To have told him to move his legs

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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 balls

I just came on here to say that for some reason when I clicked on the title I thought you were going to have asked an amputee to move his artificial legs out of your way. I have no idea why. But I was all ready to tell you YABU.

Obviously YANBU, he was a twit, and I have nothing but laughter to add to the responses above, especially MontyPythonsFlyingFuck

Did that really happen??!

He must have a raging STD.

Love your old lady Monty

@MontyPythonsFlyingFuck I want to marry that retired GP .

Ewwww!! No one's bollocks are big enough that they can't sit with their legs closed. I think man spreading says a lot about a person!

YWNBU. I wish I had the balls (wink wink) to do this but I'd probably just have kept schtum

Ha ha Monty I'd've loved to have seen Dr Ida Ntgivafuk (retired) giving him what-for

This irritates the fuck out of me. So I woman spread if sitting next to a man (not always. I'm not a total cunt).

How is it that some blokes need space for balls but some don't? DH currently sitting like this and I can confirm he has balls! Doesn't seem to cause any issues.

Bollocks. One of DH's balls actually did swell massively (infection in a urinary tube it was quite funny painful looking) and he didn't take up any extra couch space as far as I could tell.

You should have said "Why? Do they have fungus growing on them?"

Forgive me as I've had a bad day and I'm feeling fragile but a man sitting with his legs spread is quite , can't think of the word, but he's showing off his privates and it's shoving them in your face. Not abusive but like an assault in a way. Threatening. Oh I don't know. Hopefully someone will make sense of what I mean .

Felicia, I know it's a bit random but I like the fact you and your DH are already in your PJs 😊

YANBU. I absolutely hate this. But will remember that GP's retort. Classic!

Or kick him hard, and apologise for your restless leg syndrome.

You could have shouted "well I have to air my vag!" and then got into a nudgey leg-spreading battle with him.

Not abusive but like an assault in a way. Threatening. Oh I don't know. Hopefully someone will make sense of what I mean .

Exhibitionism? Dominance display?

It is all connected to the same thing, though.

And would really make me want to kick him. Right in his too-big testicles.

I was coming on to ask the same thing: if it is the ginormous balls/giant penis that needs all that space, how come so many men with perfectly normal genitalia can sit with their legs crossed?!

I am so stealing that line about 'needing urgent medical attention'!

I place my handbag on my knees in such a way that it cannot help but touch the bit of their leg that is in my space. Then I infinitessimally slowly and discreetly move it further onto their leg. It's like kryptonite to the manspreaders. They are so terrified it will turn their leg gay that they immediately sit up straight and knees together like a normal human.

I love that GP so much.

I find having pointy elbows helps a lot.

'it will turn their leg gay'

My response would have been

I don't care if your balls are the size of melons, get your fucking leg away from me now!

OMG Backing I'm so trying that!

"I'm turning your leg gay..... muhahaha!"

You could stare pointedly at their crotch & say "you don't look like you need extra space for your tackle looks smaller than average to me "

Thank you VV, that's what I was trying to say

I had this with a man in a steam room once and I asked him to move his leg and he literally said "I can't love, my balls are too big". I was really nonplussed and all I could summon up was a PA "gosh poor you - still, you are taking up a bit too much space to be fair aren't you". He grumbled and shuffled up about 2cm! There was a context - he and another man were bitching about the fact that the pool and steam room/sauna was women only for one hour (one MEASLY FUCKING HOUR) on a Friday lunchtime, so I might have been feeling slightly more aggressive than usual given the rampant misogyny being aired (as well as the bollocks)...

One ticket = one seat. I've had a man who was crushing me on a train ask me where else he was meant to sit and I told him that's not my problem.

how he was a man and needed to air his balls

"So drop them in a baby food jar, you'll have plenty of room then."

"Does that mean you're without underwear?" (said loudly, and in horror)

"Well, I'm a woman, and my minge needs to breathe, too! Move a knee in, Samson!!"

AllPowerfulLizardPerson

Perfect. That crap would get me moving seats pronto.