DH uses 4 pairs of underwear a day!

[RoLaren]

Lighthearted thread

AIBU to think this is excessive?!

He cycles to work so wears two pairs in case of ahem sweatiness soaking through on his work trousers. When he gets there he changes into a fresh pair. After work he cycles home, has a shower (key worker) then dons a fourth and final pair.

Four bloody pairs for every work day!

AIBU or is he?

😂 sweaty balls is never ok.

Well I did think it sounded excessive but with the cycling and so on its ok. At least he is not a smelly fucker anyway. ..

I think that's about right given his activity level. As long as he does his own washing.

I hope he does his share of the laundry. 28 pairs of boxers in a week just from one person

Can't he wear different trousers to cycle in? One pair of pants and trousers to cycle there, change pants and into work trousers when he arrives. Cycle home in same. Shower then pjs on.

Doesn't wearing two pairs at once make him sweat more?

This is a man who doesn't wash up because the washing up liquid 'irritates his hands'

I think he’d be better off going commando (as is usual) under cycling shorts or trousers then putting on a pair of pants and trousers at work.

Madness. Why doesn’t he wear proper cycling shorts and then change at work? He’s carting two pairs of pants around with him anyway!

Washing boxers isn't onerous, is it?
Open machine, chuck em in, turn on machine.
I'm sure your DH could manage it.

100% cotton shirts are another matter

Well, if he’s a key worker then.

Strange. Since he’s changing after he cycles to work, why is he cycling in work trousers? I’d wear leggings or cycle shorts....
What would he do if a bus or car splashed mud all over his work trousers? Or (and this happened to me once) a loose dog jumped him and tore them?

I think it’s fine. It’s not as though they take up much room in the washing machine. Small price to pay for a non-cheesy balls smelling husband!

Imagine how much worse it would be if he was one of those men who never changed his underwear.

Washing up liquid plays Hell with my hands.

I don’t think he should be cycling in his work wear. That’s disgusting. He should have travelling clothes, and change into his work clothes once there surely? Otherwise two pairs or no the sweat and smell will be inflicted upon his colleagues?

“washing up liquid 'irritates his hands'”
To be fair, it irritates my hands. If I don’t wear gloves, it will chap my hands. The skin will dry and crack along my knuckles until they bleed.

He can wash up wearing marigolds... They make blue ones just for men...

Well I try to avoid washing up because it triggers my eczema but I still do most of the laundry and 99% of the cooking. Does he do a reasonable split of housework? Or is the 4 pairs of boxers driving you mad because he just creates work for you and does no housework?

TooMinty I think cycling in work pants is a bit odd too. But tbh, wearing cycling pants and changing into fresh pants and trousers doesn't save on laundry. It means fewer pants but am extra pair of cycling pants to wash daily. No gain.

Washing up liquid is surprisingly hazardous - fellow eczema sufferer here.

But - in my defence - I do have 'manly' yellow washing up gloves!

Am I being dim, he wears two pairs of pants on his bike ride to work and then changes into a fresh pair when he gets there?

Why not just wear bike shorts to work and shower/change when he gets there?

No, he's trying to get out of doing the washing up. But the pants thing, I can't get mad at someone trying to keep clean and comfortable.

Thinking more on this, if he anticpates getting so sweaty on his bike ride to work he would sweat through two pairs of pants - he should be showering and doing a complete change of clothes at work.

True, wearing different trousers to cycle in doesn't save washing but is definitely less weird than wearing two pair of boxers under his work trousers and cycle in those! But I reckon OP wouldn't care if he pulled his weight and did a decent share of the laundry!