# The thing I do that disgusts my wife the most is... (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511 "2004-06-21T21:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/41 "2004-06-22T23:12:32Z")
Blowing nose in shower - OK Peeing in shower - OK Masturbating in shower - OK End of the list for acceptable bodily fluid expulsions in the shower I’ll take the dog kisses (face not lips), just keep those cats away from me. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/42 "2004-06-23T03:28:46Z")
I am sort of shocked, yet in a strange way honored, that I am repulsing so many people. I usually make a very poor showing in gross out threads. The cat isn’t very drooly, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/43 "2004-06-23T05:54:37Z")
Just asked my wife to give me “the most disgusting thing that I do”. She [retemded t ponder a rather long list, but when pressed said that plucking nose hairs was number one. There is a rather strange and painful fascination about this disgusting activity…especially when I KNOW that just a minute spent with the nose-hair-buzzy-stick-it-up-the-nostrils-whirlythingy takes care of the entire hirsute problem. Why would I ever do this???.. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/44 "2004-06-23T06:05:39Z")
I asked my wife. Apparently it’s when I pick my nose and then rub my fingers until it dries and then sprinkle the residue on the floor of the car. But I suspect she really thinks it’s when I masturbate into the butter dish. ---
**Author:** ![P\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@P\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P_T)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/45 "2004-06-23T11:37:05Z")
> [@Jpeg Jones](#): > > But I suspect she really thinks it’s when I masturbate into the butter dish. Just going out on a limb here, but perhaps she doesn’t realize you’re doing that? > [@](#): > > Anyone pee in the shower when their SO is in there as well? Well, I have done that, once I think. That is how I know it is something that disgusts the wife… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/46 "2004-06-23T12:11:34Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > I’ll take the dog kisses (face not lips), just keep those cats away from me. Oh, yeah, dog kisses are okay, 'cause dogs _never_\* lick their butts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/47 "2004-06-23T13:31:27Z")
Mathematics. Picking up spiders. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/48 "2004-06-23T14:00:57Z")
It’s what I _don’t_ do that disgusts the GrizzWife… I don’t dispose of the rat-trap in the garage after it’s made a kill. I open it up and drop the vermin in the trash which immediately is taken away. Re-set the trap and await another **SNAP**. Hey, I see no reason to toss it away. I think it’s gaining experience for the next kill! ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/49 "2004-06-23T14:04:39Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Oh, yeah, dog kisses are okay, 'cause dogs _never_ lick their butts. 😃 I know, not logical. Just picking my poison. Dogs have always _owned_ me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daftbugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Daftbugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftbugger)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/50 "2004-06-23T14:09:06Z")
Being female, I don’t have a wife, but the thing that really grosses out my SO, is making my jaw clunk, which I can do voluntarily and quite loudly. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/51 "2004-06-23T14:10:25Z")
**muldoonthief** , do you by any chance, pee in the sink? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/52 "2004-06-23T14:22:06Z")
Whn I clip my toenails, I feed the clippings to the dogs. I think its really funny to see them eat a toenail. It got a lot funnier when I realized how disgusting my wife thinks it is. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/53 "2004-06-23T14:24:47Z")
> [@peri](#): > > Wow. Does she feel the same about peeing in the shower? I piss in the shower, and it drives SmithWife [insane with anger](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=214447). **muldoonthief** , maybe you should get a waterproof radio for the shower, then Mrs. thief won’t be able to hear you snorking snot to you heart’s content. ---
**Author:** ![Felissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@Felissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felissa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/54 "2004-06-23T20:29:23Z")
My s.o. is of the “girls pee and that’s it for bodily functions” type. So when he irritates me I know I can always horrify him. Like last night. I’d been sick for four days. Lying in bed all day except to hack up large lung-chunks sick. I was finally feeling better, and wanted to go out and maul a slab of prime rib. So we went to a nice restaurant. Leaving, he lit up a cigarette. Now, I don’t hate tobacco. I loves me a good cigar, and I adore the scent of a good pipe tobacco. I knew someone who grew her own tobacco for cigarettes. Wonderful stuff. Disgusting chemical warfare name-brand cigarettes are what I have a problem with. He’s a Marlboro Man. Yuck. Plus my lungs were still recovering. So I farted on him. 😃 I honestly disturbed him to his very core. I almost felt bad. He was warned though. Peeing in the shower is fine as long as it’s a shower stall. My ex blew his nose in the shower (sans kleenex), that was fine. I may have to rethink this once I get a proper bathtub. Or adopt a more regular cleaning schedule. Right now the bathroom gets cleaned if company is coming or I realize that the ceramic is supposed to be white. Eheheh. When I was younger my cat would drink the milk out of my cereal bowl at breakfast. Now I will give my bearded dragons fruit. I give them fruit as part of their diet anyway, but if I have some when it isn’t feeding time I’ll share. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/55 "2004-06-23T20:56:41Z")
I let the cats eat out of my plate, too, **Delphica**! I always have and I’m rarely sick. But if I _do_ get sick, I blow my nose in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/56 "2004-06-23T21:58:13Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > **muldoonthief** , do you by any chance, pee in the sink? Why no, I do not. Should I? I’ve been restricting myself to toilets, urinals, and on occasion the great outdoors. > [@Winston Smith](#): > > I piss in the shower, and it drives SmithWife insane with anger. > > muldoonthief, maybe you should get a waterproof radio for the shower, then Mrs. thief won’t be able to hear you snorking snot to you heart’s content. Unfortunately, the volume when I blow my nose is such that I’d need to install a 300 watt amp on the radio to drown it out reliably. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/57 "2004-06-23T22:57:16Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Unfortunately, the volume when I blow my nose is such that I’d need to install a 300 watt amp on the radio to drown it out reliably. Ahhh :dubious: Could it be that it’s not really the thought of your shower nose blowing that bothers her, it’s just your nose blowing in general. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/58 "2004-06-24T00:14:16Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > I let the cat eat out of the same bowl as me. While I’m eating, not after I’m done. So if I’m having cereal in the morning, I don’t mind if the cat drinks the milk while I’m eating the cereal. I let him (the cat) share my ice cream. The cat also likes to lick the salt off potato chips, so when he’s done, I’ll just eat the chip. Why let it go to waste? Poor Mr. Del thinks this is the height of repulsive. Mom, is that you? Ok, my mother doesn’t live in Brooklyn, but she’ll do this - and eating the cat’s soggy potato chip? Abso-friggin’-lutely horrifying to me! BTW, I actually jump out of the shower, towel off a bit, and use Kleenex when it’s necessary. I find the thought of blowing my nose into my hand just _revolting_ - I had _no_ idea it was a normal thing to do. OTOH, the idea of someone peeing in the sink doesn’t bother me in the slightest (and hence, I do it on occasion). I guess I understand the anti-sink-pee crowd a little better now, though. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/59 "2004-06-24T03:05:05Z")
Well I can honestly say I have never blow my nose in the shower. Most because I’m opposed to the ineffiency of the whole nose blowing paradigm. I take advantage of the opportunity with the steam and the privacy to pull a good, hard, thorough, shnork and spit it out. ---
**Author:** ![Chill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Chill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chill)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511/60 "2004-06-27T03:06:07Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I’m a girl and I do that all the time. I kinda save it up for the shower too, because it’s easier. Of course, I don’t have a SO to gross out. > > I do not pee in the shower, however. Quote from George Costanza: “What’s wrong with peeing in the shower? It’s all PIPES!!” I concur. I don’t get what the big fuss is about! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-i-do-that-disgusts-my-wife-the-most-is-tmi/251511.md?page=2)