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Disgusting suggestion from DH - does anyone else actually do this?

216 replies

Libre2 · 25/10/2025 13:49

He suggested I microwave a cup of tea out of a luke warm pot. Does anyone do this? I do not and never will.

OP posts:
HJBeans · 26/10/2025 19:45

FaceBothered · 25/10/2025 13:51

I know lots of people who stick their tea in the microwave to warm it up.

I’ve never done it but I can’t see the problem 🤷‍♀️

I do this. Sometimes more than once. 😱

HevenlyMeS · 26/10/2025 19:46

Yes I've warmed my mugs of tea in the microwave, just 30 seconds
Most surely saves waste & is much quicker than making a new mug💚

Someonelookedatmypostinghistorysoichanged · 26/10/2025 19:46

Oh jeez I was expecting you to say he ate shit and sugar sandwiches 🥪

Vitriolinsanity · 26/10/2025 19:48

Good Christ on a scooter, what fresh hell. No, no and thrice no. Just boil another cup.

Randomesttnought · 26/10/2025 19:59

Discombobble · 25/10/2025 14:05

All the time

Me too. Young kids. Many a cold tea!

utamea · 26/10/2025 20:01

My mum does

herbetta · 26/10/2025 20:05

zaxxon · 25/10/2025 13:50

ohhh that was a letdown

😆👌

Newusernameforthiss · 26/10/2025 20:11

Hahahahaa well played OP

I checked expecting he was suggesting pegging in a fetish outfit. But this is GENUINELY sick. Tea in a microwave??!? Foul. YANBU

Legaleagleplease · 26/10/2025 20:13

Catpiece · 25/10/2025 14:00

I’ve done it. No one was harmed in the process

You need to be careful as the liquid can become superheated (over 100c) and once you break the surface, e.g with a spoon, it can rapidly expand and burn you seriously.
There is probably a YouTube video on this somewhere.

Ladygodalmighty · 26/10/2025 20:33

LadyDarcy80s · 25/10/2025 13:51

So a teapot of tea poured in to a mug and reheated, I guess it’s no different than reheating a mug of tea poured straight from the kettle, I do that so I don’t see the problem.
Or as a more obvious answer, leave the bastard.

Rotf 😆

Rosiedayss · 26/10/2025 20:40

Yes have done it, not before children though.
Standards dropped when i had children and tea or coffee would cool down if i got distracted with them..
Much easier to reheat than make fresh.
Lucky to drink it hot the second time.
Like i say, standards dropped

johnd2 · 26/10/2025 20:41

To be honest I had very high standards for tea (clean mug, water has to be just boiling) until kids and after 3+years of never finishing a mug of tea now I'll drink anything as long as it's been warm and is wet!

DoodlesMam · 26/10/2025 20:42

Libre2 · 25/10/2025 13:49

He suggested I microwave a cup of tea out of a luke warm pot. Does anyone do this? I do not and never will.

whats wrong with that? I do it all the time....

johnd2 · 26/10/2025 20:42

Rosiedayss · 26/10/2025 20:40

Yes have done it, not before children though.
Standards dropped when i had children and tea or coffee would cool down if i got distracted with them..
Much easier to reheat than make fresh.
Lucky to drink it hot the second time.
Like i say, standards dropped

Oh yeah cross posted but exactly that! Hydration is the name of the game

quantumbutterfly · 26/10/2025 20:42

Libre2 · 25/10/2025 13:49

He suggested I microwave a cup of tea out of a luke warm pot. Does anyone do this? I do not and never will.

Dear God no! Think of the children. Ltb.

(I can't remember how long it's been since I actually brewed tea in a teapot..with leaf tea. I bet it was really stewed)

ThePenguinIsDrunk · 26/10/2025 20:43

Christ alive. You'll have to LTB, only thing for it you know.

SP2024 · 26/10/2025 20:52

Nope 🤮 I’d just make a new cup. It reminds me of Muriel’s wedding microwaving tea

Chocolateisameal · 26/10/2025 20:57

I very rarely say this but there is only one solution- LTB!

ImogenBrocklehurst · 26/10/2025 21:04

I honestly thought it was going to be some depraved sexual activity.

He is grim, though.

EdithBond · 26/10/2025 21:18

Libre2 · 25/10/2025 16:19

Pot was made e.g at 10am. At approx 11:30am I mooted that I fancied a cup of tea. He said there was tea left over in the pot and to “whack it in the microwave” whereupon I called him an animal.

Bit lazy/tight to not simply whack the kettle on and whack some hot water in a new cup/pot of tea.

But not a hill I’d die on if everything else in the garden is rosey.

TryingToFigureItOut2 · 26/10/2025 21:23

I don't drink tea, but LOL at the people who say they felt let down after the title.
I can't see the phrase "let down" without thinking that it's a technical discussion of breastfeeding.

That it should come to this.

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · 26/10/2025 21:25

zaxxon · 25/10/2025 13:50

ohhh that was a letdown

Yup
I was preparing myself for a ‘Jack the Rimmer’ scenario or Pegging in a public area at the very least ??

MiloMinderbinder · 26/10/2025 21:35

How comical! I wouldn’t bother to warm it up. Cup of tea from yesterday? Still ok, cold. But coffee from yesterday? In the microwave. I’m not a barbarian

Kibble19 · 26/10/2025 21:50

Are the people who microwave tea also the ones who share bathwater with their family?

Delphiniumandlupins · 26/10/2025 21:54

So long as you haven't added milk, microwaving tea is fine.