Men are too comfortable in public

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This is the first time I’ve really noticed it but as I was playing with my son in a park, a man was on the phone with his hand literally inside his trousers as he paced. Every now and then he’s pull it out and scratch his balls and put it back in. Like all the way in. It’s weird. I could never get away with doing this. It’s rude and I don’t want to have to see that. I feel like this wouldn’t have happened 50-100 years ago and it’s slobbish and disgusting not to mention unhygienic. I feel unreasonable for being annoyed at this. They’re so comfortable in society that the park is like their bedroom apparently. Whereas women often feel the need to make themselves as small as possible in society. Rant over.

Trust me, we were thinking the same thing at the same time! It's not that deep. And it's not really about me. But ok. I'll never talk about anything now, fuck me I guess. It's really not that deep. This post will be gone in a while anyway apparently.

Interesting food for thought. Genuinely 😂

Are you 12? Its not that deep is what my teenagers say... Bit strange for an adult to emulate 'teen speak'.

Problem solved. I hope you're not too upset though, genuinely. Don't ever go to bed angry 👌

Thanks your 'advice' is priceless 😂.

This is not the issue at the moment. Now you are deliberately finding fault with what I do. It's obviously personal to you and it shouldn't be. (also 12 is not a teenager but I don't want to be petty)
This is irrelevant. Just negativity we don't need.

Its not personal to me at all. What a weird thing to say, I just disagree with you: simples. I asked if you were 12 if we are being pedantic: That is not the same as saying 12 qualifies as a teen. I was implying that the phrase was very very young and immature.

I really hope we worked with the same man (lawyer??), as I would hate to think there’s more than one of them out there! We used to have to ask him to please, for the love of God, not do it in meetings with clients 😂

I'm going to sleep and we'll see if this is still here in the morning! We should change the poll to will it be taken down overnight or not

Exactly. He's not the only one acting questionably.

I’m dead confused by this. I’ve always lived in houses with men/boys (as a child with my dad and brothers, and as an adult with my husband, son and father in law) and I’ve never seen any of them lying about either holding their penis/balls or scratching them

Not sure what people are getting so upset about the photo. He isn’t identifiable I wouldn’t think.

Is picking a wedgie out in public equally as bad then?

When I have a wedgie in public I just pick it out. I don't "go to the loo" to pick it.

🤣🤣

The boys in the grey tracksuit bottoms do this.
I wish I could get a big bonfire & burn all of those grey joggers. And then dress all of the boys in nice jeans.

This
WTF 😂
I know, let's take a photo of a stranger and run to MN!
Next level lol

Yes and walking around with no top on in public I don't like it, in a park or beach fair enough

Grim

Yanbu - it's disgusting and too much for me too.

Would you be happy for a 62 year old to film your children?

It's disgusting.

I was at Royal Ascot recently, a man was walking through the restaurant area adjusting his penis/balls.

Dude clearly had no shame or was an entitled arsehole.

So agree with PP it's nothing to do with what they are wearing. Suits or shorts, some men feel entitled to touch their genitals in public.

I think you're a creep.

His behaviour was bad but yours is worse. Taking photos of someone and posting them on the internet is gross. You could have posted this thread without the photo.

Makes me think you want to "name and shame" him on a local FB group.

2 wrongs don't make a right.

It’s not illegal and his face isn’t in the picture, calm down.

😂

I really don’t seek to name or identify him. Otherwise I would have caught his face.

And if my son was a grown adult with his hand in his trousers I wouldn’t mind someone taking a photo maybe it’d teach him. Worst thing that could happen is that he’s as uncomfortable as I was to see it.

please don’t compare this to upskirting or children because one is deliberately acting some way and the others aren’t. That’s the point.