Polls: Dating

I was dating a woman for a few years and she decided that we should take a break.. now that I have been spending time with my kids mother and stuck in the house with her and our children, she has been checking in on me, asking how I am and how my day goes... basically its like we didn't skip a beat but I don't know if I should fall for that again or she really has a change of heart...(she does play mind games)

Self-deprecating humor is something that is said, often when the speaker has engaged in a faux pas or misstep, to try to make others laugh and - at least superficially - distract attention away from the gaffe. E. g., if I tripped, stumbled, and felt embarrassed, as I picked myself up, I might joke that "Well, there's a reason why my mother didn't name me 'Grace!'"

The person making the joke feels relieved that their partner is laughing but self-deprecating humor often conveys a message that the joker suffers from low self-esteem. People who use self-deprecating humor frequently are unaware of the underlying message or they will simply deny that such a message is being sent.

Do you use self-deprecating humor in your relationships? Have you been involved with someone who routinely made jokes that put themselves down? Did you wonder about their self-esteem?