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AIBU to be horrified shocked disgusted AND revolted by family on sofa?

238 replies

LauraMipsum · 03/01/2017 19:01

Just got back from a trip to extended family and was HORRIFIED to find that they sit on their bottoms on the sofa, often with only one or two layers of material between skin and chair. PIL don't even wipe it down with anti bac wipes in between different people plonking their backsides down.

WIBU to stand for the entire visit of two weeks? My knees hurt and my face aches from scowling.

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BillSykesDog · 03/01/2017 21:39

My DH is a workman and I have to napalm the toilet every time he uses it.

Bitofacow · 03/01/2017 21:42

Bill you let you DH in the house and he is a workman.....

I have been on the same thread as you, I feel dirty.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 03/01/2017 21:42

I'm stuck at the "not enough layers" OP described in opening post.

I think your realtives need these super thick onesies😉😂

BillSykesDog · 03/01/2017 21:44

Bitofacow, I do blast him with white phosphorous every time he comes home. Some of his limbs are coming a bit loose from it, but he knows he shouldn't even think about dropping one on my clean floor.

Bitofacow · 03/01/2017 21:48

Bill I'm clutching my pearls at the very idea of a workman.

A dirty, rough workman. With big rough hands .........ohhhh

Anyway I'm off to disinfect myself before bed.

treaclesoda · 03/01/2017 21:50

I hope you disinfect those pearls after you've clutched them.

Mynestisfullofempty · 03/01/2017 21:51

"Bill I'm clutching my pearls at the very idea of a workman."

Quite.
Frankly, I'll be glad when I've stopped thinking about it.

RebelRogue · 03/01/2017 21:52

A dirty, rough workman.

With dirty , rough workman poo. I'm traumatised i tell you..traumatised!

BillSykesDog · 03/01/2017 21:53

He's cracking in bed though. Sometimes dirty is good.

PovertyPain · 03/01/2017 21:54

I'm horrified by some of these stories. Dirty gits. I'm going to have a lie down. Obviously when I mean lie down, I won't actually be touching the bed.

AIBU to be horrified shocked disgusted AND revolted by family on sofa?
frauleinsallybowles · 03/01/2017 21:56

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Bitofacow · 03/01/2017 21:56

Bill ahhhhhhhhhhhhhjjj

CockacidalManiac · 03/01/2017 21:56

Bill I hope he doesn't do unmentionable things in your underwear drawer. I've heard on here that workmen do that all the time

123bananas · 03/01/2017 21:58

I wear one of these.

AIBU to be horrified shocked disgusted AND revolted by family on sofa?
Lweji · 03/01/2017 22:00

I haven't RTFT yet, but has anyone else suggested those are discusting habits?

StairsInTheNight · 03/01/2017 22:02

You have all triggered me! PLEASE can we have warnings on threads like this Angry

I heard some people wash their arses in the bath and then dry them on towels. Not special arse towels, just regular towels. Shock

Mynestisfullofempty · 03/01/2017 22:07

StairsInTheNight Don't worry, that's an urban myth. One of the most disgusting I've ever heard, but definitely a myth. Smile

Lweji · 03/01/2017 22:10

I've read (skimmed) the thread now.

You're all amateurs. My house is a gigantic autoclave and I run a sterilising cycle every day before I get in.
The only air that comes in is through a HEPA filter, and water is milliQ, and autoclaved too just in case.
Whenever I leave a room, I turn on the UV lamp to get rid of any residues.

Visitors and entering have to go through a decontamination shower.

Lweji · 03/01/2017 22:10

Visitors and ME entering.

Mynestisfullofempty · 03/01/2017 22:12

We're not at home to Ms Braggydrawers, thank you Lweji. Angry

MoonlightandMusic · 03/01/2017 22:12

YABU - DCat sleeps on our bed and small child only changes clothes every day, and no-one's fallen over with a communicable disease yet.

[Runs away from thread really quickly before the MN flamethrowers appear]

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Hassled · 03/01/2017 22:14

It's really hard to buy Special Arse Towels these days, though. John Lewis used to have a good range of Special Arse Towels, I recall, but nowadays you have to get them in from Kazakhstan. It's a real shame.

TheOgPog · 03/01/2017 22:19

You all still live on Earth? You need your own individual space station filled with Zoflora. The sooner Donald Trump gets his hands on the nuclear codes and blows that grubby little space rock into oblivion, the better. Everyone knows the best way to sterilise anything is to throw it directly into the sun.

Mynestisfullofempty · 03/01/2017 22:24

TheOgPog You're being very silly. Please don't spoil such a sensible thread with sillyness. There's just no need.

Pettywoman · 03/01/2017 22:29

I put my sofa in the dishwasher on a hot cycle with zoflora. Comes up a treat but it's sometimes difficult to fit it in with the bog brush and my workman DH jostling for space in there.