What is this??

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Ladies please help me identify this partial packaging!

I'm pretty sure I already know what it is, I've used enough of them, I just need to be 100% sure.

I wasn't sure which section to post in so I hope it's ok in here!

For context, I found this on the bedroom floor after my partner left for work. It isn't mine and if it is what I think then he has no need for one.

It's such a small piece I can't tell if it's just been trodden on and walked in, however we don't wear shoes past the porch and this was upstairs in the bedroom so it would've had to be on his clothing.

I know for sure he wouldn't pick up rubbish to bin, he seems to think that's everyone else's responsibility so it won't be that unfortunately

I agree with other posters, if I saw this in the house I’d probably not think too much of it, but then I have no reason to doubt my husband so I’d be far more inclined to believe it was rubbish, someone else’s etc than I would to think he’d potentially been doing a pregnancy test with someone else. It sounds like that isn’t the case for you OP, so may be worth a chat?

It does seem far fetched that of all the pieces of rubbish he could have accidentally picked up it would be something of the nature that this piece of wrapping is.
Given what you say about your relationship I think this is a suspicious thing to find.

Honestly? The most likely explanation is that, whatever it is, it's just something he trod on or brushed against while out. It's just a tiny piece of packaging. As others have said, the same pack design is used for all sorts of different testing kits.

But I understand why, if you've had problems before, you're worried.

This looks like a wrapper of the covid test strips that used to be given out in an office I worked in

Just ask him off hand while making dinner or something "Did your test results come back yet" and see his reaction 😅

My immediate thought, and apologies for this OP, is that it belongs to an OW who has used a test to trick or trap him purporting it to be a pregnancy test. Not sure why he'd have the wrapper unless she's planted it perhaps. To me I'm thinking someone wants to rouse your suspicions, but it isn't him.

So, I'd be saying nothing at this point, and quietly snooping.

Has it got dirt on it? Was it bin day? I agree with the idea maybe it was stuck to his shoe or it had blown against the front door and he's put it in his pocket?

OP - try not so say anything until you’ve had a rummage through his clothing and bag. See what else is in there.

If this is a fertility test for menopausal women, the only things I can think are:

1. Him and OW are trying to get pregnant.
2. They are using the withdrawal method and monitoring her cycle.

Please go and get an STI test if you are intimate with him.

Yes, this is my line of thinking too. I immediately thought an OW has told him she's pregnant and given him the test as proof. But I thought for sure it was a pregnancy test so it being with the wrapper made sense in case she'd given it to him in the wrapper.

Now it appears to be a hormone test kit I have no clue

Could it be a COVID test?

@StormingNorman I feel like an immature teenager admitting this but I'm trying to gather proof that he's up to no good before I say anything because he somehow turns everything on me whenever I question his behaviour.

I've already turned the house upside down after finding the wrapper this morning just trying to find anything else, but so far nothing

Right this is a bit of a mad one, but I'm sure I read something that said that if a man wees on a pregnancy test it can detect testicular cancer. Maybe he has been trying this?

He guards his phone like it's the crown jewels so I can't track that. He was so drunk last weekend that I thought I'd be able to check it at night without him waking up but he literally slept on top of it!

He leaves his car at home when he goes to the pub so I was going to have a look in there tonight as he will no doubt go out.

I'm suddenly very aware how unhinged this post may make me seem 😳

could be anything..... could not you simply ask him? why all the sneaking behind his back? worrying yourself?

are you absolutely sure he brought it in?

I've read this too and honestly it did cross my mind. I just can't shift this gut feeling that an OW is involved

Long shot but if she thinks she's menopausal then they could have unprotected sex without worrying about pregnancy. Might be too far fetched though.

What is the most likely answer? That it was a piece of rubbish stuck to his shoe or he's cheating, was given pregnancy test/ovulation test in the original packaging and a piece of it happened to fall out?

Covid test packet

Let's be truly honest here, if you've reached the point of scrounging around for bits of incriminating rubbish on the floor and sleuthing on the internet to see if said rubbish is incriminating, your relationship is completely dead anyway.

I don't want to come across as a dick here op but this is really sad. If you are in a relationship that has you living your life like this, posting pictures of wrappers which could really be from any number of things for strangers to give there options on (and these are people who's 1st thought they arrive at is that your husband's bit on the side has an elaborate plan to trick him with a fake pregnancy). It's really time to rethink your relationship and do some work on yourself.

You don't need to be able to 'prove' he's been cheating to leave him. You can say you want to split up because you just don't enjoy being married to him anymore.

Thank you all for your replies ❤

I didn't explain much in my OP because I was just thinking about what the wrapper is, but to explain why I'm concerned about something that appears so trivial..

We're almost 40, been together nearly 20 years since late teens, never married, and we share one DS who is 9.

My partner lost a close relative around 7 years ago and has since made it his mission to be out of the house as much as possible.

He works longer hours than he needs to, travels for work at every given opportunity, and spends every single evening out with his equally immature friends because 'what's the point of staying in'.

I put up with it at first because I thought he was just grieving so I wanted to give him space and had no reason to not trust him at the time.

Somehow, the years have passed by without any change because I was too scared to leave and start again and I now find myself asking strangers on the internet for help and looking like a crazy person 😬

Unfortunately, I'm financially dependent on him (although I have unlimited access to his earnings) because it worked better for us that I be a SAHM and take care of all the household tasks/responsibilities, so I need time to make a plan (I now know how bad of an idea it was to give up work)

I'm aware our relationship will likely come to an end anyway, but knowing whether an OW is involved will dictate how I act going forward and I just need to know for my own piece of mind

He will never outright admit anything so the only hope I have of finding out for sure is to play detective

I don't think you sound unhinged.
Your instinct is telling you something is not right.
From what you have said his behaviour doesn't sit right.
I also agree with pp who said you don't have to have proof of anything to split up. It doesn't sound as though you are happy if you are reduced to worrying all the time about what he is up to, wanting to get into his phone, search his car, worrying about things you find on the bedroom floor.
Perhaps you should be considering your options OP