Overanalyzing or creating discontentment in relationships, friendships, life, or other things when the actual cause of unhappiness is similar to the needs of a houseplant, like not getting enough Vitamin D or drinking enough water.
Jamie: Did you hear that Gary was really sad today? Apparently life isn't serving him all that well after all.
Oliver: He's just houseplanting. Get him some food and a nap and he'll be fine.
Oliver: He's just houseplanting. Get him some food and a nap and he'll be fine.
by boughs.of.folly April 28, 2021
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Thank God for the houseplaining in "My House" - without it I'd never know how to find the key to the wiggly worm. See "My House" by Chuck Roberts on youtube.
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The act of providing your partner with a few minutes of attention each day only to then ignore them for a few days following this, then after a few days giving them a few more minutes of attention and so the loop continues.
Similar to the watering of a house plant, you water it for a minute only to then pretend it no longer exists until it needs watering again.
Similar to the watering of a house plant, you water it for a minute only to then pretend it no longer exists until it needs watering again.
''I'm so sick of Dan, I get home from work and he's all over me for literally five minutes and then its like I don't exist for the rest of the week, he's totally house-planting me!!''
by GwentSkilatchie April 30, 2023
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