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AIBU to ask DH to wear underpants?

299 replies

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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ShatnersBassoon · 04/09/2014 22:07

It'll be a Levellers T-shirt. They're really big with Nearly Nudes.

commsgirl · 04/09/2014 22:09

I have a no balls/crack on the furniture rule. He can walk around naked as much as he likes as long as he doesn't sit down.

rainbowinmyroom · 04/09/2014 22:12

Tell him to take up yoga to relax. How do you find someone who does this attractive enough to shag?

DocDaneeka · 04/09/2014 22:14

Has anyone suggested a sarong?

PacificDogwood · 04/09/2014 22:19

Yes, sarongs or kurta or muumuu - I now want a kurta.
Despite the fact that I am sitting here fully dressed as is DH btw

Grin
lavenderhoney · 04/09/2014 22:34

Tell me, does he keep a penis beaker/ ass bucket next to the sofa? So he can have a quick swizzle before he sits down?

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 04/09/2014 22:41

Doesn't anyone else remember the DH dresses like fucking Winnie The Pooh thread?

I think they had two DD's about 6 & 8 and despite being told not to and laughed at endlessly, he still wandered around the house like said character.

So OP, you are not alone. No.

isitsnowingyet · 04/09/2014 22:45

GrinGrin at combo22

Vaire funny

Pipbin · 04/09/2014 22:47

I have much more of a problem with the tshirt than I do with the free bollocks. Either be naked or don't. Don't piss about like this.

furcoatbigknickers · 04/09/2014 22:56

Ooooo op saggy sweaty balls hanging outEnvy thats my feeling sick facei never go bottomless, no not i

Pipbin · 04/09/2014 23:08

I understand that clothes are for two things. One: to cover your rude bits. Two: to keep you warm. This tshirt is doing neither.

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 04/09/2014 23:18

I have a cloth over the back of our sofa because DH's head was starting to leave a sweat/grease (didn't enquire too closely) mark on it.

I sincerely hope I never see what sweat pattern is on your sofa in a couple of years! Grin

Sunbeam18 · 04/09/2014 23:19

I just laughed so much that I woke the baby up.

Stupidhead · 04/09/2014 23:23

DP is snoring, my codeine hasn't kicked in yet and I am, sorry, I WAS, stretched out on the sofa reading this. The side of my face on the seat...and all I can think of is this thread Hmm

It must be like having a walking Newtons cradle. Or clackers that don't break your wrist. Does he fiddle on with himself when he's all pantless? Yknow, the jangling the keys kerfuffle.

Pipbin · 04/09/2014 23:32

I have a cloth over the back of our sofa because DH's head was starting to leave a sweat/grease (didn't enquire too closely) mark on it.

An antimacassar. So called because macassar was a popular brand of hair cream in the 1900s.

Bogeyface · 05/09/2014 00:19

Discussed the concept of Free-Bollocking in the pub tonight, me and the barmaid were the only women. Still it was 100% that he is weird!

Bogeyface · 05/09/2014 00:20

pip according to my late grandma they are anti-massacres!

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JuniorMumber · 05/09/2014 02:35

Bellavida: harem pants - a great suggestion. If I can find some with a baggy crotch like MC Hammer wore.

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ZacharyQuack · 05/09/2014 02:40

Tell him to go South Pacific in a lava-lava

AIBU to ask DH to wear underpants?
Mandatorymongoose · 05/09/2014 02:41

Thank you OP. I know you've suffered but honestly this thread has been worth it.

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JuniorMumber · 05/09/2014 03:07

"I'm trying to imagine how he first revealed (haha) this unpleasant habit to you? Did he just wander into the room, bollocks swinging free below his hem, or did he warn you first? Please do share."

Mamlino: fairly early on after he'd moved his stuff into my flat he indulged in it. Initially I thought he was in a state of transitional dress, perhaps looking for a clean pair of boxers - and had gotten distracted half way through the task. After a while I reached the disturbing conclusion that the pants were simply not going to make an appearance. As I mentioned, I commented but was told in no uncertain terms that he would continue to exercise his right to free-bollock around the flat. I decided not to make a big deal about it, due to the fact we were in a fairly fledgling relationship and let's face it - it's a fucking nightmare to find a decent man in London. I figured if exposing his unfettered bollocks every evening was the worst aspect to his character then he was still leagues ahead of the previous men I'd dated (one of which had literally hundreds of plastic figurines and dolls of Axl Rose strewn throughout his flat.)

So that brings us to present day and I am now his wife, which by my reckoning gives me newfound clout and jurisdiction over his gonads.

Strangely enough DH wore briefs lounging around the flat this evening. I am now paranoid that the women in his office are on Mumsnet and have discussed the thread, or worse, shown him it. It could just be a fluke though, I need to give it a few more evenings and see if the behaviour resumes.

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SignYourNameInBrownAndFlame · 05/09/2014 05:00

Oh, I was chuckling and giggling throughout this thread but the "hairdresser" typo finished me off completely.

Hands up vipers, who was laughing about this at work yesterday? Did you notice any men looking sheepish? Anyone of a particularly Winnie the Poo(h)-like countenance trying to hide behind the photocopier?

Eastpoint · 05/09/2014 05:15

So he moved into your flat & then stopped wearing pants. Before he moved in, when you were at his flat did he wear pants in the evening?

By the way, Donald Duck is a fictional character, not a role model or fashion icon... Same goes for Winnie the Pooh.

WitchWay · 05/09/2014 07:07

Agree with the silly dangliness looking dafter than just being properly nude.

DH used to sit up very late in his office with no pants on, gaffing about on the internet on the desk-top computer. In the end the cushion on the chair stank so badly that even washing it made little difference and there were arse-crack-shaped stains so I threw it out. He wanders about free-bollocking these days but only sits on the toilet, never the furniture. Also his having a laptop has helped Grin

WitchWay · 05/09/2014 07:09

*faffing about not gaffing - autocorrect!