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

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

This is just magnificent, AllPowerfulLizard. I am usually OK with manspreaders because I am a middle-aged Woman Of Size, and so kryptonite to any young men I sit next to, but on the occasions I am not kryptonite, I may borrow this.

RhodaBorrocks

My name is fairly apt too. Although I am a mere female and don't have dangly balls so I have been squashed by manspreading plenty of times.

I was on a train with my dad many years ago, and sitting opposite him. A young guy got on and sat next to me and did his manspreading. My dad glared at him and told him to close his legs and stop getting into my space. Twat bloke says 'I can't'. My dad then says 'well you might need to get to a gym one of these days, because if I can cross my legs and I'm forty years older than you, with much bigger balls than you, then you have seriously flexibility issues. I feel sorry for any woman that is with you as you must be pretty crap in bed'. I choked, and twat bloke turns bright red and moves to the other end of the train.

Sounds like a man who has a solo private life to me.

This whole conversation is blowing my mind. I live in a redneck town, where misogyny is rife BUT it's also a very conservative place so can't imagine people talking about their balls on public transport! Cultural differences eh?!

I'd have said "Well I need to air mine too" and seen the look on his face!!! :)

Midnite power to your awesome Dad

The GP and Gay Leg -PMSL . This is a classic thread in the making.
I am SO going to use some of these retorts next time I am subjected to the Curse of the Spread Legs. Hilarious!

I'd have told him that if he loosens his grip, they'd take less of a battering and need less airing

Isn't it funny how truly self-assured, confident men to NOT feel the need to man spread?

Midnite your dad sounds fantastic! I can't stand men thinking they have a right to take up our space.

DD was on the tube during rush hour and a guy was manspreading. Another one got on and politely asked him to move his legs so he could sit in the vacant seat. First one refused so he sat down and gently moved his legs over with his own. He was then punched in the face by the first guy who had keys between his fingers. DD said no one moved so she went and helped him. First guy got off train and another man turned to her and said, "well, he was asking for it!" She got the injured guy off the train and took him up to the guard and got "what do you expect me to do?"! She ended up walking the guy to A and E. She's 21 and totally fearless but I shake just writing it down. Sorry, it was a funny thread till I came along!

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

You should have told him to get up and dangle them out of the window.

It wasn't me TheCustomaryMethod I don't have any balls! 😂☺️

I was once next to a guy on a swiss train, he was sitting perfectly decently whilst awake, but he then fell asleep and man-spreaded, he woke up at Bern, noticed he was man-spreading, took his scarf off and tied it tightly around his knees before nodding off again.

If I have a son one day, I want him to be like that man.

Buster aww, so sorry I wrongly accused you .

Men who claim they can't keep their legs together are seriously thick. If that were true, they'd have to walk with the same gap between their legs, and manifestly they don't.

Tell him you need to air your fanny, how else are you going to get rid of this bout of thrush?!

That's awful nepotism but good for your daughter who sounds v cool indeed.

Love the Swiss man with all my heart.

But how to deal with the ones who sit opposite and stick their feet more than halfway?

'Accidentally' step on their toes, of course, then apologising loudly and profusely, so everybody looks up to see what the fuss is all about. "Oh, gosh, I did not see your feet all the way over here, so sorry!"