Aldokim wrote:
I'm different from you guys in that I love it when somebody jokes about like that completely deadpan. I'll suspect it's a joke but won't be sure, which interests me, and I laugh when I find out it is (if it's funny). I like the uncertainty! Didn't used to, mind.
I am similar, but I guess it depends on what they are "joking" about as to how I feel about it.
If they joke about me doing something or wanting something and then leave for a bit and come back to find me doing it or getting it, it is just annoying, often for both of us.
If it can be taken as a mean jab, even when they truthfully intended it to be a playful one, it can hurt if I don't get it right away.
However when it is some innocent thing that is just enough off base to make me wonder, it is interesting like a puzzle. I get to work out if they mean it or if it was a joke. I bet that they find it just as interesting as to why I have to solve such an obvious puzzle.