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BIL using our bedroom for intimate purposes

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WhatTheMirrorSaw · 03/08/2026 16:58

We arrived home from holiday last night. BIL has kindly been cat-sitting for us, popping in twice a day, but not sleeping here overnight. This is important.

This afternoon, I've been sorting out a few things in our room. The sun was shining in, and as it hit the mirror I could clearly see strange marks - handprints, quite high up, and what I think is a willy mark at hip height. They are quite noticeable, so I'm sure they weren't here before we went away.

I suspect BIL has been entertaining himself in our bedroom, either alone or with a partner. He's single and the thought of him bringing a hook-up into our bedroom makes me feel ill.

I've changed the sheets (just in case his activities culminated in our bed), but I don't know if I can bear the thought of him cat-sitting for us again if he does this. But DH will think it's strange if we don't have him back, and DCat has never been to a cattery.

Is there a way I can subtley dissuade him from using our home in this way, without offending him?

I've added photos, but they aren't very good because my phone doesn't seem to focus on the mirror surface.

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LadyBeatriceBeaHiggins · 04/08/2026 14:17

ParsleySageToiletDuckAndBinBags · 04/08/2026 13:37

Does AI have a dedicated MN branch, where it 'learns' from MN Classics and then regurgitates it in new threads - like a great big inbred MN ourobouros?!

they did have a battle with ai using the threads to learn communication styles etc

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:31

Meanwhile in a parallel universe- Catsnet is going viral

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:32

Just out of interest, how will you explain to your DH why you want a lock fitted to bedroom door ?

MargoLeadbetterisQueen · 04/08/2026 15:21

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:31

Meanwhile in a parallel universe- Catsnet is going viral

Yes, Mr Tiddles just told me that.

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 04/08/2026 15:42

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:32

Just out of interest, how will you explain to your DH why you want a lock fitted to bedroom door ?

I think I'll say something like there have been a few burglaries recently (which will be true - houses are always getting burgled) and I want to put our valuables in our room and lock the door, to slow them down a bit.

Hopefully he'll go with that.

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WhatTheMirrorSaw · 04/08/2026 15:46

Strangely enough, I unexpectedly bumped into BIL just now. If I'd known I was going to see him, I would have made sure my face was in a neutral expression but as it was, he took me by surprise and I was all flustered, thinking of gay orgies and the other unsavoury activities that have been mentioned on this thread. I could actually feel myself blushing - now he'll think I have a crush on him, for sure!

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AnonSugar · 04/08/2026 15:48

Surely you’ll have to size up DH and BIL to determine which one left the Willy mark?

Cantyouseethishorselovesme · 04/08/2026 15:57

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:31

Meanwhile in a parallel universe- Catsnet is going viral

It is. Iggy just told Clover next door to LTB, but what about the kittens?

GreatUserName · 04/08/2026 16:28

Over at CatsNet HQ...

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MargoLeadbetterisQueen · 04/08/2026 16:34

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 04/08/2026 15:46

Strangely enough, I unexpectedly bumped into BIL just now. If I'd known I was going to see him, I would have made sure my face was in a neutral expression but as it was, he took me by surprise and I was all flustered, thinking of gay orgies and the other unsavoury activities that have been mentioned on this thread. I could actually feel myself blushing - now he'll think I have a crush on him, for sure!

🤔
I think we're getting to the root of it now.
Is that what these fantasies are all about?

MargoLeadbetterisQueen · 04/08/2026 16:35

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 04/08/2026 15:42

I think I'll say something like there have been a few burglaries recently (which will be true - houses are always getting burgled) and I want to put our valuables in our room and lock the door, to slow them down a bit.

Hopefully he'll go with that.

Who on earth would go with that explanation? Just tell him you're having mad fantasies about his brother and you can't trust yourself with an unlocked bedroom when he's living in the same town.

MagicThanks · 04/08/2026 16:56

Who does your BiL live with OP? I think he’s having a man round to shag him against your mirror.

PinkEasterbunny · 04/08/2026 17:30

MagicThanks · 04/08/2026 16:56

Who does your BiL live with OP? I think he’s having a man round to shag him against your mirror.

I wondered about this too!

Tryanalogue · 04/08/2026 18:12

MagicThanks · 04/08/2026 16:56

Who does your BiL live with OP? I think he’s having a man round to shag him against your mirror.

So dangerous if the glass breaks.

Willy sliced off and seven years’ bad luck.

LouiseK93 · 04/08/2026 18:44

Yeah, tell him "kindly please stop rubbing your nob on my mirror...see you at Christmas!" 😆

EnthusiasticPony · 04/08/2026 18:45

DeathBanana · 03/08/2026 18:09

Then you need to say when he gets home “bloody hell brian, there’s a perfect impression of your weener here on the mirror, were you nude when you got the suitcase / cat / your snorkel set down?”

I'm dying here!!!!!

EnthusiasticPony · 04/08/2026 18:47

I'd be handing him a bottle of windowlene and a duster.

Tryanalogue · 04/08/2026 18:49

EnthusiasticPony · 04/08/2026 18:47

I'd be handing him a bottle of windowlene and a duster.

He’ll have fun with that.

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 04/08/2026 19:01

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 04/08/2026 11:17

It's not that I'm nervous or scared, but just that it would then mean that he'd have to ask his brother, and it would be awkward and uncomfortable conversation - and with little to be gained. If BIL was doing something weird against the mirror, he's unlikely to admit it and if he wasn't and the marks are indeed just cleaning from cleaning, he'll be offended that we thought such a thing. So it's a lose-lose situation, and he probably wouldn't cat sit for us any more. We see quite a lot of BIL and I don't want to rock the boat.

That's understandable. In your shoes I wouldn't either I think.

I guess its just a little MumsNet secret now then.

GeorgeOhWell · 04/08/2026 19:27

1Flew0ver · 04/08/2026 14:32

Just out of interest, how will you explain to your DH why you want a lock fitted to bedroom door ?

This

SleepingStandingUp · 04/08/2026 19:30

ginasevern · 03/08/2026 17:14

Do you mean willy marks on the mirror? I don't really understand because your photos look like a towel. Personally I'd be more concerned about the cat. So no, I wouldn't have him back. Who knows what he's been up to.

how does wsnking off to a mirror equate with abusing the cat?

SleepingStandingUp · 04/08/2026 19:34

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 03/08/2026 18:05

DH is at work, and it doesn't seem like the sort of conversation you could have when one person is in a busy office.

But also, I'm in two minds whether or not to mention it to DH at all. He's quite protective of his DB, and historically he's been very reluctant to say anything that might upset his family. The most likely outcome is that he'll be irritated at me for putting him in an awkward position.

well that dynamic isn't a thread all on its own is it?

id just leave the marks, then comment on them when DH is there. babe what's that make? it looks like a handprint. oh god that's not the shape of your willy is it?

Tryanalogue · 04/08/2026 19:36

SleepingStandingUp · 04/08/2026 19:30

how does wsnking off to a mirror equate with abusing the cat?

You are so innocent. xx

Surroundedbyfools · 04/08/2026 19:38

I’d be telling my husband to have a word with him. I’d be fuming (and sick) to think of any of my brother in laws shagging in my bed

Imdunfer · 04/08/2026 19:44

WhatTheMirrorSaw · 03/08/2026 17:21

I can't quite imagine, but I think he must have been leaning against the mirror with no underwear on, and his arms stretched up, palms pressed against the mirror. But why?

Because there was a man behind him.

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