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to think you can't just crap in the street!!

308 replies

RescueCack · 18/04/2013 07:25

DH has just come back from a run and sheepishly told me that he took a dump in a bush. Again. This is not the first time. It doesn't happen regularly, but it has happened. How can he think this is ok??

He says he has no choice. I asked him, if he was surrounded by people watching him he would have held it, and he said 'yes, but I would have had to end my run'. So finishing a run is more important than not crapping in public???

He asked me to post because he thinks he will be validated. I know he wont. There is no way this is normal or ok. Judge him hard.

OP posts:
MandragoraWurzelstock · 18/04/2013 11:15

Oh GOD this is horrible. I always felt bad that I couldn't run beyond the end of the road without fainting.
Now I know it was God's way of preserving my dignity.

Thank the Lord.

I'm now a bit Hmm about joggers tbh, reading this. Bloody hell.

MrsHoarder · 18/04/2013 11:15

Where were these bushes? Given your title says "in the street" are you talking about doing a shit in someone's garden here? And the bushes in my front garden are not full of rubbish and discarded drug equipment because I live somewhere where there is not drug equipment dropped and I pick the rubbish out. I would be rather pissed off at having to pick up a stranger's shit.

I've never done it. Are there no pubs/cafes/shops around which would let him use the toilet if he asks politely?

angelos02 · 18/04/2013 11:21

Can a runner please explain to me what is so important that they would deem this acceptable behaviour. Running isn't a vital part of life.

badguider · 18/04/2013 11:35

THREE times in 15 years!!!
If he runs about three times a week (generally minimum most runners do) that's at least 100 runs a year, allowing for illness and injury so at least 1500 runs... and has been caught short 3 times.

That's at least 1497 runs with no issues and no poos. Do people really think he needs to give up running, only ever run a route that passes a pre-identified public toilet or carry bags and paper every time? really??

Bogeyface · 18/04/2013 11:42

That's at least 1497 runs with no issues and no poos. Do people really think he needs to give up running, only ever run a route that passes a pre-identified public toilet or carry bags and paper every time? really??

Yes.

Why is it so hard to understand that if it might happen it is best to be prepared? I took spare clothes out when I took my children out as babies in case of accidents. In 20 years of child rearing I can only remember 2 incidents where I used them, but I took them anyway, just in case. A nappy bag and a couple of wipes could be tucked into his sock ffs, it hardly needs a rucksack!

It comes down to the fact that there is no excuse whatsoever for a fit and healthy man to leave his shit in the street.

Crinkle77 · 18/04/2013 11:44

It is pretty gross but it did make me laugh. My boyfriend had to do this once when he was playing sunday league football. There were no toilets available and as it was sunday morning no pubs or shops open for him to nip in to so he had to do it in a bush then use his sock as toilet paper

K8Middleton · 18/04/2013 11:49

I think it's fine if...

a) he's a bear
b) it was in the woods

One expects that.

Lazyjaney · 18/04/2013 11:50

I wonder how many people here tutting about joggers caught short occasionally are happy to let their dogs shit wherever, given the large number of dog poos vs infinitely small number of jogger poos one comes across?

Branleuse · 18/04/2013 11:51

ok if its in a forest or off the beaten track/trail running with noone about.

In an urban area, absolutely no way.

I dont go for runs unless ive already been for a shit that day, as i know the run will make me need to go, and ive had many an excruciating run home practically touching cloth

AgathaF · 18/04/2013 11:55

"Disgusting", ridiculous attitude to have where there are foxes, rabbits etc, but you probably wouldn't understand unless you have outdoor hobbies

Lots of people, myself included, have outdoor hobbies that don't involve leaving a turd in a bush "off the main road" (to me that implies not in a very rural/wooded environment). It's not the fact that he needed to go, it's the fact that he left it lying around in a bush where someone else could end up touching it. Why, when it is so, so simple to just take a bag with you?

Skybore · 18/04/2013 12:03

Presumably he gets his kicks from doing this. And although he says 3 times in 15 years, I think you will find it is probably every time he goes out now.

He was telling you just to gauge your reaction, to see if there is a chance that in the near future you might join him in some scat-related play.

Adult nappies might solve his problems, in more ways than one...

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/04/2013 12:03

Please tell me he didn't put the sock back on, crinkle.

MrsHoarder · 18/04/2013 12:06

Lazyjaney I get annoyed by dog shit too. In fact I would like people who leave dog shit anywhere that isn't their own private land to be banned from keeping dogs add they aren't responsible enough. And human shit is more likely to contain nasties that people can catch.

Pigsmummy · 18/04/2013 12:11

Running causes this to happen, it's not pleasant but what is the alternative? If there had been a public toilet nearby I am sure that he would prefer to use that but I am guessing that the bush was nearest option. If no one saw him and the poo is in a bush whois he harming? I am sure that he couldn't get into the shower quick enough when home.

Paula Radcliffe did it during a marathon, there will be people stopping for this reason during the London marathon on Sunday too?

GoSuckEggs · 18/04/2013 12:16

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twofingerstoGideon · 18/04/2013 12:23

So where did he wash his hands?

sparechange · 18/04/2013 13:17

Bogeyface - I have been sick about 5 times in the last 10 years
Should I carry a sick bag around with me at all times, just in case I suddenly feel queasy?

And I've locked myself out the house a couple of times as well. Perhaps a tent about my person at all times also.

If everyone carried everything they might need for any eventuality, at all times, we'd all look like we were climbing everest!

sparechange · 18/04/2013 13:18

MrsHoarder - And human shit is more likely to contain nasties that people can catch.
Really? Because I've been googling this since OP mentioned it further up the thread and can find zero evidence for this. Zilch

QuintessentialOHara · 18/04/2013 13:22

If he is shitting so much, then he is eating too much. Maybe if he reduced his food intake he would not be caught short?

It is disgusting. Dh is a runner, and he cycles. He would NEVER poo on the run so to speak.

BastardDog · 18/04/2013 13:23

I used to run so I understand, but I always made it home.

One of my friends had to do it on holiday when she was struck with travellers diarrhoea. She was mortified.

ShowOfHands · 18/04/2013 13:32

I do so love the attitude of 'it's never happened to me therefore it can't be true'. What a wonderful and compassionate pov to tote about.

I've never had gallstones therefore they don't exist. And I didn't poo myself during labour so everybody who did is just bloody disgusting.

Idocrazythings · 18/04/2013 13:35

Are you sure quint do you always go with him? He might not tell you! Grin

LessMissAbs · 18/04/2013 13:35

So what do you think a person would do if they were absolutely desperate to go, were miles from home with no handy public toilet nearby, and on foot (either running or walking)?

You'd all be horrified at the start of a reasonably serious women's running race, particularly cross country, where the combination of cold weather and race nerves somehow make your metabolic rate speed up. Conversations tend to be peppered with "I've got to take a crap" answered by "Theres a good bush over there with tree cover". Sometimes on approaching said bush/tree, there will be a sort of handover system, with the next runner acting as look out.

Get more practical, man up, or leave the house for extended periods of time under your own propulsion, and stop being so squeamish about a natural bodily function!

Its a shame you don't share your DH's (running) hobby with him OP!

QuintessentialOHara · 18/04/2013 13:38

I so wish I could say : I run with him! Grin

But I am not that fit. Sad

Maybe he just does not come home and feel the need to tell me that "you know honey, today I found the most marvelous bush to poo behind, you should come and see!"

Idocrazythings · 18/04/2013 13:41

I'd say so. They'res not always a lot of dignity in running- it can be a dirty little secret!

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