Should I tell him he drank my mooncup water?

[mooncupbeverage]

I have namechanged for this. I've been pondering whether to tell him?

This morning I sterilised my mooncup (hasn't been sterilised since last period) in boiling water in a mug. Used the tongs to get it out and took it upstairs but in rush of getting DCs out of the door for school forgot to get rid of the boiling water and put the mug in the dishwasher.

DH has recently taken to drinking hot water plain - he alternates it with coffee as he says it makes his breath better.

He drank the mooncup water and was finishing the mug as he left for work.

There's no point in telling him is there?

[Uaresoreasonable]

Hahahaha!! Next time he does something to really annoy you, you've already had your revenge in retrospect 🤣🤣😈

[Beaverhausen]

Omg no do not tell him. Lol

[mooncupbeverage]

*Dyslexic
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I have! I keep it at the back of the "just in case" cupboard in the utility room so it is not with the drinking mugs which are kept by the kettle. As Louise said he must have thought I'd kindly poured him a cup but why the fuck he thought I'd use that mug is beyond me.

But he doesn't necessarily know I microwave my mooncup in it

[empmalswa]

The whole situation is grim.

[TeddyIsaHe]

For gods sake, does no one receive head?! Because it’s literally no different. The bloody hand-wringers are hilarious!

[PoesyCherish]

That is unbelievably gross. You can't ever tell him. I'm another one who thinks you need to boil it properly in a pan too

[MrMeSeeks]

i would totally tell him just to see his face

And me

[AllTakenSoRubbishUsername]

Save it for when he's being a twat sometime. Love it!

[DogInATent]

Good god no.. do you really want him to have to tell you that you've been using the penis beaker water to take your tablets every morning?

[Privacyplea]

No, that is fucking disgusting, why would you even think of telling him? Also, don't do it again because it is really really gross.

[LivininaBox]

Chill out everyone, it's just blood. It's actually the same blood that circulates round your whole body, not special yucky woman bits blood. No worse than a rare steak. He'll probably ingest more blood from snogging you with slightly bleeding gums.

[secondarymincepie]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say I don't think it's THAT gross, only because as a mooncup user I know mine is already very clean before it's sterilised. So I'd agree that what he doesn't know won't hurt him.
But YABU for leaving it to soak in a mug, you need to properly boil it!

[TheOrigBrave]

Bleugh.

Missing the point, but I've never sterilised mine.

Mooncup tongs?

[Alienspaceship]

Just another reason never to own a moon cup. Get yourself some tampax.

[mooncupbeverage]

I genuinely thought it was ok to microwave stuff to sterilise it? I never used bottles or dummies but I know people who have used the microwave to sterilise those?

It's in a big Sports Direct mug, which is hidden in the "just in case" cupboard after use so it doesn't get confused with the drinking mugs.

I don't have any spare pans that I wouldn't want to use for cooking. Maybe I should get a tiny mooncup pan.

[mooncupbeverage]

Or some Miltonz

[BlackInk]

I think this is funny... but not particularly gross, and I'm a bit weird about germs! I'd have told him straight away (well, after he'd had a few swigs) to share the joke.

Seriously, it's a moon cup. It's had some menstrual blood on it. It's been rinsed, left for a few weeks and steeped in boiling water. It is not dirty! Would you think someone was foul if they ate a sandwich after using the loo then thoroughly washing their hands? The thing has been rinsed and then soaked in boiling water!

Still funny though

[Privacyplea]

Isn't the blood that lines the uterus and that is shed every month different as it has a purpose?

[Paulo1]

TeddyIsaHe

You just made my laugh out loud (in the middle of an open office)
I couldn't agree more!

[harper30]

This has really made me laugh!!!
First, I wouldn't tell him, just laugh to yourself about it and think of it if he's ever being an idiot or annoying.
Second, deffo boil the mooncup in a pan not just microwaving in a mug.
You don't need a mooncup pan (where will you have space to store it what with all the mooncup mugs and penis beakers hanging around) just use a normal pan... the whole point of sterilising is that things are STERILE so it doesn't matter if you cook with it.
People get way to ick about periods, it's not like the pan will look like goulash after you've sterilised a mooncup.

[ContessaHallelujahSparklehorse]

Ah, you boiled it. It's not worth being bothered about.

People really have cups they set aside for this purpose? I boil mine up in our usual saucepan, since it's being boiled and will leave no trace! The saucepan does then go through the dishwasher, admittedly, but we certainly don't restrict it from general use.

[mooncupbeverage]

I'll probably end up telling him one day after one too many. He does have his steak blue and I have ingested his bodily fluids (actual bodily fluids as opposed to the possibility of anything left on the mooncup after rinsed and boiled).

Just googled whether IABU to microwave to sterilise (I'm not btw) and found this thread, found it amusing.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/products/643155-If-you-boil-your-mooncup-to-sterilise-it

[CaliHummers]

He'll have drank enough coffee (and non mooncup hot water) by later to have sterilised his mouth though

yes. I'm not sure you realise what sterilisation is.

Anyway, I don't see this as any less hygienic than oral sex, but he might, so probably best not to tell him.

[TheOrigBrave]

Chill out everyone, it's just blood. It's actually the same blood that circulates round your whole body, not special yucky woman bits blood.

No it's not. It's not special yucky woman bits blood either, but it absolutely IS special woman bits blood containing lining of the uterus and mucous and bacteria unique to the vagina.

Menstrual blood isn't just leaked out of a hole in a vein that happens to be in your vagina!

[Babdoc]

It’s interesting that PPs seem to split into those who have a big problem with the menstrual blood taboo thing, and those who point out that such blood is sterile anyway, the mooncup had been rinsed, and the mug contained boiling water, so is extremely unlikely to pose any health threat to your DH!
As for the PP who told you to switch to Tampax - words fail me. Please don’t go back to an environmentally damaging, disposable, plastic wrapped product, in place of your reusable mooncup.
I wouldn’t tell DH, OP. There is really no need. And he’s presumably happy with oro-genital contact during sex in any case.