Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

Would a used condom still be wet one month later?

127 replies

Worriedsickhelpplease · 13/05/2025 20:45

Help I moved with my fiance to a new house about a year ago. He never sold our old house but some furniture is still there. We sometimes go to our old house after date night for some sexy time as our kids are being cared for at the new house. We have been together 20 years and its rare we use a condom. What i found by the bed in the corner on the floor was a condom still wet but appears no semen. I used a condom over a month ago with him. My question is i am not sure if this is out condom i found as im sure we tossed it. I am trying to find out if you think a month old condom used out of packaging would still feel wet and oily? The next day when he was at work i went back to th old house and went through the trash hoping to find a green condom wrapper from the one we had used, but it was not there. Since we no longer live there daily there is a huge cardboard box we use as the trash and its mainly just to toss junk mail or paper products. I have not used condom in so long i honestly dont remember if one would still feel wet and oily after one month out of the packaging..please help im so worried.

OP posts:
TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 13/05/2025 20:51

Occam's Razor comes to mind...sorry.

TY78910 · 13/05/2025 20:51

Are you worried that your fiancée is going back to have sex there, or someone is squatting? Or DCs (if of age)?

I don’t really know, not a science experiment I’ve ever conducted but I would think that lube dries and also if it was used then the lube would have rubbed off and instead be covered in bodily fluids which definitely dry over. Don’t know though. The only other thing is you say there was nothing inside? So when you last used it was there something inside at the end? If there was, then you have your answer I suppose.

cantthinkofausername26 · 13/05/2025 20:56

Would it have been full when you left it? Was it still full?? I can’t imagine it’d still be wet after that amount of time

Fiery30 · 13/05/2025 20:57

It won't be wet but there would be semen inside.

coxesorangepippin · 13/05/2025 20:59

I'm sorry but come on

😂

coxesorangepippin · 13/05/2025 21:00

He's either seeing someone, or you have squatters

Shagging squatters

BoiledSpuds · 13/05/2025 21:10

Posh wankipoos?

RealEagle · 13/05/2025 21:18

Do you usually just toss a used condom on the floor and leave it for a month .

GingerLiberalFeminist · 13/05/2025 21:19

No. My husband puts (our) Condoms in the bedroom bin and I empty it weekly, and the Condoms are always dried out with like flaky white stuff in them (we do it 3+ times a week). They can be a bit shiny on the outside (but I.wouldnt be touching them!)

savethatkitty · 13/05/2025 21:22

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say you are not the only one hubby is bringing back for sexy time. Sorry.

YourKindGoldFox · 13/05/2025 21:24

usually comdoms dry up pretty quick if out the packaging usually within 3 days but the no semen i probs a good sign maybe wishing you a clear mind:)

Ifitaintgotnoswing · 13/05/2025 21:26

Well
take one out of its wrapper and see how long it takes to dry out….

PinkPootle75 · 13/05/2025 21:47

I don’t know the answer,but I would be setting up a camera or ring doorbell

IberianBlackout · 13/05/2025 21:49

Time to do some little detective work - but even so, have you asked him directly?

EndlessTreadmill · 13/05/2025 22:09

Might also explain why he still hasn't sold the other house... very convenient...

Zephree · 13/05/2025 22:11

I have nothing constructive to add OP but I do find the idea of you and your Oh sneaking off for a shag in the love shack hilarious

OchreRaven · 13/05/2025 22:20

What was his reaction when you found it?

I would be setting up a secret camera at the house just to be sure. I would probably have a quick scroll of his phone too.

Unlikely to be a really old condom. Could be someone you know who has a key? But definitely would have alarm bells ringing.

livelovelough24 · 13/05/2025 22:21

I would ask him.

lalalalalady · 13/05/2025 22:23

Can you take one out the pack for a few days to experiment and see if it dries out?

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:25

I would not bring this up to him yet. No way. If he is cheating he will explain it away and gaslight you, Give him enough rope. Do some detective work over the coming months. Don’t let on you have suspicions.

4forksache · 13/05/2025 22:26

Yes time for detective work

AnonMJ · 13/05/2025 22:27

Watch & wait

TY78910 · 13/05/2025 22:32

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:25

I would not bring this up to him yet. No way. If he is cheating he will explain it away and gaslight you, Give him enough rope. Do some detective work over the coming months. Don’t let on you have suspicions.

Months!!!!!!
I could not sit on this for months!

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:35

TY78910 · 13/05/2025 22:32

Months!!!!!!
I could not sit on this for months!

Oh I could! I would take time gathering all my evidence to present to him haha.

mrlistersgelfbride · 13/05/2025 22:37

It's been a few years since I used a condom but I think they dry up over a few days to a week.