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HumourMeThis · 2025-11-28T21:10:31+00:00

I’m not sure how it came up in conversation but me and DH were rocking about showering/cleaning and DH mentioned he doesn’t open his eyes in the shower much. I asked how he cleans his eyeballs and he looked confused. Turns out he doesn’t wash his eyeballs at all. He closes his eyes and washes his face but not his actual eyes? AIBU to tell him his eyes don’t clean themselves and he needs to open his eyes and rinse them with the shower?

Todayisenough · 28/11/2025 21:45

The username tells me this is a humorous post. Good effort. Well done for cheering us up with your jolly funny tale

Meeeeeeeeep · 28/11/2025 21:45

2 secs on ChatGPT

Generally, you don’t need to intentionally clean your eyes in the shower, because eyes are already self-cleaning. But whether it’s okay depends on how you’re doing it.

✅ Safe:

Letting clean shower water run over your closed eyelids This can help loosen crusts or wash away irritants around the lashes.

⚠️ Use caution:

Letting shower water hit your eyes directly while open Tap water isn’t sterile and can irritate your eyes, especially if you wear contacts. It also may carry tiny organisms (like Acanthamoeba) that are harmless to ingest but can cause serious eye infections if they get trapped under contact lenses.

🚫 Not recommended:

Intentionally flushing your open* eyes with high-pressure shower spray
Cleaning eyes in the shower while wearing contact lenses*

So what should you do?

It’s fine to wash your eyelids and lashes* gently with closed eyes.
If you need to rinse the inside of the eye (because of irritation, debris, or dryness), sterile saline or proper eyewash* is safer than shower water.

If you want, tell me your situation (contacts? dry eyes? irritation?) and I can give m
ore specific guidance.

TokyoSushi · 28/11/2025 21:45

🤣🤣🤣🤣🫣

catontheironingboard · 28/11/2025 21:45

This must be a joke, right?

littleorangefox · 28/11/2025 21:45

Is anybody else suddenly conscious of their eyeballs and how they feel right now? Mine feel quite dry. Maybe they need a wash.

LighthouseLED · 28/11/2025 21:44

Well…

murasaki · 28/11/2025 21:44

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:42

well no because the GP doesn’t routinely tell you not to use soap in your minge either, or to wash between your toes. It’s just one of those things that are either common sense or not important enough to mention I guess.

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Do you stick a brush up there and scrub your cervix?

Fleur405 · 28/11/2025 21:44

I steam clean my eyeballs when I’m doing my vagina.

cardibach · 28/11/2025 21:44

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:35

In a glasses (and occasion contact lense) wearer and obviously I know not to wear my contacts while swimming or showering, but that’s because the contact lenses can get water trapped behind them and some rare bugs in the water can eat away at your eyes. Rinsing your eyes in the shower isn’t the same as bathing them for longer periods in a contact lense.

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So how do you think the water you let into them during your shower gets back out and not trapped? Come on, you can work it out…

murasaki · 28/11/2025 21:44

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:42

well no because the GP doesn’t routinely tell you not to use soap in your minge either, or to wash between your toes. It’s just one of those things that are either common sense or not important enough to mention I guess.

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You are not supposed to use soap IN your minge. On the outside yes, but not IN. It, like eyeballs, is self cleaning.

Gonners · 28/11/2025 21:43

I have voted YANBU ... because somebody had to! But also, "unreasonable" doesn't even begin to cover it. 😂 Nice try, though.

Interesting, though, about the sparkling whiteness ... do you also use bleach?

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:43

Duckishness · 28/11/2025 21:42

I want to know how bloodshot OPs eyes are when she gets out of the shower.

My boss would think I’d been on a massive bender if I rocked up to work like that.

I’m actually often complimented on my eyes! I’ve had a few comments about how white the whites are.. maybe that why!

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ImThePr0blem · 28/11/2025 21:43

You must have crappy water pressure, if I tried doing that in the shower I’d blind myself

Duckishness · 28/11/2025 21:42

I want to know how bloodshot OPs eyes are when she gets out of the shower.

My boss would think I’d been on a massive bender if I rocked up to work like that.

Legoninjago1 · 28/11/2025 21:42

NannyOggsScones · 28/11/2025 21:36

You’ve made me laugh so much OP that tears have come out of my eyes effectively giving them a wash - thank you

Same here!!

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:42

Thundertoast · 28/11/2025 21:40

Okay OP, il bite, even though this is clearly a windup 😆 so when you go to the opticians, surely if you were meant to wash your eyeballs, they would talk about it during your appointment, like a dentist talks about best practice for your teeth - has that ever happened in an opticians appointment for you?

well no because the GP doesn’t routinely tell you not to use soap in your minge either, or to wash between your toes. It’s just one of those things that are either common sense or not important enough to mention I guess.

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FailMeOnce · 28/11/2025 21:41

This is a spectacularly poor idea. I know someone who contracted the condition below from normal showering (not a contact lense wearer etc.) https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/eye-conditions/acanthamoeba-keratitis

It is extremely painful and debilitating.

In a hard water area surely getting shower water properly in your eye is a huge irritant of itself?

If you feel you must 'wash your eyeballs' like a lunatic, at least use a properly formulated eyebath solution.

Acanthamoeba keratitis - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Discover essential information about Acanthamoeba keratitis at Moorfields NHS – symptoms, causes, and treatment options. Learn how to protect your eyes from this rare but serious eye infection.

https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/eye-conditions/acanthamoeba-keratitis

WrigglyDonCat · 28/11/2025 21:41

OriginalUsername2 · 28/11/2025 21:17

I use an old toothbrush to really get the grime off

Weak. I use a wire brush - anything less is just for wimps and losers.

Toottooot · 28/11/2025 21:41

Fit the actual fuck?

MoonBugs · 28/11/2025 21:41

This is one of the most batshit posts I’ve ever seen on here.
Op has to be on a wind up! Surely nobody is that stupid…

murasaki · 28/11/2025 21:40

BigGra · 28/11/2025 21:39

Eating apple pips will not cause a tree to grow in your stomach

Staring at a TV screen will not give you square eyes

Sitting on a cold wall will not give you a kidney infection

Not washing your eyeballs does not cause eye infections

HTH

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Interesting. My granny's version of the cold wall one said piles. It didn't do that either.

INeedABrewPlease · 28/11/2025 21:40

At the dentist, they ask without fail how often I clean my teeth. At the optician’s, I have NEVER been asked how often I wash my eyeballs.

This thread is hilarious 🤣

Thundertoast · 28/11/2025 21:40

Okay OP, il bite, even though this is clearly a windup 😆 so when you go to the opticians, surely if you were meant to wash your eyeballs, they would talk about it during your appointment, like a dentist talks about best practice for your teeth - has that ever happened in an opticians appointment for you?

murasaki · 28/11/2025 21:39

Musicmummy63 · 28/11/2025 21:39

How can this possibly work? To really get them clean you need to pop them right out , only then can you get the backs clean.

She could use a teaspoon, like getting the stone out of an avocado

ICanSpellConfusionWithaK · 28/11/2025 21:39

Sorry OP but this is incredibly odd.