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Husband vaginal thrush treatment?

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Laurawhitty94 · 24/09/2025 13:58

Hi all, wondering if you can help me with this…
I haven’t spoken to him about this yet because I’d like to actually know what you guys would do because I am rather impulsive and I am a little dramatic as well.

This morning I went to my husbands car to grab some ibuprofen out of his glove box ,I knew he had some because he keeps it for the gym and things. However I found a used vaginal thrush pessary (the rubbish) in the glovebox.

I haven’t had thrush recently. He hasn’t mentioned having it and that’s exactly the type of thing he would mention to me ,he’s not shy or anything but also why would he use a vaginal thrush medicine anyway? It was the combo one , the cream and the pill kind.

I'm very confused and anxious. Could it be that he is seeing a woman or am I jumping the gun ? Why on earth would he have that in his car and am I wrong to have looked in the glove box without telling him I’m gonna go to his car ?

How do I bring this up exactly with him.
We also have the life 360 app for the kids and he has had his location off for weeks now and I just assumed he had location off in general but now I’m thinking maybe he could be seeing someone ?

I don’t know. Please let me know what you’d say and do. Am I being dramatic or could this be a clue that he’s cheating which I’m kinda feeling like it is right now.

OP posts:
GloryFades · 25/09/2025 04:09

Laurawhitty94 · 24/09/2025 16:21

Yes the empty blister pack was there but no pill and the applicator was just right there with it ,yikes. Sort of realising that if this is an affair they’re obviously pretty close!

I’m incredibly close to my husband, he’s bought this exact thrush treatment for me before, I’ve applied the pessary while he’s in the room and he’s applied cream for me. I have never and can’t ever imagine a scenario where I apply a pessary in his car.

CottonCandyLand · 25/09/2025 03:21

CareerChange24 · 25/09/2025 01:38

You know what men are like probably opened the silver foil wondering what it was. It’s a possibility. A lot of men may not even know what a pessary is so look. If it were a woman. She’s a very strange one!! To be leaving thrush treatment in her affair partners vehicle.

Yeah I get that. It does seem a bit brash for an affair partner, doesn’t it?

Although I can’t add an explanation why he turned his location off.

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 25/09/2025 02:12

I don't understand people leaping to affair! If it were a lipstick or a lacey thong, then yes, but no-one would 'accidentally' leave thrush treatment for their partner's spouse to find.

GarlicPint · 25/09/2025 02:01

I'm having intrusive thoughts of OP's husband getting all pervy about his affair partner's thrush treatment - you know, "I wish I was your tampon" vibes.
Oh, hold on, he's not the King of England, is he?!

CareerChange24 · 25/09/2025 01:42

sellotapechicken · 24/09/2025 17:36

I’m gonna throw this out there. Has he taken the tablet orally out of stupidity ? (Weirder things have happened )

very plausible! I would then tell my wife though like you never guess what stupid thing I’ve done. Unless he hasn’t realised!

CareerChange24 · 25/09/2025 01:38

CottonCandyLand · 25/09/2025 01:15

Sounds reasonable but where’s the pessary?

You know what men are like probably opened the silver foil wondering what it was. It’s a possibility. A lot of men may not even know what a pessary is so look. If it were a woman. She’s a very strange one!! To be leaving thrush treatment in her affair partners vehicle.

LEWWW · 25/09/2025 01:30

Surely OP would have noticed if her DH had thrush? They wouldn’t be having sex and his Willy would be quite sore and dry looking? It doesn’t go away straight away either even with treatment and more to the point wouldn’t he have told her?.

If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.

CottonCandyLand · 25/09/2025 01:15

CareerChange24 · 25/09/2025 00:50

I went to boots for the cream and a chemist and the only option was to buy the combi pessary as no creams on their own were available. I didn’t want the pessary. So maybe he wanted the cream for himself and just didn’t mention it?? I didn’t constantly tell my partner about all my health issues

Sounds reasonable but where’s the pessary?

CareerChange24 · 25/09/2025 00:50

I went to boots for the cream and a chemist and the only option was to buy the combi pessary as no creams on their own were available. I didn’t want the pessary. So maybe he wanted the cream for himself and just didn’t mention it?? I didn’t constantly tell my partner about all my health issues

rockstarshoes · 25/09/2025 00:00

Does the School curriculum still include reading & comprehension because reading some of these replies they aren’t practising enough of it!

TootSweeties · 24/09/2025 23:52

Wackadaywideawake · 24/09/2025 20:13

Tell him you have thrush, which is very unusual for you, and watch his reaction.

I’m trying to mentally work through the circumstances. To be clear, this is 100% speculation!

I’m going with affair. She’s a married woman who confided in your husband about having thrush. They discussed what this could mean for their partners. Decided to buy the pessary and deal with it there and then so she didn’t have to risk taking it home. They meet in secluded car parking areas so it was no problem to do it secretly. He forgot to get rid of it, or shoved it in the glove compartment until he could dispose of safely… then forgot.

If my husband innocently had anal thrush I’m sure he’d be so freaked out he would mention it! I genuinely don’t think he’d know what it was or what to do about it. The athletes foot thing doesn’t wash.

I genuinely hope I am wrong! Good luck OP

Edited

I can’t wait to read your next novella 😂

Invisiblemeone · 24/09/2025 23:18

it wS for his gym partner 😀

BauhausOfEliott · 24/09/2025 23:16

Reachedtheend · 24/09/2025 20:31

Wouldn't that be difficult to do sat in his car?

He probably did it in the loo at work and didn’t want to leave it in the bin there

BauhausOfEliott · 24/09/2025 23:15

coldandflu · 24/09/2025 20:42

If it was anal it would be a tablet in the mouth.

Pessary is to help get rid of it vaginally.

He wouldn’t necessarily know that, though. You can buy it online without speaking to a pharmacist.

BauhausOfEliott · 24/09/2025 23:10

coldandflu · 24/09/2025 18:42

No they dont sell it like that

Last time I bought Canestan I said ‘Do you have anything to treat thrush?’ and the woman in the pharmacy just said ‘Yes, do you want just the cream or the combi pack?’ and that was literally the extent of the conversation. So it would be very easy for a man to buy the combi without really understanding what he was buying.

You can also buy it online with zero conversation at all. I’ve bought it off Amazon before.

bakebeans · 24/09/2025 22:45

I’m a little confused OP but even more suspicious.
I have had to use a pessary when I was put on antibiotics for a nasty chest/throat infection. It gave me the most horrendous thrush in every orifice including vaginal. It was really bad in fact. It’s now noted on my medical records as an allergy.

I cannot imagine anyone putting a pessary in situ in a car unless

A. Person was at home and not in a car and didn’t want anyone to find but why would u not put in a bag and then at least put in a bin at the bottom. why would you go to the effort to put in the glove box.
B. If having sex in the car, would you have a pessary before or would you have this afterwards? I can’t see a pessary being inserted before. In which case you must know the person has thrush so wouldn’t you use a condom?
Why wouldn’t the other person wait till they were home to have the said pessary and therefore not need to leave in the car.
C. Husband is the user of the pessary and this could be a genuine medical reason such as an allergy like myself had above or even diabetes and maybe your husband could be worried and didn’t want to worry you.

Hope you get to the bottom of it OP

IstillloveKingThistle · 24/09/2025 21:26

SliceofTosst · 24/09/2025 19:29

I thought maybe he used the pessary up his bum too as it was itching.

And me too

coldandflu · 24/09/2025 20:42

Wackadaywideawake · 24/09/2025 20:13

Tell him you have thrush, which is very unusual for you, and watch his reaction.

I’m trying to mentally work through the circumstances. To be clear, this is 100% speculation!

I’m going with affair. She’s a married woman who confided in your husband about having thrush. They discussed what this could mean for their partners. Decided to buy the pessary and deal with it there and then so she didn’t have to risk taking it home. They meet in secluded car parking areas so it was no problem to do it secretly. He forgot to get rid of it, or shoved it in the glove compartment until he could dispose of safely… then forgot.

If my husband innocently had anal thrush I’m sure he’d be so freaked out he would mention it! I genuinely don’t think he’d know what it was or what to do about it. The athletes foot thing doesn’t wash.

I genuinely hope I am wrong! Good luck OP

Edited

If it was anal it would be a tablet in the mouth.

Pessary is to help get rid of it vaginally.

TheBucketWomen · 24/09/2025 20:36

Clearly an affair.
there's nothing more erotic than vaginal thrush cream!

Reachedtheend · 24/09/2025 20:31

SliceofTosst · 24/09/2025 19:29

I thought maybe he used the pessary up his bum too as it was itching.

Wouldn't that be difficult to do sat in his car?

basherlass · 24/09/2025 20:28

I'm just trying to imagine if I was screwing someone else's husband, why I wouldn't just wait until I got home...

SlimGin · 24/09/2025 20:24

I’m leaning towards whoever used the pessary did so in a location where they couldn’t leave the rubbish (eg work). So, for example, inserted it in a bathroom at work and then put the rubbish straight in the glovebox and forgot it was there. I find it hard to believe anyone would insert a pessary in a car. The lack of privacy!
I also think a woman would be able to deal with thrush at home without having the hide the rubbish as it’s quite a common infection, affair or not.

Wackadaywideawake · 24/09/2025 20:13

Tell him you have thrush, which is very unusual for you, and watch his reaction.

I’m trying to mentally work through the circumstances. To be clear, this is 100% speculation!

I’m going with affair. She’s a married woman who confided in your husband about having thrush. They discussed what this could mean for their partners. Decided to buy the pessary and deal with it there and then so she didn’t have to risk taking it home. They meet in secluded car parking areas so it was no problem to do it secretly. He forgot to get rid of it, or shoved it in the glove compartment until he could dispose of safely… then forgot.

If my husband innocently had anal thrush I’m sure he’d be so freaked out he would mention it! I genuinely don’t think he’d know what it was or what to do about it. The athletes foot thing doesn’t wash.

I genuinely hope I am wrong! Good luck OP

SliceofTosst · 24/09/2025 19:29

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 24/09/2025 17:39

clutching at straws here. Is anal thrush a thing?!

It would be a very strange thing for a mistress to insert something like this with his knowledge wouldn’t it?!….

I thought maybe he used the pessary up his bum too as it was itching.

coldandflu · 24/09/2025 19:23

jomaIone · 24/09/2025 19:20

It wasnt this was it? This is external and internal cream but can buy in Tesco rather than asking in pharmacy. Would explain the stick?

Sorry image under review, it's a canestan internal and external cream duo box

Edited

She said it was used