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To have told him to move his legs

72 replies

msqrVjsmhrt · 03/02/2017 17:40

On a public bus today. Guy comes on and sits next to me (only available seat) He proceeds to open his legs so wide that I have literally no room. I said 'Excuse me but could you move your legs please' and he went on this long rant about how he was a man and needed to air his ballsConfused

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Gileswithachainsaw · 03/02/2017 17:43

Yanbu if his balls are that swollen airing them takes up so much room he needs to see a dr.

AllPowerfulLizardPerson · 03/02/2017 17:44

You need to suggest he wears a kilt instead of trousers, as that will ensure he gets a good still breeze round his privates enough if the Tim that he does not need to take up more than one seat on a bus.

You could then harangue him about the merits of the cotton gusset.

And then tell him that Jeus wore robes not trousers and would be like to join you in a journey towards Christ?

VladmirsPoutine · 03/02/2017 17:44

Yanbu. How fucking ridiculous. What did he say? I hate man-spreading. Does my tits in!

YouTheCat · 03/02/2017 17:45

Tell him to buy some nice robes if he wants a breeze around his nethers.

DJBaggySmalls · 03/02/2017 17:46

I would have laughed at him. I cant help it, its just my innate response to this kind of knobbery.

user1485706893 · 03/02/2017 17:46

Why does he need to air his balls? do they smell?

TheCustomaryMethod · 03/02/2017 17:47

Was his name Buster Gonad by any chance?

Sleepingonthebus · 03/02/2017 17:47

Should have asked him if his balls had paid for the second seat he was taking up!

SorrelForbes · 03/02/2017 17:48

mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com/

IMissGrannyW · 03/02/2017 17:49

You're all geniuses!!! I have nothing to add but my awe.

Bluntness100 · 03/02/2017 17:50

What he actually said that? Air his balls? 🙄

feelingAncient · 03/02/2017 17:53

It's called man spreading drives me crazy

NavyandWhite · 03/02/2017 17:55

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ThePinkOcelot · 03/02/2017 18:02

Ha ha at the paying for the extra seat for his balls!

Moonywormtailpadfootprongs · 03/02/2017 18:05

Should have told him to hang them on the rear view mirror.

YANBU!

DJBaggySmalls · 03/02/2017 18:07

That tumbler link is solid gold Grin

Deathraystare · 03/02/2017 18:09

I normally exclaim loudly that they have womb envy or are about to give birth.

MontyPythonsFlyingFuck · 03/02/2017 18:21

I was once on the Tube and a youngish man was doing just that, with a posh elderly lady next to him being squished. After a couple of minutes she announced in loud, cut-glass tones, "I was a GP for forty years, and I can tell you that if you actually NEED to sit like that, you need URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION".

He went bright crimson and got off at the next station.

CommunionHelp · 03/02/2017 18:24

he went on this long rant about how he was a man and needed to air his balls

He actually said this? How long did he rant for? So he actually pushed you out of the way?

Megatherium · 03/02/2017 18:24

I'd ask him to explain how come every man on the bus was coping without airing their genitalia.

RebootYourEngine · 03/02/2017 18:26

Yabvu the poor man has an awful illness for god sake. Will no one think of the balls Grin

RhodaBorrocks · 03/02/2017 18:29

Spotted on my last day trip to London. Thought it illustrated the knock-on effect well.

My XP said man spreading was nothing to do with needing space for your balls and all to do with trying to be alpha male. He was definitely NOT an alpha male type so he always sat pretty neatly. Wink

To have told him to move his legs
milliemolliemou · 03/02/2017 18:30

Flying Fuck - hope that GP is giving assertiveness training or writing a self-help book. She should join up with the OP on another thread who took down a man shaming a BF mum on a train.

RhodaBorrocks · 03/02/2017 18:30

Sudden realisation that my username is PERFECT for this discussion

TeachingPostQuery · 03/02/2017 18:32

Ugh, man spreading. One of the regular offenders on my train didn't move even slightly when I went to sit in the empty seat beside him a few weeks ago. So I accidentally on purpose sat half in his lap. That worked.