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AIBU to ask DH to wear underpants?

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JuniorMumber · 03/09/2014 22:13

Ever since we've lived together my DH has always enjoyed relaxing around the house with just a t-shirt on and no under garments. We jokingly refer to it as 'Donald Ducking'. Now that we've had a baby (six weeks ago today!) I think it's time he started wearing under crackers around the house. It just seems more appropriate. AIBU to ask this of him?

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OnlyLovers · 04/09/2014 17:47

Grin Grin Grin Oh God, my tummy hurts!

'a meticulously clean starfish'
'crackpit'
'Basically he is using your lounge and sofa as a big pair of pants.'
'pantless sit' (is that like a zipless fuck?)
'sleepy aardvark'
'less penisy'

TheHouseatWhoCorner · 04/09/2014 17:48

I can't stop trying to picture the T-shirt/ I bet its an old one that he uses almost as a comforter. Or what's that BILs name off of Bouquet? Onslow? (No offense OP).

Put glitter on the sofa. He'll twinkle when he gets up.

Sallyingforth · 04/09/2014 17:48

I wouldn't want DP hanging about (no pun intended) in just a tee.

Fully dressed is OK. Nude is OK (to some people)

But half-dressed is just odd and scruffy

LividofLondon · 04/09/2014 17:57

“...Our deduction is that the enteric zone in the second Petri dish was caused by the flatus itself, and the splatter ring around that was caused by the sheer velocity of the fart, which blew skin bacteria from the cheeks and blasted it onto the dish..."

LOL, Pacific that article is great (and very informative)! Chortling at "splatter ring"Grin

Junior how about getting him to sit on a towel? That at least saves the poo crumbed sofa and he gets to dangle his nads to his heart's content. Unfortunately it doesn't solve the aesthetic issue. Can you get him to sit around totally naked instead?

combust22 · 04/09/2014 18:35

No matter how clean the starfish, it is not a hermetic seal. Contents of the body- gas, solids and liquid can be expelled in aerosol form. Solids and liquids can still be expelled by this mechanism.

It matters not one jot how clean the anus is- it is still exuding effluent.

sweetnessandlite · 04/09/2014 18:38

protective arse cloths

Naturism sounds SO much fun! Hmm

sweetnessandlite · 04/09/2014 18:39

his meat and two veg are splayed out like road kill in the groin area.

pmsl Please No! It's too early! Grin

TheRealNightsWatch · 04/09/2014 18:46
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RegTheMonkey1 · 04/09/2014 18:58

Donald Duck is a dirty bastard. At least Mickey Mouse wears shorts!

Sallyingforth · 04/09/2014 19:09

Naturism sounds SO much fun!

It can be, but we don't consider it fun - just a simple, healthy way of life.

It's actually a lot cleaner than wearing clothes that hold sweat against the body all day.

Clothes evolved from animal skins that were only worn to keep out the cold, and for no other reason. This modern thing about wearing bits of cloth to hide selected parts of the body, according to inhibitions and fashions that change between generations, is nonsense.

And it saves a hell of a lot of washing too.

AgathaF · 04/09/2014 19:20

Love the glitter idea. Glittering, free-swinging balls - marvellous Grin. A bit like a disco ball, but er, well, different.

FryOneFatManic · 04/09/2014 19:20

I've now got tears running down my face as I struggle to hide the snorts.

I must admit, a tee-shirt and no other clothing is a real passion killer.

sweetnessandlite · 04/09/2014 19:26

Love the glitter idea. Glittering, free-swinging balls - marvellous

Will look fantastic at Christmas! Sparkly balls and baubles everywhere!

sweetnessandlite · 04/09/2014 19:31

Sallyingforth,
What do you do if your children invite another child round for tea?
I know when my lot were younger, other people's children were constantly knocking on the door.
How do you handle that?
Doesn't it get a bit time consuming having to put clothes on and off every time someone rings the doorbell and then take them off again?

OTheHugeManatee · 04/09/2014 20:05

Glittering, free-swinging balls

On special occasions, OP could get him to hang off the light fittings and rotate slowly.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 04/09/2014 20:12

Dear Christ. Setting aside the hygiene thing, what about flappage and trappage?

Bogeyface · 04/09/2014 20:26

pissing myself at the disco balls!

Or blue paint on the sofa and then you could have a blue moon?

Sorry... I'll get me coat....

Bogeyface · 04/09/2014 20:27

I have thought of one way you could get him to put his tackle away, smear the place where he sits with Vics Vaporub Wink

longjane · 04/09/2014 20:37

I would not worry about it if I was you.

Your baby is going to going to get the tuging stage soon.

The grab anything and pull.
Could be be painful.

Sallyingforth · 04/09/2014 20:40

sweetness
I don't have children yet - still working up to that one which is why I joined MN :)
But looking back to my own childhood we tended to bring them home after school or a social function, so we were all dressed anyway.

I have a smart oriental pattern dressing gown hanging by the front door that I slip on if unexpected visitors arrive, a habit I learned from my parents.

FryOneFatManic · 04/09/2014 20:52

I have thought of one way you could get him to put his tackle away, smear the place where he sits with Vics Vaporub

Proper snorted my tea at that one Grin Ouch

Chuckthefucklebrothers · 04/09/2014 20:54

"No matter how clean the starfish, it is not a hermetic seal"

GrinGrinGrin

CarbeDiem · 04/09/2014 21:45

Urgh! OP that's grim.
I'm glaring across at Dh on the sofa,in his T shirt AND boxers I must add, and trying to imagine......
No, can't do it.
The ONLY time his naked bollocks could be in anyway near the sofa is maybe for a quicky or if they fell out of his boxers accidentally.

Pissing myself at the thought of a Muu :)

CarbeDiem · 04/09/2014 21:49

I can't stop trying to picture the T-shirt/ I bet its an old one that he uses almost as a comforter

Me too :)
I'm envisioning an old faded superman T or maybe an old Guns n Roses one, after all he likes to rock out with his cock out :) :)

lavenderhoney · 04/09/2014 22:06

The wooly warmer pic made me laugh as well:)

Op, perhaps an aardvark t shirt is on his Christmas list:) but I just wouldn't be able to relax with a bloke sitting there " relaxing" with his bits out and fiddling with it ( or maybe he doesn't, let's hope not anyhow)

He can't always have done it. It might stem from first leaving home and being unable to organise his washing. What programs are you watching? Get the antiques roadshow on or something. On a loop. That would make anyone keep their pants on.

its not a good look. Does he think he looks sexy wandering about with his ass on show? I hope at least he is buff. And maybe he shaves himself down there, so there isn't a chance of the Hoover getting blocked from any hairs.

hair dyers? Is there no privacy anymore? Doors are there for a reason:)

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