Is this a grim habit or am I precious? <tmi warning>

[RevoltingPeasant]

DP has a skin condition which means that he gets really bad dry skin and flakes of it fall off everywhere. In general.... We just brush down the bed every morning and vac regularly.

But one thing really grosses me out - when he goes for a pee, he scratches and this means that dry skin from, ahem, particular areas falls off and gets on the floor. It forms this little gritty sheen on the laminate flooring around the loo. I am so frickin' tired of stepping in it and getting it all over my stockinged feet in the mornings before work or when I get up in the night. Blech.

DP says I am picking on him for a medical condition he can't help. I say if you are going to leave crotchflakes on the floor you should clean them up after.

AIBU? Does your DP have a similarly gross problem that you just live with?

Sirsugar I am so sorry for your loss but oh dear that made me properly laugh out loud!! WHY on earth would one keep toenails, and in a marked envelope?! 10/10 for organisational skills [gein]

that's definitely heading into 'leave the filthy bastard' territory for me.

oh, vomit.

Am chortling at "TOENAIL"

Morning All

Well, let's think of a use for toenails. What about testing for DNA in the future? You never know what reason might arise.

And here we have a potential heirloom! Great-great-granddad's toenails! I saw some men's underpants in Greenwich Naval Museum and they were labelled as Nelson's. They had spots of blood on them and might have a toenail in the pocket.

I have a labelled envelope containing some of my luxuriant, dark brown hair cut off in 1958. We sometimes see pendants containing a lock of hair on Antiques Road Show. I also have one cut a couple of years ago with snow white hair, So I can make my own heirlooms for my great-great-great grandchildren. Hmmmm I hadn't thought of saving bits of toenail before this.

So you mean that DH leaving all that body hair in the sink after a wash (and on the loo seat, in the shower etc) isn't okay?

That's what I thought but he maintains I am being finicky. Whereas I maintain he sheds like a dog and needs to hoover himself all over before being allowed near people.

I draw the line at crotchflakes, though.

CrotchFlakes Tue 15-Nov-11 10:36:01
Morning All

MUCH arf

RevoltingPeasant definitely his job to sweep up/clean up.

Does he have icthyosis?

CrotchFlakes

God, this is a proud day - I made someone namechange !! It's all been worth it, now.

MrsV no, bad psoriasis.

Heading off to buy toilet wipes a new husband

YANBU at all.

But YABU for saying 'crotchflakes'. I've just had lunch and feel a bit now.

Ok... This is a grim suggestion, but next time you have a period, leave smears on the loo seat. Then you can be all indignant and accuse your DH of picking on you for being a woman, which of course YOU CAN'T HELP. If he tells you that you could have just wiped it up, you can tell him he can do the same thing.

I'm not changing my name again

This thread is evil

at mindbleach though haha

I am ridiculously proud of that term now!!

YANBU unless said skin condition gives him a second condition of lazyitus!

Tell him to clear his own flakes up or next time you have your period leave remnants around the toilet for him to stand/sit in. When he complains say "your just picking on me and it's not my fault I get periods"

Oh sorry bubble you beat me to it!

at crotchflakes.

Definitely his job to clear up

Sirsugar So sorry you lost your DH . Did you keep the toenails?

I was also going to suggest something like BubbleBobbles suggestion. I was thinking leave used tampons on the side of the bath/floor/in the sink.

Revolting: my OH also has (had) bad psoriosis. Many years trying many different treatments. 3 months ago started taking zinc supplements - all clear now. Has your dh tried that?

I did not retain the 'TOENAIL' envelope or contents ( it gave me that weird shivery feeling when I found it )

And here is another side order for the evening; My mum worked with a man who used to buy the contents of houses then clear them. In one house in the bottom of a cupboard he found bags of pubic hair; labled and dated. The mind boggles. This happened circa 1980.

Ah you need to get a mooncup, then leave said mooncup, post-use, loitering next to his toothbrush.

Ps, disgusting. truly disgusting thread.

Yuck at the pubic hair!

When DS had terrible eczema and was often bed-bound for days at at time he used entertain himself by peeling surprisingly large pieces of skin off and laying them out on the carpet next to his bed for me to admire. And like OP I found that it does stick to your feet. But he was only 7 and very short of entertainment (though he did pick up a radio 7 habit that did wonders for his VRT scores). An adult should clear up things like that themselves, it's part of dealing with the condition. Ready-to-use cleaning wipes to hand.

That is absolutely beyond revolting.
If he's not prepared to clear it up I would be moving out. There is absolutely no way I'd be living with that. I'm surprised you can bear to share a bed

Do you not have a pedestal mat? Get several, make him use one and fold it carefully over after use so you don't have to tread on the manky bit. Have somewhere to keep a batch for hot wash.