DP sits on soft furnishings with smelly post-run bum

[SmallGreenBabies]

DP (who I love dearly, this is just for fun!) goes running a few times a week and says he can't shower as soon as he gets home as he's still sweating. Instead he sits down on the living room sofa/chair for a while to cool down before showering.

The problem is that DP, who doesn't normally smell, has an absolutely honking post-run butt. I'm worried that the smell will build up over time and the living room will stink. DP says I should chill out and he should be able to sit down in his own living room.

AIBU to ask him not to do that? How can we reach a compromise!?

Sew odor eater insoles into his shorts.

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Tell him to get showered before sitting on the soft furnishings. What he s doing is just minging! Yuk.

I used to ask my husband to put a plastic bag on the seat if we drove home from a long run. Some men get terribly sweaty bums. I was probably being a bit harsh. Towel on the seat would be a reasonable compromise I reckon.

My STBXH used to sit down on the edge of our bed after a long bike ride and literally leave an arse shaped sweat patch on the covers.

So it's definitely a thing.

And all the 'throw a towel down' people should be advising that he should throw a towel down, not you, he's not five and you're not his Mum providing an arse bib for him.

Tell him to stop being such a disrespectful skank.

Yuck that sounds so fucking gross. Why are you even smelling his arse.

I don't understand why he can't shower straight away. Makes no sense.

I do find people make very odd excuses just to avoid showering or maintaining basic standards of hygiene.

His bum smells? 😂

I get the whole wait to cool down before showering thing as you can still be sweating 10+ mins after you have stopped exercising. Just don't sit on soft furnishings while you wait to cool down.

Get some of this up his area crack and around his ball sack

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I still cannot erase the poo crumbs thread from my memory, and now this!

Haha fond memories of my mother directing my father to the kitchen after a run Amy time he tried to sit on the little sofa in the hallway.

I wouldn’t be up for sweat seeping into soft furnishings on a regular basis. Surely he could sit somewhere else before his shower (on the toilet if his bum is so smelly!)

I'm with you. Doesn't make sense to me either.

I always wait to cool down before showering after running. Otherwise, I get out of the shower and start sweating again. If you don't understand, try breaking into a proper sweat some time.

As for OP 's DH, turn the hose on him when he gets back.

Hahahaha Classic mumsnet! Never change.

Gross, my husband is a runner, he wanders round the kitchen while he cools off. No way would he sit on the soft furnishings

Is he wearing clean clothes for running? My ex dh would wear clean running clothes so by the end of his run, he'd smell like warm fabric conditioner. Is your dp wearing running gear multiple times?

@skeettch

"Arse bib": I am fucking howling at that one

Feral cretin. Sorry, I know you love him. But good grief, just no.

Do you run? I went out for a run this evening and it was still pretty hot out, I was still pumping out sweat for a good 10mins after I got home. Your body doesn't suddenly turn off the sweating as soon as you stop running.

I always sit on my back step with my post run electrolytes if I’m hot and sweaty after a run. Couldn’t cope being inside like that, and I definitely wouldn’t sit on my soft furnishings if I was sweaty!

Why aren't gyms full of people sitting on sofas before going for a post workout shower?

Gyms generally don't have sofas.
Gyms have industrial air conditioning
Most people I know who have just completed an intense work out spend 10 - 15 mins stretching out on the mats while cooling down.
Most people down the gym don't actually work very hard and spend half their time sitting on equipment scrolling through their social media so don't get sweaty.

This is the oddest thing. wtf do you mean his arse smells?

Tell him not to!
Mine sits on a tea towel on a kitchen chair messing about with Strava while he cools down.