to snigger at dh's affliction?

[Greensleeves]

he's got athlete's foot

in his CROTCH

My other half had something similar and he was really worried and embarrassed about it. I'm with Lurve, a bit of compassion never goes amiss.

OP, YANBU. Athletes foot does smart though, I thought I was losing my little toe to a fungal infection. Like Beenneta said, make sure he has his own towel etc. You don't want a sporty fanjo.

I am sure there is a joke that is flattering to him along the lines of 'aah well you got it there because it's a FOOT' type of thing. Or something to do with blowing it dry.

Poor him. I'm a bit with Lurve - humour is OK as long as it's larded with sympathy.

Lurve - we ain't PR representatives for MN. Since you seem to have lost your sense of humour, I'll explain. Jokes are about the unexpected. Normal logic is A followed by B followed by C. Here you have athlete's foot being discovered in someone's groin. Most of us didn't know that could happen.

And crotches and groins are funny hence people usually snigger at 'groin strain' - they are funny words. Farts, bums and genitalia have been the subject of humour since the Romans and probably before. Catullus wrote a whole poem with the refrain 'let's stick radishes up his bum'. Not sophisticated but that kind of subject has been very funny to 99.5% of humanity throughout recorded history.

And people do joke about thrush, btw.

But schadenfreude and payback are also key themes for humour down the centuries.

Waiting for the sporty fanjo posts...

Please don't, dh gets athlete's foot and it has never occurred to me that I might catch athlete's fanny from him!

DP has had this we refer to it fondly as 'Bollocks Rash' i get Athletes foot on my Toes and the DR implied that i had given it to DP.... i informed him the my feet dont ever go near DP's nuts unless hes getting a swift kick for something...

But it would be fair to laugh, wouldn't it?
Equal Opportunities humour and all that.

I'm sure in RL Greeny had a quick snigger and will now be helping her DH all she can - passing on the towel/talc/hairdryer advice and possibly even helping him with his cream.

All this is is a light heated giggle at an unusual situation. I didn't know you could get athlete's bollock and I'm sure other's didn't too!

I love the term on the tube...."jock itch"

suppose it could be fanjitch...hmmmmm catchy!!

The correct medical term is Tinea Cruris and if you feel the overwhelming desire to have a Google.

(perplexed) why is jock itch funnier than thrush? it's exactly the same thing - a fungus infection. Not a big deal, but not funny.

I can imagine a thread on 'I have got thrush and my DH thinks it's a big laugh' and everyone would be doing the standard MN wail 'he's a bastard, leave him immediately'

greensleeves it's not at all unlikely that you'll catch it. I hope you come back on MN and tell us, so that we can have a good laugh.

meanwhile - if he's using the athlete's foot cream it might work, might not. the right type of kaneston is the best stuff. You don't need a srip, but you have to ask at counter.

(I think you'll be familiar with the brand - it's commonly prescribed for thrush, isn't it?)

My dh is laughing along with me fgs

and we laugh at my huge spot as well

I had one years ago that we called "the beacon"

I have one now in the same place and dh is calling it "the arch-beacon"

he also enjoyed calling me "eggnant" and "boiled egg on legs" when I was pg

it's just the relationship we have, we both thrive on laughter

we also love each other more than anything else in the world, he is the best friend I have ever had and I would crawl over broken glass for him, and vice versa

I would never laugh at him in a way that would hurt him

never had thrush stubborn

but if I did dh would tease me a bit - he would also go and get me the cream and make a fuss of me and be kind to me

I just asked dh whether I went too far and hurt his feelings - I would hate to do that. He gave me a huge hug and said I hadn't at all. You can't tell from words on a screen what the tone of somebody else's relationship is.

fair enough - but IMO fungal infections are about as funny as a paper cut, and more tiresome to deal with.

i recommend

• cream
• boxers
• shorts
• and (if relevant in his case)lose the fat thighs.

not hair dryers, you don't want it all warm, but talc.

My DH uses my hair dryer on the cold setting, which just blasts out ambient temperature air, no element.

Its worked for him far more effectively than

cream
boxers
shorts and
talc

So worth a try if its proving stubborn.

Oh, by the way if you do want to try a powder, rather than talc you could sort of kill 2 birds with one stone and use athlete's foot powder - so you get the drying effect with a bit of anti-fungal thrown in.

i lost the fat thighs :-)

will relay all this advice to him, thank you

he's been using talc today and says it helps a bit - will suggest athlete's foot powder

My DH doesn't have fat thighs but he does drink a bit of alcohol - beer mainly. Not loads, but regularly, and on occasions more than he should have. Its his only vice really.

BUT, I can't help but think it can't help in any situation where fungus is recurring - alcohol AND of the yeasty variety.

I reckon he should have a good month or two without any to see if that clears it up once and for all.

I mentioned it to him once, he said "food for thought" and opened a beer!

I had recurring thrush a couple of years ago and I have to admit at the time I was enjoying a good couple of glasses of wine most evenings and I'm sure it was upsetting my "balance".

Am very moderate these days and haven't had it for ages.