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AIBU?

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...not to want dh to wander around half-naked?

471 replies

cavell · 04/11/2012 17:07

Particularly when, by "half naked" I am referring to the bottom half?
Dh likes to wander around wearing just a t-shirt/shirt and no pants such that his "bits" are left dangling. Sometimes he even has socks on, too.
AIBU to find this borderline revolting? It reminds me of a potty-training toddler, tbh.
Background: together 20 years, married 15, two dds aged 11 and 7. DH's body is okay, albeit a bit skinny. He knows I don't like to see him walking around in his state of undress, but he thinks I am becoming prudish and that he should be able to relax in his own home and not worry about what he is wearing... Should add also that my libido is very low at the moment and seeing his undercarriage peeking out from the bottom of a t-shirt isn't helping at all.
AIBU?

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MrsWhoGivesaShit · 04/11/2012 18:13

doing what on purpose!? i spent most of this morning naked, not because i was doing anything on purpose but because i am happy and comfortable naked.

WofflingOn · 04/11/2012 18:14

I have an Aspie who finds clothing uncomfortable and used to strip off when he got home. We always had rules about wearing underpants or pj bottoms as a minimum.
If you are sharing a house, then sometimes a compromise is necessary.

quoteunquote · 04/11/2012 18:15

If you can't walk around naked around in your own home where can you?

I don't see why he can't.

I always wonder why certain nationalities are very comfortable with nakedness and others are so uptight.

CruCru · 04/11/2012 18:15

Perhaps you need to have a word (when he isn't half naked). Say something like "DD1 is getting quite grown up and it isn't appropriate to embarrass her in this way". Start mentioning developing bodies / periods until he gets the idea.

MrsWhoGivesaShit · 04/11/2012 18:15

of course not. they will have to stay at home with a babysitter.

being naked is a big part of our lives. i can not see that any dc of ours will be uncomfortable and unhappy, as it will be normal to them.

BooyhooRemembering · 04/11/2012 18:16

i think he is leaving his genitals exposed to make his wife (and maybe his children) uncomfortable. i think he enjoys provoking that reaction from her like flashers tend to do

AnyFucker · 04/11/2012 18:16

it's certainly allll about him swinging his cock around, isn't it ?

is he an arsehole in other ways, OP ?

and yes, show him this thread and let him understand that some of us think grown men (outside of a quick flash as gets in/out of shower, changed for the pool etc) deliberately displaying their genitals to their female daughters is fucking weird

AnyFucker · 04/11/2012 18:16

female daughters ? opps, I meant female children

Mintyy · 04/11/2012 18:17

"i personally don't see what there is to be uncomfortable about,"

Well try using a bit of imagination then Mrs. Op is not nudist, her dds are not nudist, her dh is not a nudist but he likes to leave his parts on show when pootling about in the house. What the heck is natural about that?

Teeb · 04/11/2012 18:17

Do you think the frequency has increased with your libido going down? It does sound like he's doing it on purpose, in some strange sort of 'look at my penis!' sort of way to make you want/remember about sex.

Hugely misguided and deluded though.

MrsWhoGivesaShit · 04/11/2012 18:17

FFS! booy!? a flasher? jesus!

cocolepew · 04/11/2012 18:18

My DH wouldn't want our DDs looking at his penis. Bizarre.

BooyhooRemembering · 04/11/2012 18:19

yep a flasher.

NamingOfParts · 04/11/2012 18:19

If it helps my DH thinks this is weird and my DH does not have hang ups about his body. There is nothing normal about eating breakfast in shirt, tie and socks but no pants.

If this is getting worse then I would be starting to worry if the next step would be 'accidentally' opening the front door without his pants/trousers on.

cocolepew · 04/11/2012 18:19

How many naturalists put on a shirt and tie and a pair of socks but nothing else?

IvorHughJackolantern · 04/11/2012 18:20

Rank, horrible, yuk and bleurgh

That has to be the worst look in the world for a man. If Johnny Depp wandered into my front room wearing a shirt, tie and a pair of socks, with his bellend wibbling about under his shirt-tails I'd probably hit him with a broom.

And regardless of how vile it looks, I'm amazed he feels a desire to behave like this when he was a pre-teen daughter living with him. That would have made me squirm when I was that age, I'd have absolutely hated it. And another YUK.

thenightsky · 04/11/2012 18:21

How would he feel about you dressing in a similar manner?

Flaps hanging free beneath a t-shirt?

Helltotheno · 04/11/2012 18:21

This reminds me of an episode of SATC where Charlotte is trying to stop Harry wandering round the house with his bits dangling free and just as he's about to grace a cream leather chair with his microscopic-shit-particle-stained ass, she blows her top........

YANBU at all OP, it's disgustingly unhygienic and an absolute turn off. A penis is arguably not the most aesthetically attractive part of a man's body outside the bedroom context and who wants to see that waving around? A toilet training toddler indeed, very accurate description.

Apart altogether from the issue of inappropriateness in front of your DDs...

MrsDeVere · 04/11/2012 18:22

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Alibabaandthe40nappies · 04/11/2012 18:22

DH likes to come home and take his trousers off, and after careful canvassing among female friends I find that this isn't unusual.

However - he keeps his pants on and takes his socks off, is generally wearing the shirt he's been in all day with his shirt sleeves rolled up - so the overall effect is vastly different to what you describe!

MrsWhoGivesaShit · 04/11/2012 18:22

fuck me you lot are insane! he is not rubbing his cock in all their faces! I presume that she has his cock to thank for having 2 children. From what i have read he is not walking around with a stonking great boner. he just likes having no pants on!

OP, why not show your DH some understanding and look up some naturist places for him. so he can spend some time naked, without the judgemental people

IvorHughJackolantern · 04/11/2012 18:24

I also find it weird that he goes to the loo and then comes back with all his lower clothing removed.

Aside from the whole 'And here's my cock' aspect, why would he feel such a need to announce that he's just taken a shit?

No wonder you don't want to shag him!

cocolepew · 04/11/2012 18:24

He isn't naked or a naturist though is he. He dresses every part of his body apart from his knob.

AnyFucker · 04/11/2012 18:24

she has his cock to thank for her children ???

hahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

all praise the cock !!!

perhaps Op and her daughters should have a little cock-thanking ceremony every sunday ?

MrsDeVere · 04/11/2012 18:24

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