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Friends Husband Talks To Me About The Size Of His Bum.

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 19:25

I popped round to see a close friend yesterday. She got called away to a long call and her husband came in to keep me company. He has wearing a lycra suit ready to do some sport. He then talking at some length about his concerns about the size of his bum.
Am I being unreasonable or is this weird.

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HanneHolm · 03/02/2013 19:26

you are weird

BambieO · 03/02/2013 19:26

Haha slightly weird but very entertaining!

AnyFucker · 03/02/2013 19:26

erm...

Chottie · 03/02/2013 19:27

I think this is a bit creepy - why should he think you would be interested?

CheCazzo · 03/02/2013 19:29

Are you being unreasonable about what?

Do you mean is HE being unreasonable to talk to you about the size of his bum? How did he phrase it? Was it fnarr fnarr smutty (in as far as that is possible when dealing with a lycra'd male bottom) or was he genuinely looking for advice?

BerthaKitt · 03/02/2013 19:31

Did he have grounds for concern or was he just arsing about? Maybe you were the butt of some private joke.

MissyMooandherBeaverofSteel · 03/02/2013 19:33

I'd have let him crack on with it, cheek of the man Grin

BerthaKitt · 03/02/2013 19:33

I think YABU to think it's weird, he had some cheek(s) talking to you like that.

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 03/02/2013 20:31

Look him up and down slowly, sighhhhh deeply, crook your little finger, sort of absentmindedly, and say "you know X, in that lycra, the size of your bum is the least of your worries"

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 20:50

I mean am I being unreasonable to think it is weird.
He is a man who takes his sport (and everything else) very seriously. He is late 40's and concerned that he will put on weight and lose fitness. I think he was just talking to fill a gap while his wife was out the room and then she was gone for a long time and he just kept talking..
It was weird and amusing. Not even sure whether to mention it to my friend.

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MarilynValentine · 03/02/2013 20:55

How long can one man muse conversationally on whether his arse is too big or not?! How long are we talking about here?

I mean did he turn around and show you exactly which areas concerned him?

Hahaha the image of him standing cheeks to the wind for ages whilst gesturing to his bum heft Grin

Beaverfeaver · 03/02/2013 21:03

Awww, some men are very sensitive about weight issues and crave compliments.

He was just fishing for one by the sounds of it

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 21:05

The conversation started because he was looking for some kit. I was enquiring what he was looking for and so he was telling me about some thingamy that measured speed, distance, stroke rate and so on. I was asking about his training programme and what his motivation was.
I was amused to find that his motivation for training many hours a week was to was to stop him getting fat and in particular to limit the size of his growing rear.
He then told me wanted to eat all the chocolate in the house and had to go out NOW before he started. He talked for about 20minutes!!!

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SirIronBottom · 03/02/2013 21:06

As long as it wasn't some kind of conspiracy to get you to give him an anal probe*, it sounds fine to me.

*it probably wasn't

QOD · 03/02/2013 21:08

Was he a short Italian? My friends DH is juuuuuuuuust like this Grin yawn

sittinginthesun · 03/02/2013 21:10

Am I the only person who actually needs to know how big his bum is?

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 21:12

More late Eric Northman.

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 21:13

Sorry more like Eric Northman if he were that age and not a vampire.

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AnyFucker · 03/02/2013 21:17

Why would you mention it to your friend ? Confused

It sounds like he was babbling a bit nervously and trying to fill an awkward silence.

RSVP · 03/02/2013 21:18

at least he was not telling you about the size of his penis

SirIronBottom · 03/02/2013 21:21

Yeah. "I'm doing all this exercise to limit the size of my growing penis". That would have been REALLY odd. "I have to get out NOW before I take all the Viagra in the house".

MarilynValentine · 03/02/2013 21:28

Hahahaha SirIronBottom (appropriate name) Grin

Yeah sounds like he was just babbling. And you did ask, kind of.

And Eric Northman, huh? I could listen to him talking about his arse for a bit.

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ZumbaZara · 03/02/2013 21:31

I am sitting here thinking about what I know about this man. He is off the scale brainy, works nights doing something scientific. He has an array of hobbies which he is very intense about apart from sport they are writing computer programmes, electronics and building clocks.
Now I come to think about him.....................?

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AnyFucker · 03/02/2013 21:34

..............what ?

Bit fixated on him, aintcha ?

He's your close friends husband. It isn't healthy to give him all this headspace.

MarilynValentine · 03/02/2013 21:36

Eh?

Are you suggesting he actually is a vampire? With a big bottom? And lots of hobbies?

Grin
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