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Would you LTB over this?

60 replies

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 09:26

My husband blew his nose in a tea towel and proceded to wipe the kitchen counters with it. Would I be unreasonable to LTB? He thinks it's reasonable behaviour and cannot see a problem.

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Happyjoe · 06/04/2026 10:08

Why stop there? Suggest he cleans the toilet with his toothbrush, wipes his arse with his face cloth. I mean, he obviously has no concept of hygiene. And, not being funny but did he learn absolutely nothing during covid? It's not like we were not bombarded with advice how to not spread germs.

I could not live with someone like this, truly, I would find it too triggering!

Happyjoe · 06/04/2026 10:10

Mansionscoldandgrey · 06/04/2026 10:05

What about jizz?

You always like this, pedantic? You know perfectly well what was intended in that post.

Happyjoe · 06/04/2026 10:11

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:06

😂🤣.
Personal hygiene has been an issue but I don't let him near me unless he is fully abulted and smells fresh as a daisy. Refuse to share a bedroom with him, obviously, so Lord knows what he gets up to in there..

Why is he so unwilling to learn and change his ways?

TinDogTavern · 06/04/2026 10:13

I’m a self-confessed minger and even I think this is rank as fuck.

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:13

Happyjoe · 06/04/2026 10:11

Why is he so unwilling to learn and change his ways?

I don't know. I sometimes think that he must be missing so vital part of his brain thar would usually compute this kind of stuff.

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ArduousAndTedious · 06/04/2026 10:15

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:06

😂🤣.
Personal hygiene has been an issue but I don't let him near me unless he is fully abulted and smells fresh as a daisy. Refuse to share a bedroom with him, obviously, so Lord knows what he gets up to in there..

You shouldn’t share a kitchen or sitting room with him either.

Will he change his ways once reading this thread?

Eenameenadeeka · 06/04/2026 10:17

I really would leave. That's disgusting.

Notmyreality · 06/04/2026 10:17

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:06

😂🤣.
Personal hygiene has been an issue but I don't let him near me unless he is fully abulted and smells fresh as a daisy. Refuse to share a bedroom with him, obviously, so Lord knows what he gets up to in there..

So why r u with him?

SoSadSoSadSoSad · 06/04/2026 10:18

How can you let him near you at all?

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:18

I've shown him this thread and he still thinks it's funny!

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Growlybear83 · 06/04/2026 10:19

Of course that’s a really disgusting thing to do, but no normal person would break up a marriage for something like that.

shhblackbag · 06/04/2026 10:19

Are you laughing because otherwise you'd cry? There is nothing funny about this. I hope no other people have to live with him, who don't have a choice.

Iwantabucketofsteam · 06/04/2026 10:20

Mansionscoldandgrey · 06/04/2026 10:05

What about jizz?

Please, please, in the name of sweet reason do not go there 😒

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:21

shhblackbag · 06/04/2026 10:19

Are you laughing because otherwise you'd cry? There is nothing funny about this. I hope no other people have to live with him, who don't have a choice.

Yes, that's exactly it! I can't leave him as our child is quite attached to him but I am considering a dog kennel in the garden...

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Malinia · 06/04/2026 10:21

I absolutely could not live with a man as disgusting as that.

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 06/04/2026 10:21

LTB? Release him back into the swamp you got him from. Fucking minger.

grumpygrape · 06/04/2026 10:35

I haven't got my manual to hand but the t towel episode is a clear indicator of weaponised incompetence.
If you don't like what I do or how I do it, do it yourself.....and so often we do.

Legolaslady · 06/04/2026 10:41

You obviously find this funny but it's totally disgusting.

Charlize43 · 06/04/2026 10:42

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:06

😂🤣.
Personal hygiene has been an issue but I don't let him near me unless he is fully abulted and smells fresh as a daisy. Refuse to share a bedroom with him, obviously, so Lord knows what he gets up to in there..

So what actually attracted you to this man and why are you with him?

Were you at a very low point of self-esteem (or win him at a fairground) when you met him?

Legolaslady · 06/04/2026 10:43

I wouldn't even want him to touch my child.
Honestly it's so gross

24Dogcuddler · 06/04/2026 10:46

This is really vile! I once saw someone in a staffroom take a tea towel from a hook and wipe sweat from her neck and chest and put it back.
Older, bolder me would have said something but I was new and young. Instead I put it in the wash and never used a tea towel there.
Guessing you need to buy a lot of antibacterial spray.

HappiestSleeping · 06/04/2026 10:48

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 09:35

Oh, I seriously wish it was! I've put up this post so he can see how the rest of the female world views such behaviour.

Not only the female world. I am a man, and I think that is gross.

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:48

Charlize43 · 06/04/2026 10:42

So what actually attracted you to this man and why are you with him?

Were you at a very low point of self-esteem (or win him at a fairground) when you met him?

He is a fairly high earner who hands over all the money and I was getting on a bit and couldn't be that picky.....

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Charlize43 · 06/04/2026 10:53

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:48

He is a fairly high earner who hands over all the money and I was getting on a bit and couldn't be that picky.....

Is the money worth the filth and living in a constant state of disgust?

I've never really been motivated by money which is why I'm as poor as a church mouse. I'm just curious why people make these choices.

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 06/04/2026 11:00

Genxhausted · 06/04/2026 10:48

He is a fairly high earner who hands over all the money and I was getting on a bit and couldn't be that picky.....

You know what I respect the hustle and your honesty, braving a biohazard tho he better be a bloody high earner. I couldn’t deal with that for all the money in the world. Get your hazard pay girl. 😭