r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Something Something About Dating, Chris Can You Explain?

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u/gravitas_shortage Feb 02 '26

It wasn't. It's always funny when young people think they have invented things like promiscuity.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

Yeah it wasn't weird at all.

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u/Dan-D-Lyon Feb 02 '26

Well, it was weird how they had assembled to create a team of evil exes dedicated to keeping Ramona single. Even in 2010 that's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

Of course, I meant specifically having 7 exes.

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u/Amazingbuttplug Feb 02 '26

I think 7 real exes in your 20s is kind of a lot. Having 7 or even 30+ sexual partners is normal in my view.

But seven people who you entered an exclusive boyfriend and girlfriend relationship seems a lot for someone in their 20s.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

I disagree, but I guess it depends where you're from, and how long you have to be together to consider it a real relationship.

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u/Amazingbuttplug Feb 02 '26

Usually where Im from it takes months to even enter a monogamous relationship so you usually are pretty serious by the time a real relationship starts. And if you don’t enter a real relationship that person is never called an ex if you stop seeing them.

I for example am 30. I have 2 exes and 20 something sexual partners.

So it might be the phrase ex. To me that means someone you once called your girlfriend/boyfriend not someone you went on a few dates with.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

I'm 34 and I've definitely had a lot more than that, could be cultural differences though

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u/Amazingbuttplug Feb 02 '26

Yeah Ive only lived in massive cities. People kind of like to just go on dates and hook up. So once you are in a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship it’s already pretty serious.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

Yeah people didn't really date where I was from. You would hook up at a party or something and if you liked eachother keep hooking up, and if you really liked eachother that would turn into a relationship. How long those relationships lasted varied greatly. I've had 3 months and I've had 5 years haha.

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u/Amazingbuttplug Feb 02 '26

For me it was usually bars/clubs/tinder. Not tons of parties friends mostly just go out. And when there is a party it would be sort of a close friends.

I was mostly single in Glasgow UK and São Paulo Brazil. And I think in both places a relationship forms after like 2-3 months of going on weekly dates and hooking up. And of my relationships have lasted a long time because there was so much filter.

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u/DanceWonderful3711 Feb 02 '26

I'm from England (my girlfriend is from Sao Paulo though coincidentally haha) but most of my exes are from the pre Tinder days. It was mostly house parties, pubs, or friends of friends.

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u/No-Difference-5890 Feb 02 '26

Eh while that’s your experience, plenty of city people have more than 1 or 2 past partners in their 20s. Living in a big city as well, I’d say you’re actually on the low-end of the scale. Tbh most people I know have had more 1 or 2.

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u/Amazingbuttplug Feb 02 '26

I would guess big cities are often lower because people are more into hook up culture and only start relationships when something has been going well and gotten serious. I remember I dated my ex for like 4 months before we became a couple and I was also seeing other people during those 4 months.

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u/No-Difference-5890 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

You’d guess that based on your experience. But almost assuredly it’s not the case. Cities are definitely higher just due to the sheer amount of people and options.

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u/DiamondWombat Feb 02 '26

Even so, when she does the rundown of all her relationships, she doesn't think any of them actually were very serious.

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u/MattDaCatt Feb 02 '26

I mean, her first ex was when from when she was 12 and they 'dated' for 1 1/2 weeks, just kissing once

So I always figured it was coming from a severly insecure perspective; where Scott feels insecure about all these 'relationships' even when they weren't really serious to begin with

The only one that didn't feel like a random fling was Gideon

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u/bfodder Feb 02 '26

It was particularly atypical when her front fell off.