POV: You're a gamer and you use a coffee mug as a loo because you're too engrossed in the game
No, no, that will never be okay...
After the pandemic, we are never surprised when we hear stories about people's lack of personal hygiene.
In this case, it was a young woman who took to the online forefront to ask people if she was wrong for calling her gamer boyfriend disgusting.
More than that she wanted the people of Reddit to let her know if she was asking too much of her boyfriend.
This after he did the unthinkable and acted so blasé about it.
You see her boyfriend is a gamer, and as we know (very briefly) that gamers are very serious about their gaming.
But this guy is a special breed. He was so engrossed in his game that he could not take time away to visit the toilet.
This is what she said, "My partner (M28) is very into gaming I (F24) accept this and even play a couple of games myself recently I came home and greeted him in his office only to find whilst in a raid he'd needed the toilet and decided to wee in one of our mugs (usually used for tea/coffee)
“I said it was disgusting in a not so nice way and walked off to compose myself before broaching the subject and ask him not to do this.” (MSN)
He responded to her by saying that he is a guy and guys are disgusting. Can we just say that that is absolutely ridiculous.
The poor girl is feeling so out of place over the whole situation and her crazy boyfriend's rationalisation of his unhygienic ways is making her question her beliefs.
The boyfriend went on to defend his actions by saying that his actions were no different to putting animal fat in a mug and washing it out after using it.
“I tried to ask for a compromise after a back and forth of if he really needed to use a disposable bottle or something I won't drink out of in the future but I really don't see how this is necessary as the toilet is five steps from his office,” she went on to say. (MSN)
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At least she got some support from commenters who eased her mind. Check out some of their responses below.
“This is disgusting and lazy. Video games are not too important to take a break and go pee. Coming from being a gamer myself. I don’t think it’s unreasonable for you to ask at the very least it be a disposable bottle. I’d also draw a hard line at it being a mug that he chose to use.”
“My 21yo son is a gamer and there's no way he would DREAM of doing this. It's disgusting and definitely not normal behaviour,” said another.
“I have a father, a brother and a boyfriend. So, I grew up around men, live with a man and talk to men. My brother, bf and friends also play video games to various degrees. NO ONE does that. It is not normal.” (MSN)
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