[BEER]

what in the hell is the point of starting a conversation with those words? you know it's going to piss off the listener or else you wouldn't have had to start that way, and all it does is act as a trigger to instantly spike their blood pressure and defensive mechanisms.

it's never "don't get mad, but i bought way too much beer." or
"don't get mad but i invited my sorority sisters over to experiment"

it's always "don't get mad but i wrecked the car" or "don't get mad but i invited my bi-polar cousin and her fat slob of a husband to stay in our already cramped house for the next 3 weeks for the holidays"

JOY TO THE FLIPPIN WORLD!!

[9jeeps]

Sounds like a girly thang!!!

[ranger1968]

It's a teenager thing as well;

I have a teenager, and he's a great kid and never really any trouble, but I have heard those words from him a time or two.....

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

"Promise you won't get mad, but I poisoned your dinner, and you're going to die."

[devildog2067]

I never start sentences that way, but I do frequently say to my wife, "promise not to laugh at me too much" and tell her something stupid I did.

It never works. She usually laughs until she cries.

[M&P15T]

"Promise you won't get man, but...."

"NO, no....hold it right there. I not only DO NOT promise that I won't get mad, bit I DO promise that there is a high likelyhood that I am gonna beat your ass."

Keep your bad news to yourself, I don't wanna hear it.

[gwalchmai]

I just never agree to not get mad. Problem solved.

[matt_lowry123]

Hahahaha nobody has ever told me that before!! If my girlfriend tells me something that's going to piss me off, it might as well be through a text. That's funny!! "don't get mad everybody, I bought too much beer."

[RonS]

I promise I won't get mad. I'm already mad in anticipation of whatever you are going to tell me.

[BEER]

i was telling my uncle about this earlier and i like his response. whenever someone starts with "promise you won't get mad..." he responds with "ok but you have to promise not to file charges when this conversation is over."

[RenoF250]

I will start with something of "don't say anything until I am finished." People like to interrupt on hot topics assuming they know what you are going to say and start flailing about.

[Kingarthurhk]

Originally Posted by 9jeeps

Sounds like a girly thang!!!

It is. My wife usually uses it as a preface for bad news. "I know this is probably going to upset you, but..."

[napp32]

That phrase always foretells bad news just as surely as "you're probably not gonna believe this, but" precedes a lie.

[John Rambo]

Sounds like you need to take control of your household.

[Kingarthurhk]

Originally Posted by napp32

That phrase always foretells bad news just as surely as "you're probably not gonna believe this, but" precedes a lie.

Not here. It usually comes with unvarnished honesty.