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AIBU?

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DH shat in the bed last night - I feel bad about how I reacted but surely IANBU to expect him to clean it up?

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PuttingMyFootInIt · 25/07/2011 09:33

I was up late last night, insomnia. Around 2am I was heading to the bathroom and bumped into DH who was more than half asleep and going to the loo at speed. He mumbled something at me and went into the loo. He'd said during the day he had an upset stomach (which means diarrhea).

He came in to the kitchen afterwards and said he was crapping liquid and felt bad. There was a smell - I asked if he'd cleaned himself up properly and he got quite shirty with me. I got him some immodium and he sat with me for a bit in the living room. I gently suggested a shower might help him feel better so I guess I wasn't convinced he'd cleaned himself up properly (was vvv tired).

Was sleepy finally so went to bed with a book, DH still sitting in living room watching TV. Was about half two. I got into bed and put my foot into something wet. Pulled back the duvet and there was a huge wet patch - shit, basically. Yelled for DH to come NOW and he just fucking stood there like a moron - I was stripping the bed but it had already soaked through the mattress protector so there was a big stain on the mattress (shit!), and it was on the duvet too which doesn't fit in the washing machine.

I told DH to clean the mattress while I got the shitty bedclothes into the washing machine and checked the other bedding etc. And washed my FOOT. Went back into the bedroom to see how he was getting on and he was dabbing at it with fucking baby wipes!

Had to pretty much drag him to the kitchen, hot water, soap, scrubber etc. I was absolutely furious - not because of the shit but because he was so fucking truculent about it. He wanted to turn the mattress over but I said it had to dry out properly. Got him to have a long shower and did some extra mattress-cleaning myself. We don't have a spare bed so slept with the DCs.

Got up this morning and DH was wrapped up in the (slightly shitty), duvet, no cover, on the mattress. Which smells - there's no stain to see but it does smell a bit so I think it soaked into the innner bit if you know what I mean.

Anyway, I felt bad for him, it must've been horrible and embarrassing, so I was gentle and solicitous this morning. He's gone now and I am torn between feeling bad for him but also being really cross - babywipes ffs! We have three DCs, we've had to deal with crap before (though not in bed, but they've had accidents in our bed before hence the mattress protector and DS1 was sick in it once), it's not like he doesn't know best practice with bodily fluids.

What do you think?

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Lazydaisy55 · 25/07/2011 12:30

I love the description of the poo-cleaning fairies

PuttingMyFootInIt · 25/07/2011 12:32

He was sleeping naked, I asked about that because I had visions of shitty boxers hidden somewhere!

I can sort of believe he didn't know he'd shat the bed - though any NORMAL person would surely check? Especially if their wife was unsubtly making comments about them needing a shower! It was his fucking ATTITUDE about it that got me.

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mrszimmerman · 25/07/2011 12:35

NRGless
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

EricNorthmansMistressOfPotions · 25/07/2011 12:49

YANBU
He's a fucking minger. I don't care how sick I felt (and I know what gastro things feel like!) if I had shat the bed I'd be cleaning it up before anyone had the chance to see or smell it. Dirty fucking minger.

mrszimmerman · 25/07/2011 12:50

say what you mean Ericmistress!
I like that plain talk!

scarletfingernail · 25/07/2011 12:59

That is totally rank and I would be furious. Even if he was ill and it wasn't self-inflicted if he was able to get out the bed and come downstairs to watch tv why on earth wasn't he able to tell you that he'd shat in the bed?! Gross.

The night bus story is just as gross. You must really have liked him OP to continue after that!

I was also Shock at you having a new mattress for your shared bed as your birthday present!

ZacharyQuack · 25/07/2011 13:00

Aw man, if you have the runny shits you don't go bare-arsed to bed.

mrszimmerman · 25/07/2011 13:05

this whole thread is making me cry with laughter.

Sharting, love that word.

How anyone could leave a shited bed and go WATCH TELLY??
It beggars belief.

No wonder OP is insomniac. God knows what this eejit is doing the rest of the time!!!
Sorry OP but honestly he deserves a special medal. Maybe one I'vefashioned for my eejit of a dh!!!
Grin

PuttingMyFootInIt · 25/07/2011 13:07

The mattress was a present as we didn't need it, I just wanted it (is fancy). Previous one was perfectly servicable but I wanted the fancy type. We don't get each other big/expensive presents usually so I was fine with it being 'for my birthday'.

He's now saying he doesn't want to buy another mattress and we should just go back to using the old one! This seems unreasonable to me as it was MY present but we probably can't afford another...

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ZacharyQuack · 25/07/2011 13:09

Buy him some of <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=waterproof+pyjamas&hl=en&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbnid=GZGfFvvEY7Ef8M:&imgrefurl=snugasabug.com/outerwear/rainwear-boots&docid=PL_85hAtodJwpM&w=459&h=800&ei=j1wtTsrWHqLwmAXB7_m5Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=186&vpy=53&dur=6&hovh=297&hovw=170&tx=100&ty=176&page=10&tbnh=171&tbnw=98&start=168&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:168&biw=1280&bih=685" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">these

PuttingMyFootInIt · 25/07/2011 13:09

And we did break up for almost a year after the Shit Bus incident - not because of that though, he said it was food poisoning and I felt sorry for him (see, I CAN do compassion). He was a wanker about it then too.

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ZacharyQuack · 25/07/2011 13:10

He's in Shit Denial.

(This is not a river in Egypt)

PuttingMyFootInIt · 25/07/2011 13:10

Waterproof trousers an excellent idea! I'll insist he wears them inside-out and gaffa tapes them round his ankles so nothing can get out.

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AllGoodNamesGone · 25/07/2011 13:13

I would have reacted badly. I would have screamed, had a minor panic attack and probably added some vomit to the mix.

I don't think I could sleep on a mattress that had had liquid adult poo on it (small child poo/sick - different matter!) I would be smelling it forever, even if it was all gone.

I'd have had a fair amount of sympathy with him if it was a bug, but to eat something that you know has this effect on your bowels ...

YANBU - buy a new mattress and tell him it's HIS Birthday & Christmas present (and put the old one in the garage and tell him that's where he's sleeping if he ever eats the offending food again!)

TastyMuffins · 25/07/2011 13:14

Totally useless, if I ever had the misfortune to soil the bed, I would never leave it without saying so to my bedmate, if I was too ill to do anything about it right then I would at the very least warn them of what awaits and promise to deal with it when I can (perhaps hoping they take pity on my weakened state and shame and take over).

mrszimmerman summed it up nicely.

janetsplanet · 25/07/2011 13:24

my ex -so glad hes an ex now.
he had food poisoning one time and had to run to throw up. we have all done the wet fart thing when ill and throwing up, yet he shit all over the bathroom carpet. He was still well enough to drink booze (a can or 2), he was well enough to watch tv etc, so I left him alone in the house with the shitty carpet till it was pulled up and disposed of. He refused to do it and got my sister to do it (she works in a home so is used to shit)

AbbyAbsinthe · 25/07/2011 13:26

This would really put me off someone, tbh. I'm quite sympathetic, in a brisk, nurse way Grin but the lackadaisical attitude would really piss me off. I would clear up after my partner if he needed me too, but to just randomly shit the bed and then watch telly.... revolting.

Iggly · 25/07/2011 13:29

Why are you with a man who willingly craps himself and buys you mattresses for your birthday? Hmm Grin

scottishmummy · 25/07/2011 13:36

"he gets shits with certain foods". so this has happened before.eugh yuk

god hope hes not in food prep or handling.or care setting
diarrhoea less than 12 hours and off to work.he'll probably infect his work

Malificence · 25/07/2011 13:37

Nobody can do this when even semi concious and not realise it!
My DH didn't even do this when he contracted Campilobacter last year FFS Hmm
He slept in boxers and on a towel just in case though, he also cleaned the loo and sink every time he went ( which was 20+ times a day for the first couple of days), that's what grown-ups do.
He was very ill with it but he didn't expect me to clean up after him and risk getting infected too.

There is no excuse and if he knows he will get the runs after eating whatever, it's even worse.

janetsplanet · 25/07/2011 13:39

malificence. thats what my ex had - campilobacter. no way was i cleaning his shit up

AbbyAbsinthe · 25/07/2011 13:40

And also.... why would you knowingly eat something that makes you shit the bed? Confused

Malificence · 25/07/2011 13:42

JP, I bet he didn't get it from Chicken guts splashing into his eyes from underneath his glasses! Only my DH could be that unlucky.

Xales · 25/07/2011 13:45

I find it very hard to believe that even if sleeping naked and unaware that he had done this that he wouldn't have noticed the shit in unusual places on his body while on the toilet or in the shower.

In my opinion he just decided it was not his job to sort but yours.

I have been through every towel in the house myself putting some into the washer in between boughts.

nannyl · 25/07/2011 13:56

I suggest that you buy a new mattress (his birthday /Xmas present combined) and a waterproof mattress protector (perhaps early valentines day gift?)

If too expensive perhaps yours / his parents can chip in with some cash as part of their present too?

We got our lovely new bed and matress last year and i got my hippychick mattress protector first. ALL the beds in my house have a waterproof protector on too, just in case.

I am now pg and have HG, so my protector was useful on the couple of occasions when i had no warning at all and was just sick in bed. Its also useful just in case my waters go, which they could at any time, and im sure once baby arrives we will be even more greatful.

My hippy chick is breathable, can be hot washed and tumble dried, and i have a normal cotton protector as well, so we do NOT feel hot, plasticy and sweaty etc.

Agree if you have an accident in bed, the least you can do is strip the sheets and warn the other person who uses the bed. That goes without saying.
On my worst HG days, when i did vomit in bed i still somehow made it down stairs to the washing machine, and wouldnt have just left it... EWWWWW

YANBU to be annoyed at your DH

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