History YMMV / NotAlwaysRomantic

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-obviously-the-girls-fault-for-having-legs/138866/ This teenager touching girls on the school bus]] has a learning disability, according to his parents. Comments are divided on the parents either lying about it to keep their child from being punished -- many citing that his grinning when he's about to touch a girl's legs indicates that he's fully aware of what he's doing and that it's wrong -- or they [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery willingly don't do anything to help him, letting him run loose and wild, hoping this (alleged) disability will absolve them of any responsibility]].
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ The girlfriends in this story]] overhear their boyfriends talking about what sounds like appearance-preferences, and banish their boyfriends to [[ExiledToTheCouch the couches]]. The few comments think the girlfriends overreacted to something they overheard without knowing the actual topic or consider their reaction to be emotionally abusive. However, the "we just need to find some" comment doesn't really make the boyfriends look good either.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/fall-of-bridezilla/118156/ In this story]], the behavior of a {{Bridezilla}} causes her mother to eventually decide that the wedding will no longer be paid by the mother but the would-to-be bride would have to pay for it herself[[labelnote:Summary]]At first, the bride kicked out her sister from the wedding (she was supposed to be a bridesmaid) because she was pregnant "because I don’t want to deal with the problems your pregnancy will cause". A few months later, the sister has a miscarriage and, when the bride learns it from their mother, the bride's only reaction is to casually answer that not being pregnant anymore means she could be back in the wedding. This is the comment which caused to mother to stop paying for the wedding, to the complete incomprehension of the bride[[/labelnote]], then the would-to-be groom entirely cancels the wedding the next day. Commenters debate whether the groom cancelled the wedding because he broke up with his girlfriend after the incident showed how awful his bride was, or if he only cancelled because the wedding was no longer funded by his mother-in-law (which could mean either greed, or just being unable to afford to pay entirely for it). In the latter option, it could mean he only courted this woman in the first place because she belongs to a rich family.
** Many commenters believe that the man in [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-and-we-cannot-stress-this-enough-the-f/210187/ this story]] may have suffered a stroke or some kind of injury. While what he said was definitely inappropriate and creepy, it's worth noting that his wife is unfazed by this, and her first reaction is to apologize to the OP, stating that "He's learning boundaries".
** Commenters on [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]] have conjectured that the husband's irrational paranoia of his wife cheating was because '''he''' was cheating and projecting his mindset onto his wife. It could have also been because he was on-edge due to having previously been cheated on by a different partner.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-opposite-of-happy-hour/181864/ this story]], the submitter works in a pub and witnesses a couple of married patrons having a "messy break-up", then being apparently so distraught they forgot to pay when leaving (they did after being reminded). A comment wonders if the heated argument was actually a scheme to have free drinks, planning on the staff being too embarrassed by the scene to ask for payment.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/bright-green-with-envy/159238/ this story]], did the submitter's boyfriend, who is "on the spectrum", really not understand his friend was lying about catching the submitter cheating due to an unrequited crush... or did he find a way to calmly employ ConvictionByContradiction without directly accusing her of anything, thus not even giving her the satisfaction of upsetting him?
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/those-flowers-had-better-be-made-of-diamonds/293594/ This story]] features a husband planning a full apology dinner for his wife, after she had a lousy day entirely due to mistakes he made. Some comments slam the guy hard for thinking he can just apologize without changing his behavior (it's indicated in the story that he's made some of those mistakes several times before), but multiple commenters with [=ADHD=] say his behavior sounds ''just'' like untreated [=ADHD=] and the guy needs to be tested.
** While many are against the submitter in [[https://notalwaysright.com/canceled-orders-and-canceled-relationships/294954/ this story]], without much information, some have wondered if they had this conversation multiple times, and this one moment just happened to be [[RageBreakingPoint the straw that broke the camel's back]] rather than him blowing up for no reason.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ The girlfriends in this story]] overhear their boyfriends talking about what sounds like appearance-preferences, and banish their boyfriends to [[ExiledToTheCouch the couches]]. The few comments think the girlfriends overreacted to something they overheard without knowing the actual topic or consider their reaction to be emotionally abusive.
*** However, the "we just need to find some" comment doesn't really make the boyfriends look good either.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/canceled-orders-and-canceled-relationships/294954/ this story]] jumps down his girlfriend's throat over a relatively minor provocation and displays {{hypocri|te}}sy over not liking being interrupted while interrupting her. The comments note he probably needs to work on his communication skills.

** Commenters on [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]] have conjectured that the husband's irrational paranoia of his wife cheating was because '''he''' was cheating and projecting his mindset onto his wife.

* DesignatedVillain: The comments on [[https://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ this story]] seem to give this role to the submitter and her friend, because they (brunettes with small breasts) were not happy to walk in on their boyfriends talking about wanting girlfriends who are blonde and have large ones. A couple commenters even suggest that the girls are abusive to the boyfriends for reacting as they did. But it's hard to imagine that anyone would be pleased to hear their romantic partner describing the ideal as being the complete opposite of themselves.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Commenters complained that stories involving stalking and creepy behavior [[RefugeInAudacity got the 'How We Met' tag]]. Eventually, that tag was removed and the editors added a 'Harassment' tag.

* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: [[https://notalwaysright.com/choosing-where-to-eat-is-such-an-affair/ This woman]] still snaps at her husband for an affair he had 8 years ago. The comments are separated into asking why the wife is still married to him, if she obviously hasn't forgiven him for his unfaithfulness, and asking why the husband hasn't divorced her yet for the same reason. On the other hand, some have commented that [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation it's possible]] that she ''has'' forgiven him, and the references to the affair now are good-natured ribbing.

** Commenters on [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]] have conjectured that the husband's irrational paranoia of [[YourCheatingHeart his wife cheating]] was because '''he''' was cheating and projecting his mindset onto his wife.

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-opposite-of-happy-hour/181864/ this story]], the submitter works in a pub and witnesses a couple of married patrons having a "messy break-up", then being apparently so distraught they forgot to pay when leaving (they did after being reminded to). A comment wonders if the heated argument was actually a scheme to have free drinks, planning on the staff being too embarrassed by the scene to ask for payment.

** The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-opposite-of-happy-hour/181864/ this story]] works in a pub, and witnesses the messy breakup between two married patrons; in the story's last line, the submitter complains said patrons left a low tip, "definitely not enough for someone who just waited on their very public and messy divorce". Commenters were appalled, pointing out the selfishness of wanting a high tip from people who are obviously distraught from their current situation (the couple forgot to pay when leaving until the submitter asked them to).

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/its-obviously-the-girls-fault-for-having-legs/138866/ This 14-year-old purposefully positions himself on the school bus]] and holds his hand out in a way to ensure that he'll end up stroking the girls' legs when they pass him. And he does this for ''every'' girl. Including a ''first grader'', meaning she's 6 years old.