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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore
We all like to think we have exacting standards for our partners, but the fact is that love can overcome a lot of “issues.” Maturing is deciding what you can compromise on and what things really are deal breakers in the long run.
Someone asked “What disgusting habit have you learned to overlook in a spouse?” and people shared their best examples. So get comfortable as you read through, prepare to perhaps recognize a few behaviors, upvote your least favorite examples and be sure to comment your own thoughts below.
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#1
Some people look peaceful when they sleep, my spouse looks like she needs an ambulance. Just limbs and hair everywhere, contorted positions like she fell off the roof, drool, and as much as she denies it, snoring. It’s fine I really don’t care. I just think she sleeps funny. .
TheMagicalUnicorn 1 year ago
my other half is sexy diesel engine too, no matter how much he denies it :D
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#3
My husband is fine if the house is messy and cluttered. Or if the bathroom is nasty and have never been cleaned. I've been to his parents' hoarder house so Ive seen how he grew up in..their restroom is dirtier than a gas station restroom 🤢
I overlook it because he's willing to do the cooking.
So I'll clean.
LetThemEatVeganCake:
As a child of hoarders, thank you for dealing with him. He appreciates it more than he can probably describe! I know for me, the trigger of 'this is a mess and I need to clean' happens way after it happens for normal folks.
#4
Inability to throw out something that is empty - cereal boxes, inhalers, water bottles, toiletries, etc. Doesn't matter. My favorite is going to grab cereal from the cabinet only to find out that it is completely empty and he had put the box back despite that.
Dogzillas_Mom:
My ex would leave like one potato chip in the bag. Or one slice of bread. Or two tablespoons of milk. I think he didn’t want to be scolded for taking the last of something. I’d bring the container to him. Just finish it! I said you could have it. Leaving me one goddamn chip pisses me off way more than if you just ate the whole bag.
#5
My wife who is stunningly beautiful and way out of my league so I keep my mouth shut as much as I cam about it, clears her throat and nose just like John Candy in planes trains and automobiles. Its the most disgusting thing ive ever heard, my mother in law and aunt and uncles in law all do it too. Its so friggin bizarre and makes me gag upon hearing it. literal skin crawling stuff.
#6
His snoring. Dear god his snoring. I just go sleep in the guest room now when it starts.
TechnoMagi:
My fiancèe and I sleep in separate rooms thanks to her snoring. However even before that started we agreed to have our own separate bedrooms, so it wasn't a big deal to have to sleep separately. Having your own place just for yourself is important in a relationship, IMO.
#7
To be married, you need to make peace with:
* hair on the sink
* Farts
* gross things in the trash can
* “Look at this and tell me if you think I should see a doctor.”.
#8
He used to wash his face with apple cider vinegar every night before bed. It was like sleeping next to a pickle.
#9
In all our years together, he has never used a nailcutter. He bites off his toenails.
#10
Husband always manages to choose to shave the day I clean the bathroom.
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
Teach him to rinse the sink. It takes a few seconds. I have shaved thousands of times and never imagined until just now that someday could make a mess doing it.
#11
Mine feeds the stove every time they cook.
Stirring the food? Whoops! Scooped some on the stove!
Boiling anything? Let’s turn it up all the way and walk away!
At any given time, 1/4 of dinner seems to be fed to the stove and then left there to crust over, rot, or start on fire the next time.
They never clean the stove either!
But I’m treated like gold. And get my coffee brought to me every morning, just how I like it. My dr appts are made for me. My gardening hobbies are indulged.
Overall it’s a fair tax to the stove gods.
I’ll clean it or the dog sitter will. If we don’t it will sit dirty for over a month until the dog sitter or I crack.
And who knows… maybe the stove is hungry!!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Your partner leaves messes on the stove for WEEKS until your DOG SITTER has to clean it? Cripes. A hope the dog sitter get paid extra when they have to do it.
#12
Wiping his face with curtains 😑.
#13
My partner (doctor) wears used scrubs in the bed….
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
This is absolutely gross. As a medical assistant/phlebotomist there is no way. You come into contact with a lot of gross stuff, including bodily fluids. When I was working, I'd strip as soon as I got home and my scrubs went straight to the washing machine. I'm not about to lounge around my house in them, or sleep in my bed.
#14
My husband is the most neurotic clean freak so there isn't much. Seriously, I think he's farted outside of the bathroom like 3 times in the last 12 years.
However! He gets tonsil stones. The noise that comes out of that bathroom when he's gagging trying to clean them out. I just can not.
bbfa 1 year ago
I have them, too. It's like sand in your throat. I got a water syringe set from Amazon, and I kid you not, over 30 came out. Get him a cleaning set with a water syringe. If he shoots a little water in the cavity every day it should be a lot less trouble. It's pretty awful to deal with.
#15
She puts honey on macaroni and cheese. And pizza. And basically any other food involving cheese. And plenty that don’t. She’s a gross little bug, but she’s *my* gross little bug, so I’m willing to let it slide.
#16
My wife will not pick up after herself to save her life. 12 years I've tried with absolutely no luck. So because I love her and I still require my sanity, I've given up. She's my little garbage muffin and I adore her so we'll be garbage muffins together.
Biytemii 1 year ago
Wow why all this hate. I'm a cluttered person I don't always put things where they go. You can see a significant difference between my side of the bed and my husband's. It's not unhealthy some people are just wired different. I know where every little thing is in my clutter tha k you and I'll keep it that way. I arrange it every once on awhile to keep him happy but me and my hubby are the same I'm a garbage muffin and he deals with me. Has nothing to do with being disgusting I don't have mold growing on things just different personalities
#17
So many things but mostly his vile, foul farts that could suffocate a room.
Fireantstirfry:
Does he have IBS or something? I used to have absolutely appalling farts that made me miserable and embarrassed to sleep with anyone in case I let one rip while asleep. I didn't realize how abnormal it was. Turns out I have IBS. Anything sulfurous or legumes...onions, cauliflower, beans, etc. They absolutely give me the worst farts. I avoid them as much as possible. If I'm going to eat something with those ingredients, there's an enzyme you can take that I find helpful too. As well if there's no avoiding a meal heavy in that kind of stuff, I'll down a dose of Pepto about 12 hours beforehand. It doesn't stop the farts, but the Pepto absolutely kills the smell; though I don't do that very often - I understand there might be issues with long-term Pepto use.
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
I used to find the smell of my own farts totally fine in a comfortably familiar kind of way, but then I got a bug that made me ill for 3 days, and ever since my farts absolutely reek and I'm disgusted by them. Hope they go back to normal eventually.
#18
LOL my fiancé brushes his teeth bent over the sink with his mouth open and toothpaste just pouring out all over his hand, arm, and sink. It’s so bizarre like just stand up and have your mouth slightly open like a normal person.. It makes me laugh every time.
ash-leg2:
He should brush in the shower. I've done it for years to protect my chest from toothpaste - got my husband to do it too and our bathroom mirror has never been cleaner.
Own-Introduction6830:
I am this person. I close the bathroom door because I don't like to be watched while brushing my teeth. I just need to get all the areas, thoroughly, and keeping my mouth open helps. Plus, the build-up of foamy toothpaste makes me gag, specifically, in the morning.
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
Foamy toothpaste gag in the morning! I have to use children's toothpaste but there are still some mornings where I'm bringing my breakfast up because the gag is strong that day.
#19
When my husband uses our bidet, he finishes by shooting some water into his b******e and then squirts it back out. Even with the fan on, I can hear it from the next room. It’s so disgusting.
#20
Why she slurps her toothbrush after brushing is something I cannot understand.
taactfulcaactus:
I used to rinse my mouth by using my toothbrush like a spoon to slurp water from the faucet when I was a kid. Totally forgot about that.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 year ago
Oh is this gross? I do it to remove excess water from the brush head so it doesn't dribble down onto the surfaces
#21
4.5 years in I realized he was eating his boogers 😔 I told him I’ll get a spray bottle if he doesn’t stop.
#22
Collecting whiskey/bourbon bottles to display on top of kitchen cabinets. No, we do not live in a frat house.
Suzanne Pollick 1 year ago
Instead of a man cave get him a man Closet .LOL somewhere he could lineup all his pretty bottles on the shelves and show it privately to just his most important friends LOL
#23
Being unable to put the dirty clothes in the hamper… and piling the clothes right next to the empty hamper on the floor. I stopped doing his laundry lol.
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago (edited)
I'd be putting his plate on the table and plopping the food two inches away...onto the floor. "Oops! Close enough, right?"
#24
My partner is called “90% man”. Making a pbj sandwich? Everything is put away except for the bread. Put the dishes away? Every cabinet is left open. Getting a drink of water but the milk is in front of the Brita? Leave the milk on the counter overnight.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
Must go through a lot of milk because I am wondering how much milk has spoi led because of this.
#25
Not quite disgusting, but it bothers me sooooooo badly. Whenever my husband spends any length of time in the kitchen, the dishcloth (the one for washing dishes with, not the towel) ends up a soggy crumpled mess in the sink. Why can’t he rinse it and hang it to dry on the handy bar thingy? No idea. I’ve just learned to accept it.
Kaedyn Walsh 1 year ago
Mine is similar, but it's with the sponges we use for dish washing. It'll fall into the sink or into a bowl/pot full of water to keep the stuff from drying onto the dish/pan/bowl, and then the sponge gets that odor. Gotta wash it with dish soap then, rinse it good then microwave it to get the smell out and sanitize it.
#26
My boyfriend spits his loogies out of the window while driving so it clings to the rear passenger window.
He leaves used tissues in his jeans pockets for me to find while doing laundry, and worst of all snot rockets on the sidewalk when we walk the dogs, I’ve been hit with flying boogers before and I’ve threatened to leave him over it, He laughs but always apologized. He has always had issues with his sinuses, but it is gross. Still makes me gag after 12 years together.
#28
My man picks his nose in front of me… it’s not attractive.
#29
There are so many. The usual farting, belching, nose picking. However, in the last year he has begun to yawn so loud the neighbors know, (and we live in the country, so they’re not really close by) The coyotes howl. The owls answer. The squirrels scatter. We have a nut tree out back, I swear I have seen that tree drop several nuts after a yawn. And he does it several times a day.
It’s so annoying, I say nothing because he will take offense.
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
But shouldn't he be made aware that he's offending you? Why live with constant offensive behavior?
#30
Snorting (clearing his sinuses). Not just when he has a cold but ALL THE TIME.
prometheuses_liver:
I think my husband's used to it but my dad and I sniffle and snort all the time. We have similar issues. I'm not sorry anymore, I know it's annoying but I have to live with it. All my life, as my dad took until he almost died of pneumonia to be taken real seriously, while no one seems to be able to identify the cause of my swollen sinuses and nasal drip. Had it since I was ten. In my 30's now. It blows. Sometimes literally.
#31
Messy eating. Looked up once during dinner and there was piece of rice in his eyebrow. Never uses a napkin, eats like a 3 year old with salad dressing smeared around his mouth from too big a bite. After 40 years of marriage I no longer tell him he has food on his face, even when we eat out with others. Sure, it’s embarrassing in public and sometimes the people we are eating with will tell him he has food on his face during eating because it’s on there for the entire meal. One time our 14 year old nephew told him that he had sauce on his face and he was mildly angry for being told by a kid. He never even unfolds his napkin at the table.
Tempest 1 year ago (edited)
OP is great for being able to overlook this. I on the other hand, would never be able to put up with this. I’m easily disgusted by food scraps lying around on objects or people’s bodies. So much so that just reading this made me uneasy. I guess it’s something about the sight of wet/moist food that gives me the icks. But also this sounds so embarrassing to the husband in public. Sounds like he needs to learn to be a little less messy.
#32
We will have a completely empty dishwasher and she will fill the sink with every dirty dish and leave it there.
#33
No longer have a spouse or SO, but WHY do men NOT WASH THEIR HANDS after using the bathroom? It is so gross!
#34
Not putting things back, leaving half empty drinks everywhere, and not putting his clean (and folded by yours truly) laundry away.
#35
When my wife plugs in air fresheners, she always puts them in the bottom outlet so that it sticks up and blocks the other outlet from being used.
Brian Droste 1 year ago (edited)
Why don't you just move them to the top outlet or ask her to move them to the top outlet?
Anikulapo 1 year ago
I suspect they may have mentioned it once or twice….
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Adira Bennett 1 year ago
This is so refreshingly tame after the list of horrifying sinus-related offenses I just read
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
Agreed. I skipped over many because they were so disgusting.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
Do they realise that you CAN actually unplug things? 😄 Yes, it's probably "a pain" but I've only two plug sockets in my kitchen so I'm used to unplugging and plugging things in. Once you're used to it? It's not that big a deal
#36
We get ready in the bathroom together each morning. I’ve accepted it’s normal for her to drop a deuce in the toilet, and whilst doing this, pull out her tampon as I’m shaving or brushing my teeth. You just pretend like it’s not happening right in front of you.
#37
Farting. 😁. Day in day out. He does it purposefully and asks opinion about the smell and sound. It's disgusting. But what could I do. I love this man. And I know I have to deal with it for the rest of my life.
#38
He uses q-tips to clean out his ears after his morning shower and will sometimes leave them out like a little gift for me to find when I walk in.
Settled for Infamy 1 year ago (edited)
Mine sucks the end of the q-tip before insertion for a wet clean. So dirty and gross 🤢 (edited for grammatical error)
#39
He has long hair and a beard. When he washes his hair there is hair all over the tub. When he trims his beard he leaves the clippings all over the sink. When I wash my hair or our daughter’s I clean up all the hair mess; wet, loose hairs everywhere really give me the ick. Unless I fuss at him about it he will leave it there. Grosses me out every time.
Chelsea McKee 1 year ago
Remember that you are choosing to LIVE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. Please behave accordingly and clean your trimmings.
#40
My partner is the most disgusting eater I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life. He inhales and slurps every single bite. He belches loudly, his mouth is open the whole time, he drops so much food trying to shove it all in at the speed of light. I can’t really describe it, the closest thing would be a pig eating slop from a trough maybe..? It’s really just an absolutely grotesque affair, so much that you lose your appetite for your own food. It’s so loud and it takes up so much space, audibly, visually, and emotionally. Going out to eat in a restaurant is extra embarrassing. It’s like nobody told him as a child that eating like a wild animal isn’t appropriate.
I’ve tried to politely mention that it’s a bit much (there’s really no tactful way to tell someone without offending them so I just should’ve never brought it up) and he’s naturally very defensive and he claims there’s noting wrong with how he eats. Okay 🙃
I try so hard to accept it but I struggle with every. Single. Bite. He. Takes.
He’s also a mouth-breather and he thinks this is normal as well. But it’s not. It’s gross. He’s always slack-jawed, just breathing his breath in my face and everyone else’s. Again, I’ve accepted it, but very grudgingly. I’ve suggested he had sinus issues but he’s defensive about that as well and says there’s nothing wrong with his mouth-breathing or his sinuses (there 100% is a problem with his sinuses).
#41
Him emerging from the computer room after playing Tarkov with his friends for 8h in a row. It's like a grizzly bear coming out of slumber in the spring after a rough winter. All disheveled and confused.
Also on theme, his f*****g desk full of weeks old dishes and garbage.
She who must not be named 1 year ago
That's not a partner, that's a teenage boy. I could live with the gaming now and then but the desk?? That's a hard no 😳
#42
Sniffing his hands after touching his balls.
#43
Picking nose, not washing hands after using the bathroom, peeing in the shower.
#44
My wife blows her nose louder and more frequently than anyone else I have ever met. .
#45
Her clutter, and loogey hawking in the morning.
What do you think ?
Phanda 1 year ago
This post made me wanna take a bath in boiling water and bleach. I'm shocked about the level of grossness many people accept from their spouses.
Tempest 1 year ago
Exactly! And how many of them are afraid to speak up just to not offend the other person?!
Load More Replies... Ghostpotato 1 year ago
A few of these are just small annoyances, but so many are just disgusting and I would never be able to deal with them! It's the kind of stuff that would make me loose all attraction to a partner...
Weasel Wise 1 year ago
Absolutely! How can someone find a booger-eater sexy!? This person chews their toenails off, now I'm all hot and bothered?! My partner purposely exposing me to the stink that just left their àss, nothing is more hott?! Seriously?! How?! 🤮
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Deborah B 1 year ago
My grandparents had separate bathrooms their whole marriage. He was never allowed to use hers. When they were in their 80s, and he was going on home hospice care, grandad was worrying about sharing "her" en suite bathroom when it had always been a clear boundry. They got him home, and he was met with the gracious decree that he would find all his toiletries and his bathrobe in the en suite - but not hers, they were swapping bathrooms. Boundries in marriage are a beautiful thing, and a woman of dignity always poops alone.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
Always nice being reminded why I enjoy being single. I do have kids, but I'm allowed to correct their disgusting habits. I keep my house clean, everybody showers and clips their toenails without teeth. I live in absolute bliss.
Antonia 1 year ago
Yup, kids are adults now and left my home. Married for 10 years and 25, and counting, years single. And you have to be f*cking amazing to change that.
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CF 1 year ago
This post reminded me how grateful I am to be single! I have my own nastiness for sure, but no one around to be grossed out! My roommates are the furry 4 legged sort and their nastiness is mostly adorable. Especially the one that got the frisks in the (freshly scooped) litterbox yesterday. That was kinda nasty but he was having so much fun, dilated pupils and kicking litter *everywhere* 🥰
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
This is the thing, when you know you're gross, you don't do whatever it is in front of your SO or you don't do it at all. I would hate to be such a turn-off to them. Kitty housemates for the win.
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The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Wow, I came here to comment on my wife's complete inability to cook even the simplest dishes, but you know what--never mind. My wife is freakin' awesome.
Dan Collins 1 year ago
Let the one with no quirks, habits, gross functions, smelly farts or b/o cast the first………. Love me all the way and I’ll love you all the way.
Mark Kelly 1 year ago
I'm not that bad in terms of gross habits. I eat politely and don't leave things like Q tips or things with my bodily fluids laying around.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 year ago
And this is one reason why I set a boundary of living separately from my partner. I have my place, he has his house a few minutes away, we can each be as neat or messy , as gross and as individual as we like in our own spaces, but we can spend as much time as we want together too
Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
My husband puts up with my hair, which when we dated long-distance, he used to find cute when a strand or two were left behind after my visit. Now, it's EVERYWHERE and I shed like a husky (even I get sick of it). For me, my husband clears his throat in the morning and it sounds like he's gargling gravel.
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Gay or straight, nobody should have to put up with some of these things. Ugh.
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Melinda Richardson 1 year ago
I am a very spoiled spouse and I love my husband very much however when he blows his nose he sounds like an elephant in the wild. Our nieces and nephews have even asked why their Uncle E sounds like an elephant and my coworkers have heard him when he is a different part of the house. The crazy thing is my Dad blows his nose the exact same way so I've lived with this my whole life. I always swore I would never marry someone who did that and guess what?? Here I am 23 years later.
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Some of these people sound absolutely feral. Ugh, so many revolting partners. Nobody's perfect, but you know what? If I know it grosses my spouse out, I won't do it. And some of this stuff is just... disgusting. How do people live with this?
Jackie Lulu 1 year ago
My husband was raised by a single mom and 2 older sisters, so he is more civilized than some. Having said that, he is snoring and gurgling in bed next to me. I'll just give him a shove and he'll roll over.....
Phanda 1 year ago
This post made me wanna take a bath in boiling water and bleach. I'm shocked about the level of grossness many people accept from their spouses.
Tempest 1 year ago
Exactly! And how many of them are afraid to speak up just to not offend the other person?!
Load More Replies... Ghostpotato 1 year ago
A few of these are just small annoyances, but so many are just disgusting and I would never be able to deal with them! It's the kind of stuff that would make me loose all attraction to a partner...
Weasel Wise 1 year ago
Absolutely! How can someone find a booger-eater sexy!? This person chews their toenails off, now I'm all hot and bothered?! My partner purposely exposing me to the stink that just left their àss, nothing is more hott?! Seriously?! How?! 🤮
Load More Replies... Deborah B 1 year ago
My grandparents had separate bathrooms their whole marriage. He was never allowed to use hers. When they were in their 80s, and he was going on home hospice care, grandad was worrying about sharing "her" en suite bathroom when it had always been a clear boundry. They got him home, and he was met with the gracious decree that he would find all his toiletries and his bathrobe in the en suite - but not hers, they were swapping bathrooms. Boundries in marriage are a beautiful thing, and a woman of dignity always poops alone.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
Always nice being reminded why I enjoy being single. I do have kids, but I'm allowed to correct their disgusting habits. I keep my house clean, everybody showers and clips their toenails without teeth. I live in absolute bliss.
Antonia 1 year ago
Yup, kids are adults now and left my home. Married for 10 years and 25, and counting, years single. And you have to be f*cking amazing to change that.
Load More Replies... CF 1 year ago
This post reminded me how grateful I am to be single! I have my own nastiness for sure, but no one around to be grossed out! My roommates are the furry 4 legged sort and their nastiness is mostly adorable. Especially the one that got the frisks in the (freshly scooped) litterbox yesterday. That was kinda nasty but he was having so much fun, dilated pupils and kicking litter *everywhere* 🥰
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
This is the thing, when you know you're gross, you don't do whatever it is in front of your SO or you don't do it at all. I would hate to be such a turn-off to them. Kitty housemates for the win.
Load More Replies... The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Wow, I came here to comment on my wife's complete inability to cook even the simplest dishes, but you know what--never mind. My wife is freakin' awesome.
Dan Collins 1 year ago
Let the one with no quirks, habits, gross functions, smelly farts or b/o cast the first………. Love me all the way and I’ll love you all the way.
Mark Kelly 1 year ago
I'm not that bad in terms of gross habits. I eat politely and don't leave things like Q tips or things with my bodily fluids laying around.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 year ago
And this is one reason why I set a boundary of living separately from my partner. I have my place, he has his house a few minutes away, we can each be as neat or messy , as gross and as individual as we like in our own spaces, but we can spend as much time as we want together too
Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
My husband puts up with my hair, which when we dated long-distance, he used to find cute when a strand or two were left behind after my visit. Now, it's EVERYWHERE and I shed like a husky (even I get sick of it). For me, my husband clears his throat in the morning and it sounds like he's gargling gravel.
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Gay or straight, nobody should have to put up with some of these things. Ugh.
Load More Replies... Melinda Richardson 1 year ago
I am a very spoiled spouse and I love my husband very much however when he blows his nose he sounds like an elephant in the wild. Our nieces and nephews have even asked why their Uncle E sounds like an elephant and my coworkers have heard him when he is a different part of the house. The crazy thing is my Dad blows his nose the exact same way so I've lived with this my whole life. I always swore I would never marry someone who did that and guess what?? Here I am 23 years later.
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Some of these people sound absolutely feral. Ugh, so many revolting partners. Nobody's perfect, but you know what? If I know it grosses my spouse out, I won't do it. And some of this stuff is just... disgusting. How do people live with this?
Jackie Lulu 1 year ago
My husband was raised by a single mom and 2 older sisters, so he is more civilized than some. Having said that, he is snoring and gurgling in bed next to me. I'll just give him a shove and he'll roll over.....
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