make your mission your priority not your woman.

Seems like Mr Manning was Alpha as fuck. His risk was making her an alpha widow. Now that there's kids, she's still not priority.

[–]MRPguyMarried3 points4 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

Good post. Two of my girls asked the same thing. They wanted to see how she is dressed and if she is beautiful.

[–]En_sigmaMarried- MRP APPROVED[S] 6 points7 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

I am going to guess that nobody's wife or daughters commented on how handsome Peyton is or how lucky his wife is because he is obviously a catch.

Even though the odds of getting to where he is are slim - even slimmer considering his age and his history of injuries.

No matter how you look or if you rescue orphans from burning buildings every other day, in the end it is the type of woman you choose to associate with that women notice.

If I can look like her, I can be a (insert any man who gets national attention) wife!

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

And that is A o K as it is their nature.

Recognize it, but don't let it bother you.

[–]Sadbeary0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Recognize it, but don't let it bother you.

I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

She doesn't like football, what else would she look at?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (6 children) | Copy Link

I ask her if she knows who is playing. The names had been up on the screen several times, as well as the team logos. "Isn't it the....um...somebodys and the somebodys...?"

NAWALT. My 5 year old daughter knew who was playing and was cheering through the whole thing. The only problem was that she was cheering for the Panthers, the little traitor.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

this is your failure as a man and as a parent. She should KNOW who to cheer for.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

Good for her. I agree and I'm sorry to say but it seems certain OP has chosen a stupid woman to be his wife.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children) | Copy Link

I agree. My post originally went on about my wife's understanding of football and enthusiasm for men's MMA and other sports, but I didn't want to rub it in. Maybe I'm just lucky, but she doesn't care about the player's wives or the color of the uniforms. She does expect the male athletes to have attractive bodies and likes to watch the good looking ones, but that's just biology.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

  1. your daughter was absolutely cheering for the right team. CAM!

  2. peyton "dad bod" manning.

  3. i had a point to this comment, not sure what it is anymore.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Maybe you were going to advise us all to keep an eye on our laptops and explain to us what a backwater Auburn is?

Edit: I should say I have a sister on faculty there and I love giving her shit about what a wide place in the road it is. She's slways raving about what a good looking kid Cam is.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

That you like Coldplay?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Women tend to want to be in the spotlight or enjoy the rewards of greatness, which are basically the same things. I do not think it would matter terribly if it was greatness through association with a husband, or with a social group. So your woman saying something like " aren't they going to show his wife?", I think comes more from the "recent" social expectations that often famous people are portrayed with or around their spouse. It's expected.

What does it say about our society? You already know. We thank our spouses for our accomplishments in public, because, well, its expected.

[–]turn30left1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

PEYTON

[–]En_sigmaMarried- MRP APPROVED[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I stand corrected

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

I know the reason, I don't care about the reason

Sums it up.

Ducks quack.

Dogs bark.

Women ask femcentric questions based on the false elevation of status based on mate choice. It is interesting to note, they probably rank the sport of locking down ballers as tough and as competitive as the actual sport. Ergo, in their eyes, she's an equal achiever.

The measuring stick is always held to his achievement.

I see it as a sign a maturity I don't ask the loaded questions as well. Serves no purpose when you already know the score.

[–]BluepillProfessorMarried-MRP MODERATOR1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

MRP is a life hack. It is not a noble pursuit, it is not fixing the problem. MRP teaches you how to be happy even though Shats Creek has passed flood stage and the crest is no where in sight.

We just teach there is no reason to sit up on your roof waiting for a helicopter rescue because the water is just fine. Yes it is a toxic stew but whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

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What is this?

[–]bsutansaltTRP MODERATOR1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Women don't show up to the competition, they just care about who won. There's a scene in Science of Sex Appeal that touches on this with the girls and cars. It all boils down to STATUS.

[–]RPAlternate42MRP APPROVED1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

My wife has had zero interesting in witnessing me at BJJ tournaments. She asks how I did. "I won my bracket. Gold."

"Oh good job."

And that's it. Either she just assumes I will win, or she has zero interest in whether I do or not or BJJ at all.

I'd love for her to witness me manhandling a grown man into a complete submission that represents the fact that I can kill other men with their own clothing should it come to that and that she would recognize that this means I am a superior warrior and capable of defending her and out children from the onsluaght of would be extra-tribal rapists.

But I'd love for her to do a bunch of shit that AWALT prevents.

I'd also love for her to suddenly be a pair of 18 year-olds.

[–]KyfhoMyobaMRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Have your wife watch Bill Burr's YouTube of his bit on The Epidemic of Gold Digging Whores.

[–]KyfhoMyobaMRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

MRP is a life hack. It is not a noble pursuit, it is not fixing the problem. MRP teaches you how to be happy even though Shats Creek has passed flood stage and the crest is no where in sight.

Wisdom, here.

You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.

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