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"Life is like a bag of lemons - full of suck." I made that up this past hour. Evidence that my sense of humor is solid (better than that movie, by the way). It's not charming, though. I'm sort of a self-styled provocateur. I look back at the humor backfires and the reactions were worse than what I did - and I do need to be with someone who is not politically correct. I do not consider my sense of humor to be the success/failure switch in my romantic outcomes.
Sorry, that's not funny, because it makes no sense/doesn't scan. It is just "off-target" in significant ways. Starting with the basic premise: Lemons do not "suck"...people suck lemons. People suck lollipops too, so you could have easily substituted that. It still would make no sense though. See what I mean?
I'll tell you one thing: It's PAINFUL having a dry sense of humor. Not only does the other person have to listen for it to be funny, they have to process ideas pretty quickly. I can't count the number of times I've said something, there was an awkward pause, and my date/friend/etc. would begin laughing because they thought they were "supposed" to.
Pranks and a mix of wordplay, satire, etc., with almost no straight jokes or attempts at big laughs. Someone has to at least know Forrest Gump to be amused by my earlier line.
I'm disappointed by most replies, but maybe reading between the lines that means humor doesn't directly affect things much, despite what many women claim to want. I can see strong involvement of personal sense of humor in watching some TV shows and movies and going to comedy shows, but that's about it. Also, a very limited sense of humor would be damaging, but nobody admits to being humorless.
I don't really know how my sense of humor has affected my relationships. I would say that my friends and SO's all appreciate my sense of humor - and those that don't appreciate my sense of humor or don't get it probably just haven't stayed in my life for more than a few conversations.
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