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To have done this to his clothes?

232 replies

Dockerty · 22/10/2025 14:11

Bloke im seeing - first time he stayed at my house he had a shower and then left all his clothes (work uniform etc) folded (in a fashion) and piled up on the toilet. I went in to use the toilet, picked up his clothes and moved them into the bedroom.

Second time he stayed, he did the same thing so I went in to use the toilet, picked up his clothes and shouted of him to come and move them which he did.

3rd time - same thing - this time I didn’t pick them up, I just shouted of him to come and move them and asked him to stop doing this as I don’t want to be moving his clothes everytime I use the bathroom. He made a sarky “ooo ok boss” comment but moved them. I was pissed off and told him it’s a bit ridiculous that a grown man would leave his clothes like that for someone else to sort out! He said I was making a mountain out of a molehill.

So last night he stayed over again - same thing happened so this time I simply swiped the lot onto the floor, used the toilet and then got a shower myself. Accidentally on purpose stood on his clothes as I got out of the shower so they were wet.

An hour or so later he went to use the toilet and came back asking how his clothes got wet. I said they were on the floor. He said no they weren’t, they were on the toilet so I said yeah but then I needed to use the toilet so they ended up on the floor”.

He went in a full on mood about it saying it was petty and disrespectful and maybe he should treat my clothes the same way. I said he could - but he’d have to take them out of the drawer or wardrobe to do it which would be a bit weird.

so, who is BU, me or him?

OP posts:
Beachtastic · 22/10/2025 18:14

Could you not have moved the clothes on to the side of the bath?

We need a sort of parking map of your bathroom, OP.

BreakingBroken · 22/10/2025 18:16

no @pinkyredrose most places have a second toilet at the very least. and if someone was showering would you automatically assume it's fine to invade their privacy? it's a sacred moment of peace and tranquility as far as i'm concerned and the last thing i want is someone being in my space while i towel dry or brush my teeth.

childofthe607080s · 22/10/2025 18:18

He’s a lazy bugger now - you ain’t got no future as if he can’t be bothered with simple things now he woll
never be cleaning the loo and stacking the dishwasher

BreakingBroken · 22/10/2025 18:19

Beachtastic · Today 10:14

Could you not have moved the clothes on to the side of the bath?
We need a sort of parking map of your bathroom, OP.

I might want a whole home layout. Sounds like serious storage issues maybe even the dreaded sink with no counter.

having a shower then someone entering to piss or shit is my idea of a nightmare way to start the day.

childofthe607080s · 22/10/2025 18:19

Beachtastic · 22/10/2025 18:14

Could you not have moved the clothes on to the side of the bath?

We need a sort of parking map of your bathroom, OP.

No because he couldn’t move them so they would be too heavy for a lady to shift

AutumnCosy2025 · 22/10/2025 18:20

StrawberryJangle · 22/10/2025 15:54

Me either.

They're folded neatly, not strewn. Bloke probably doesn't know where to leave them if you're so sensitive.

You chucked them on the floor and used them as a shower mat.
Completely uncalled for.

YABU.

This

it was incredibly childish of you.

when he left them there the first time, did you tell him where else he could leave them overnight??

it doesn't sound like you made him very welcome.

ive never had a first night with someone where clothes were folded 🤣🤣🤣

HanSB · 22/10/2025 18:21

You already know how to solve this. Don't stay with a person who disrespects you. He is looking for someone to take over from his mum but also provide sex. You should be in the honeymoon phase not already getting the ick from a man toddler that wants adoption.

gannett · 22/10/2025 18:23

Newname71 · 22/10/2025 18:10

Get rid. It won’t get any better. I’ve been married to DH for 27 years and he still does shite like this! (Not leaving stuff on the toilet).
He kept leaving his backpack on the dining room table and his coat hanging in the back of a chair. I’ve just spent a fortune decorating and on new furniture so warned him if he carried on I’d throw his stuff in the garden. He did, so I did. And it rained. 😂. He hasn’t done it since, proving he’s more than capable of putting his shit away.

A coat on the back of a chair is that offensive to you?! (A coat is not going to damage anything.) At least three chairs in our house have coats on them right now.

Anyahyacinth · 22/10/2025 18:24

ohyesido · 22/10/2025 15:53

I’d be annoyed with you for deliberately soiling my clothes in order to make a point. Couldn’t you have chucked them outside the door and not stood on them to hammer the point home? X

How is standing on them with clean shower water soiling them? When they were on a toilet ...a place coated with faecal matter? This person was giving OP work when she needed the toilet, she asked him not too and he continued to disrespect her home.

goody2shooz · 22/10/2025 18:25

BaconCheeses · 22/10/2025 14:16

End it.

You were cruel and petty and you'd be a fool to carry on a relationship woth someone who has demonstrated so early on that they don't give a fuck about creating a harmonious household.

Pointless to carry on.

She was cruel?? Petty?? She asked him three times not to leave his stuff in a very inconvenient place in her home. He ignored the requests. He treated her reasonable requests with contempt, arrogance and the assumption that she would tidy up his abandoned clothes. It’s a small bathroom - not surprising his clothes got a bit damp. I’d get rid of such a disrespectful dud, especially if he’s also rubbish in bed. But then, if he’s this contemptuous and arrogant, not surprising he’d be a selfish lover.

WeNeedToTalkAboutIT · 22/10/2025 18:25

BreakingBroken · 22/10/2025 18:16

no @pinkyredrose most places have a second toilet at the very least. and if someone was showering would you automatically assume it's fine to invade their privacy? it's a sacred moment of peace and tranquility as far as i'm concerned and the last thing i want is someone being in my space while i towel dry or brush my teeth.

OP has already stated that there isn't a second toilet in the house. It's not that uncommon!

I think you may have misunderstood the nature of her trips to the loo. She's not going while he's in the shower! He's getting a shower and getting dressed into clean clothes, leaving the old set of clothes on the loo after he's finished the shower and vacated it.

Unless it's me who has miscunderstood

Supergirl1958 · 22/10/2025 18:26

I voted yabu for standing on his clothes with wet feet, other than that yanbu

Newname71 · 22/10/2025 18:27

gannett · 22/10/2025 18:23

A coat on the back of a chair is that offensive to you?! (A coat is not going to damage anything.) At least three chairs in our house have coats on them right now.

Yes it is. It’s a further 4 steps to the under the stairs cupboard where the coats live. He’s just a lazy git! 😁🤷‍♀️

Cucy · 22/10/2025 18:27

pinkyredrose · 22/10/2025 18:09

Extremely hard work? For protesting at a guys disrespect in her own home? You need to get out more.

So it’s disrespectful to neatly fold your clothes and put them on the toilet seat but it’s not disrespectful to throw them on the floor and walk all over them?

I wonder if this is a reverse and if you’d have the same opinion.

Laura95167 · 22/10/2025 18:28

He sounds a lazy fuck. But it was a bit passive aggressive.

I assume there is a place you expect him to put his clothes, and I assume when hes taken his clothes off either hes changed or is nude.

So when he goes in the shower and comes out without his prior clothes id be saying oh where are your clothes? We talked about you being respectful of my home and picking up after yourself.

Tbh you dont sound like you like him and I think he sounds annoying and entitled.

CryMyEyesViolet · 22/10/2025 18:29

I love this response:

I said he could - but he’d have to take them out of the drawer or wardrobe to do it which would be a bit weird.

But honestly, this would be a deal breaker for me if after the 3rd time he couldn’t learn. I suspect he’ll also never learn how to use the washing machine or hoover or how to put the kids to bed.

Comtesse · 22/10/2025 18:29

Thundertoast · 22/10/2025 14:36

Ah yes, the usual criticism of OP for fighting back a bit to a man being a lazy slob and expecting her to work around his mess in her house. Why cant you just always rise above and be the bigger person and sit him down and nicely and calmly explain that he's an inconsiderate twat and gently suggest solutions that he already knows but chooses to ignore because he ultimately doesn't give a fuck, OP. How dare you show anything other than serene maturity in the face of twat behaviour! If you give an adult man natural consequences then thats you being petty and mean and thats just as bad as him!!!!!!!!!!

Fucks sake. She's tried asking nicely and he's still ignored her so why shouldn't she drop the rope and let him feel the consequence!
Good on you OP!

Yup. It’s her damn house and he sounds like a massive waste of space.

WeNeedToTalkAboutIT · 22/10/2025 18:29

gannett · 22/10/2025 18:23

A coat on the back of a chair is that offensive to you?! (A coat is not going to damage anything.) At least three chairs in our house have coats on them right now.

It's not where coats live though. I assume they have a place where coats belong, like hooks in the hallway. If you've recently gone all out to get a (lounge? dining room?) looking beautiful, it would be annoying as shit if your husband kept leaving a coat in there instead of almost anywhere else, preferably where it belongs!

Happyjoe · 22/10/2025 18:31

Whyherewego · 22/10/2025 17:33

I mean I think folding clothes and leaving on the loo in a small bathroom makes sense. I'd pick them up on my way out after the shower though.
I think it was a bit mean to deliberately wet them though.

Left with no other choice imo. Move them once, ask nicely second time, 3rd time he got snarky, deserves wet clothes imo on the 4th. She's not his keeper, if he doesn't want wet clothes then he should move em!

Edited to add - and no, on top of a toilet is the last place I'd leave clothes that I would want to wear again!

EarthaKittsVoice · 22/10/2025 18:31

Viviennemary · 22/10/2025 14:33

He's untidy you aren't. It was mean and disrespectful to stand on his clothes. Good luck with finding somebody who comes up to your expectations. Trained poodle maybe.

It's not much to expect though. It's kinda basic

Newname71 · 22/10/2025 18:32

WeNeedToTalkAboutIT · 22/10/2025 18:29

It's not where coats live though. I assume they have a place where coats belong, like hooks in the hallway. If you've recently gone all out to get a (lounge? dining room?) looking beautiful, it would be annoying as shit if your husband kept leaving a coat in there instead of almost anywhere else, preferably where it belongs!

Exactly this. I’ve spent a lot of time, effort and money to have my house looking nice. I don’t want his massive hi vis coat hanging on the back of a chair. 🤷‍♀️ Espwcially when there’s a perfectly good rail with coat hangers 2 feet away

ChaToilLeam · 22/10/2025 18:35

He's lazy and messy and a crap shag to boot. What's the point?

Namechanged555 · 22/10/2025 18:37

It just seems unbelievable that you would come on here and ask he question? Just dump him!

JustmeandtheChickens · 22/10/2025 18:39

Throw this one back - and raise your bar

pinkyredrose · 22/10/2025 18:41

Cucy · 22/10/2025 18:27

So it’s disrespectful to neatly fold your clothes and put them on the toilet seat but it’s not disrespectful to throw them on the floor and walk all over them?

I wonder if this is a reverse and if you’d have the same opinion.

No it's disrespectful to not remove them when asked several times and then get in a mood and be sarcastic.