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Aibu - dont want to clean up diarrhea.

78 replies

Sugargliderwombat · Today 11:24

I am absolutely LIVID my disgusting partner has caught our children's stomach bug and so far this morning i have found:

Diarrhea around the toilet bowl and underside of toilet seat.

Shitty pants on the floor of the bathroom (same distance from toilet as the bin).

Shit stains in the bed.

He has gone to work. Yes, I know.

My aibu is that unless bedbound you are NEVER too ill to clean up your own shit. I have never, ever been too ill.

To avoid a dripfeed YES he has done this before. Vomited all over toilet seat and floor and said was too ill to clean it up. Again I was furious. If you got out of bed to vomit you can quickly spray and wipe it.

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whippersnapper55 · Today 12:13

I think in these circumstances, he'd be my ex-partner! There is no excuse for being so revolting 🤢

PolkaDotPorridge · Today 12:15

How revolting. That would be the end for me. Grim as fuck.

WildLeader · Today 12:15

Text him and tell him that you’re not his skivvy and that he needs to clean his own shit up.

ffs, you could catch this from him

make this the hill you’re prepared to die on @Sugargliderwombat

Pinkdayss · Today 12:17

You stayed after the last time so he knows its ok.

Take photos of everything.
Send them to him and tell him not to come home.

Send them to his family.

Contact a domestic abuse charity for support.

This is NOT normal.
This is what filthy, vile abusers do to grind you down.

Wake up.

banmusk · Today 12:21

Would it be feasible to put all the soiled items in his wardrobe or in his drawers?
From now on can you arrange things so that he uses his own bathroom and you never go in there?

ThePieceHall · Today 12:24

MrsMoastyToasty · Today 11:39

They are going to rip him a new arse hole if he makes that type of mess at work.

It sounds like he might need a new arse hole.

EmeraldDreams73 · Today 12:25

Just when I think I've read everything...of course you're not being remotely unreasonable, that is utterly disgusting.

How dare he 1) expect you to clean it up and
2) go to work to infect everyone else?!

I hope you have another loo and can shut the door on the lot. Take photos either way and tell him even animals have better manners than that.

It's not about illness, don't let him bleat that you're being unsympathetic. People get ill. Then they stay OFF work, keep the germs to themselves, and clean up after themselves.

Jesus Christ.

INeedAnotherName · Today 12:25

If you have another toilet then leave it all until he gets home. He can clean his own mess up. If you haven't then clean the loo for you and the children and throw an old towel over his shit knickers so you don't have to see them. Then he can clean that and change the bed when he comes home.

And seriously consider whether you want to continue being seen as a mummy instead of a real partner.

Jk987 · Today 12:26

I don’t get it. Where’s his pride if nothing else? I’d be mortified leaving that mess for my partner to find. 🤢

WhatAMarvelousTune · Today 12:26

Hideous.

When I read the first couple of sentences I thought “well maybe he is literally too ill and staggered to the loo barely upright, before crawling back to bed”. But he went to work, so fuck that, he can clean it up.

Also, selfish prick for spreading it round his work place.

PussInBin20 · Today 12:30

Go out for the day and leave it all for when he returns. It’s the only way.

SapphireSeptember · Today 12:32

AbsoluteHoot · Today 11:46

What sort of dirty dog do you live with?

There’s NO WAY I’d go anywhere near his mess. I’d stay out until he had dealt with it all.

There’s also no way I’d live with such a pig.

That's both an insult to dogs (and I don't even like dogs) and pigs. At least animals have an excuse to not clean up after themselves (no opposable thumbs) and humans know better.

But yes, grim. I had a poorly tummy not long after I had DS and had an accident at my friend's house. I certainly cleaned up after myself despite having a c section and finding just moving around painful. (I was glad I was wearing disposable knickers though!)

Sugargliderwombat · Today 12:32

EmeraldDreams73 · Today 12:25

Just when I think I've read everything...of course you're not being remotely unreasonable, that is utterly disgusting.

How dare he 1) expect you to clean it up and
2) go to work to infect everyone else?!

I hope you have another loo and can shut the door on the lot. Take photos either way and tell him even animals have better manners than that.

It's not about illness, don't let him bleat that you're being unsympathetic. People get ill. Then they stay OFF work, keep the germs to themselves, and clean up after themselves.

Jesus Christ.

Well you predicted it. He's come home and yep, bleating about sympathy and me being so unkind because he's so SO unwell.

Raging.

I am stuck here today as 1 of 2 kids still have diarrhea and I'm not enough of a selfish dick to go out.

OP posts:
Sugargliderwombat · Today 12:33

Jk987 · Today 12:26

I don’t get it. Where’s his pride if nothing else? I’d be mortified leaving that mess for my partner to find. 🤢

I know!!! How is he not utterly disgusted by himself?

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Enigma54 · Today 12:36

Noodge · Today 12:01

Some men people truly are disgusting.
I've lived with one who once managed to shit up the FRONT of the loo (and on the floor) and just left it, I have no idea how he even managed that.

Peed in bottles/jars/vases and left them around the house.

Pooed in the back garden (old terrace, only one loo and he couldn't be bothered going upstairs).

Good god! That is truly disgusting! 🤢

Mumandcarer80 · Today 12:37

That’s disgusting I’ve had to clean up after me and dc when we’ve all come down with a sickness bug. Usually ended up vomiting again but it’s gotta be done. What an idiot to go into work. Suggest he picks up some incontinence pants and wipes as he obviously so incapable of cleaning up his own shit.

grizy · Today 12:38

If he was able to go to work, he wasn’t too ill to clean up his mess. Did he leave that kind of mess (and dirty undies) in the work toilets too? I imagine not!

BillieWiper · Today 12:38

That's foul. And how can someone go to work if they're having that little bowel control?!

Absolutely disgusting. I'd leave the house and say if it's not all cleaned up today I literally won't be coming back.

INeedAnotherName · Today 12:38

Well you predicted it. He's come home and yep, bleating about sympathy and me being so unkind because he's so SO unwell.

If he has the energy to bleat then he has the energy to pick his shitty knickers off the floor and clean the bowl.

Edit
Have you actually asked him "Are you not ashamed and embarrassed you left it like this for the children to find?"

EmeraldDreams73 · Today 12:39

Sugargliderwombat · Today 12:32

Well you predicted it. He's come home and yep, bleating about sympathy and me being so unkind because he's so SO unwell.

Raging.

I am stuck here today as 1 of 2 kids still have diarrhea and I'm not enough of a selfish dick to go out.

I bloody knew it! I am furious on your behalf. He is a fucking disgrace. I assume your kids are too small to have any idea (sorry one's still poorly) which is good for them but a shame for him.

notanothernamesurely · Today 12:40

Oh. My. Goodness.

he should not be at work spreading that. I wouldn’t do anything at all if I’m honest. I’d use a different bathroom (if you have one) and leave it all for him to sort out.

Wynter25 · Today 12:41

LTB

DaisyChain505 · Today 12:42

I would never be able to look at someone as a romantic partner or with true respect again if they were this disgusting and had such low standards.

He obviously has no respect for you because I would rather drag my dying body over hot coals to clear up this mess if I’d made it rather than let my partner see and do it.

MidnightPatrol · Today 12:42

I think you can forgive this if they’re so ill they are completely incapacitated.

Not if he has gone out to work though…

watchingthishtread · Today 12:47

Is there another bed you can sleep in while he sleeps in his own faeces?

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