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Husband eyeing up jogger

33 replies

Crunchy7 · 28/09/2026 22:27

My husband went for a walk tonight, when he got home he told me there was a woman walking in front of him with tiny Lycra shorts on, he said he just ‘didn’t know where to look,’.

He said loads of men in cars beeped at her and one car nearly crashed trying to get a better look at her.

He couldn’t wait to tell me.

I felt weird after he told me, I started back at the gym today for the first time In ages.

im not sure why but it made me feel off, like he got some weird kick out if it.

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Saxonite · 28/09/2026 22:32

Oh come on , you have never looked at a handsome man or a man with a good physique? Men are visual creatures and they do look . He was tactless to tell you though and probably felt guilty for ogling so told you to purge his guilt .

Notasbigasithink · 28/09/2026 22:35

Ask him how he would feel if you saw a man with a massive package going for a jog in lycra and see if he likes it? Tell him how much it made you gawp in envy, esp if he has a bit of a micro penis! Hit him back where it hurts and all that....

FitAt50 · 28/09/2026 22:38

Notasbigasithink · 28/09/2026 22:35

Ask him how he would feel if you saw a man with a massive package going for a jog in lycra and see if he likes it? Tell him how much it made you gawp in envy, esp if he has a bit of a micro penis! Hit him back where it hurts and all that....

I think you may have issues 🤔

Crunchy7 · 28/09/2026 22:40

Haha made me laugh, I’ll remember this next time I go on a walk 🤣

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Releasemeplease · 28/09/2026 22:43

I wonder why he was so anxious to tell you about this woman he was letching over. Is this his normal behaviour? Sounds as though he was trying to make you feel insecure OP and i wonder if that was actually what happened or whether it was all exaggerated just to make you feel bad.
He sounds pretty immature and unpleasant

Crunchy7 · 28/09/2026 22:51

thanks for this, sadly i thought the same, maybe he was trying to make me feel a bit crappy, x

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ScorpionLioness79 · 28/09/2026 23:05

You can always speak up and say something in a mellow tone like: Just so you know, women aren't really interested in hearing about other hot women you guys see around. I'd save that kind of talk with your friends, just like me and my friends occasionally joke with each other about eye candy, but that would fall flat to guys ears.

ForTipsyFinch · 29/09/2026 01:46

I think it says a lot about how he views women.

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 29/09/2026 02:26

And other arseholes harassing a lone woman.
The dh is a prick revelling in this scenario and reliving it by telling his wife .

OtterlyAstounding · 29/09/2026 03:30

He said loads of men in cars beeped at her and one car nearly crashed trying to get a better look at her.

And then everybody stood up and clapped. r/thathappened.

What a weird fib for him to tell you.

purpleblast · 29/09/2026 03:38

would be shocked at one man in a car beeping a women now let alone loads in one go! Weird story

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 29/09/2026 03:41

@purpleblast I don't know some police forces were putting female officers out jogging to cathedral these types who shout crap at women.

MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 29/09/2026 03:41

Capture not cathedral.

purpleblast · 29/09/2026 03:46

@MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNSit was standard when I was a teenage girl to get shouted at. It’s definitely not as normal now but don’t don’t there’s a lot of dodgy men around

Lugol · 29/09/2026 06:44

purpleblast · 29/09/2026 03:46

@MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNSit was standard when I was a teenage girl to get shouted at. It’s definitely not as normal now but don’t don’t there’s a lot of dodgy men around

I agree. When I was about 12 my friend and I used to get beeped by lorry drivers when we were walking home from school.

Some of those men would have had families. We were 12 FFS 🙄

I've been beeped as an adult too. No fucking idea what these basic idiots are trying to convey by beeping.

Maybe it's the universal alert that they are lecherous perverts who enjoy harassing and intimidating lone women and girls.

StarlightLady · 29/09/2026 07:41

He sounds immature. I am more angry (that is the right word) about the other morons (right word again) beeping her.

Saxonite · 29/09/2026 08:20

purpleblast · 29/09/2026 03:38

would be shocked at one man in a car beeping a women now let alone loads in one go! Weird story

go back in time and you would be beeped at by every car with a lone man in it .

LuluLozenge · 29/09/2026 08:27

Saxonite · 28/09/2026 22:32

Oh come on , you have never looked at a handsome man or a man with a good physique? Men are visual creatures and they do look . He was tactless to tell you though and probably felt guilty for ogling so told you to purge his guilt .

Not the tired old "men are visual creatures" trope! Did you wander out of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus?

Lucyintheskywithnoidea · 29/09/2026 08:55

Ask him why he felt the need to share his perverted thoughts with his wife?

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 29/09/2026 09:06

My DD runs, a lot. It is not remotely unusual for her to be honked at/shouted at/leered at. She is 25.

I run, badly. I am 53. I never have to cope with abuse - although a lot of elderly dog-walkers smile at me, and tell me to keep going!

Noticing a runner with a good figure. Fine. Telling you about it. Not fine. Making any comment or gesture towards her. Absolutely terrible.

EmpressStorm · 29/09/2026 09:43

Notasbigasithink · 28/09/2026 22:35

Ask him how he would feel if you saw a man with a massive package going for a jog in lycra and see if he likes it? Tell him how much it made you gawp in envy, esp if he has a bit of a micro penis! Hit him back where it hurts and all that....

I never understand this, it’s so lame. It really is like the andrew Tate school of thought on here sometimes. Man sees attractive scantily clad woman, comments, response, talk about other men’s penises.

secretrocker · 29/09/2026 09:52

He said loads of men in cars beeped at her and one car nearly crashed trying to get a better look at her.

Yeah, right.
I don't disbelieve that women joggers get beeped at occasionally, but this reeks of bullshit. "Loads of men" 😂

SilverPink · 29/09/2026 09:57

purpleblast · 29/09/2026 03:38

would be shocked at one man in a car beeping a women now let alone loads in one go! Weird story

Nope definitely still happens. My young adult daughters get beeped and catcalled. Me, in my 50s, I was walking along recently dressed in average jeans and jumper and got beeped at 🤷🏻‍♀️ some men are just dicks.

TomsOnToast · 29/09/2026 10:01

It is a bit unnecessary when people go out in public with their arse cheeks hanging out of the smallest shorts in the world. I wouldn't know where to look, either, although I obviously wouldn't beep my horn because I'm not a cretin.

Edit: I know, I've missed the point of the thread...

Saxonite · 29/09/2026 13:08

LuluLozenge · 29/09/2026 08:27

Not the tired old "men are visual creatures" trope! Did you wander out of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus?

It’s not a trope it’s a fact . If that wasn’t true there wouldn’t be strip joints , brothels and girlie magazines . Men like looking at the female physique and if it’s on display they will look . Get over it .