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Dirty old man....

103 replies

Creitty · 16/07/2024 13:50

Hello I'm new....
My partner (doesn't actually live with me) is so unhygienic. He smells musty when he's slept in his bed. Today I found skid marks on my sheet after he'd stayed over. I've pleaded with him to change his clothes/bedding and take a daily shower but he just gets very defensive and bad tempered. Not told him about the skiddies yet, not sure how to approach it with him! Advice? Thanks

OP posts:
MaryMack · 16/07/2024 17:06

He's not a sweet and caring guy if he doesn't respect you enough to keep himself clean. Tell him his hygiene is disgusting and he needs to improve - his next girlfriend will thank you.

SamW98 · 16/07/2024 17:09

Oh come on OP he’s a grown man. He’s not sweet and caring if he doesn’t even respect himself enough to have a wash ffs and he certainly doesn’t respect your feelings

You’re not his mum and he’s not a child. If he doesn’t know basic hygiene by now then bin him off.

roses321 · 16/07/2024 17:11

Creitty · 16/07/2024 17:03

I have read all the replies...thanks for your input. Yes, I do know I should do what you're all saying. Yes, I am weak, I don't like hurting people's feelings.
I guess I was hoping for someone to advise how best to get across to him how important it is to me for him to be clean and fresh, without being hurtful. In other ways he's a very sweet and caring guy.

Sweetheart, he can be as sweet and caring as he likes, but he doesn't wipe his arse and he smells like a tramps sock.

Unless you're in the market for a UTI, a yeast infection and a lifetime subscription to vanish stain remover, I think it's perfectly fine to tell a grown fucking adult to wash themselves and please wipe their arse correctly.

You are not his mother and he has passed the potty training age threshold.

LittlePudding1 · 16/07/2024 17:11

How long have you been together?

If it's only a couple of months and he's been single for a long time there is potential for him to change and improve his hygiene, if you've been together for a long time and had multiple conversations previously there's no hope!

Although in both scenarios it's pretty, I'd probably get rid anyway, can't stand filthy people. He's got no respect for you either way

Barryplopper · 16/07/2024 17:13

He's got a shitty arsehole, that he doesn't know how to wipe clean/wash. Get him gone

SallySunrise · 16/07/2024 17:14

Oh my god, that's rank. Just dump him and burn the sheets.

HelpMeGetThrough · 16/07/2024 17:16

Not told him about the skiddies yet, not sure how to approach it with him! Advice? Thanks

Go home and never talk or meet in person the dirty bastard again.

Nothing more to do than that.

LlynTegid · 16/07/2024 17:18

You can choose to put up with such behaviour or just end the relationship. Have some dignity, there is no crime being single.

IncompleteSenten · 16/07/2024 17:19

Jesus christ.
Maybe his feelings need to be hurt!
Show him the bedding.
Tell him to sort his bloody hygiene out.

rockingbird · 16/07/2024 17:20

I suspect this is my ex husband.. you are welcome to him

AngelinaFibres · 16/07/2024 17:35

Well I wouldn't let this man stand in my porch never mind let him near my fanny. Absolutely gross

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 16/07/2024 17:36

He's not kind and caring if he gets bad tempered and defensive, is he? He's a mucky bastard who doesn't give a shit about your feelings. If someone said you smelled OP what is the first thing you'd do? For me I would sprint to the shower asap!! Ask yourself why he isn't doing this?

AttilaTheMeerkat · 16/07/2024 17:41

He does not care about himself or you for that matter. Bin him off indeed. What sort of an example is he to your kids?. Give your head a wobble here and get him
out of your life permanently .

And why do you not
like hurting his feelings when he clearly does not care about your own?.

roses321 · 16/07/2024 17:44

rockingbird · 16/07/2024 17:20

I suspect this is my ex husband.. you are welcome to him

Ffs i just can't...

Fannyfiggs · 16/07/2024 17:59

I don't think it was meant but this thread is hilarious. I've actually laughed all the way through it 🤣

It is disgusting though. I really hope there's not been a P in V situation or even a P in M 🤮

roses321 · 16/07/2024 18:01

Fannyfiggs · 16/07/2024 17:59

I don't think it was meant but this thread is hilarious. I've actually laughed all the way through it 🤣

It is disgusting though. I really hope there's not been a P in V situation or even a P in M 🤮

Listen... there are always clothes pegs.

SamW98 · 16/07/2024 18:04

roses321 · 16/07/2024 18:01

Listen... there are always clothes pegs.

Yep to peg her vagina shut so he can’t get near it 🤣

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/07/2024 18:07

Have the schools finished for the summer? This seems like one a 14 year old would write.

SamW98 · 16/07/2024 18:11

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/07/2024 18:07

Have the schools finished for the summer? This seems like one a 14 year old would write.

Yep - they broke up on Friday round here so expect the standard of thread to deteriorate for the next month or so

Topoftheflops · 16/07/2024 18:11

I know it's really not funny for you OP but some of these responses have cracked me up. I didn't quite recover from "front-whiff".
I've had to sit next to people on the train with whiff-of-arse going on. I wanted to cry.
I mean, how does the skid make even get there on the sheet, do they slide along like a dog dragging it's arse? I can't quite comprehend how they manage it? Where's the standards? Obviously there are none.

TheFormidableMrsC · 16/07/2024 18:23

That's fucking grim. No way would I carry on with a man who can't wipe his own arse properly 🤢

Fannyfiggs · 16/07/2024 19:21

roses321 · 16/07/2024 18:01

Listen... there are always clothes pegs.

Oh jesus, nooooooooo.

Imagine putting a smelly smeggy penis anywhere near your face 🤮 no no no. I'm making myself ill thinking about it 🤣

Felch · 16/07/2024 19:22

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Deathraystare · 16/07/2024 19:24

I have read that prostitutes say that 80% of men visiting them do that with the skid mark thing on towels and sheets and/or refuse to shower. Dirty buggers. But when it is a relationship with someone you supposedly love wouldn't you want to be nice smelling for them? Show respect etc? What is wrong with (some) men? I know it is not all. Have noticed some very fragrant chaps around my work place!

Deathraystare · 16/07/2024 19:26

@@rockingbird

OMG!

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