What you and partner do that others would find gross

[VegMam]

Inspired by the peeing in the shower thread, where apparently it’s gross to share a towel (I disagree). Are there things you and your partner do that might be considered gross?

In my house we have multiple toothbrushes and my husband and I just use whichever one (ie we share toothbrushes).

However, we’d never wear outdoor shoes in the house, nor would outdoor clothes be allowed on or in our bed.

Together years. Married. Have DC.

Neither of us do this.

I share my bed with my dog and let him lick my plate clean after I’ve eaten sometimes. I wash his bowl in the same washing up as the stuff I eat with. I haven’t had a stomach bug since 2009 and I didn’t get covid until Christmas 2021 (I wasn’t very strict with hand washing during lockdown either, obviously I always wash them after the toilet but I didn’t disinfect every time I went in or out the house. I used public transport a lot in 2020 too).

Through.

No excuse for that one!

Getting into bed with my outdoor clothes

Every few days we switch off the hot water timer and don't shower that day. Saves water and fuel. Obviously planned for a day we haven't been doing sweaty or dirty jobs!

I regularly end up washing panty liners and see them stuck to the washer door 😂

I'm one of the filthy non hand washers.
I can't remember the last time I was ill.

Germs are good

I wash my hands and I never get ill 🤷‍♀️ still not had covid!

Wallowing in your own germs 'may' benefit you.

I doubt, though, they have the same 'beneficial' impact on anyone handed a sandwich by you.

Quite the reverse, actually.

Very very easy not to fart infront of people 😆

Not washing hands is common.. I'm out and about all day and I'd say 10% don't wash hands in public toilets.
I'm a support worker and have to remind my members to wash sometimes, as they approach me with their post poo hands 🤢😂
But the funniest bit is that they then start telling strangers who walk out without washing "you haven't washed your hands!" and they are always mortified and come back to do it..

Bite nails and use the them for picking teeth

Bite toenails! And chew them

I do this too. Only if I am somewhere where there's no chance of happening upon a more suitable tool.

It's funny what different people find acceptable isn't it?

I'm a bit of a hygiene nut in some senses (no shoes in the house, hate outdoor clothes on the bed, change sheets weekly, wash clothes and pyjamas daily) but not at all in others (couldn't care less about pee in the shower, know the cat goes wherever he pleases and don't really care about that either...)

Share bath water
Not cleaning our bed sheets often enough
Share our bed with our cats
Fart in each other's company
I go to the toilet with the door open

Why can’t you just wait until they’re finished in the toilet to chat?! What’s so urgent?!
weird!

Why are people shaving their bums? Are they hairy? Minds aboggling

@KittyCatsby

@Trez1510

I'm a cat mumma , but pleased to inform my cat has her own food bowls but even those are not even washed at the same sink as I wash ours , they are not wiped dry on tea towels but kitchen paper ( and no I don't blow my nose in them afterwards.)

Luckily she's a bit dim and hasn't worked out to jump / walk on the kitchen worktops.

We do the same with cat and dog bowls and their food fork. All kept very separate.

We have had six cats over the years and none of them ever jumped up on worktops or tables even if there was food left out. We never did anything to "train" them not to do it. They were all rescues so maybe they are/were just too grateful - yeah right 😀

We try to keep the cat and dog out of bedrooms but they have free reign over the chairs and sofas. On rare occasions they use their own beds

Before we had our dog I would avoid 'dog friendly' accommodation but now we have to use it, I have to say there doesn't seem to be any difference in standards

@Mothership4two

I hear you re holiday accommodation in terms of standards. I also hear you about how diligent you are in terms of dogs' utensils - as are members of my own family who have dogs. However, a quick look at this thread will confirm not everyone has that diligence, so the idea of using a plate that has been licked by a dog turns my stomach - no matter what temperature it has been washed at!

I didn't know cats did 'gratitude' .... I thought they expected 'you' to be grateful for them allowing you to be their human/slave! 😛

Well.. we share towels, share drinks, food etc. We pick spots, cut toe nails, clean ears, I trim his nose hair.. farting and burping is normal for us.. we give them a score based on sound and smell 😂 we sometimes give each other cupcakes, where you cup your fart and throw it in each others faces - we're gross!
We don't share toothbrushes but would in an emergency.
He gets in my bath water, but I shower most mornings so not really dirty and he's covered in oil, dust etc from work - I wouldn't get in his bath water though!
We wee and poo with the door open but don't sit with each other.
Dog goes on the bed and bowls go in the dishwasher!
I thought we was pretty normal, but we're clearly absolute mingers!

Have sex
Wee
Poo
Fart
Allow "outside clothes" to touch things inside our home.

It's a wonder we're still alive.

Both of my dds will chat whilst on the shitter, the other day my youngest video called me while on the loo 😱 My DH only ever shuts the door when he's having a poo if he's knows I'll catch him, he keeps it open apparently as the cats like to go in there with him!
@VegMam dh & I share bath water but I always make sure I go first! 😂

Have sex
Wee
Poo
Fart

In bed?

Can I reignite this thread? I'm a newbie, so unsure of the rules around dead threads, but feel compelled to share my own gross habit! (Apologies in advance if reawakening a thread is not the done thing.)

My wife and I (we are both women) share knickers. OBVIOUSLY only once they have been through the washing machine, so they're clean, but still...I admitted this to a friend once and her response made me feel mortified, so I've never told anyone else! 😬