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To stop doing DH's washing til he learns to wipe his arse?!

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AtTheEndOfMyWick · 22/03/2023 07:48

DH and I have a pretty even split of household chores, washing is my job as 1) he doesn't know how to do it and 2) I actually quite enjoy it (until it comes to putting clean clothes away but that's another story...)

We have 3 DC, ages 2, 4 and 6. So doing the washing for everyone is a pretty full on job. DH seems incapable of two things which make it harder for me - firstly he rarely empties his pockets, which I've warned him about so many times.

But the second thing- I have no idea how to approach with him. He has the world's worst skid marks in every single pair of boxers. I just don't understand. Our 2 eldest kids appear to be better at wiping their arsed than he is. It seems to have gotten worse in recent months and its at the point now where I'm sometimes greeted by inside out shit smeared undies when I open the laundry basket, and almost throw up.

Needless to say I've got a case of the ick and can't imagine doing anything close to sex with him as it stands. The whole thing just turns my stomach and I'm sick of it.

What do I do?! How do I approach this with him? Honestly at my wit's end.

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SwordToFlamethrower · 22/03/2023 18:50

ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · 22/03/2023 07:53

Only on Mumsnet do I read such soul destroying drivel

Clearly you've never been on Reddit

Dalekjastninerels · 22/03/2023 18:59

SwordToFlamethrower · 22/03/2023 18:50

Clearly you've never been on Reddit

Grin
Madamecastafiore · 22/03/2023 19:04

Ask him if he thinks he has a bowel problem and needs to book a doctors appointment, if he says no, all is fine, then you can say that you find it pretty disgusting that he thinks it's appropriate to leave such a mess in his underpants. Suggest wipes or a spray to properly clean himself and say if he still can't manage not to leave his underpants in such a disgusting mess then he'll need to start washing them himself.

Just speak to him, you shouldn't be embarrassed about tackling this, he's obviously not embarrassed about how vile he's being.

Iwrotethelyricstoaxlf · 22/03/2023 20:05

There’s an old episode of embarrassing bodies and an older chap goes in to see Dr Christian about his skiddy kecks.

Reckoned he had a leaky arsehole.

Nope. Just a dirty fecker who couldn’t wipe his arse.

And he went on C4 to tell all and sundry.

OP. Perhaps find that episode on YouTube and show DH?

Pixiedust1234 · 22/03/2023 20:12

What the hell would you type in to find that episode? In a series called Embarrassing Bodies is going to be rather difficult to find 😱

Fromwetome · 22/03/2023 20:25

This has to be a troll...please let this be a troll post cause that's just vile. And you share a bed with this Neanderthal? You've let him close enough to end up pregnant by him 😫🤢 this isn't new behaviour. Every day I thank the lord I am a lesbian. Men are vile.

Carlycat · 22/03/2023 20:49

Fromwetome · 22/03/2023 20:25

This has to be a troll...please let this be a troll post cause that's just vile. And you share a bed with this Neanderthal? You've let him close enough to end up pregnant by him 😫🤢 this isn't new behaviour. Every day I thank the lord I am a lesbian. Men are vile.

They are indeed 🤮
Every day I thank the Lord I'm single and wish I was a lesbian!

thelionthewitchtheaudacityofTHISbitch · 22/03/2023 21:03

NotTooOldPaul · 22/03/2023 08:33

I realised that I was often leaving dirty smears on my underpants. I seem to leak a short time after going to the toilet. I asked my GP for advice and she examined me and did some tests as she said it can be a symptom of a serious health problem. She found nothing wrong and so I put this down to my age, I am 76.
OP suggest that your husband gets checked by his doctor.
I do all the washing at home so I am the one who deals with this.

I am younger than you by at least 20 years, and feel that I am probably older than OP and Op's DH by another 20 years. But the same. I have a very good healthy diet, but the fairly recent (last 5 years) leaking is just horrid. So embarrassing. So check diet, exercise, pelvic floor muscles (applicable to men as well as women). I do my own washing as a single parent. But this issue is stopping me with regard to dating.

Emotionalsupportviper · 22/03/2023 21:43

Cerealkillerontheloose · 22/03/2023 15:02

No. But maybe he’s embarrassed?

Not too embarrassed to leave them for someone else to deal with without even rinsing them through.

Pansypotter123 · 22/03/2023 22:09

@AtTheEndOfMyWick

So, what have you decided to do?

Parroteets · 22/03/2023 22:50

I am sorry OP but some of the replies have made me laugh so much. Not helpful I know 😀

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/03/2023 22:59

If you want to make the best of a bad job (so to speak), there are very probably dirty perverts online who will actually pay to buy them from you - as long as you clearly describe them as 'cleaned to eBay standards', which I understand means 'filthy and not cleaned at all'.

I think demand is bigger for 'preloved' women's undies, but I'm sure there's also a market for besmirched men's shreddies somewhere out there too.

Squiblet · 23/03/2023 09:15

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/03/2023 22:59

If you want to make the best of a bad job (so to speak), there are very probably dirty perverts online who will actually pay to buy them from you - as long as you clearly describe them as 'cleaned to eBay standards', which I understand means 'filthy and not cleaned at all'.

I think demand is bigger for 'preloved' women's undies, but I'm sure there's also a market for besmirched men's shreddies somewhere out there too.

Good God, this post was bad enough already, you've just made it so much worse! 🤢

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 23/03/2023 09:30

It wasn't a serious suggestion; just thinking (theoretically) how (hopefully) horrified he would be if she listed some of his items and showed him the site!

Squiblet · 23/03/2023 10:15

Yes, I wasn't trying to have a go at you. Just had to express my ever-growing horror at the very idea ... think it's time to take this thread off the watch list ....

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 23/03/2023 10:23

Not a bad idea - there are some very grim things indeed in this world, aren't there?!

There was an AMA a while back by a prostitute/sex worker who, as well as the punters after 'traditional' activities, also had a regular customer come around first thing every single morning to spectate as she.... dealt with a normal (but usually private) bodily function, shall we say. Of all the things in the whole world you could choose to spend your precious time doing, imagine that being your daily priority. Actually, better not to imagine it....

Takeitonthechin · 23/03/2023 10:34

Sounds like he could be sharting, ask him does he need a hand wiping his bum or it it just windy down there!

ItsMeAgainYesHowDidYouGuess2 · 26/03/2023 22:42

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GrazingSheep · 26/03/2023 22:49

The way it's explained to me by various men, including my own dad, is that men can have a lot of hairs around their anus. When they defecate, even after they've wiped, residue, like particles, can coat the hairs.

WTF????
Your father discussed his hairy bum hole with you???

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speakout · 27/03/2023 07:00

A hairy arse is no excuse.
Men must know they have hairy arses, see their dirty pants. They can take extra steps to wash themselves.
I lived in a country that used squat toilets and no toilet paper.
Instead it was the custom to wash after using the toilet.
The locals thought us europeans were dirty just wiping ourselves with dry paper.
I think they had a point.

GoldDuster · 27/03/2023 08:36

I've lived with several hairy arsed men and not one of them has habitually left shit stains in his pants. And if they have, I've had no knowledge, they certainly haven't handed them to other people on a daily basis to deal with.

I don't feel it's reasonable to shrug and blame it on your hairy crack and spend a lifetime with faeces in there, surely if your crack is hairy to the point that it's causing you to get about with stained pants every day, you would deal with it rather than accepting it? There is nothing that would persuade me to walk around with shit stains in my pants, even if I sprouted a rainforest in there tomorrow @GrazingSheep would you?

There are also posters on here saying that their OH leaves shit stained towels and sheets, so that blows the theory out of the water. Anyone that isn't cleaning their bum, hairy or not, feels it's acceptable to have a dirty bum.

Surely that's the bottom line?

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