Why is getting some men to wash their hands like pulling teeth?

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My hubby will wash after going number 2 or when using a public restroom. But if he’s home and just pees, he won’t wash. He says he flushes the toilet with his foot, but idk if I believe him. I can get him to at least wash his hands before he cooks, but still. I’ve noticed a lot of men are like this. Obviously not all, but a lot. What is up with that? He’s 32, for reference.

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  2. Successful-Law-242 Avatar

    I always wash my hands after I pee at home (or anywhere). But I also use my foot to flush the toilet, it’s a thing.

  3. warm_snowman Avatar

    I don’t know but I find the term hubby off-putting

  4. atlantik02 Avatar

    He flushes with his feet, puts his foot where people are putting their hands? Gross and thoughtless.

  5. BadMachine Avatar

    not everyone prioritizes personal hygiene to the same degree i think is the short answer 

  6. PanthersJB83 Avatar

    So if I wake up and shower then put my penis into clean underwear and am staying home not doing anything, my penis is staying clean. There is theoretically 0 reason to have to wash my hands after using the restroom. In fact pre bathroom my hands are likely dirtier than my cleanly encased penis. Maybe I should wash them before I pee?

  7. TheUglyTruth527 Avatar

    If a grown-assed adult doesn’t wash their hands, there’s not much you can do to change their mind.

  8. My_Nickel Avatar

    My penis is clean. Urine is pretty damn sterile and I didn’t even piss on myself. Why would I wash my hands?

  9. SuccessfulGuard7467 Avatar

    I wash my hands before I touch my dick.

  10. NFLTG_71 Avatar

    It’s the way we were raised. We were told not to wash our hands after we pee unless you pee on your hands, but you definitely wash your hands after you poop.

  11. mezzantino Avatar

    I can barely get the men at my job to flush the urinals, I know some of them are not washing their hands. Forget about it.

  12. rembut Avatar

    I wash my hands before I pee

  13. Dropping-Truth-Bombs Avatar

    When standing up, my thing hangs down to about 2 inches from the water level, I don’t need to hold it. Since I don’t touch it, I don’t need to wash my hands. Maybe your husband is the same way.

  14. NoNotTheBoreWorms Avatar

    I don’t touch my dick when I pee, I just maneuver my pants.

  15. BreadMaker_42 Avatar

    That’s disgusting and no, most men are not like this.

  16. georgew7 Avatar

    My junk always gets a double wash, so it’s the cleanest part of me. Also at home, I urinate more outside than in so I wouldn’t normally wash my hands after that.

  17. rileyoneill Avatar

    Do you wash your hands if they touch any part of your body? Your feet are dirty as hell. Do you wash your hands after you touch an animal? A cat is going to be way dirtier than a dick. If you pet the cat you should wash your hands. I was my hands after I use the bathroom just as a way of having a routine hand washing multiple times per day thing, not because it’s particularly dirty compared to everything else I do through out the day.

  18. Low_Bar9361 Avatar

    Hubby bubby. Is he chubby, or is he flubby? Maybe just grubby with his gross ass hands

  19. Ferowin Avatar

    That’s just gross. And flushing with your foot is just dumb, that’s just getting germs from the floor and putting them where you presumably put your hand. He should just grab a square of TP and use that to flush if he doesn’t want to touch the handle.

  20. Dinmorogde Avatar

    Elaborate your experience with «a lot of men are like this». As a man my experience is not the same.

  21. Understruggle Avatar

    You give one example where he doesn’t wash his hands and it’s like “pulling teeth”? For your “hubby”? I feel sorry for that guy. Sounds to me like you are a bit anal retentive or something. I mean does he go piss and then come in and finger every piece of bread in a loaf individually? Like…come on now. Do you watch him piss? How can you be sure he isn’t doing the no hands method? Say he is….would you still be mad at him for not washing his hands? I ask because you put your question very melodramatically for such a small thing.

  22. schlongtheta Avatar

    Why did you marry him?

  23. Top-Address-8870 Avatar

    I wash my hands before I pee so I don’t get any dirt on the little man. I don’t have to wash after since he is always kept clean.

  24. DeepDot7458 Avatar

    Some parents teach their kids to wash their hands, some parents teach their kids not to piss on themselves.