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What has the handyman done with my nightdress?!

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Leolly · 13/06/2023 19:44

I can't find my nightie anywhere! Had a handyman round this morning just to address a couple of patches of damp, one of them being in my bedroom, on the wall close to the en suite.

I hang my nightie and dressing gown on the back of the en suite door every morning, and on the other side of the door I have an old evening dress that belonged to my dm.

I was rushing out this morning and didn't think about moving the clothes off the door. Came back earlier to find he's moved my dressing gown and my dm's dress over to the hooks on the bedroom door. But there's no sign of my nightie.

Im not suggesting for a minute anything dodgy has gone on but - where is it?! Did I, without thinking, put it somewhere? If so, I still can't find it!

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Catsmere · 14/06/2023 08:17

viques · 14/06/2023 08:14

Sniggering at the thought of “handy”man . So appropriate. Next time you need to book a “damp patch” operative. Or a “ Jack of” all trades. Or again, maybe not.

A domestic remedial specialist maybe……..

Possibly this bloke is more a “jack off” than a “Jack of” …

Twiglets1 · 14/06/2023 08:35

WhineWhineWhineWINE · 14/06/2023 07:54

You know that asking a builder to look at the damp patch in your bedroom is code, don't you? 😉

I thought that was when you asked them to create a damp patch in your bedroom

ClairDeLaLune · 14/06/2023 08:35

Catsmere · 14/06/2023 08:17

Possibly this bloke is more a “jack off” than a “Jack of” …

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😂😂😂😂 you win the internet today!!

JaneJeffer · 14/06/2023 08:38

The handyman this morning

What has the handyman done with my nightdress?!
JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 14/06/2023 08:38

We all know, including you, that the handyman is currently 'enjoying' your nightie. <shudder>

InTodaysNews · 14/06/2023 08:46

I'd be wondering if he calls himself Mandy on a Sunday.

ConstantlyConfusedBird · 14/06/2023 08:49

Rightsraptor · 13/06/2023 22:51

He's taken it and you definitely won't be wanting it back.

I always lock my underwear, nightwear, tights even, away in a suitcase if any man is working upstairs in my house.

It doesn't matter how nice you think he is.

Christ, that's a bit extreme Hmm

Twiglets1 · 14/06/2023 08:53

This is a classic tread

Spottedsox · 14/06/2023 09:00

FuckStonewall · 13/06/2023 20:15

Took it home to wank onto.

Haha

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 14/06/2023 09:00

Fuckitydoodah · 14/06/2023 07:20

I fear this is the fate of your nightie. Hopefully, he waited until he got home, and didn't knock one out in your bathroom 🤢

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It's also possible that he spilled something, grabbed the next thing (aka nightie) and then felt that he just couldn't leave a wet nightie (due to people assuming perversion).

I am not saying that he didn't use it as a cum rag.

But the truth is IME sometimes truly strange...

There is a story in my family about how my uncle ended up standing next to the bra rack with a grapefruit in each hand.
The people that saw him may have assumed something complete different as well.

Things like these do occasionally happen...

CheshireCat1 · 14/06/2023 09:21

Perhaps he’s gift wrapped it for his wife or used it to clean up any plaster he’s splashed about.

lovemelongtime · 14/06/2023 09:23

FuckStonewall · 13/06/2023 20:15

Took it home to wank onto.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 you read my mind

ParisNext · 14/06/2023 09:24

this happened to my dh’s Ralph Lauren linen shirt. The handyman returned the next day and I saw him wiping a boiler part on a “cloth” which was a rag of the shirt!!!! He said he’d thought it was an old tea-towel. I have never ever understood what went through his mind.

HellsTeethandBucketsofBlood · 14/06/2023 09:24

JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 14/06/2023 08:38

We all know, including you, that the handyman is currently 'enjoying' your nightie. <shudder>

I'm amazed (and mildly amused) at how adamant some people are that this guy, who they've never even met, definitely wouldn't have stolen her lingerie and at worst perhaps just innocently mistook it for an old rag or something appropriate for wiping up plaster. I mean as if they ever clear up after themselves! Wisen up ladies! This is a thing! Sniffers are really common and loads of workmen get a kick out of being in your bedroom even if they don't steal your stuff, they're definitely thinking about it. The fact that you left it out is, in his head, an actual invitation to sniff it.

MsFannySqueers · 14/06/2023 09:43

Thanks OP this thread has given me a laugh. Sorry about your nightie I don’t think you will ever see that again. We had decorators in and an ice cream scoop went missing from the cutlery drawer in the kitchen. My husband was very upset he loves his ice cream. I had to buy him a new scoop for his birthday. I can only think the decorators used it to stir some paint but I often wonder why not a normal spoon?

BunnyBettChetwynnd · 14/06/2023 09:48

You got off light @MsFannySqueers. After the outside of our block of flats was painted we found a paint can behind the shed that someone had taken a poo in and then kindly sealed the lid.

ErmWhatever · 14/06/2023 09:56

ConstantlyConfusedBird · 14/06/2023 08:49

Christ, that's a bit extreme Hmm

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The depravity of men cannot be underestimated.

I had tradesmen in my house a few years ago and it was obvious one or more of them had been through my sex toys when I looked. I was incandescent with rage and text the main one telling him I hope whoever had been messing about with my personal items enjoyed them as much as my (fictional) boyfriends arse does. Bastards.

Readyplayerthr33 · 14/06/2023 10:15

Rightsraptor · 13/06/2023 22:51

He's taken it and you definitely won't be wanting it back.

I always lock my underwear, nightwear, tights even, away in a suitcase if any man is working upstairs in my house.

It doesn't matter how nice you think he is.

That’s not normal behaviour. You lock your clothes away in a suitcase when a man is working in your house? I don’t think it’s the men who are the weird ones.

LinzyB · 14/06/2023 10:20

What a mystery!!Don't know if it's already been suggested but could he have accidentally damaged it or spilled something on it and ruined it while working and was too embarrassed to tell you so took it away to get rid of it?

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 14/06/2023 10:22

Would it fit him, OP?

Seriously, could one of your dch have moved it? Have you asked them?

MsFannySqueers · 14/06/2023 10:29

@BunnyBettChetwynnd OMG! Must take some doing squatting over a paint tin. I hope it was a 5L. Although sort of semi-considerate in replacing the lid 😂

2bazookas · 14/06/2023 10:39

I bet he's wearing it under his overalls. A bit sweaty in this weather...

Fisharejumping · 14/06/2023 10:51

PinkPrincessPhilo · 13/06/2023 20:33

Think you’ve got yourself a sniffer.

Or a wearer. Handyman might be wafting elegantly around their bedroom in said negligee as we speak.

TeeBee · 14/06/2023 11:06

Could it be flipped over the back of your mother's dress? As they're both black, maybe its difficult to see. [Clutching at straws]

2bazookas · 14/06/2023 11:23

Readyplayerthr33 · 14/06/2023 10:15

That’s not normal behaviour. You lock your clothes away in a suitcase when a man is working in your house? I don’t think it’s the men who are the weird ones.

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I certainly wouldn't do that. I'd just wear all my underwear that day, in layers.

A woman making herself look bulky and powerful is really intimidating to handymen. So he won't dare give you any cheek like asking to use the toilet. Which of course you have specially wrapped in toilet paper so no men can.