“He Thinks It’s Funny”: 30 People Anonymously Reveal The Most Disgusting Things Their Partners Do
Openness and trust are fundamental parts of any happy and healthy relationship. In short, you want to be able to be honest with your partner. Even though everyone has their quirks, there’s a common sense limit to what should and should not be done. Some behaviors are downright shameful.
In a candid thread, the members of the r/AskWomen online group opened up about the grossest things that their partners do, and it is shocking. Scroll down for their stories.

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The butt crack.... I just... I can't. I can't divorce the love of my life, the father of my kids, the person with whom I can laugh and cry together, my life partner in sickness and health, good times and bad... over the fact that he will NOT pull up his pants. The crack is everywhere. Cute video of the kids? He is inevitably bending down at some point in the video with his crack to the camera. Skyping my parents? Sure enough, he is in the background picking something off the floor crack to camera. At the dog park? Let him pick up this dog toy, crack to the world.. crack crack crack.. I gave up on it but that doesnt mean it doesn't bother me. I live with a butt crack.
Well, the majority disagrees with you, as of my writing, it's number one.
Load More Replies...Teach him to bend with his knees. His back will thank him when he is older.
So hasn't got to the point yet of eating an ice cream that just happens to fall in to the 'builders cleavage ' at the right moment
I have an extra long butt crack ! I wish I could help it! I pretty much only wear high tide yoga pants now but my butt crack will make an appearance anytime any place , it has a mind of its own !
Get him dungarees for gardening and manual work. They are also super comfortable. They may not be the solution for every situation, but they should reduce the problem considerably.
Why does every top comment gotta do with hygiene?? I was just going to say my guy f****n drinks pickle juice...
If drinking pickle juice is his grossest thing he does…well, after reading all these, he sounds like a possible keeper.
Pickle juice is delicous. Was fantastic for heartburn while I was pregnant.
I use pickle juice in salad dressings but I also drink it. Not from the jar though. That would be gross.
I'm a monster... When I'm alone and all the pickles are gone, I chug it XD
Load More Replies...I have to confess, I use it to flavor deviled eggs. Just the juice, not the pickles.
I do too. It’s the quickest way to raise my blood pressure when it drops dangerously low
I can tell my electrolytes are out of whack when I crave pickle juice. If I don't have that, it's olive juice.
Load More Replies...I grew up with a father who would order the pickle juice snow cone at a snow cone stand so that doesn't seem like anything
When he pops his pimples/blackheads, he wipes it on the wall next to the mirror. He also wipes his boogers on the side of his driver's seat, it's foul.
He is in front of the mirror in the bathroom, he could just wash his hands ffs.
Load More Replies...That's why I have cats instead cats clean themselves ,purr, and give snuggles. All I need
For a horrible second I thought you were going to continue that you wipe it on your cat's fur...
Load More Replies...Healthy relationships are grounded in honesty and trust, as well as mutual respect and support. Ideally, you want your partner to know that you’ve got their back, no matter what—and they’ll have yours, too. Part of that means embracing your partner's character flaws and personality quirks. After all, nobody’s perfect. Fighting over every tiny little mistake would probably drive the relationship to the ground.
However, love doesn’t just mean blindly going along with whatever your partner does. You can be incredibly supportive while also wanting them to grow, improve, and reach their potential. And, let’s be honest, it’s not a lot of fun being next to someone who’s constantly doing something really gross.
Picks off his toenails and chews on them. Even saves a ‘good one’ for later if it’s not the right time to chew right there and then. His favourite nail is the big toe. So disgusting 🤢.
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer there be an element of mystery in the relationship.
I wouldn’t want to kiss this mouth without knowing though! Lol
Load More Replies...As a nail chewer...stop. I've worn my teeth down, and toenails are particularly terrible for tooth longevity. Toenails generally are ick, and *saving one for later* is atrocious.
I actually watched an roommate, decades ago, chew off his toenails. I mean, "sitting on the floor, lifting the foot up to the mouth" chewing. He did it on a regular basis. That just was so far outside any of my norms for normal social behavior.
So he is 72 and this has just been an issue for 4 or so years, but he just farts up a storm as he walks from here to there in the house. The farts are so full of sound and very long in duration that I can hardly believe he has not pooped his pants. It’s frequent and funny and awful all at the same time.
My grandmother used to say "Wherever you may be let your wind blow free."
And my grandma said "Mighty is the wind, and yet one can break it." :P
Load More Replies...My father used to say "A farting horse will never tire, a farting man is the man to hire."
Unfortunately for some people, they lack the ability to hold them in. It comes with old age.
The prick of a "father" I had was a pathetic passive aggressive loser (not just violent). He would intentionally leave his den or the room he was watching TV, walk into other people's room, blow out gas, then go back to where he was so that other people had to breathe his stink, but not him.
Y'all need to get him to a gastroenterologist. That is not normal, I don't care who you are. It could be food intolerances (those change as we age, trust me I'm 69) or some syndrome that can be helped, or it could be something more serious. I hope he's the kind of guy who is not too stubborn to go the doc until it's REALLY bad.
Leaves his poop in the toilet and justifies it as “if it’s brown let it mellow” followed by “you don’t have to wipe every time”.
The correct phrase is “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”. The phrase was/is used during droughts to conserve water. This guy is just gross.
What is is with guys and basic hygiene? And consideration for others? After reading so many of these posts, all I can think of is skid marks when I see guys! Eeeewwww!
I'm a guy you know a regular working guy I do lawns and I wash my a*s when I shower and with soap and after I s**t I do a couple wipes and check the toilet paper and make sure it's not Street when I'm done
Load More Replies...The smell in the bathroom must be horrendous. Plus not only that but thei smell probably gets into other rooms.
that is the opposite of the saying its if its yellow let it mellow if its brown flush it down but dont do that flush it every time and yes you have to wipe every time or you have a poop covered a*s
To put it simply, if you’re genuinely embarrassed by your partner’s behavior and what they do is affecting you in a negative way, you have to talk about it. Nobody is going to ever behave ‘perfectly’ pristinely in any setting, but there are limits to gross behavior, whether that’s in public or in private. You’d think that it’s all common sense, but it’s really not. All of us could do with an outsider’s perspective once in a while.
The important thing to remember is not to make it seem like you’re attacking your partner. Talk to them about their behavior without judging them. Yes, you want to be heard and for them to change their behavior, but you’re on the same team. Remember that so you don’t come across as too harsh, even if it's a serious issue.
He pretends to go in for a kiss, then burps.
Just start pushing him away every time he goes in for a kiss and say you can't trust him cuz he likes to belch in your face
My partner accidentally burped in my mouth mid-kiss once, and I nearly vomited in his because of it. I whirled around to the kitchen garbage can just in the nick. It never happened again.
Picks his nose AND EATS IT.
Yeah...that's one thing I couldn't do. I taught my kids early on not to pick their nose and they never ate it.
Not washing his hands. Not before preparing food, not after pooping, not before preparing food after pooping (🤢). And every time I tell him he should wash his hands, he lies and says he did it already. Ugh. Like, dude, I've been watching you like a hawk for the past 7 months, don't gaslight me, just go wash your damn hands.
I remember being a young dumb kid with this, then a dumb college kid. Finally it clicked. I realized how nasty it was to prepare food other people may eat without washing, prepping, and sanitizing for other people.
It's almost like they have accepted the bad behavior, but just want to complain about something. I would not be in a relationship let alone see someone anymore if I knew they didn't wash their hands. But, this is pretty common, there is even posts on our comment board at work about too many people leaving the bathroom without washing their hands.
Load More Replies...Are we dating the same person? I've been watching for 6 months and I have clocked only twice and it was hand sanitizer and not actually washing his hands.
If every argument turns into a battle, soon enough, you both might stop bringing any issues up out of fear of things getting out of hand. A bit of friendly humor can help defuse the tension when you bring up your partner’s non-stop nose-picking or smelly farts.
Maybe there’s actually an underlying issue that needs to be addressed. Like the fact that your partner might feel anxious or stressed all the time or they might have some serious digestive issues that need to be addressed. They might need your perspective and a bit of supportive advice.
I love my wife desperately, but she doesn't eat any fiber and will not clean the bathroom or even flush in the middle of bad poops so sometimes death itself seems to be wafting directly into our bedroom.
How does she not eat any fibre?! Like, no fruit or vegetables at all?! Does she only eat protein?!
I do't understand why a mid program flush is required... because it's all over within a minute for me.
I guess if you don't eat fiber, having a bowel movement takes a while.
Load More Replies...We'll start adding chia seeds and fiber to meals. In some meals you can put it in and it isn't even noticeable.
It’s the no fibre that concerns me. Is that not a courting danger? Maybe not now but certainly down the road.
"death itself seems to be wafting directly into our bedroom" HAHAHAHAHAAAA
He pees in the laundry sink. He has also peed in vases too.
Bro, what are these. I was expecting some s**t, but who tf is peeing in sinks and vases, AND ON THE REGULAR. What. The. F*ck.
I can understand the sink if someone is hogging the only bathroom and he REALLY has to go, but vases? wtf?
there is not a single male with adequate testosterone that has not peed in a sink
I'm leaving this thread here at number 10 while I wonder how these charming people have a partner, but I, whom does none of these things, do not. XD
He poops with the door open and tries to talk to me while doing it. He will also barge in when I’m doing the same and talk to me. I have trained him to leave when I tell him what I’m doing, but it took literal years.
I've always believed that pooping is something that should be enjoyed alone.... my dog seems to think otherwise tho
Ok, hear me out on this one. We unfortunately have only 1 bathroom in our house. One very large bathroom for my husband, 8 year old son, and myself. We try to give each other privacy, but there are times it just isn't going to happen. There are times I am pooping and my child.needs to.pee (usually it is urgent because he, like most children wait to the last minute to go to the bathroom when doing something fun)Thankfully i.have a boy child, and I tell him to go pee on the big tree in the back yard, and every once in a while, when the weather is bad, in the tub, which he then rinses) I also have had to get ready in the morning while my husband is pooping. It isnt ideal, and we have been saving to add on another bathroom, but it isn't the worst thing in the world. At least we all flush and wipe.
My kids & grandkids think I need company in the bathroom no matter what I'm doing. Even though I lock the door, the grandkids will stand outside begging to come in (they're 17mo & 2.5yo).
I thought your grandchild was 17 I thought WTF then looked again.
Load More Replies...Why would you voluntarily want to smell someone elses s h i t? I don't even want to smell my own.
There is a new invention for keeping others out when you need privacy, it is called a lock.
"Trained" is patronising, but he should respond to reasonable requests like not s******g in front of tou
What’s the grossest thing that your partner does? Have you spoken to them about it? What advice would you give someone who wants their partner to change their behavior, but feel embarrassed bringing the topic up? Tell us what you think in the comments, Pandas.
Scratches his balls and then sniffs his fingers. Also tries to get me to smell them too.
Scratching and sniffing is something animals do in order to check for bacteria, humans do it unconsciously. Making someone else smell your stuff is just gross and rude
Enjoying one's own stink, I get that. Don't subject others to it though.
At least he's checking to see if he smells. If he does, is he following up with a good cleaning? That is the question.
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1. Cleans with his spit
2. Licks the toothpaste out of the tube before brushing his teeth.
Oh PLEASE tell me you have separate toothpastes! What he's doing could actually CAUSE mouth problems with bacteria buildup in the tube. BARF.
I put toothpaste in my mouth instead of on the brush. My husband and I kiss… it’s the same mouth.
Yeah, but his spit doesn't just sit there growing bacteria on your mouth after. May I suggest a little biology experiment to you? Buy a bottle of mouth wash, take a mouth full straight from the bottle, swish as directed, then spit it back in the bottle. Leave it closed for two to three weeks. Open it after that time and take a good ole whiff of what you've birthed in that bottle from the simple contents of your mouth.
Load More Replies...Make it a tube of that fluoride free bubblegum stuff they give to kids to prevent them ingesting fluoride.
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My husband is too lazy to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night so he keeps a large bottle beside his bed that he can pee into…This would not fly if we were sharing a room. We have an 8 month old who bed shares with me. When hubby moves back in with me, trust that this will no longer happen. It makes me want to 🤮.
My son has some mental issues. He would not clean his room no matter what I would say. So I would do it. Only because it saved my sanity but that's a whole other story. Anyway you have not been in the depth of hell until your child's pee bottles at different cleaning parts fall on to your arms. I couldn't get out to wash off my arms so I just continue cleaning only to find another pee bottle that fell on me. I cried a lot in the elementary years.
My wife has an ice cream tub in our room she uses at night its not great to wake upto and atleast shes stopped throwing it out the window now....i had to take her and show her the patch of dead grass
This confuses me. She has to get up out of bed to use this, is the bathroom so far away? This just seems like more effort than just using the toilet.
Load More Replies...Oh pumpkin. This should have been banned the moment you discovered he was doing it. It's too late now. He thinks he's got precedent. It'll be at least two years before he gives up his emotional support p**s pot.
In Afghanistan years ago, in a relatively safe Combat Outpost within an Afghan Border Police Compound, some guys didn't want to walk the 15 meters between their hooches in one building and the flushing latrines in another at night (we had weekly take aways of black water, and deliveries of sanitized non potable water), so they collected pee bottles. Imagine the surprise when I was smoking with the stereotypical P.O'd Master Sergeant behind our TOC, just to see them walk toward the burn pit with boxes of bottles in hand, as I try to wave them off
He doesn’t wash his a*s properly in the shower, and then wipes s**t on the towels. We now have colour coded towels & I try not to look at/think about his. I also don’t do butt stuff with him anymore.
I had an ex who dis this. It disgusted me so bad..he sat on the bed after a shower and when he stood up there was a smear of poo. Gross. Couldn't cope with that
Does he not know how to properly look after himself? My girlfriend, now wife, was amazed that I like to use baby--wipes after wiping. It's just plain disrespectful not to present yourself as a decent, hygienic human.
The bidet attachment I paid $25 for seven years ago, might be the greatest thing I've ever paid money for. I'm sure I've paid it off several times over with tp savings. The fact that people willfully wipe their asses when something so much better is available tells me I'm on the right track with the whole living like a hermit thing.
Bet he complained about his crack being itchy a lot too? Probably had a lot of sudden and violent intestinal upsets? Fun story: Scratching that itchy crack of his spread fecal matter to his fingers, which inevitably made their way into his mouth, which can cause nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting.
She eats and swallows SO LOUDLY. Like her mouth is closed but like all I can ever hear from her is the loudest chewing like she chews not with her teeth but mashes it to the roof of her mouth or something, then GULPS her drinks every time.
If something starts to irrationally bother you about your partner that hasn’t bothered you before, that relationship is most likely over
Or you might just be going through a patch where everything annoys you because you're under a lot of pressure/emotional stress. But then you come out of the other side and it's OK again. Doesn't have to spell the end!
Load More Replies...This is my biggest yuck but chewing with your mouth open makes it infinitely worse (especially with the smacking). Took over a decade of not so subtle hints to my wife to make her realize this really grosses me out.
If her mouth is closed, isn't that hipersensitivity on your side? I can't hear people chewing unless it's something really crunchy.
No no no. Some people can still chew loudly with their mouth closed. My step dad sloshed food around and I don't know if it was the way his mouth or jaw was, but you could absolutely still hear. He has been dead 20 years.
Load More Replies...Look up Misophonia, cus you've got it friendo. My partner sounds exactly like a horse when he eats or drinks anything. I swear he's got a hollow head. I honestly can't fathom how he can make SO. MUCH. NOISE. I also have misophonia.
Sometimes he'll pile his dirty dishes on top of his dirty laundry as if they're the same thing. I don't get it, at all, and it drives me up the wall. He's creating the perfect rat oasis on his side of our room and it's sheer luck we haven't had rats yet. I try to pick it up when I see it, but sometimes I don't, because he'll throw a shirt on top of a dirty dish. I wish I was kidding.
In literally, truly, not exaggerating, every other respect he is the perfect partner for me, so this one thing drives me crazy but isn't enough to make a huge deal about. But it is super nasty.
It'll suddenly be a huge deal once you guys have flies, maggots, roaches, rats, etc...
Honestly, this isn't hard not to do. Also, who leaves dirty dishes in their room in the first place??? ...aside from water cups. That, I get.
Either dirty laundry or dirty dishes piled on a bedroom floor would be unacceptable - the combination makes it worse, but this sounds like the poster considers one or the other to be normal and even acceptable. I mean, maybe just overnight but never left there once you've got up and dressed,
Dirty clothes and dirty dishes aren't the same thing. They aren't washed the same way. I'd imagine your clothes are getting stained unnecessarily. :(
He's a grown a*s man. Why is he eating food in the bedroom like a teenager?
I wonder what his place would look like what his wife wasn't there andv he was single. I am single and I am not very good at keeping my place clean but I at least put my dirty dishes in the sink and put my dirty laundry in a clothes basket. Most of these habits are disgusting to me.
Mine are all nose related, he has a deviated septum and only one nostril works.
1. Snot rockets in and out of the shower
2. Constant nose picking and wiping it on his pants
3. Blowing his nose into his shirt
4. Pulls out nose hairs with fingers
I think that covers it all 😅.
Pulls out nose hairs with fingers? I could only wish for that sort of grip strength in my fingers. Not to mention the pain tolerance.
I think that realistically everyone picks their nose at some time or other in their life. But… good god no!!!!! 🤢
On his PANTS?! I think there's more a lot more deviation than just the septum going on in that head of his.
He farts in his sleep. I sleep with my head under the covers :(.
I had an older roommate in prison who snored quite loudly. However, she couldn't snore and fart at the same time. I'd be lying on my bed, listening to the snores, they'd stop, the fart would come, and the snores would start up again. Oftentimes I'd accidentally wake her up from laughing so hard.
You have to refill the "Gas-Tank" from time to time...
Load More Replies...I'd say everyone? If someone can hold a fart while sound asleep that's some new level of self control
Load More Replies...Does anyone else sleep with separate blankets like I do with my partner?
We all fart in our sleep. But as a person who also sleeps entirely under the covers, I would not share blankets for this reason. My farts, fine, someone else's? no.
He drinks cold coffee that is over a day old. He also drinks coffee with any meal: lasagna, salad, breakfast, burgers, dessert, enchiladas, anything! This is not normal.
As a coffee drinker, I'd have a difficult time with the day old cold coffee- it just tastes stale. Maybe they grew up lower income and aren't used to throwing it out at the end of the day? I'd be happy with this over lack of brushing teeth, wiping butt, etc although I can emphasize with it being frustrating.
My boyfriend is the same, doesn't drink old cold coffee but does drink a hell of a lot of it, and often at mealtimes too. I can kind of understand maybe having a cup after dinner with a dessert but nope, the other day we had a cold pasta salad because it was boiling outside and he paired it with a hot coffee. That being said, I would probably have an iced coffee with every meal if I could 😅
He forgets to flush a lot.
was he military? I ask because in the desert we dont flush unless its going to clog the toilette, water is gold over there
I always think about how my husband puts up with me. I have post nasal drip like you wouldn't believe. It irritates my throat so I actually reach back with my fingers and pull huge globs of mucus out every day multiple times. I'm so glad my husband doesn't seem to care. He just grabs me a tissue.
Welcome to the club. I have to snort, snuffle, clear my throat, sniff, cough etc. pretty much every day. I'm glad my husband's used to it too.
I'm the same way. But I don't ever pull globs of snot out with my hands! That's what tissues are for.
Load More Replies...I have a similar thing! My sinuses do not drain out my nostrils, they drip straight down my throat. But I go to the toilet and hack into a tissue or pull it out when needed. I don't need anyone around watching me, it's bad enough that they hear the hacking.
Ever had a head injury? I've heard of people with that and someone had that he was actually there brain fluid leaking out.
Has had a toe fungus on one of his big toes for over 12 years, that would easily clean up with an anti-fungal.
He's really clean otherwise so it drives me nuts that he won't address this.
It's only mild and doesnt seem to spread thankfully.
My husband has/had this, also only mild. But then we ended up in urgent care because his leg suddenly got red and swollen. Nurse said it could be from the untreated cracks in the toes..
Yikes did he come out of it with both legs still?
Load More Replies...Kerasal really does work. It's affordable, and quick and easy to apply daily. But it does take months if not years as the whole nail needs to grow out.
If it doesn't spread then it's not fungus. My dad has some GNARLY green toenails from repeated foot traumas over the years.
I have several tied for first place… brushes his teeth like once every 2 weeks, cuts his toenails once a year(his toe nails are like a 70 yr old), eats fast food nearly everyday.
Are women really that tolerant? Makes me look OCD. I brush everyday and cut nail like once a week and rarely eat fast food or even eat out.
I would hope this to be the standard with most people. The more I read through this thread, the less hope I have.
Load More Replies...His tie nails nust get very long. I probably eat more fast food if it wasn't so expensive and so unhealthy.
My girlfriend has dandruff and tries to pick them without breaking the large flakes apart. She likes try to show me the larger pieces and will shake her hair out to see how much will collect in her lap. May not be that gross but it is a bit unpleasant to step in her scalp snow.
Get her a d*** dust buster!! How much of her dandruff is just blowing around the house, getting embedded into carpet and furniture and clogging the air filter?? Gawwwd
Ejaculates on walls and doors, brags about it, said it's making our home safer and stronger.
Lol I want to know how it makes the home safe and stronger
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Reuses socks or underwear like sir pls don’t 😭😭 he has a lot of clean ones so I don’t get why he does this!!!
When my late husband and I first lived together, he had underwear with holes I'd find in the laundry. I tossed them all & just opened 3 of the "7 PACKS" he had in his drawer. He never even noticed.
I do this too. Same with T-shirts that are more hole than garment.
Load More Replies...My husband doesn't use dirty items, but he keeps packages unopened and wears things out because he wants to keep the new ones nice. My thoughts is that it doesn't matter how nice and new things are if you refuse to wear them, but it's a hang up he has from growing up poor
Yeah I get this. Same issue as can't get rid of stuff I don't want it or need because what if I will? Yeah sure I don't need that shirt right now because I have a new one, but what if my new one gets damaged?
Load More Replies...If my partner wants to keep his holey socks he can take charge of the laundry. No use darning store bought socks, so in the trash they go. He doesn't notice either.
My husband constantly has his hand down his pants scratching his sack and butt. I'm a nurse and it drives me crazy telling him over and over that he does that then touches door knobs and light switches and I don't want him to spread his germs. I'm always saying 'get your hands out of your pants!'. He also sweats at night and his pillow always ends up stinking after a couple days. When he leaves the bed I throw it on the floor.
I hate to say this but men are filthy. I, (woman) worked at a place that had adjoining bathrooms, where you could hear the faucet running if they washed their hands From the CEO on down, I NEVER heard the taps running on the men's side. Never. I never shake hands with men either. Ever.
If you don't have them, get some pillow protectors and extra, cheap pillow cases so HE can change out the pillow cases regularly. The protectors don't need to be changed as often and they will save the pillows.
I thought this was an every guy thing? My guys fall asleep on the couch normally, and sure enough, in their sleep they'll reach in to "protect the goods". Every man I've ever known has had this habit
Two things: 1) he treats everything in our home as a tool to blow his nose. Blows his nose into towels hanging in the bathroom, his shirt, the blanket on the sofa. Anything. 2) he doesn’t lift the seat to pee and doesn’t really aim. Pee gets everywhere and I’m cleaning the bathroom almost daily.
You might be cleaning daily but I guarantee you're sitting and stepping in his p**s all the time. He pees more than once a day. What's the point of living with someone who makes a ton of work for you,? When does he do something around the house for YOU? I bet he doesn't.
I spent 6 years arguing with my ex over his bathroom habits: p**s poor aim, never cleaned off the toilet skid marks, left his shavings in the bathroom sink, squeezed more toothpaste out than necessary and left the excess to drip onto the counter and harden, always left the seat up (so, you know he flushed with the seat up), pissed in the shower AFTER he turned the water off! And dropped his damp towels on the floor for me to pick up. There was only one bathroom, no choice but to share, and, yup, he didn’t do housework. When we moved into a place with an ensuite and main bathroom, I gleefully moved all my stuff into the main bathroom, telling him the ensuite was all his and mentioned any towels that didn’t make it into the laundry basket - next to the ensuite door - weren’t getting washed. After two months, he resentfully complained that the ensuite was “absolutely disgusting and the towels stink” what was I going to do about it? I have fond memories of his face when I reminded him, “That’s YOUR bathroom, I don’t use it at all. You want it clean, here’s the cleaning stuff. You want clean towels? Oh, look! There’s the hamper and, this? This is the laundry closet where the clean towels go.”
His farts….8/10 of them stink so bad. I swear his bedroom just smells like one stale fart all of the time. He thinks it’s funny & I love him dearly but good Lord they smell so gross.
Don't let him eat Subway tuna and White Castle sliders in the same day. 😖
Lets just say the result was more disturbing than "The Human Centipede". It was hours before I dared to go back in that room. 😳
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Snot rockets. i have to look away tbh.
He will open up big pimples with a needle which he "desinfects" with mouthwash from time to time.
This easily is nr. 1. Once he had an abscess roughly the size of a small egg - same thing.
He cuts his finger/toenails outside the bathroom
He leaves used bandaids wherever he took them off.
Same with cotton swabs for the ears.
He uses the same coffecup for weeks.
He will taste random crumbs or smears to determine what it is. ITS NOT ALWAYS CHOCOLATE!!!
All this and I still love him. It allows me to be as gross as I want and he doesnt mind.
"It allows me to be as gross as I want and he doesnt mind" isn't the flex that OP maybe thinks it is :x
It's all about perspective! Now I'm curious what OP's gross habits are tho.
Load More Replies...I cut my toenails outside the bathroom also but I do it,on a towel si I can see them to pick them up and put them on a table earvwhetecI am sitting. They might be there for a week or two before I will get rid of them or I will pick up the towel and take it to the garbage can and shake it off. Does us3vthe coffee cup every day without wasingh it.o4 does it get wash every day or two? I use the same cup/mug every day but it gets washed evrybdaybtomthreecdays. Depends on when Imdo my dishes. I try to do my dishes every day though.
The coffee build-up on the inside of the cup gets so great that your only option is to scrape it out with a tool. No amount of hot water and scrubbing will release it. Could probably use it to strengthen and secure the walls, if you think about it.
I used to work a night shift. Started drinking energy drinks, got a terrible heartburn so I switched to black coffee. Not proud of it but I went six months using the same mug never washing it, there was never any buildup maybe due to no sugar or creamer and nobody could have told the build up was more than a few days.
Load More Replies...He leaves used dental floss on the couch.
Picks his toenails while we're watching Jeopardy in the evening. I just say "Ew, David" and he stops. lol.
Upvote for Schitt's Creek reference (or perhaps his name really happens to be David....)
Dribbles pee on the floor in front of the toilet when he’s careless.
I realized that standing is fine for urinals and public restrooms, trees, bushes whatever, but for keeping my home clean, sitting is better. Not going to let some dumb idea of “masculinity” interfere with logic. Standing for when I want to keep my self clean, sitting when I want to keep my home clean.
Par for the course in Germany. All boys are taught to sit, and as the one who does most of the cleaning, I am grateful! Shame my husband didn't grow up here though ;-)
Load More Replies...Supposed to stand over the bowl, not in front of it. His daddy taught him wrong.
I read somewhere that sitting makes it easier to clear the bladder so fewer UTI that way for males too
I sometimes dribble pee on the floor too. I don't knowvif this sounds weird or strange but I got in the habit of putting couple of pieces of toilet paper down in front of the toilet an then when I am done I pick them up and put them in the toilet before I flush,
He chews food like a famished toddler.
Chew with his mouth open making the worst smacking noises ever! Super cringe, lol.
Mine does this when chewing gum. It grosses me out so bad I have to leave the room, but it is pretty much his only bad habit so..
The shower curtain has “work boogers” all over it from blowing his shnoz. He won’t throw it out so I just see it whenever I shower at his place.
Shaves the dead skin off his heels with a razor blade… and once he left the pile of skin flakes on the end table.
Picks his nose and picks his nose and picks his nose. In the car, next to people, at the store, when we go for walks.
Yes but not everywhere and all the time. Most do it in private cause ain't nobody that wants to see that.
Load More Replies...My husband wakes up feeling nauseous some mornings due to severe acid reflux. He will walk around burp gagging WHILE HOLDING A CONVERSATION WITH ME for like a solid 10 minutes when this happens. I'm a reactive puker... he's made me sick more than a couple times doing this, but still won't stay away for just the 10-15 minutes he's doing this. Lord I love this man, but my god does he test me 😮💨😅.
He sweats profusely in his sleep and will wake up, take off his clothes, hop in the shower, and then put on the same clothes. He'll at least put on new socks/boxers, but could easily wear the same undershirt that has been heavily sweated in multiple days in a row. It's gotten *much* better since we've been dating, though - we've been together five years and I tell him right away when he or his clothing smells and needs to change. Does so without complaint. But, yeah. That's his grossest thing. Can still smell pretty mursty at times if I haven't been around and he's been working on something super intently.
Might be depression- having difficulty changing clothes without prompting.
Fresh tee shirt, underwear and socks every day, if not more often. You get a lot fewer skin issues that way. This applies to all genders, btw.
How he lets his dishes sit in the sink for weeks. Mold and scum starts growing like Petri dishes. I usually help him with the dishes though because I can’t stand them lol. He’s good with personal hygiene, though — so far.
That's called weaponised incompetence. Cooking and cleaning are life skills for all genders.
doesnt have to be "weaponised incompetence" could be due to a variety of different neurodivergent conditions that are untreated. It's easy to assume someone is just lazy its far more difficult to find out the reason why.
Load More Replies...If there is any water in the dishes or sink that must start to smell. Even after one week they would start to stink. When I was working, I have a dish washer and I would only run the dish washer once every two weeks but I would always rinse the dishes off before I put the dishes in the dish washer though.
Throws his used contact lenses on the floor.
I got contacts when I was 12. Monthlies. I don't remember why (did I even have a thought process?) but I think I believed they disintegrated for some time: I un-carefully dropped my contacts over the trash and never saw any evidence that they didn't. I did not discover the truth until months later, because while my irritated mother was picking them up and throwing them away properly, she preferred to let me know my error by publicly shaming me in front of the eye doctor during my next check up months later. (I do remember seeing a dried one at one point, but I did not make the connection that that weird, hard blue lump was the same thing as the soft, clear, thin and pliable contact I was handling every day.) That was over 25 years ago and I still remember the snide comment and the deep, dark shame that followed.
Load More Replies...Pick them all up and then, when you have a pile, put them in his bed.
This always gets me. You must wash your hands before taking contacts out of your eyes. How many times has he gotten pink eye.
What makes you think he is not washing his hands? Does the bathroom not have a floor?
Load More Replies...I once saw them take a cloth to rub over their teeth, to avoid brushing their teeth. I'm glad we're broken up, that was horrendous.
I've done that because it makes your teeth feel really smooth, 😎 (but not instead of brushing!!!)
After I brush my teeth & rinse really good I follow up with brushing with really hot water - makes my teeth feel soooooo smooth - and a lot more hygenic
Load More Replies...I’ve done this when staying somewhere and forgetting to bring a toothbrush but not for more that a day or so. And I used toothpaste/water
Not changing towels - I don’t think he’s ever done it. He’ll happily have a soaking wet smelly bath robe then go into the next room once a week and get a clean dry towel.
I stared at this for an embarrassingly long time trying to figure out why the first sentence says he doesn't change towels but the next sentence says he does. My conclusion, for anyone else similarly confused, is that OP meant to say "THAN". He'd rather have a smelly towel than go into the next room.
Shaves his beard in front of the sink and leaves the hair everywhere :’).
I live alone and still cleanup my hair when I shave. I can't imagine thinking it's okay to leave there when sharing a space with anyone, much less a partner.
My husband will pick at the calloused skin on his heels and throws it wherever he is. He also picks stuff out of his teeth and eats it off his finger.
That's what I'm doing right now. I just had breakfast, so it's not like it's hours old food bits.
Load More Replies...Smokes cigarettes and doesn't wash his hands, but thinks he gets to boop my nose, etc. Get those smelly, nasty-a*s things TF away from my face! Scratches his crotch or plays with a zit... and doesn't wash his hands, but wants to play with my hair or ears. Again, wash or GTFO. Leaving dishes and paper plates all. the f**k. over. the living room. is pretty bad too, but the dogs usually lick the crumbs etc. so there's not as much accumulated food garbage, just lots of dog drool (we have 3).
These sound like very incompatible people. OP isn't in the wrong that all sounds nasty, maybe liveable but that's a lot all together
I wonder what his place would look like without you there. More than likely a pig sty. He probably wouldn't think nothing of it.
Mine puts socks on and walks all over the house or nasty hotel rooms then comes to bed with same socks on. He gets so much floor shrapnel in the bed, before long it feels like I’m laying on the ground. We’ve had a million discussions and go-rounds about this but the old habit/bad behavior never changes. He also sits on port-a-potty seats and doesn’t wash his hands like almost ever. I bleach my toilet seats every time he uses them because who knows what he picked up from public toilet seats. He and I are polar opposites about germs and if he wasn’t otherwise so amazing and wonderful, it would be a deal breaker for me.
This applies to most of the posts here, if he cared, he would change.
I don't know if total change would happen, but improvement at least in consideration of others (based on my own bad habits that I've vastly improved but not dropped completely)
Load More Replies...Trying to figure out floor shrapnel- I get not trusting hotel rooms but concern over S.O wearing the socks they wore in your own house to bed. I'm not judging we don't vacuum as much as we should in my household, but if I'm concerned about my S.O tracking things from their socks into bed from OUR HOUSE maybe we need to re evaluate our cleaning schedule. Yes hotels were mentioned (not sure how often they travel), tackling one issue at a time.
I'm figuring this idiot just told us they're one of those idiots that shits on the seat.
Load More Replies...Here's an idea, why don't you try cleaning the floors in your home, every so often. If there is that much dirt & shìt on your floors, guarantee you're tracking shìt in the bed, too. Even if barefoot, unless you wipe your feet off, every single time you get into the bed, you can't blame the entire sandbox, at the end of your bed, on him. Also how does she know he sits down, every single time, he uses a Porta potty? Bleaching your toilet every single time, you need to use it, after your husband has sat on a public toilet, is a little extreme, imo. How many people do you know, that has caught some disease, from using public toilets? If he sat on a public toilet seat on a Monday and she has been bleaching the toilet, religiously, after each of his uses, and today is now Friday, has enough time gone by, when you can cut back on all the bleaching? Sounds like she's making things more difficult than they need to be, for herself, but if this helps her cope, than power to ya.
He burps with his mouth slightly open, so all of his burps sound like deep, wet growls.
He doesn’t brush his teeth before bed.
He won't have teeth long - hope he enjoys his dental bills. Brush at night to keep your teeth, brush in morning to keep your friends.
I don't do that either but I do brush and floss my teeth every morning after having breakfast.
Instead of just blowing his nose with a tissue like a regular human, he usually just snorts it back up a few times and the sound is so loud and close to vomit-inducing. I’ve mentioned this many times but it’s just a habit he can’t break I guess. Still drives me crazy though.
Leaves his socks everydamnwhere. Like..can you just pick them up and put them in your dirty clothes basket where they belong? Ugh.
I don't know why so many people have trouble with getting socks to the hamper. They are the smallest item of clothing!
For me, I just randomly pull one off with my other foot when I'm not paying attention, so then they end up all over the house 😅
Load More Replies...Doesn’t wash his feet but is almost exclusively barefoot when not at work and doesn’t believe in expiration dates on food (6mo old yogurt? No problem!).
yogurt is nothing but "spoiled" milk. I have done the same thing with no issues
Goes into a yoga position to fart 💀.
I didn’t know there were this many gross things people do- I’d break up over most of these! 😶
There's no follow-up in the post as to which position this is. A shame, it's something we could all benefit from, at least on occasion!
I took a Kundalini class and we did breathing exercises that were supposed to help with digestion. I also wonder what this guy's fart pose is.
Load More Replies...Horks every morning when he brushes his teeth.
Meh. I grew up listening to my mom doing this. For her it was a combination of brushing the entire mouth too enthusiastically plus having a hang over most mornings.
I also do this. We just have a very sensitive gag reflex. My husband hates it but there is literally nothing I've found that helps.
This only happens to me in the morning, when I'm using my electric toothbrush, at the very back of my mouth I gag and puke up bile. I asked my dentist, they said not to brush my very back molars if that caused the issue 😐
Load More Replies...My mom's husband clears his throat at night after he brushes his teeth. We were on a video call one night and I heard this terrible sound and said "Is your man okay?!" It's just the bedtime sound I guess!
Not sure why you got downvoted. Being in recovery, myself, I used to gag and hork every morning while brushing with a hangover.
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If we don’t wax his nose hair often enough he will pick out the hairs one by one with his fingers lol.
Gosh, yes! You don’t realize the damage until you get a patch of infected follicles up your nose and spend 10 days having to apply topical antibiotics and antibiotics, while realizing that there’s a LOT of nerves up there.
Load More Replies...How tf do you wax nose hair, exactly? Wouldn't your nostril not be enough room to thoroughly remove the hair, from its follicle? If you are able to wax your nose hairs, that has to hurt like a moʻfo. Not to mention, your eyes will be watering so much, like you're crying. 👃😭
I saw this on America's Funniest Home Videos. You take the sticks that you put the wax on and then put them up your nose. OUCH!
Load More Replies...Pulling at nose or eyebrows or other hair is often a sign of anxiety
Wakes up with breath smelling like a literal a*****e.
I never even knew tonsil stones existed until I started reading BP
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Wraps used floss around his toothbrush to reuse.
God no! The bacteria! Reusing that on your gums is the best way to get an infection!
Load More Replies...The hacking when he's clearing his throat..omg I hate it. Then spitting it into the sink and not turning the tap on to make sure it goes down the sink hole! I love this man...I love him so much.
Shoves all his fingers in his mouth when eating finger foods.
I'm afraid OP doesn't have a case since it is only with finger foods. Fingers in mouth for finger foods checks out.
Sh*rts himself at least 1-2 times a week.
One of my partners mates does this. And talks about it openly like he's proud of himself
Burping...just so much! But I fart, so it kinda evens out.
Sometimes he will leave leftover food out overnight [covered] and then nibble on it in the morning as if Staphylococcus were just a myth invented to scare children.
?? Staphylococcus is a bacteria that is on your skin anyways and normally does not do any harm. Leftover food, one night.. I do that, some foods are even better 😁
We do that frequently because our fridge is miniscule. Never had any problems. But we do live in a cool-ish climate. I only ever had food poisoning twice - both from eating fish at restaurants.
My ex used to buy McDonald's in the afternoon and let it sit on the nightstand, for midnight snack
Anything McDonald's will likely still be okay sitting out for 6 months. 🤢
Load More Replies...Itches his throat by making a sound I can only describe as 'frog-like'. I just tune it out now.
I'm pretty sure this is something everyone does and is the reason for the phrase, "frog in your throat."
Clips his toenails in the bathroom and leaves the clippings EVERYWHERE.
The bathroom seems like a normal place to clip toenails to me. Leaving the clippings is a bit gross, but not on the same scale as other stuff here.
This is so Finnish but he puts both ketchup and cowberry jam to his macaroni casserole.
I'm dating someone new at the moment so I don't know much about him, but when I went to his place he was very clean and I hope he stays that way lol. One of my exes was extremely clean and I might have been the disgusting one in the relationship. He was my first love and the one that got a away. The other one weirdly refused to wash behind his ears and every time I touched his neck I would get lumps of dead skin. He also liked to burp and then blow it out and spread it around the room. The saddest thing was that he thought what he was doing was adorable and funny. The other hated brushing his teeth and I'm pretty sure he didn't do it when he was alone, but whenever we met or spent the night together he always brushed his teeth.
My friend, you deserve better. I hope your current S.O maintains their personal hygiene, the other ones are disgusting.
He walks barefeet around our house and everytime he sits on our couch, he would scrub his feet on the edge of the couch, leaving all the dirt there sitting in the corner… v gross but i love him so…yeah.
I hope I’m not the only one who has to watch this on a daily basis, but he picks his belly button fluff out every single day and just drops it on the floor.
Daily? I don't understand this at all, I've never ever had anything stuck in my belly button in all my life.
I have borderline Omphalophobia, due to an overwhelming feeling that belly buttons are super gross. For me, this one would be a deal breaker.
The sheer amount of mustard this man puts on sandwiches. Nothing wrong with mustard, but the sheer AMOUNT of mustard he uses is scary. First time I ever saw him make a sandwich, I watched with tears in my eyes.
Scratches his feet and in between his toes after work. When he rubs his feet together it sounds like he’s trying to start a fire. He knows I hate it and goes to the other room to get it done.
I would by him a foot file and a scrub mitt for his feet. I totally know how it feels, though, to have dead skin that needs sloughing. Feels like tight, meshy socks that just won't come off.
At least he is taking your feelings into consideration and doing it away from you.
Uses his mouth to trim his nails.
Randomly spits on the ground when we're outdoors.
I didn't accept it. Dude used to go through 3 pairs of boxers a week. I beat him into cleanliness 😂 (I bought him loads of funky pairs so he wanted to wear them.) however the grossest thing now is he only showers three times a week.
Unless he’s really active, that’s a good amount as it won’t dry out your skin.
So that is like every other day. Unless he works in a dirty or smelly environment, I don't think that is to bad. Sometimes I don't shower for a couple of days. But of course I live by myself too.
My husband has shoulder length, thick, curly hair. It. is. EVERYWHERE. After a single shower there are multiple globs of it all over. It makes me gag.
Have long curly hair down to the middle of my back. Can confirm it gets everywhere. I think the only way to stop it might be to wear one of those food factory hair nets.
My wife seems to shed hair everywhere, and yet I'm the one going bald. It makes zero sense. I know what you're thinking, dear pandas, collect the hair and make a wig. Perhaps I will, perhaps I will.
I have hip-length hair. I make sure it's never left in the shower after washing, or around the house. My hair, my duty.
Mine's middle of my back. I always make sure I brush my hair before a shower. I found it helps with not leaving hair in the shower. Some might still fall out, but not much.
Load More Replies...Sits on our bed with his outside clothes. Ughhh.
Unless he works in waste treatment, a slaughterhouse or any job that metal shavings stick to your clothes, I don't see a problem here.
Entire list was beyond disgusting - hopefully a lot of it was made up for effect!
Load More Replies...The guy ejaculating on doors and walls to make the house stronger is gonna live in my mind rent free. A gallon of unsee juice is not enough.
Yea! Doesn't he know that's what dirty socks are for???
Load More Replies...Some of these posts are really disgusting and makes me wonder how on earth did these people "catch" anyone? Most of these are huge turn offs and or dealbreakers to me. How do you even kiss someone that eats their own boogers? Or live with some dude that jizzes all over your stuff? It's a mystery.
We all do stuff that's gross. We all pick our noses, burp, fart, poop. Some people do it in private others don't really care who's around. For me though not brushing teeth is a deal breaker
My husband eats raw hamburger EVERY time I cook with burger. EVERY. DAMN. TIME. I put aside some in a baggie if he's not home.
Reading this has made me feel even more lucky to have married the man I did. These were horrifying.
Entire list was beyond disgusting - hopefully a lot of it was made up for effect!
Load More Replies...The guy ejaculating on doors and walls to make the house stronger is gonna live in my mind rent free. A gallon of unsee juice is not enough.
Yea! Doesn't he know that's what dirty socks are for???
Load More Replies...Some of these posts are really disgusting and makes me wonder how on earth did these people "catch" anyone? Most of these are huge turn offs and or dealbreakers to me. How do you even kiss someone that eats their own boogers? Or live with some dude that jizzes all over your stuff? It's a mystery.
We all do stuff that's gross. We all pick our noses, burp, fart, poop. Some people do it in private others don't really care who's around. For me though not brushing teeth is a deal breaker
My husband eats raw hamburger EVERY time I cook with burger. EVERY. DAMN. TIME. I put aside some in a baggie if he's not home.
Reading this has made me feel even more lucky to have married the man I did. These were horrifying.
