by EN STVNS October 1, 2004
Person A: "Isn't that hilarious?"
Person B: "No, I don't really get it."
Person A: "...You had to be there."
Person B: "No, I don't really get it."
Person A: "...You had to be there."
by Yer MOM10000 August 9, 2009
"You had to be there" is a phrase that one often uses when someone asks about a situation/joke/piece of time.
Basically, it means that it's hard to actually explain what that situation was like and that the person who is asking had to be a part of the situation to understand.
TLDR; You should have been there
Basically, it means that it's hard to actually explain what that situation was like and that the person who is asking had to be a part of the situation to understand.
TLDR; You should have been there
For example, when perhaps two of your friends have an inside joke without you, and you're curious as to what that inside joke means, and they tell you, "You had to be there" (meaning, you had to be around them at the time when the inside joke took place to truly understand it).
by sparklingmagic February 28, 2021
A response to a story told by someone else that is used to show that it might have been funny, but the way they tell it it doesn't sound funny at all.
Georges: "...and he was like "wait, we don't sell that here, nevermind!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Geoff:(doesn't laugh) "Hmm, guess you had to be there."
Geoff:(doesn't laugh) "Hmm, guess you had to be there."
by t12j19c95 March 24, 2010
Response to failing to do the one and only thing you had to do. This is told, either in a disgusted, mocking, or angry tone to people, animals, inanimate objects, and anything else that fails to complete the simple task for which it was designed.
A way to express total fail, epic fail, especially when the one job was very simple.
A way to express total fail, epic fail, especially when the one job was very simple.
To a cheap park bench that broke while I was sitting on it, "You had one job, park bench!"
To an accountant who was fired for inaccurate computing of business records. "You are supposed to be an accountant, right? You had one job, Sandy."
To a friend about my broken down car, "Damnit, it had one job!"
To an accountant who was fired for inaccurate computing of business records. "You are supposed to be an accountant, right? You had one job, Sandy."
To a friend about my broken down car, "Damnit, it had one job!"
by Wwerker October 14, 2014
What you say when someone tells you something he thinks is hilarious but really isn't. You say this to avoid hurting your friend's feelings in breaking it to him that his joke sucks.
Dudeman 1: "Oh man, I was playing horseshoes in Red Dead Redemption and I got a really close throw and John was all like, 'Did you see that!' It was so funny dude!"
Dudeman 2: "I guess you had to be there."
Dudeman 1: :(
Dudeman 2: "I guess you had to be there."
Dudeman 1: :(
by Izzy del Bosque June 9, 2010
A phrase that expresses affection, popularized by the movie Jerry Maguire. At the end of the movie, when Jerry expresses his love in a long-winded speech to Dorothy, Dorothy's reply was the simple phrase: "You had me at hello."
Jerry Maguire: I love you. You... complete me.
Dorothy: Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at "hello."
Dorothy: Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at "hello."
by Lei G. January 28, 2004