AIBU to think that this is completely weird?

[whyistherumgone]

OK, before I start I know this is going to sound like I'm trolling but I absolutely promise this is for real.
My cousin and I have been whatsapping tonight - she's just bought a house with her DP having never lived together before and we often end up having chats about those annoying habits you discover when you move in together.
Tonight she mentioned that one thing has happened and she can't get her head around it and doesn't know how to tackle it with DP, whether to bring it up or just leave it so wanted my advice. I'm afraid I'm just slightly agog and can offer no explanation but have her full permission to post here to see if anyone else has any gems to offer...

DP is out and she was tidying up the bedroom. She opened his top drawer to put some socks away and found a ziplock bag....full of what can only be (her words) neatly trimmed pubic hair. Just resting on top of the socks. The dustpan and brush was sitting on top of his chest of drawers. She's a bit freaked out by the whole thing - why didn't he just flush it or throw it away?it's mainly the effort of having swept it into the bag that's bothering her, I mean why keep it?? She feels like she should bring it up but isn't sure how... I think she should leave the bag on top of the drawers so it's visible and see what he does...

Any ideas? I have to admit I'm been torn between laughing like a complete loon and complete bafflement. We've now had a few glasses of wine between us and the whatsapps are becoming completely hysterical. Do join us with any wisdom you can offer.

DF keeps a bag of head hair he's saving to stuff cushions with, but he's eccentric.

I will not click on penis beaker, I will not click on penis beaker... That's 3 days I'll never see again!

Perspicacia the lspace link isn't playing.

We're never getting a log burner.

When we went through my dad's things after he died, we found some old nail clippings that we think had come from his cousin's house. She'd been dead about fifteen years when we found them.

WTF is wrong with people?

Log burner should reduce the smell of burning hair.

I used to burn the hair off my comb, because it was fun to watch the hair blaze white and then disintegrate (smell was bad though) - but pubes? nope. And I didn't save the hair of my comb either, just when I had the fire going, I used to like to watch the hair burn.

So it is possible but the intergenerational thing raises it to yet another level of WEIRD.

whyistherumgone
Cousin is now saying she will have to invest in some 'strongly scented' yankee candles to hide the smell. Seems like she's happy for it to continue- maybe they're meant to be after all.

Perhaps there's a similarly female family generational tradition that your cousin will soon be initiated into now that she has moved in with her DP.

If the men are doing traditionally manly things with their pubes - burning them, it makes you wonder if the women are expected to do traditional female things with theirs? ...knitting,....cooking....fashioning them into dusters??......

Returns to safety of hogmanay Prosecco.

Pube burning , hate to think what that smells like 😖, you'll need more than Yankee candles!

Sounds ritualistic, is it accompanied by standing on one leg with your left trouser leg rolled up whist facing southeast and reciting the Greek alphabet backwards? 😳

I'd be seriously worried if it's a male familial trait, I certainly wouldn't be able to look any of them in the eye.....

My dh trims his pubes with the biggest pair of kitchen scissors going. I found them hanging up in the shower once with bits of pubes stuck in the blades.

He's nabbed the scissors out the kitchen drawer but thankfully I think he's kept them in his wash bag and I haven't cut the lettuce with them.

But it must be dangerous using such big scissors? He'll give himself a circumcision if he's not careful!

This thread is so odd!
I don't believe the burning thing.
I'm voting he bought them from a weirdo on eBay some sort of fetish which he'll never admit to.

Your cousin believes him?

Just how gullible IS she? 🙄

None of his stories make any sense whatsoever. None. I'm assuming she's not the sharpest tool in the box?

Still can't get over how on earth he would know about his Dad and brother even if his story is true.

Still chuckling about the single pube in the microwave. Hilarious.

Burning pubes don't smell that bad.

Just remembered I used to trim mine into the ashtray and set light to them with my cig.

So glad I gave up smoking

Some of the blokes in my year at Uni used to set fire to their pubes when drunk at parties for the entertainment of all - those with a lot of chest hair used to go up like torches but not get burnt as the hair burnt so quickly it didn't affect the skin

Just thought I'd update - after many conversations and other discoveries the fella in question has been diagnosed with OCD :-/
Feel bad for all my outlandish theories now but come on, at first glance it was very very weird.

It still is weird TBH but at least there's an explanation [sort of] now!

maybe we all missed the very manly macho Bear Grylls programme that said that pubes make excellent kindling in an emergency?

Diagnosed with ocd in less than 2 weeks over the new year. Wow that sounds remarkable or do I mean unbelievable.

I'm sorry, what? What?

Feel bad for all my outlandish theories now but come on, at first glance it was very very weird.

WAS!!!!?

Oh dear we love a log burner. Its on our wish list. Not sure id burn anything but logs on it! Not placemarker either...

He's a werewolf.

So does the whole family have pube burning OCD then?

Gobbolino6

industrial sorry, I don't know if it's an official diagnosis yet but he has admitted to OCD like tendencies/thinks he has it and had an appointment - he's getting help though which is good! I think she found a bunch of other stuff squirrelled around the house and it all came out properly then...

True, it is still very weird....I've not heard of it manifesting in this kind of way before but I guess it's not something you'd shout about. Really hoping the brother/Dad thing is just a lie/really really bad cover as I'm pretty sure they don't all have OCD!!!