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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:
TY78910 · 13/05/2025 22:39

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:35

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

I salute you. I would be tearing sh*t up!

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 13/05/2025 22:41

Sorry but ewwwwwwwwwwwwww. 😖

healthybychristmas · 13/05/2025 22:43

How much is it costing to keep this house going? I'm just thinking of council tax and standing power charges, you could pay for a lot of hotel rooms for that.

Of course the condom isn't still going to be wet after a month. Someone is using that house to have sex in it

PoopingAllTheWay · 13/05/2025 22:46

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:35

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

Its not really a ‘Haha’ moment

40andlovelife · 13/05/2025 22:49

PoopingAllTheWay · 13/05/2025 22:46

Its not really a ‘Haha’ moment

Ok thanks for that

JudgeyJudie · 13/05/2025 22:52

Have you got kids that are using it to shag in?

Lardychops · 13/05/2025 23:00

Ifitaintgotnoswing · 13/05/2025 21:26

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

That’s bloody genius

AlexisP90 · 13/05/2025 23:07

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

Me too 😄

GoKatForDinner · 13/05/2025 23:10

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 13/05/2025 20:51

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

Surely that would be that it's OP and her DH's, rather than that her DH is cheating...

Zerox · 13/05/2025 23:13

Have you got a beaker as well OP?

Lonelylonelylonely · 13/05/2025 23:18

So the old house belonged to him but you were both living here? Now you have a new house that you both own?

If he owned the house who has the keys to it?

Sounds like he's using it to sell to someone else it's his home.

I've had condoms in the bin for a few days. Definitely dried out in that time.

If it's only partially furnished I'd be thinking prostitutes. However, don't call it yet, but start investigating.

IberianBlackout · 13/05/2025 23:21

@GoKatForDinner I would agree with @TwoLeftSocksWithHoles, if OP is sure she disposed of hers and couldn’t even find the wrapper, the next most logical explanation is that he’s cheating.

Imonlyhappywhenitrains · 13/05/2025 23:27

I'm usually pretty cynical, but if you have no other reason to suspect he's unfaithful, could it be possible he's let a mate stay there, and this hypothetical friend could have entertained someone?

MeganM3 · 13/05/2025 23:28

You’d have noticed if you just flung it on the floor. You wouldn’t have left it like that, you’d remember?
I’d assume he’s had someone there. Or someone has.

NoForwardingAddress · 13/05/2025 23:30

Have you changed details to make yourself less identifiable?

Because I just think the whole 'spare house' doesn't ring true? Like, who has extra houses for occasional sex that are otherwise empty and unused?

If you'd said it's your old house that you're renovating to sell, or you'd rented it out but currently have no tenants, or ditto with air bnb, I could accept it. But having a part-time sex house just doesn't seem plausible.

Sorry, no idea on the condom thing, but no semen in it is surely a good sign?

TwinklyNight · 13/05/2025 23:33

Wet an unused one and stash it away for a month then check.

CookingFatCat · 13/05/2025 23:34

Ifitaintgotnoswing · 13/05/2025 21:26

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

It’s not the condom that she’s wondering if has dried out, it’s what was inside it surely?

AlexisP90 · 13/05/2025 23:48

Honestly I really can't help with your question OP but I have gotta say - if I have a second house just for an occasional peaceful shag with DP away from the kids then I will consider myself having made it in life

Newspaperarticle · 14/05/2025 00:36

This may be farfetched, but a while ago I knew someone who allowed himself to be used as cover for a friend of his who was playing away. They all went out for tennis, and then the friend and the OW left together afterward. Could DP be "helping" someone by allowing them to use the house for trysts?

JifNtGif · 14/05/2025 00:40

Such a grim thread. Does it taste salty or sweet OP?

uncomfortablydumb60 · 14/05/2025 00:51

Does anyone else have a key to this “ old house”

MermaidMummy06 · 14/05/2025 03:57

It could be anyone. Maybe neighbourhood teen couples looking for 'personal' space, a mate of your DH's, and sure, it could be your DH. But I doubt he'd leave evidence thrown in the corner.

Perhaps hidden cameras in the house. If it's empty you're not violating anyone & will find out pretty quickly if/who it is!

DreamTheMoors · 14/05/2025 04:09

Instead of all the surreptitious cameras and trying out a condom to see how it dries out, if you’re truly worried that your husband was over at your second house being naughty, simply say to him, “I found the condom you used at the other house when I wasn’t there.”
That’s all. Then look at him and wait for him to answer.
How he answers will tell you everything. Or it will ease your mind and fears.
Easy. I’m sure it’s nothing, so don’t worry. ❤️

Tbrh · 14/05/2025 04:27

He's probably leant out the house to his mates as a shag pad

Lyannaa · 14/05/2025 04:34

I think a doorbell camera is a good idea.