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To tell DH to stop sulking after my jokey comment?

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Hayfever25 · 22/04/2026 19:00

I feel like DH has become a right grumpy so and so recently.

We are attending a friends’ wedding, it’s an abroad one in July. A couple we are close (she’s my best friend) with are also attending, and we met up with them on Sunday.

They had hoped to book the same hotel as us but found the rates had increased since we booked, so are staying elsewhere.

On Sunday, my friends H jokingly asked if we are sad they aren’t joining us. I replied along the lines of - ‘of course, I really wanted to see your bulge in your speedos by the pool’ and they both laughed. We have a very jokey relationship so it was a fairly ordinary comment.

DH had a sulk on driving home and when I asked why, he said the comment I made was inappropriate.

Is it me or does he need to lighten up a bit?

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CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 22/04/2026 20:17

It’s a weird comment. You don’t talk about wanting to see your friend’s dick in front of your husband!

aspirationalferret · 22/04/2026 20:17

Yeah that’s a bit much even for a jokey couple. Bulge is just gross and quite specific.

like others have said it’s like your H saying he can’t wait to see the other woman’s vulva outline….

NeedATreat · 22/04/2026 20:16

Your comment was gross, I’d be embarrassed to admit I’d said that

1980Me · 22/04/2026 20:15

'90s laddettes are that way >>>

Slowdownyouredoingfine · 22/04/2026 20:13

We have a pretty jokey relationship with our friends but I would never have said that 🤣 they’d all cringe and talk about me later. Was a bit weird op!!

TwistedWonder · 22/04/2026 20:07

Createausername1970 · 22/04/2026 19:25

Hmm. I am usually ok with male banter, and find myself in a definite minority on here.

However ..... had you said "disappointed not to see you in your budgie smugglers" or similar I couldn't see an issue if that's your relationship. But actually making direct reference to his penis i.e "the bulge" takes it a bit beyond what I am comfortable with.

Agree with this

Looking forward to seeing you in your Speedo’s - nit cringey but a harness joke

Referring to his bulge is just grim as fuck and that’s what makes it a line crossed from banter to gross.

A comparison would be DH telling a female friend he was looking forward to seeing her camel toe in her bikini bottoms

HollieBolly · 22/04/2026 20:03

Yes I think the comment was insensitive and a bit pervy

cantgardenintherain · 22/04/2026 19:59

Slightly odd comment, really.

WinterBlues26 · 22/04/2026 19:59

Very inappropriate OP. I'm not surprised your "friends" booked a different hotel if that's the sort of comments you normally make about him. Your poor DH.

Funnywonder · 22/04/2026 19:59

Jeez, we’ve known a couple for about 40 years and I can’t begin to imagine how plastered I’d have to be to make a comment about the husband’s penis bulge. I’m dying inside just thinking about it. In fact I feel a little sick.

likelysuspect · 22/04/2026 19:57

Its the sort of comment, that if reversed, and if the OP made a thread about her husband saying this to a woman, would have hoards of posters telling the OP that 'I dont think I would be able to move past that'.

See also - he's showing you who he is/showing you how little he respects you

PinkyFlamingo · 22/04/2026 19:54

Hayfever25 · 22/04/2026 19:07

I’m not sure that’s quite the same. But I’d have laughed if he made a similar quip about seeing my friend in her bikini.

It's exactly the same. You said "bulge" referring to his penis.

Constantcravingcheeseandchoc · 22/04/2026 19:52

Agree with your Dh, there’s jokey and then just inappropriate and awkward all round. What if your Dh said he was looking forward to seeing your bf’s minge in a bikini…I mean 😬

chattyness · 22/04/2026 19:51

I think that was a bit cringey , you're married and that's your best friends husband. It's on the ick side . If you'd just mentioned the Speedos and left the bulge out of it would be quite funny between friends but you didn't, so it seems a bit too personal.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 22/04/2026 19:48

If he has said something about seeing someone’s breasts in their bikini, everyone on here would be baying for blood.

And why do people get with partners who have a totally different sense of humour! Being offended all the time must be exhausting

LucyLancaster · 22/04/2026 19:44

Createausername1970 · 22/04/2026 19:25

Hmm. I am usually ok with male banter, and find myself in a definite minority on here.

However ..... had you said "disappointed not to see you in your budgie smugglers" or similar I couldn't see an issue if that's your relationship. But actually making direct reference to his penis i.e "the bulge" takes it a bit beyond what I am comfortable with.

100% agree. If you’d just said “speedos” or whatever, it would’ve similar to bikini. But it’s the reference to “bulge” that is gross and beyond banter. I feel sorry for your DH and cringing for you and being so desperate that either you fancy your mate’s husband o lr being too try hard to be funny

tara66 · 22/04/2026 19:42

Well I'd be shocked - very ''off''. So socially unacceptable.

LucyLancaster · 22/04/2026 19:42

Hayfever25 · 22/04/2026 19:07

I’m not sure that’s quite the same. But I’d have laughed if he made a similar quip about seeing my friend in her bikini.

It’s EXACTLY the same

SwatTheTwit · 22/04/2026 19:35

I’d be fuming if my partner made an equivalent comment to a female friend. It’s embarrassing and disrespectful to your relationship.

ItsANewDawnItsANewDayItsANewLife · 22/04/2026 19:27

Ew don’t be a creep.

Createausername1970 · 22/04/2026 19:25

Hmm. I am usually ok with male banter, and find myself in a definite minority on here.

However ..... had you said "disappointed not to see you in your budgie smugglers" or similar I couldn't see an issue if that's your relationship. But actually making direct reference to his penis i.e "the bulge" takes it a bit beyond what I am comfortable with.

MildlyAnnoyed · 22/04/2026 19:25

I don’t think he’s being unreasonable. It would be like your DH saying to your friend that he’s looking forward to seeing her boobs in her bikini. It’s inappropriate & a bit sleazy. If another woman had posted that her husband had said that, there’d be uproar.

Runningismyhappyplace50 · 22/04/2026 19:24

What you said was clearly a joke unless your friend does wear speedos?!

Rooroobear · 22/04/2026 19:24

It’s exactly the same. You made a joke about seeing your best friends husbands penis bulge. So it is the same if your dh said he was looking forward to her boob bulge or fanny bulge 🤷🏻‍♀️ double standards much

gamerchick · 22/04/2026 19:23

Do you have a thing for the husband?