History Website / NotAlwaysRomantic

* ManlyGay: [[http://notalwaysright.com/nice-road-truckers/ You never know]] when one of these will be standing behind you when you decide to be a homophobe.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: [[http://notalwaysright.com/bullying-jocks-are-just-cupid/ Here.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The husband in [[https://notalwaysright.com/making-a-clean-getaway-2/216292/ this story]], after being caught hiding in the house while attempting to catch his wife's nonexistent boyfriend, straight-up ''flees the country''.

* OverprotectiveDad: [[http://notalwaysright.com/at-least-all-the-options-are-out-in-the-open/ This]] guy wants to be one someday.

* AcronymConfusion: A girlfriend says that she wants to adopt a gorilla through the WWF. His boyfriend replies, "[[http://notalwaysright.com/wrestling-with-the-concept/ What does]] [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} Vince McMahon]] have to do with adopting a gorilla?" [[note]]World Wrestling Entertainment, until 2000, used to be the World Wrestling Federation - shortened to WWF. This is the same acronym used by the World Wildlife Fund (known outside of the US and Canada as the World Wide Fund for Nature).[[/note]]

* MuggingTheMonster: [[https://notalwaysright.com/acting-out-and-kicked-out/42504/ At an audition for a play]], the submitter is openly bullied, insulted and assaulted by their friend's jealous girlfriend. Then, mere minutes later, the submitter reveals that they're actually the director of said play and promptly kicks the girlfriend out.

* MuggingTheMonster: [[https://notalwaysright.com/acting-out-and-kicked-out/42504/ At an audition for a play]], the submitter is openly bullied and insulted by their friend's jealous girlfriend. Then, mere minutes later, the submitter reveals that they're actually the director of said play and promptly kicks the girlfriend out.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: "[[http://notalwaysright.com/talking-about-his-light-saber/ Now you know how I feel all the time!]]" [[labelnote:Context]]The speaker's talking about the difficulty of finding clothes in her size.[[/labelnote]][[invoked]]
* AcronymConfusion: "[[http://notalwaysright.com/wrestling-with-the-concept/ What does]] [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} Vince McMahon]] have to do with adopting a gorilla?" [[note]]World Wrestling Entertainment, until 2000, used to be the World Wrestling Federation - shortened to WWF. This is the same acronym used by the World Wildlife Fund (known outside of the US and Canada as the World Wide Fund for Nature).[[/note]]

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/a-good-service-for-those-in-service/ "I love you, beautiful, but stop scaring people."]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/punch-drunk-love/ "Now we can leave."]]
* AffectionateNickname: Several, although "[[http://notalwaysright.com/pet-names-unleashed/ my dumb pig]]" is probably the strangest.
* TheAllegedCar: [[http://notalwaysright.com/not-an-open-and-shut-door-case/ This couple]] owns one, although it just got that way due to age.

* BattleCouple: [[http://notalwaysright.com/a-good-service-for-those-in-service/ These two.]] And she outranks him.

* BilingualBackfire: [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-yogurt-is-the-only-thing-well-cultured/ *in Spanish* "Have a great day, pig!"]]

** Justified [[http://notalwaysright.com/telepathingy/ here]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-birth-of-a-new-name/ "The thing... with the stick when you might be having a baby... You pee on it?"]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/feel-good-language/ "You know, exercising is proven to release feel good thingies in your head."]]

* ClosetKey: A case of IncompatibleOrientation turns into this [[http://notalwaysright.com/dont-let-that-butterfly-flutter-by/ here]]. May instead be an example of IfItsYouItsOkay.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: "[[http://notalwaysright.com/no-fork-in-the-road-for-these-two/ We'll get to have spork babies!]]"

* CrazyPrepared: For the WackyMarriageProposal: "[[http://notalwaysright.com/how-to-wipe-out-a-relationship/ We had another cake that said 'Thanks Anyway!' just in case.]]"

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/was-thinking-about-nailing-you/ This guy.]] Hoo boy, this guy.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/an-uncontrollable-force/ This person]] combines it with GeekyTurnOn.

** "[[http://notalwaysright.com/thats-what-she-liked/ [Boyfriend's Name] was in [My Name].]]"
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/dont-stick-the-light-saber-in-your-end-o/ "I want you]] like [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo wants Leia's buns."]]

* ExiledToTheCouch: [[http://notalwaysright.com/bosomless-buddies/ These two dopes]], who are probably lucky they weren't thrown out of their apartment.

* ForScience: [[http://notalwaysright.com/studied-with-the-naked-eye/ An attempted (but failed) invocation]]
* FunWithAcronyms: [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-adventures-of-roy-the-unfortunate-bear/ "Flattened Animal Rescue Team"]]
* GeekyTurnOn:
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/800-ears-but-she-wasnt-listening/ Guess it depends on the kind of fight]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/greedo-versus-cupid/ Han shot first.]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/relationstarships/ I threatened to step on the Death Star.]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/b-and-a-for-some-t-and-a/ ...did you just enter the Konami Code on my boobs?]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/transformers-is-kind-of-hammy/ Starscream demands more ham!]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/dating-zapp-brannigan/ Kif, I have made it with a woman. Inform the men.]]

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/punning-cheeses-is-a-bries/ Lots of cheese puns here]].
** When advertising starts [[http://notalwaysright.com/compose-yourself/ Rubinoff on you]].

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/scratching-vs-squeezing/ Direct quote]] from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''.
** How [[http://notalwaysright.com/a-spoony-snooze/ this wife]] gets some extra sleeping time.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Not a good idea to [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-nights-are-about-to-get-quieter-and-colder/188058/ wake the neighbors]] [[spoiler:when your husband is at work]].
* INeedToIronMyDog: [[http://notalwaysright.com/crushed-by-a-stammer/ Here.]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: [[https://web.archive.org/web//http://notalwaysright.com/old-fashioned-not-quite-as-old-as-you-think/ This story]] is probably as close as most of us will ever get.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: [[http://notalwaysright.com/every-flavor-beans/ Apparently "ceramic" means "tasty".]]

* LethalChef: [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-couple-that-slays-together-stays-together-part-5/ Apparently.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: [[http://notalwaysright.com/espresso-ing-his-intentions/ Here]].

* {{Meganekko}}: Apparently, [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-to-start-a-relationship-make-contact/ this girl]].

* AttemptedRape: [[https://notalwaysright.com/oh-he-has-a-disorder-all-right/185362/ This coworker]] complains to the submitter that he got fired and needs someone to comfort him. She is already married and vehemently refuses several times (blocking two numbers in the process). The epilogue states that the local newspaper ran a story about the coworker luring a girl to his home and trying to assault her. He ended up in jail.

* {{Bridezilla}}: One gets a karmic slapdown in [[https://notalwaysright.com/fall-of-bridezilla/118156/ this story]]. After throwing her sister out of the wedding for daring to become pregnant (after ''three years'' of trying), Bridezilla's only reaction to her sister's miscarriage is to decide that her sister can be in the wedding after all. Bridezilla's mother immediately announces that she isn't going to pay for the wedding and dumped full financial responsibility onto the 'zilla. The wedding is cancelled within 24 hours by the potential groom.

** [[http://notalwayright.com/the-birth-of-a-new-name/ "The thing... with the stick when you might be having a baby... You pee on it?"]]

* YourCheatingHeart: The gay manager and lesbian coworker in [[https://notalwaysright.com/mr-rogers-neighborhood-after-dark/257409/ this story]] insist that their affair isn't cheating, as it's not cheating [[InsaneTrollLogic if they're having sex with someone the opposite gender of their spouse]]. They both end up fired [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces (for having sex in the office)]] and [[LaserGuidedKarma divorced]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-artist-is-doomed/ Aya Surani?]]

* TakeThat: [[http://notalwaysright.com/not-in-a-rush-to-have-another-one/ This submitter]], after having her first baby, currently considers herself the least sexy person on the planet. Her boyfriend responds, "You are ''not'' Radio/RushLimbaugh."