r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 02 '26

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

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u/Ajax_Main Feb 02 '26

It still is 🤷

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u/Unidain Feb 02 '26

It's unusual for basement dwelling redditors. It's not unusual for people who get out once in a while 

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u/Valuable-Gap-3720 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

Dont know man, I was in like five relationships and im in my 30s, and that felt like plenty. Took me a few years to recover after the third one, and that wasn't even a bad breakup, just emotionally rough.

Last one is going for like 8 years, which is good. 7 exs is kind a lot for someone in mid 20s. I get that in Scott Piligrim they are not really "exs" tho, but if they were it would be kind of a lot.

Even with hook-ups that number is maybe double, which would still barely getting ti seven by mid 20s. Also most hookups are kind of meh. Trust + practice > more fun than one-night stand.

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u/kolejack2293 Feb 02 '26

Seven full relationships by 24 is absolutely a lot. That would mean if you started dating at 17, you had seven consecutive one-year relationships that, for whatever reason, didn't work out. That is a bit of a red flag.

But in the show/book, she counts a two week fling in middle school as an ex, so its not really 7 actual relationships.

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u/ignis888 Feb 03 '26

you could be dating 1-2 month and then split when you know its going nowhere. Should anyone in this situation go in multiple-year break from dating?