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DH-same PJs, no pants, 7 days… am I overrea

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Yousay55 · 06/08/2026 22:48

My dh goes to bed in the same pjs every night -washes them once or twice a week and doesn’t wear anything underneath. We’re on holiday and hasn’t washed them in a week now.
I think it’s pretty awful to wear the same ones without washing them and can’t imagine putting on the same pjs at the end of the day. We’ve had a debate and he thinks it’s what all men do. I think I’m going to buy him a pair to wear everyday day so this doesn’t keep happening!

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JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · Yesterday 00:12

rockingaroundthe · Yesterday 00:10

🤣 yes! Its dirtier

As a ball owner..I can confirm
Smellier🤮

Scorchio84 · Yesterday 00:13

ZeppelinTits · Yesterday 00:01

This thread has made me laugh so much. Nominating it for Classics already.

Definitely.. I really wasn't expecting it to go the way it did at all 😂& to echo a pp yes we really need the laughter emoji back.. please! For Christ's sake PLEASE!!!!

InterestedDad37 · Yesterday 00:17

I drag my bedding into the shower, and sleep under the running water. I've also fitted a disinfectant drip that feeds into the shower tube, thus ensuring I wake up totally germ-free and ready to go 😀

babyproblems · Yesterday 00:20

Presumably he is showering though?? So it’s not like a weeks worth of stink is on the pjs. If he’s showering before bed every night I’d say they’re cleaner than your tea towel probs. if he’s not showering AND wearing them for a week there’s only one way forward; LTB. Xx

CountessBinface · Yesterday 00:21

InterestedDad37 · Yesterday 00:17

I drag my bedding into the shower, and sleep under the running water. I've also fitted a disinfectant drip that feeds into the shower tube, thus ensuring I wake up totally germ-free and ready to go 😀

You dilute your disinfectant?

babyproblems · Yesterday 00:22

Also how very dare he to do such slothenly things on holiday.

CypressMoon · Yesterday 00:22

LemonSnail · 06/08/2026 23:08

I mostly sleep standing up by the side of the bed and then get the carpet cleaned each morning.

Why don't we have a laughing emoji?

Nopersbro · Yesterday 00:25

#NOTALLMEN

You could get him a "days of the week" set with the day embroidered on each one so he knows when to change. Or if he or the pyjamas smell or stick to the sheets, point that out rather than arguing abstractly that he "should" change/wash his pyjamas more often, which he clearly isn't accepting!

PhaseFour · Yesterday 00:26

Eyesopenwideawake · 06/08/2026 23:24

I burn my house down every morning. It’s the only way to be sure there’s no germs.

@Eyesopenwideawakewins the thread!

JustGiveMeReason · Yesterday 00:32

Some excellent replies so far. Grin

RoseField1 · Yesterday 00:55

Bedingfield1 · 06/08/2026 23:28

The responses are hilarious, but, I’m with you on this

The responses aren't really hilarious because what the man is doing is grim! If OP was being prissy and overreacting the responses would be hilarious but a grown man's arse and bollocks are rubbing against these pyjama bottoms for hours every night and he's just putting them back on for 7 days in a row...that's minging and anyone who is mocking OP for thinking so is also minging.

RoseField1 · Yesterday 00:56

CountessBinface · Yesterday 00:06

Is ball sweat chemically different from non-ball sweat?

Have you never smelt ball sweat??
ETA crotch sweat of either sex is smellier and more bacteria laden than other body parts. Thats evident by the smell and obvious by the proximity to genitals which extrude bacteria over prolonged periods of time.

monkeysox · Yesterday 00:59

BlueMum16 · 06/08/2026 22:54

I've never met a man who wears pyjamas.. Naked or boxers.

I've got the ick 🤮

Same

EconomyClassRockstar · Yesterday 01:09

I just told my Dh's ball sweat that it was gross and now it's blocked me from its TikTok.

echt · Yesterday 01:14

I'd nuke from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Holidaymodeon · Yesterday 01:19

Lifesyoungdream · 06/08/2026 23:08

I can’t believe you only changed your bedding twice a night. I change mine every hour.That is so gross.

I just sleep in the bath. I haven’t even removed the packaging from my mattress , ergo great savings on bedding, the money saved is spent on topping up the bath with warm water throughout the night so I don’t freeze.
i set an hourly alarm, ‘spick and shattered!’ is my motto

ohsosomething · Yesterday 01:22

Redredrumdedrum · 06/08/2026 23:06

Personally I get up at 2am to shower and change my pjs before sleeping for the rest of the night. Can’t imagine how gross I would feel otherwise 🤢

What?

You go to bed in pjs, sleep until 2am, get up to shower and fresh pjs on, then back to sleep?

Have I got this wrong or are you bonkers?

Holidaymodeon · Yesterday 01:22

Sasha07 · Yesterday 00:01

👏 Great banter 👏 disappointed in myself for finding the thread so soon and not having more to read.

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ohsosomething · Yesterday 01:24

RoseField1 · Yesterday 00:55

The responses aren't really hilarious because what the man is doing is grim! If OP was being prissy and overreacting the responses would be hilarious but a grown man's arse and bollocks are rubbing against these pyjama bottoms for hours every night and he's just putting them back on for 7 days in a row...that's minging and anyone who is mocking OP for thinking so is also minging.

If they don’t smell, I can’t see the issue tbh.

Pussygaloregalapagos · Yesterday 01:26

I wear my PJs for about a week before putting through the wash. Never met a bloke that wears PJs - they all seem to sleep in the buff.

ohsosomething · Yesterday 01:26

Eyesopenwideawake · 06/08/2026 23:24

I burn my house down every morning. It’s the only way to be sure there’s no germs.

This is just too funny!

Calliopespa · Yesterday 01:33

LemonSnail · 06/08/2026 23:07

Same, I change the bedding at 1am and 4am.

...and immediately if someone farts in it.

I actually do think it is a bit gross op. Why doesn't he just wear boxers then they get washed daily? Or wear the under the pyjama pants if he must have pyjama pants?

Calliopespa · Yesterday 01:37

babyproblems · Yesterday 00:20

Presumably he is showering though?? So it’s not like a weeks worth of stink is on the pjs. If he’s showering before bed every night I’d say they’re cleaner than your tea towel probs. if he’s not showering AND wearing them for a week there’s only one way forward; LTB. Xx

Slight derail but teatowels actually should be washed after use.

bridgetreilly · Yesterday 01:37

So long as he showers in the morning, it’s really fine.

Blueeyedmale · Yesterday 01:47

Op does he have an teddy bear too ......sorry for a moment Mr bean came into my head

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