What "secrets" have you discovered about your partner during lockdown?

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Nothing tragic like affairs, I mean trivial little things that you never knew about?

My late half-Swedish friend told me years ago that her husband was convinced she really was that naturally blonde, and was oblivious to the fact that she had subtle highlights done regularly. If she was still alive today, the truth would be out.

My husband said he was very happy with the clippers from Amazon for his hair, but he was going back to the barber after lockdown ended. He finally admitted that the barber trimmed his ear hair every month!

His work persona is someone I'd happily nail to the wall with a withering look. The amount of sheer verbiage coming out that man's mouth every conference call is outrageous!

It's kind of sexy and kind of nauseating.

No doubt he would feel the same about my work persona. Opposites attract!

That he's still about 6 years old in his head. Spent an entire day building a den to sleep in with the kids 🤔 kids bailed he still slept in it 😂

@Turnedouttoes Mine goes for a poo 3-4 times a day!! I had no idea before 🤦🏼‍♀️

What the hell is he eating !!!! 3-4 times a day?!!!!

@CrazyTimesAreOccurring I’ve actually got a thread running at the moment about the lack of variety in his diet.
I have no idea where it all comes from, the man is thin as a twig and so uninterested in food. Today for example all he’s eaten is 2 slices of marmite toast and then dinner of chicken stir fry and rice. I have wondered whether he should mention his capacity to poo to his GP

Goodness me, yes that doesn't sound right. As you say, where is it coming from?!

Mine needs noise wherever he goes. I'm not working, he is WFH. Apart from when he's on calls he has radio / tv / podcasts on constantly. It's driving me mad.

He is more direct and 'in charge' in work mode than I ever imagined (v attractive to me).

He likes company when he's doing a household job he doesn't like. I may kill him if he tries to rope me in to any more gardening - he always got on with it by himself with no problem when I was working and not getting home until a few hours after him 🤷‍♀️

He drinks a million glasses of squash a day.

He talks to the class pet (who is currently living with us while the school is closed). It's a bloody hamster and I regularly hear him telling her what he's doing / his plan for the day / what he's going to have for lunch 😂

I have one like @Bagelsandbrie mine has always needed prodding to do ANYTHING and lockdown hasn't changed him one bit. It's quite sad really he's missing out on all this time with me and the kids

Aww! I love the hamster husband! That's really sweet!
My DH, no surprises so far...

He finds facebook videos really funny and plays them loudly

Mine also breathes loudly, he woke me up this morning by breathing. I asked him what he was doing and he said waking up

@LaurieFairyCake I love to eat biscuits and chocolate like that my favourite is a bar of dairy milk with a packet of rich teas!

I have learnt that my husband has no qualms about pushing in to use the microwave when I am halfway through using it (IE when I take my soup out to stir it, he'll put his thing in even though I'm not finished!!). He says he does this at work and doesnt see a problem with it very shocked as he is normally a very considerate person. I'd hate to work with him

@Turnedouttoes Is he actually pooing when he goes In the loo or just hanging out in there playing YouTube videos like my DH 😂😂 Disclaimer, I’m not expecting you to go in like the poo monitor!

Oh no he’s definitely going, we live in a very small one bedroom flat with a weird set up in that the bathroom is linked to the bedroom as well as the hallway on the other side 😷

Mine burps a lot, I think it's some kind of weird habit.
I definitely picked the right person to be confined with though!

I definitely picked the right person to be confined with.
I think both of us have been mildly surprised (and reassured, in my case) by how many biscuits we need to get through the working day.

Mine is exactly as I expected, except he spends a LOT of time playing with and chatting to the dog. His work persona is his social one. He is a bit different with me; less shy. We are getting on very well and I'm definitely in lock down with the only person I could stand to be with.

Mine asks a lot of random questions and expects me know the answer to everything.

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my dh works from home mostly anyway - self employed. I was a SAHM for years but am back working full time for the past 8 years or so. We're used to spending lots of time together but I think lock down has made us realise how well we really do get on. We have not had one cross word between us since we've been home and we chat and laugh all the time. We're 21 years together!

He's very complimentary and polite about anything I cook or prepare - always says how delicious it was and how much he enjoyed it - he's not so good at cooking.

He spends a lot of time chatting to and cuddling our rescue cat, who is shy with people but ADORES him! She drools when she gets up close to him!!

I am very, very glad to be in lockdown with him

Haven’t learnt anything new about him, I can just make a list of things to prove how fucking lazy he is.

Dh and DC both need me to go and admire their work despite me actually WFH.

Sandwich making/patio cleaning/artwork whatever.
DC are 18 and 20 🤣

That he cannot do anything without providing a running commentary when I'm trying so so hard to finish writing this paper

Haha @MargotB7 mine is the same! I have a (what he considers to be) grown up office job in the city and am much more academic whereas he works in sport which apparently means I know everything I constantly get questions about absolutely anything and he genuinely expects me to know the answers and takes whatever I tell him as the absolute truth.

Over lunch today it was “How did Trump become president?” Where do I even start with that??

That he can’t go to sleep unless he’s touching me. We’ve been together 21 years and I’ve only just spotted that. Apparently in order to drop off, he “ needs to know you’re there”. Bless him...

Twenty minutes later he’s flat on his back snoring like a warthog!

I have learnt that my husband has no qualms about pushing in to use the microwave when I am halfway through using it (IE when I take my soup out to stir it, he'll put his thing in even though I'm not finished!!). He says he does this at work and doesnt see a problem with it.

Surely the other person always stops him, by saying 'No! I haven't finished. You'll have to wait', at work and at home? I can't imagine them not doing that. (How far from the microwave do you move to stir soup?).

I do find microwave hoggers, of the 'my special lunch takes 8 minutes to cook, with a little pause and stir in the middle' (when the standard lunch break is 30 mins and my soup only takes 2 mins 30 to cook) incredibly self-absorbed and annoying. I wouldn't actually physically push in and refuse to let them finish though!