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Skid marks in boxers, completely avoidable or a fact of life

126 replies

tallulahturtle · 13/06/2014 15:59

I need cheering up, a crazy lady crashed into me on a roundabout this morning at 9.30 and im still constantly on the phone to insurers etc trying to sort it all out.

Anyway yes skid marks. Does anyone else's husband etc produce skid-marked boxers.

Is it a man thing?

Is it laziness?

Have you ever skid-marked ?

Discuss.....

OP posts:
Meloria · 13/06/2014 16:03

That is disgusting. My husband, and for that matter, no man whose pants I've ever seen has done that.

PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 13/06/2014 16:06

Totally disgusting for an adult or anyone who should be capable of wiping their own arse.

Does he sit in shitty pants all day then?

Nicknacky · 13/06/2014 16:07

Is he embarrassed by it?? Why would a grown adult be unable to wipe his own bum?

myusernameis · 13/06/2014 16:08

Yuck.

FatalCabbage · 13/06/2014 16:09

I have three sons and a husband. The only one who gets skids in his underwear is under one.

Seriously, I'd say that's neither normal nor acceptable, let alone inevitable. I do hope you make him launder hisown.

picnicbasketcase · 13/06/2014 16:10

Anyone NT and older than about five should be able to get through the day without leaving smudges.

HTH

ThatsSoNambyPamby · 13/06/2014 16:11

It's completely disgusting, no adult except those with disabilities or similar issues has any excuse for not being able to wipe their own bottom.

Impatientismymiddlename · 13/06/2014 16:11

I would have to divorce my husband if he left skid marks in his boxers. I might forgive him if he had been unwell, but otherwise it has to be grounds for divorce. Why does your husband not clean his arse properly and why doesn't he even attempt to clean his boxers when he realises that they are skiddy so that you are not aware that he doesn't know how to wipe his arse properly?

beccajoh · 13/06/2014 16:11

Doesn't happen to my husband. I mean I don't inspect his pants but I've washed enough pairs over the years and haven't ever seen skiddies.

AnnieLobeseder · 13/06/2014 16:12

I have lived with five adult males in my life and not a single one of them ever left skid marks in boxers. Your DH's personal hygiene is sadly lacking. What adult without additional needs cannot wipe their own arse properly?

I would get a separate washing basket for them and get him to deal with them until he learns what toilet paper is for.

I hope you get the car stuff sorted and are okay. Thanks

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 13/06/2014 16:13

That's why i think it should be compulsory to wipe self with wet wipes. Sometimes it's difficult to do a 100% job with just the paper.

Topseyt · 13/06/2014 16:14

Nope, not normal. I have never had this.

Throw his boxers out if he hasn't wiped his arse. When he has run out of them and needs to buy new ones tell him that you will only consider washing them again when he has taken a course of proper arse-wiping lessons!!

GoringBit · 13/06/2014 16:14

As other threads have hilariously shown, skidmarks and worse can happen, but they're usually avoidable.

In the spirit of sharing, I have only skidded rarely, and never amusingly the day I shat in a flower tub in Norwood High Street was skidmark free.

OP hope you're okay after your accident and that your dealings with the utter bastards insurance company go smoothly.

Finola1step · 13/06/2014 16:14

Really not normal.

Lazy and dirty. This tells you that he can't be bothered to wipe his own arse properly.

Unless if course there is something else he is not telling you. A medical problem? Issues with really bad piles?

Meloria · 13/06/2014 16:17

DrinkFeckArseGirls I think you'll find a lot of people manage to wipe themselves perfectly well with just paper toilet roll.

Boudica1990 · 13/06/2014 16:20

Not once has my DP had soiled boxers, and I have washed clothes he has lived in for over a week on excersise with work.

Muddy damp clothes yes but not poo stained boxers.

Nicknacky · 13/06/2014 16:21

Op, I don't think this thread is going to pan out the way you thought it would.......

EyelinerQueen · 13/06/2014 16:21

Am I the only person who doesn't inspect their OH's gusset before putting a wash on????

Shock Confused

cardamomginger · 13/06/2014 16:22

If he doesn't have a health issue, such as IBS or other digestive/bowel problems, piles or anal tags, all of which can make it difficult both to get and then stay clean, then he is just being lazy. If he does, then baby wipes will help him).

gamerchick · 13/06/2014 16:23

I don't inspect gussets.

But if somebody crashed into me I would expect a skid or 2 in my shorts Grin

Hope you get it sorted OP.

CMP69 · 13/06/2014 16:23

My 5 yo doesn't have skid marks never mind DH Angry

CookieMonsterIsHot · 13/06/2014 16:25

Yuck yuck yuck. Do you actually wash them for him? Oh. My. God.

I have just finished clearing up poo. Middle child failed to get to the toilet in time with diarrhoea. Nice. That is the only situation in which I would handle someone else's shitty pants.

Everyone in my household can wipe their bums properly. Including DH.

I have to ask, when you are having sex doesn't it put you off that he has poo stuck to his bum?

TippiShagpile · 13/06/2014 16:26

My young children don't even leave skid marks.

That's revolting.

How can a man get to adulthood without being able to wipe his arse properly?

Nicknacky · 13/06/2014 16:26

Cookie, I did wonder that too.

ADishBestEatenCold · 13/06/2014 16:26

He obviously doesn't wipe properly.

Please, please tell me that he's responsible for cleaning his own boxers and doesn't just leave it to you.

If he just puts them in the laundry, I think I would be buying him a lidded bucket and a packet of napisan. Gift wrap them, with instruction to soak then rinse his own underwear, before putting in the machine. Grin