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My husband keeps touching my full face...WTF

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Thankgodforwine · 15/02/2025 23:26

My husband randomly runs his hand down the front of my entire face.....he knows it annoys the fuck out of me ...but he keeps doing it. When I voice my annoyance/rage, he makes it out as if it's "me"problem.
He is a great guy and dad....amazing husband and provider but ...WTF, is it me or is this normal. For context and to avoid drip feeding, I'm not a fan of human contact...like hugging etc ...some may say I'm awkward...but a hand to the full face ...surely nobody likes this, also his hands are sweaty as fuck, no joke ...these hands are damp. Am I being unreasonable, please say I am not 🤣

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anothermnuser123 · 15/02/2025 23:58

It's not just weird, the far more concerning thing is that he is giving you the very clear message that what you like is unimportant, he will do what he wants.

How you equate a person that acts like that with a good guy, I do not know. It's completely disrespectful and creepy too. He is telling you he doesn't care what you want and worse than that, he seems to enjoy making you uncomfortable. Not qualities I would equate with a good person at all.

MrsTerryPratchett · 15/02/2025 23:58

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 15/02/2025 23:56

Why are you laughing about this?

The LOLing is getting to me too. I'm out.

Neveranynamesleft · 16/02/2025 00:00

So why have you posted on here just complaining about it if you are not going to do something back to him ? It's seriously gross and he knows it. You need to smack him hard and tell him to stop. See how he likes having something done to him that isn't acceptable.

Devilsmommy · 16/02/2025 00:02

Duh · 15/02/2025 23:46

I remember a character doing this to his family members in a film (John Travolta in Face Off) and it was weird as fuck to watch but was supposedly inherent to a ‘recognition’ part of the storyline. I never thought anyone would do it in real life. How odd.

That's exactly what I thought of when I read OP's post 😂

Feefifothumb · 16/02/2025 00:02

Thankgodforwine · 15/02/2025 23:26

My husband randomly runs his hand down the front of my entire face.....he knows it annoys the fuck out of me ...but he keeps doing it. When I voice my annoyance/rage, he makes it out as if it's "me"problem.
He is a great guy and dad....amazing husband and provider but ...WTF, is it me or is this normal. For context and to avoid drip feeding, I'm not a fan of human contact...like hugging etc ...some may say I'm awkward...but a hand to the full face ...surely nobody likes this, also his hands are sweaty as fuck, no joke ...these hands are damp. Am I being unreasonable, please say I am not 🤣

How can he be "a great guy" and "an amazing husband" when he does something like that, and when you've told him you don't like it and you don't want him to do it again?

You also, mentioned in a later post that there are other things he does, presumably you are also not keen on.

When he does that to your face he is marking his territory in a very unpleasant way. Disregarding your perfectly reasonable personal space.

I wouldn't put up with him and would be seriously rethinking the relationship.

Or is it that you'll put up with him as "he's a great provider"? But you should never rely on a man to do that. You should be capable of doing that for yourself and your children, especially when so many partnerships/marriages end in separation/divorce.

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:03

xRobin · 15/02/2025 23:53

This is very very odd. How long has he been doing this?
Do you secretly hate each other?
It sounds like he irritates the living shit out of you and it sounds like he enjoys irritating you.

For context most people apart from a select few annoy the living shit out of me, hence why I'm on here genuinely asking if I'm being unreasonable

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godmum56 · 16/02/2025 00:03

Thankgodforwine · 15/02/2025 23:50

I told him today if he done it again he was getting a punch to the balls ....he done it again a couple of hours later ...it's so weird. Obvs didn't punch him in the balls because I'm not evil lol

Well there's a mistake, always follow through on a stated consequence.

deveronvalley · 16/02/2025 00:03

Yeah the movie Face Off was on terrestrial tv recently. I wonder if he watched it. It’s meant to be an affectionate touch the main character does to his family. It’s their ‘thing.’ Perhaps your husband is hoping to ensure he has a way to communicate who he is to you in the event he has a face transplant/swap with a dangerous criminal.

PaintDecisions · 16/02/2025 00:04

Does he like Face:Off by any chance?

xRobin · 16/02/2025 00:06

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:03

For context most people apart from a select few annoy the living shit out of me, hence why I'm on here genuinely asking if I'm being unreasonable

Oh that’s fair 😂 you’re still not being unreasonable though, that’s a very irritating thing he’s doing to you and if it were my DP he’d 100% be getting a surprise smack to the balls whilst smiling!

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:06

He been doing it for a while, but I know he has watched faceoff several times

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backawayfatty1 · 16/02/2025 00:06

This would infuriate me. He has no respect for you. I would leave him.

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:07

He's been well warned ....next time I'm doing it lol 😂

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TheOriginalEmu · 16/02/2025 00:07

it doesn’t matter if anyone else does or doesn’t like it, you stated a boundary ahd he continually crosses it, my ex used to do it by touching my leg in a specific place I HATE being touched and the fact he ‘forgot’ all the time made me feel so disrespected and like my needs and wants don’t matter. I wouldn’t tolerate it anymore. Be very firm and say do it again and this is over.

dontcryformeargentina · 16/02/2025 00:07

Power thing. He is doing it to devalue you. To show you your place.

mathanxiety · 16/02/2025 00:08

Lick your index finger, stick it in his ear, wiggle it around. Nothing says I love you like a Wet Willie.

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 16/02/2025 00:09

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:07

He's been well warned ....next time I'm doing it lol 😂

Unlikely

Ramblingaway · 16/02/2025 00:10

Ooh, my first LTB. Been on here awhile, not used it before. Often other people say it before me and I've never felt the need. But this..... It's just so very wrong that he thinks you should continue to put up with it. I feel like if you tolerate this, what will he expect you to tolerate next?

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:11

mathanxiety · 16/02/2025 00:08

Lick your index finger, stick it in his ear, wiggle it around. Nothing says I love you like a Wet Willie.

Actually laughed so hard there, I'll start with a wet willy lol 😆

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mathanxiety · 16/02/2025 00:12

Yes, this is definitely a power thing. He is telling you he has no respect at all for your personhood and thinks he owns you.

He's not a good man or a great husband. He's a man who has something seriously wrong with him.

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:15

backawayfatty1 · 16/02/2025 00:06

This would infuriate me. He has no respect for you. I would leave him.

I mean I'm not going to leave him that's like going from 1 to 100 .....

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ThisFluentBiscuit · 16/02/2025 00:16

What a deeply sexy turn-on. 🙄

Tell him that treating you like you're his kid sister makes your vagina slam shut.

ForZanyAquaViewer · 16/02/2025 00:16

I don’t understand why you’re laughing about this. It’s not funny. You’ve asked him to stop doing something and he keeps doing it. That is profoundly disrespectful. It’s also really fucking weird.

No jokes about cock punches. Have a serious conversation about why he respects you so little that he continues to disrespect you in this way.

This is not the behaviour of a great guy and amazing husband.

Thankgodforwine · 16/02/2025 00:17

ThisFluentBiscuit · 16/02/2025 00:16

What a deeply sexy turn-on. 🙄

Tell him that treating you like you're his kid sister makes your vagina slam shut.

I definitely will

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TealSapphire · 16/02/2025 00:18

I wonder what 'jokes' the kids suffer through too.

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