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To be putoff intimacy with DP due to this?

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Justinegh · 04/09/2025 15:34

DP and I are doing the deed a lot more regularly at the moment because we are ttc. This is usually in the evening when we first get into bed.

DP has a habit of going to the loo for several minutes before he joins me. I told him I find this off putting and unhygienic and asked if he can wait until after or go earlier in the day.

He just doesn’t see the issue and how someone would find it off putting.

Do you think I’m being unreasonable or would this annoy you too? It just seems stupid timing when you know you are going to be intimate with someone. It’s not a one off, it’s most occasions.

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Curly66 · 10/10/2025 23:59

Does he like a bit of oral before you do 'the deed'?? 💩🤮

Curly66 · 10/10/2025 23:56

SaladAndChipsForTea · 04/09/2025 16:12

Tell me its not in the en suite!?

It's one thing to take yourself off to the bathroom, quite another to shit your guts out and present yourself for a shag as though you'll be gagging for it after hearing all that.

Love this 😂😂

Littlemissbooboo · 10/10/2025 16:57

Maybe he's just paranoid about pooing himself at the crucial moment so goes as a precaution. Have a little more sympathy for your partner, maybe you suggest joining him in the shower as a starter. Do you shower personally before hand if not that's just hypocritical too.

IsItTheBlackOneOrTheRedOne · 10/09/2025 00:06

Pigeonpoodle · 07/09/2025 07:08

Do those of you who insist on showers before sex never just get caught up in the mood, or have a quickie, with their partner/husband? Or is sex always planned and organised around showering routines?

When I was young, of course not. Now I am old, sadly yes. It’s not complicated

Plastictreees · 09/09/2025 11:34

How is this thread still going 😳

NCSue87 · 09/09/2025 08:14

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 08/09/2025 21:56

I don't get it, because I'm perfectly capable of cleaning my bum?
Every night when I take my knickers off, there are no skid marks, and I often shit twice a day.
I cannot sleep with underwear on, and have never ever left a skid mark on my bed.....

I've seen the odd post about men leaving skids, but to be honest if that is their level of hygiene I'm amazed they're even having sex. It's certainly way outside of 'normal'

I know a lot of people do it, but I've never ever ever got into bed after pooing without cleaning my bum. If I need to poo somewhere where I cannot have a proper wash afterwards (rare occurrence anyway!) It's the first thing I do as soon as I have access to soap and water.

The way I see it is, if a child/pet pooed on a surface, you wouldn't just wipe it with a dry cloth, you would use detergent and water. I don't want poo residue on me, OR my sheets or my clothes.

Round3HereWeGo · 08/09/2025 22:15

I really don't understand a lot of these posts.

If oral sex is gonna be involved then I like us to have just had showers, or at least a wash, but if it isn't (and I'll be honest, we didn't bother while ttc), then as long as hands are clean I see no need for a shower. We both wipe our arses then wash our hands.

It would only be from poor hand washing that transfered fecal matter from butt to vagina!

I understand being reminded about sitting before sex isn't sexy but I couldn't get too worked up about it.

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 08/09/2025 21:56

OriginalSkang · 08/09/2025 09:16

I don't really understand how you don't get it, but if you are getting into bed with a bare bum after shitting and only using toilet paper to clean, you will be getting poo on your bed sheets.

Surely you have seen the posts on here about men leaving skid marks on the bedsheets?

I don't get it, because I'm perfectly capable of cleaning my bum?
Every night when I take my knickers off, there are no skid marks, and I often shit twice a day.
I cannot sleep with underwear on, and have never ever left a skid mark on my bed.....

I've seen the odd post about men leaving skids, but to be honest if that is their level of hygiene I'm amazed they're even having sex. It's certainly way outside of 'normal'

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 19:25

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 17:26

Just whether your partner has showered after his shit...

There are other things available to think about other than bills and defacation.

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 19:22

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 17:25

Your attitude of "well I can't make a difference" is wrong

Everyone having that attitude is why things don't change

I'm not saying that I am totally unconscious of making a difference, I just choose to have the number of showers that I am comfortable with. We all have an environmental impact, even you, unless you completely pedal powered, ground source heat pumped, hand wash your clothes in the river and dry them on a blackberry bush, don't be so prescriptive. I'm freshly showered, not stupid.

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 17:26

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:38

I'm not thinking about the water bill before or after a shag!

Just whether your partner has showered after his shit...

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 17:25

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:38

I might want a second shower for none of those reasons, you might not. And that's ok. My skin is perfectly healthy. The humans on this planet aren't going to have a radical change of fate if I reduce my showering habit to one a day, if nothing else changes. I'll stick as I am, but thankyou.

Your attitude of "well I can't make a difference" is wrong

Everyone having that attitude is why things don't change

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:41

Pigeonpoodle · 07/09/2025 07:08

Do those of you who insist on showers before sex never just get caught up in the mood, or have a quickie, with their partner/husband? Or is sex always planned and organised around showering routines?

Yes, but a quickie is a quickie, it's a spur of the moment knee-trembler and might involve stubbly legs and that's the nature of it. There's room for both!

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:38

NoThanksNeeded · 07/09/2025 01:43

I'm just imagining the water bill! That's the least sexy part of it all

I'm not thinking about the water bill before or after a shag!

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:38

NoThanksNeeded · 07/09/2025 01:42

If you've been very sweaty/swimming/got dirty then yes you might want a second shower

But showering twice a day on a normal day is excessive, bad for your skin and bad for the planet

I might want a second shower for none of those reasons, you might not. And that's ok. My skin is perfectly healthy. The humans on this planet aren't going to have a radical change of fate if I reduce my showering habit to one a day, if nothing else changes. I'll stick as I am, but thankyou.

GoldDuster · 08/09/2025 16:26

sweetpickle2 · 07/09/2025 00:31

You shower before AND after sex? Honestly I’d never shag again if I felt I had to do that, I couldn’t be arsed.

I do, yes! I hop in before hand and have a good scrub. I go back to the bathroom after to do a pee anyway, otherwise I get a UTI without fail, and it's no biggy to jump back in the shower for a quick blast. 9/10 times we both get in.

sweetpickle2 · 08/09/2025 12:32

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 12:23

You won't be getting shit on the bed if you've wiped properly even "just" with loo roll

This- a man leaving skid marks on the bed sheets has a wiping issue and should be sent back to nursery. I wouldn't want a man like that in my bed, underwear or no underwear!

I sleep naked without underwear every single night when I'm in my own home (apart from when I'm on my period then I wear period pants)- I've never got shit on the bedsheets yet.

NoThanksNeeded · 08/09/2025 12:23

OriginalSkang · 08/09/2025 09:16

I don't really understand how you don't get it, but if you are getting into bed with a bare bum after shitting and only using toilet paper to clean, you will be getting poo on your bed sheets.

Surely you have seen the posts on here about men leaving skid marks on the bedsheets?

You won't be getting shit on the bed if you've wiped properly even "just" with loo roll

Goingsurfing · 08/09/2025 10:22

So long as he is maintaining good personal hygiene I can't see the problem with this.... I'd much rather he pooped before sex than risk a fart or worse in the act! Or felt too uncomfortable to fully commit. Obviously I'd want him to wipe his bum and wash his hands, and maybe have a shower / wash if he thought necessary. Personally I think a shower is helpful before sex for both parties as fresh smelling bodies are sexier than musty smells, so maybe initiate that? If it's the poo smell that's the problem, can you banish him to another loo in the house so it's not right there in the ensuite, assuming that's where it is?

OriginalSkang · 08/09/2025 09:22

Netcurtainnelly · 07/09/2025 12:55

Why does it matter, are you playing with his bum then?

Certainly not if he hasn't washed it!

I think there are a lot of people having very boring PIV sex in here and that's why they don't care if he washes.

OriginalSkang · 08/09/2025 09:20

Mischance · 04/09/2025 23:13

Sex is messy, sex is smelly, sex is crude, sex is great.
I am stunned by people's attempts to turn it into a clinical, tidy activity.
How very very boring!
Just get stuck into it and glory in it's basicness!

I love how you're trying to imply its vanilla to want someone to wash their ass before sex 😂Would you eat someone's ass without them washing it?

OriginalSkang · 08/09/2025 09:16

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 05/09/2025 15:34

@OriginalSkang you're going to have to explain this one to me because I just don't get it

Also, people who get into bed with no underwear on after shitting and not washing are also disgusting

I don't really understand how you don't get it, but if you are getting into bed with a bare bum after shitting and only using toilet paper to clean, you will be getting poo on your bed sheets.

Surely you have seen the posts on here about men leaving skid marks on the bedsheets?

DearDenimEagle · 08/09/2025 08:03

RubySquid · 07/09/2025 20:26

Being used to it and wanted to shag someone just after they've had a shit are 2 different things. Thats downright unsexy

How long after a shit does it stop being unsexy?
You know you live longer, if you poo more times in the day?

I wonder how the human race got past hunter gatherers…I mean really..we are so far from the natural state now, it is a surprise anyone gets to do anything but shower.
How did they manage to have sex and produce us with no showers and very little washing?. We didn’t even have showers in most homes even a hundred years ago.

And if your bums are so hard to clean after a shit that you need an actual shower, there is something wrong with your diet.

After the shit, the bowels should close and pull back inside, leaving no residue on the outside …you know ..watch a dog, or cat, . They depart clean. So should people.
A wipe should suffice , a wet wipe…the biodegradable ones…or a flannel and hands wash . This thread is hilarious, thanks for the laughs

RubySquid · 07/09/2025 20:26

Allypallypea · 07/09/2025 15:02

People saying he needs to shower after a poo 😂😂 wtf! Wait until you have been married 20 years and had a bunch of kids - I can assure you you will both be very used to each others bodily functions. THEY ARE NATURAL! Would you want to shag if you needed a poo? I suffer from constipation and I often have to let my partner know that I cant have sex for that reason.
Basically - grow up a bit. Pooiing is nothing to be ashamed of and you don't need to boil wash yourself afterwards, bum wipe and a hand wash has done for 1000s of years!

Being used to it and wanted to shag someone just after they've had a shit are 2 different things. Thats downright unsexy

Mischance · 07/09/2025 20:04

This thread is the gift that keeps on giving.
Love it!!

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