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AIBU, is this normal or Eeeewwww!?

97 replies

FaveNumberIs2 · 21/08/2017 09:54

My hubs does this, my son (mid teens) does this, but as I was making a cuppa the other day and staring out the kitchen window, I also saw a roofer on the building site next door doing this too, and he was with two other male roofers ...

What do they all do? they shove their hands down their pants and rearrange their 'junk', yes, down the front! Not through the pockets!

To be fair, I've only seen hubs and son do this in the privacy of our home, but (for some unknown reason) I could not take my eyes off the roofer while he was doing it, more than once, on the roof, in front of two other roofer blokes .... that was, until the guy then tried to look like he was scratching his nose but really he was sniffing his fingers.

That's when I could watch no longer.

Am I the only one who finds this a disgusting habit? I mean, would it really be acceptable for me to be walking down the fridge aisle in Tesco one day and stop for a min to shove my hands down my pants to rearrange my flaps and re-position my panty liner, which has somehow caught half my bush in it?

Guys, do it in private, please?

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MistressClaireBeauchamp · 21/08/2017 10:39

*I've got three young adult ds's and a husband.

.I've not ever noticed any of them rearranging their stuff."

Ditto.

However, my DH grosses me (and DS3) out by scratching between his buttocks when he's all sweaty and leaving a horrid smell in the kitchen after he's done it.

Justnowthisone · 21/08/2017 10:45

Hubs.

Hubs?

Christ.

squoosh · 21/08/2017 10:45

It must be something to do with them subconsciously wanting the check their pheromones. Check their willy waft is up to standard.

diddl · 21/08/2017 10:49

"my DH grosses me (and DS3) out by scratching between his buttocks when he's all sweaty and leaving a horrid smell in the kitchen after he's done it."

OMG!!!!!

I can't decide if that is worse.

How do you end up married to these revolting men?

My husband & son don't do this rearranging either-neither down the front or through pockets-or if they do it's not so where they can be seen!

BingBongBingBong · 21/08/2017 10:53

I've seen men do this. It's not a 'bloke' thing though because I've never ever seen my DH do it (apart from the odd time at home when his boxers have moved and are uncomfortable but it's a quick 'adjustment') and he would never do it in public! I'd be sick 😷

My DS is only 3 and isn't too bad, if he's clothed he doesn't touch that area at all and I'll make sure as he gets older he doesn't rearrange his junk in public, ever because it's so grim.

VestalVirgin · 21/08/2017 10:55

No one in my family does this, I am quite shocked to hear that "all" men apparently do it.

Perhaps the more extremist male Muslims are doing us women a favour by not wanting to shake hands with us and we shouldn't consider this sexism, but instead, consideration. Confused

Flyingflipflop · 21/08/2017 11:07

Depends. If a bloke is just having a general scratch around, then it's ewww.

If a bollock escapes, then the bugger has to be rounded up like a lost sheep. The pain of an unfettered bollock can be eye watering.

BadLad · 21/08/2017 11:08

Germany football manager Joachim Low was caught on camera doing a scratch and sniff.

He did his bum as well.

IrritatedUser1960 · 21/08/2017 11:10

There was a man doing this at the cash point in front of me yesterday, I did not want to use the cashpoint without gloves afterwards and it took all my self control not to call him a filthy animal.

BertrandRussell · 21/08/2017 11:12

My dp does not do this.i would be amazed if he did. Teenage dd did it a couple of times, but soon stopped when he realized it would mean being sent out of the room.

Why do women put up with such crap from the men they live with?

blankface · 21/08/2017 11:13

My boss used to do it. I sat behind him on a higher section of floor so got a real eyeful when he leaned back in his chair and played billiards at least 5 times per day. Shock

CanIBuffalo · 21/08/2017 11:17

None of th

CanIBuffalo · 21/08/2017 11:19

SorryBlush
None of the males in my house do it, to the best of my knowledge.
I haven't been able to break them of the equally disgusting habit of nose and hand contact.

PoorYorick · 21/08/2017 11:19

How's it hanging?

justgivemethepinot · 21/08/2017 11:20

I don't know what a hubs is but it is grim to watch men do this so yanbu.

FaveNumberIs2 · 21/08/2017 11:24

@NouveauBitch this is why I never let DS bake or dry the pots unless he's thoroughly washed. Which as his age, is like getting blood from a stone.

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FaveNumberIs2 · 21/08/2017 11:25

@mummmy2017 I'm so sorry! Please report back on your marble moving watching!

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CoughLaughFart · 21/08/2017 11:26

*Hubs.

Hubs?

Christ.*

So let me get this straight. On a website where people use DSNsDP, STBXDH's DSSIL, DSS's EXDP's DGGM etc. and expect people to have a clue what they're on about, you're slating someone for using 'hubs'?

FaveNumberIs2 · 21/08/2017 11:26

@MistressClaireBeauchamp that's gross!! Confused

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LoyaltyAndLobster · 21/08/2017 11:27

Luckily DP doesn't do it, well not when I'm around, but I have seen numerous men in public do it, it makes me flipping itch!!

PlausibleSuit · 21/08/2017 11:28

I am a man. I do not do this. A lot of men seem to, though. It's revolting. I always think it's a sign of either poor-fitting underwear, or poor personal hygiene. And poor manners, in either case.

FaveNumberIs2 · 21/08/2017 11:29

@justgivemethepinot hubs is just a term of endearment, it means husband

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lljkk · 21/08/2017 11:37

I've had to rearrange a panty liner while out & about.

I can't accept that a penis is inherently a fundamentally dirty part of the body, any worse than any other bit of skin. Apparently men are MUCH better than women about washing hands after having a piss, too, they are more conscientious about cleanliness. I imagine penis rearrangement is cleaner habit than using spit to clean a child's face, too.

LuLuuuuuuu · 21/08/2017 11:39

Oh get off her back because she said "Hubs" .

Would you all like to line her against a wall and shoot her for it !!!

Snobs

LuLuuuuuuu · 21/08/2017 11:39

Lurking Husband , your name is sinister as Fuck , shall we start on you ?

OP Yanbu , its gross.

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