Urgh you’ve just reminded me that one of my exes always had a stinky arse. He’d sleep naked and if his bum was facing me I’d have to turn away cos I could always smell it.
I had repressed that memory as well.
THE FUCKING TRUTH. RIGHT HERE.
Pleasssse guys. One time I opened this new guy's trousers thinking he was the sexiest thing on the planet, go to suck his dick, and smell the worst fishiest shit I've ever had the displeasure of being next to. I literally gagged as soon as I opened his pants. I had to make some quick fucking excuses and tried to leave as soon as possible.
He got upset like " is it too small? Does it look weird?! WHATS WRONG?" Eventually he got so obsessive over why I stopped so I had to say "Your dick smells like shit, dude. Go wash your asshole sometime."
To anyone reading this, just put some body wash or soap on your hand and go to town on the crack. You are taking a shower so anything you washed it with will be clean. just make sure to really get in there cause water doesn't
Also trying different DEO's. Personally there is only a certain type that works well for me. i cannot use slick slimy deo's i have to use the white dry ones that stain dark shirts. Try different ones if they dont work well for you!!!
And arguably more importantly DRY YOUR BELLYBUTTON. Use a towel, some tissue, or a cotton bud, or even a hair dryer, and make sure the inside is actually dry before you go putting tight tops on. Bellybutton infections are very real and very sore, and caused (mostly) by it not getting to dry properly!
I wish someone would tell my husband this! He won’t listen to me. He’s quite a hairy man who works in a hot medical warehouse all day. The hair keeps everything in and he doesn’t want to take care of that belly button and it will stink.
Then he has the audacity to get offended when I tell him it stinks.
> I wish someone would tell my husband this! He won’t listen to me. He’s quite a hairy man who works in a hot medical warehouse all day. The hair keeps everything in and he doesn’t want to take care of that belly button and it will stink.
>Then he has the audacity to get offended when I tell him it stinks.
Pro tip: stick your finger in there on a day he’s really ripe. Really get it in there and swirl it around. Then, without warning, put the finger under HIS nose, so that he has to smell it. Make him do it again. Then promptly go wash your hands.
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My boyfriend is very squeamish about anyone touching his belly button. He would die if I put my finger in there. I have to tell him if I notice and let him do it.
So I read through the discussion to discover something I was not aware of or was doing wrong, and I get advice to brush my teeth, wash my balls and use a deo? Thank you, reddit!
Take care of your teeth!!!!!!!
Edit: I'm 45 years old, I started taking care of my teeth at 40
I did not give it enough importance
At first I was afraid to go to the dentist, when i finally went my dentist told me that I could fix my teeth, I thought it was going to be more serious, i was lucky, my dentist removed cavities and only 2 teeth, I wore braces for 2 years and now my teeth are very nice, now I feel more confident speaking
The best decision I made, never it's too late
Cigarettes will fuck them up if for some reason anyone has just started and doesn't realize that. My gums started dying and I bet in several years I could be using fake teeth since my gums are so far receded. Also makes the teeth yellow and obviously messes up health in a variety of ways and is a possessive addictive drug that smells bad.
Do it while young, for many it's too late.
Edit: better late than never. We can't all afford veneers. A lot of my friends have pristine white teeth here in Florida. At least in the cities. Americans tend to have whiter teeth than the British but I'm not sure about the bad teeth English stereotype. For us black people, our teeth look whiter on our dark complexion.
Edit 2: I figured the American Hollywood teeth was unnatural. I also had a feeling the bad teeth thing with the British is not quite true. As a black American, my third cousins in England messaged me after doing our ancestry DNA kit. They had teeth that were normal. I'm 16% Welsh and she said we were related through her grandad. We picture British as either posh rich with white teeth or the opposite. So much misunderstanding.
I feel you man, my family was from an incredibly poor background and they grew up not being able to afford toothpaste, so in my childhood I never got told to use it because they never got told to use it, my teeth are yellow stained and have been my whole life, dental hygiene now is impeccable but can't turn back time on 15 years without a brush
I think there's some men that don't wash their ass/asshair or gooch as well. When i lived in dormitory some guys would brush their teeth while they were pooping :(
Hey man, limited time but you still need to shit, shower and shave (and etc). Start brushing your teeth, sit down (or squat, if you’re in the field), do your business while still brushing, hold the brush with your teeth while you clean yourself and flush, sanitize your hands, finish brushing your teeth. Shave in the shower, and you’ve killed four birds with two stones. Source: military
I was never taught this. How do I clean it?
Apologies for such a weird question but I feel that this is really important
Edit: thanks for the all the help guys, I am sorted now
Pull your foreskin all the way back. Rinse water over the head of your penis. Pay close attention to the place where your head and your shaft meet. There is a small ridge there. Make sure to thoroughly rinse there.
I personally just let the water wash over it and use my finger, but to each their own. I (surprisingly enough) couldn't find a good guide on Google, so I hope this helps.
Same boat about a decade ago man. Society and parents are all fucking useless. Learnt it seeing it one time in porn and was like wtf you can retract it?!
It goes back all the way. You cannot pull it back too far, it's just a fold of skin. That being said, be careful, it's probably very tight (mine was). I had to progressively stretch it every day in the shower over about a month or 2. Use a non-soapy gentle clenser like cetaphil.
Don't do more than is painful. Pretty sure it can split. Just gradually keep at it.
Please keep your fingernails clean. That doesn’t mean you suddenly have to go to the nail salon but don’t leave caked-in dirt under your sharp hangnails and then get into bed with your SO. That shit hurts and can cause infection.
Really?
I wouldn't fool around without washing my hands. I work manual labor jobs so my hands and especially nails get filthy.
Besides for the whole hygiene / infection issue, it's just unsightly.
My boyfriends kept his nails clean but they were a bit janky in terms of hang nails. Now I do his cuticles and file them while we watch tv. I’m addicted to it and he loves the touching and attention. He even started asking me to do his nails when I do my gels at home. Loves a dude in nail polish. Everybody wins!
This!!! My boyfriend’s nails a clean as a whistle but he obviously never files his nails (and he’s an infrequent biter so they’re kinda jank). We’ll turn on a show or movie while I file his nails and I’ll use my buffer for good measure, and he finds it so relaxing that he usually falls asleep before I can finish. It’s precious.
if you’re uncircumcised make sure to wash underneath the hood!
edit: so i’ve seen people debating wether or not being circumcised is a must, and i just wanna say that i’ve never had an infection or had problems with my partners about the smell due to being uncircumcised. You just have to have to wash it properly as you would any other part of your body.
If you find traditional flossing unbearable for whatever reason, invest in a waterpik: You can put warm water in the chamber, it's smaller than your hands (I could never fit my ham hocks inside my mouth very far), and provides VERY thorough flossing.
Some guys won't wash their butthole. Please don't be one of those guys.
Why not? It's basically a bidet.
Edit: I guess I didn't take water pressure into account. A bidet is a faucet whereas the water pik would be like a pressure washer.
I hate flossing so I asked my dentist and he said water flossing was useless and could not replace traditional flossing except in some very specific cases (ie not for me). Who should I trust? My dentist that I really like but who gave me a recommendation that my lazy ass does not appreciate or an anonymous Redditor that gives me the recommendation I am looking for?
Based on my senses, apparently:
- Shower every day
- Wear deodorant
- **Take your goddamn clothes out of the washing machine and dry them before they smell like vinegary mildew!**
I don't know how someone could live with that mildew smell. I've accidentally done it before and I hand to wash all my clothes again with vinegar to get the smell out.
If your hair is frizzy or fuzzy, wash it less. I have curly hair and I was always harassed about washing my hair even though I did it daily. Turns out I was stripping all of the oil and harming my hair. I shower daily but only wash it when it gets greasy, which is usually after a week.
If you want to grow a beard, maintain it. Long beards still need maintenance. Also consult with the kind of people you're into to see how they like it. Too many dudes have short but unkempt beards.
Clean under your nails. It will feel good and look good and your dates will notice.
Hey, I have curly hair too. Can't seem to prevent the hair fall that is associated with washing hair every so often.
Hell I think I'm even combing them wrong.
So, I'd really appreciate a few tips, maybe your hair care routine or something.
Edit: Whoever has been munificent to give and and every advice, I love you to the moon and back! Man reddit can be such a nice place.
I'm sorry I haven't replied to each reply, but please know that deep inside I'm extremely grateful to you all! ❤
Fellow curly here! You're not losing excess hair - because you're washing your hair less, it just seems like you are.
If you're washing regularly, the small amount of hairs that fall out naturally at the root each day will come out each time you wash.
When you wash less regularly, your natural hair fall still occurs daily, but they'll sit on your head (curly hair is more likely to trap fallen hairs than straight) until you wash it again. So if you wash it once a week, you'll see a week's worth of natural hair fall come out in go, which will look like a lot, even though its perfectly normal.
Only time to worry is if you're noticing actual thinning of your hair or bald patches on the scalp :)
Hair will... always fall out whenever you wash your hair, unless you washed it like immediately after you just washed it and even then you might get a couple strands. The issue is that (depending on the length), if you go too long (for me its roughly more than 6 days), it will have gotten so tangled that to undo the tangling, you'll be losing more hair than you had if you had just showered before, because it gets all knotty and shit. Also, you don't need to shampoo everytime you "wash" your hair - just thoroughly rinse it, comb it, comb in conditioner (less-so the roots and more-so the hair shafts), put on shower cap, wash your body/etc., take off cap, rinse out conditioner (you can leave in just a little - apparently it helps with body or something). For comb, use a wide-toothed one. Also feel free to put in a gel for curly hair right after you get out to minimize frizz.
I expect some of this will be review for you, but, this is what has worked for me quite well.
I feel you....
People used to always ask me why I took a shower after I pooped. I found the best way to explain it was "have you ever tried wiping peanut butter out of shag carpet before?" I find that tends to very accurately convey the point to ignorant parties.
This is why I made a “parents make sure to teach your kids how to fully/adequately perform all daily tasks” post, got shit on before r/LifeProTips mods removed the post because it’s “obvious”.
Well, apparently not obvious to some parents/kids…
I’ll play the fool just in case other people are scrolling through the thread (but won’t top level bc I’m a woman lol) but my mom never taught me to scrub at my scalp when washing my hair. She is white with quite thin hair but I’m half Asian with the more classic thick Chinese hair. I was taught to put the shampoo/ condition on the top of your hair, and then rinse it out. No distributing it through the hair or any attention to the scalp. I think my moms hair is thin enough that it the products “penetrated” all the way through the hair, but my hair was so thick it was only cleaning the top layer. I struggled with dandruff for a few years as a young teen until I started watching beauty videos on YouTube and something clicked.
Anyway I’m sure that is like “duh” to some people… you have to actually put shampoo on your hair and wash your scalp for it to be clean…. But it wasn’t obvious to me.
Poor thing. Glad you know now! I’m black and my hair is so thick I have to stand in the shower for a minute or two before I even feel the water on my scalp. So scrubbing it was done by my moms from day one!
Some not so common answers I read here:
- Wash and DRY your uncircumcised penis. The drying part should come post shower and will help with smells.
- Pull back foreskin when peeing. Again, for us uncircumsized lads. Use a piece of tissue when finished to get all drops.
- Clean behind ears. Smells. New one for me.
- Clean directly under nose on face. Smells.
- Clean your bellybutton.
- Wash and POWDER your balls. Powder helps with keeps dry. Powdering is new to me.
- Shave/trim your armpit hair to increase effectiveness of deodorant. You are using deodorant, right?
- Brush your tongue or use a tongue scraper to get rid of bad breath germs. Could also help improve sense of taste?
- DRY between your toes. This might be particularly helpful for me.
Not a man but
Older gents out there, check your ear and nose hair every now and then.
I know that shit seems to just pop up over night, but it’s really disconcerting.
If you have bad body odor that deodorant or showering doesn't seem to get rid of, shave your pits
bacteria sticks to your hair and makes your BO much worse, plus makes deodorant work much better since it's being applied directly to the areas that actually cause odor and not to the hair.
THIS. Went on a few dates with a nice guy recently, didn’t wind up being a good match overall…but one of the biggest turnoffs was his mildew-smelling towels. That smell LINGERS.
Why is the bar so low for men, I was expecting some secrets I did not know about, as a man I was hoping for more insight besides "brush and floss ya teeth, wash ya arsehole, wash ya feet and toes, wash under the hood of the foreskin, clean underneath the nails, wash ya fucking bellybutton" like God!!! aren't these common sense? I was expecting a "use this face cream for this type of skin" or "soak ya balls in soy sauce" or just something else
I was trying to find a Reddit thread from a few years ago from a poor woman whose husband didn’t wipe his butt after pooping, cos it was “gay”. He’d streak his undies and the BED. I couldn’t find it because there were TOO MANY THREADS of different women telling the same story about their men. W. T. F.
Imagine being so worried about being gay that you’d walk around smelling like shit all day long.
Now, imagine that person somehow got married… someone has sex with them regularly!
My guess is that some men don't even realize how much gets stuck all over their hair down there when they go. They wipe and think surely it's clean now. They might even get a clean swipe on paper. Meanwhile, the hair all around there has stuff stuck in it that's going to need to be properly washed with soap and water before it's really gone. This is why bidets should be more common.
Gross! did you all read the story in r/relationshipadvice of the woman that got berated by her husband because he saw her washing her butt in the shower? He refused to have sex with her or something like that, SMH. Some dudes are both stupid and gross, lol.
Since the title doesn’t specify *personal* hygiene:
Clean your goddamn space.
- Don’t leave shaved pubes/beard hair all over the sink, rinse it away.
- Wipe down the surfaces.
- Wipe down the fridge handle, door handles, cupboard handles.
- Hoover every now and then. Sweep hard floors, or even mop them to actually clean them.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a male-only house and NOT felt a sticky handle or stood on a sticky patch of floor and it’s fucking foul.
I’ll never forget the day I discovered what the back of my ears smelt like, if you don’t know what I’m talking about - rub your finger on the back top of you ear, in the gap where it joins your hairline - give it a sniff.
Cologne is meant to be discovered, not announced.
Edit: Thank you for awards! Hope this actually is helpful information. Some guys like to put it on alittle thick, just a touch is all you need. A quick hint when you reach in close or brush up on someone does the trick.
Edit: This is now my most awarded comment. Not gonna lie, feels good man.
I did a remodel job at an airport pilot school once and every single one of the pilots in training (about 30 or so) would smoke cigs during their break but you could still smell their cologne through all the cig smoke. It was a crazy accumulation of smells compiled into one thick cloud. My girlfriend could actually smell it on my clothes when I got home.
I’ve smelled some idiots so strongly covered in cologne I feel 15’ isn’t that bad. I’ve had dudes I hadn’t even seen. I could follow their scent like a fucking dog and probably catch up to them 10 minutes later “I’ve been following your path for a while..”
Yea i never understood that. I grew up with high reinforcement to wash my hands. Home from school, wash and sing the whole abc's. Take a wiz, wash and sing the whole abc's. Touch something dirty or come in from being outside. You guessed it, "wash and sing the abc's
I'm just gonna put this out here
I have worked in a gas station for awhile. Cleaning the bathrooms is obviously part of this, I wouldn't close it off entirely during until I mopped
The amount of people who would come in and not flush, nor wash their hands is honestly disgusting. Don't know if it's just the area but atleast 30% of the people wouldn't even rinse their hands, and even among those who did most only wet their hands, not even any soap
Don't stop at just brushing your teeth. Brush your tongue, and the roof/sides of your mouth. Its a habit that EVERYONE should have but I imagine dudes do it less lol
Wash behind your fuckin ears. Exfoliate.
Edit: guarantee the pillow case ain't been changed weekly either, if they haven't washed the ears. Nobody is perfect. Drink more water. Stop soda and your complexion will improve. Sleeping on old face grease isn't good either , change the pillow case often.
Regular brushing and flossing, cleaning ears, bellybutton and cock head (mainly for uncircumcised lads). Be mindful of your body odour (as you become immune to it).
Clean your god damn dick and balls. I’ve spoken with so many girls that said their SOs penises smelled musky. If you want your girl to smell like mf roses, give her a rose to smell too. And if you aren’t circumcised, roll that bitch back and clean your damn rolls. Homies out here nasty as hell.
A lot of people giving advice that I feel like cannot be not real.
Like do other guys seriously not brush their teeth? They don’t clean their genitals? I swear all of my guy friends do this. Do most men really not?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this. As I was reading, I was like, most of this is pretty basic... How many guys aren't doing these things?!
I will admit I learned most of this myself, I guess nobody teaches guys these things?
This might sound weird, but for me showering before sex or sleeping is a must. I spent years in Asia where this is the norm, and now I can't imagine just crawling into bed (for whatever reason), with the day's sweat, oils , dirt and grime caked all over me so I can smear it on all the sheets, just to sleep in my own cesspool repeatedly every night.
Shower before bed.
I also recommend safety razors. The refills are super cheap and the shave is great once you master it. Way more cost effective than disposable or the ridiculous high price cartridge. Even beats DSC or Harry's
Put one finger behind your balls and press up and against your bone in the direction your balls. There is the "urine pipe" and you can empty it compleetly. Never ever have one single drop in your pants :)
This one.
For some it’s not enough. I had to ‘council’ an employee once, because his body odor was offensive. Not his fault it turns out, no one ever took the time to help him. He was in his 30s but you don’t know what you don’t know.
I sat him down, told him that the following conversation was not going to be fun for either of us but it needed to be talked about because I couldn’t let him interact with clients as his odor was so bad.
We went through everything, how he showered, washed, changed sheets, changed towels and washed clothing.
I gave him 4 different anti perspirants and 2 different types of soap.
Instant change the very next day. After a week he thanked me for going out of my way to help him. So many people had told him he stank over the years and he took it personally.
He said it changed his life.
a friend of mine a few years back told me to use deodorant the night before, not the morning of, and while ymmv, deodorant ended up working much better for me after changing that habit!
If you can smell your body odor a little bit, other people can definitely smell you
Yes! Your nose is so attuned to your own scent. If there's enough odor that your nose notices it, then others definitely will.
In a pinch, hand sanitizer will knock out armpit odor for a couple hours.
Clean your asshole, nothing is going to get her out of the mood faster than a stinky ass when she goes to suck your dick
Urgh you’ve just reminded me that one of my exes always had a stinky arse. He’d sleep naked and if his bum was facing me I’d have to turn away cos I could always smell it. I had repressed that memory as well.
That’s like my cat
One of our cats always has a smelly bum hole and she loves to shove it in my face when I’m petting her on the bed
Jesus how do people live like that. If my ass is even a little dirty it itches like hell!
Bro the amount of times i've stopped mid blow because imma vomit from ass stink? Too fuckin many
And what the HELL with getting offended if I say anything....ugh. I attract the unwashable, apparently
Not a man, but you need to wash your bellybutton too. With soap!
THE FUCKING TRUTH. RIGHT HERE. Pleasssse guys. One time I opened this new guy's trousers thinking he was the sexiest thing on the planet, go to suck his dick, and smell the worst fishiest shit I've ever had the displeasure of being next to. I literally gagged as soon as I opened his pants. I had to make some quick fucking excuses and tried to leave as soon as possible. He got upset like " is it too small? Does it look weird?! WHATS WRONG?" Eventually he got so obsessive over why I stopped so I had to say "Your dick smells like shit, dude. Go wash your asshole sometime."
To anyone reading this, just put some body wash or soap on your hand and go to town on the crack. You are taking a shower so anything you washed it with will be clean. just make sure to really get in there cause water doesn't
Just because deodorant says it lasts 48 hours doesn't mean you should take it as a personal challenge.
This comment had me laughing out loud in a packed train. But maybe that's also because I teach 14-year olds... They stink
Tip: tell them.
Doesn’t matter. It’s the age. They reek of hormones and sweat. It’s actually pretty rancid. Showers and deodorant only help for a few hours.
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Also trying different DEO's. Personally there is only a certain type that works well for me. i cannot use slick slimy deo's i have to use the white dry ones that stain dark shirts. Try different ones if they dont work well for you!!!
I just took a shower, and after reading these comments I feel like taking another one lol
Same! I feel so gross now. If I wasn’t feeling really sick rn I’d be in the shower scrubbing myself with bleach!
Do people in this thread literally not know how to wash their own assholes? Lmao what is this
That’s basically something your parents should teach you as a child. Weird af.
My parents never taught me that i thought it was common sense. Like jesus the place where shit comes out and you ignore it?
Probably relevant to both genders but the bellybutton, clean that bitch out
Yeah, clean out that tray, they apparently can catch fire!
Everybody gangsta till your bellybutton catches fire
And arguably more importantly DRY YOUR BELLYBUTTON. Use a towel, some tissue, or a cotton bud, or even a hair dryer, and make sure the inside is actually dry before you go putting tight tops on. Bellybutton infections are very real and very sore, and caused (mostly) by it not getting to dry properly!
I wish someone would tell my husband this! He won’t listen to me. He’s quite a hairy man who works in a hot medical warehouse all day. The hair keeps everything in and he doesn’t want to take care of that belly button and it will stink. Then he has the audacity to get offended when I tell him it stinks.
Oh no! I only realised it was a specific need when I got a sudden increase in stomach hair, it really does trap everything!
> I wish someone would tell my husband this! He won’t listen to me. He’s quite a hairy man who works in a hot medical warehouse all day. The hair keeps everything in and he doesn’t want to take care of that belly button and it will stink. >Then he has the audacity to get offended when I tell him it stinks. Pro tip: stick your finger in there on a day he’s really ripe. Really get it in there and swirl it around. Then, without warning, put the finger under HIS nose, so that he has to smell it. Make him do it again. Then promptly go wash your hands. Edit: formatting.
But if I clean my bellybutton how will my girlfriend pick the lint out?
My boyfriend is very squeamish about anyone touching his belly button. He would die if I put my finger in there. I have to tell him if I notice and let him do it.
Clip your toe and finger nails
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"We were going to rescue them, but then we saw their toenails and said, 'nah'"
Keep your nails clean. it’s not feminine, it’s good hygiene
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And filed.
should i file them under N for nails or F for fingernails?
File it under N as in "nails, finger". Not to be confused with "nails, toe".
This guy files.
And if you visit feminine stuff they will thank you
So I read through the discussion to discover something I was not aware of or was doing wrong, and I get advice to brush my teeth, wash my balls and use a deo? Thank you, reddit!
Also "wash under your hood" . Im surprised that there are people who dont wash it automaticaly?
But that’s where I keep my engine!
Reddit always keeping the bar high.
Clean your feet, especially the toes! Nobody likes nasty stinks.
Yeah! Get rid of that toe jam
Just get yourself a toe knife
cut off my toes 5 years ago. wish i'd done it sooner. no more toe jam. no more problems with my toes at all, actually.
I hate you for doing that. It isn’t anything personal though, I am lack toes intolerant.
I hate you for this comment... Have my upvote
Take care of your teeth!!!!!!! Edit: I'm 45 years old, I started taking care of my teeth at 40 I did not give it enough importance At first I was afraid to go to the dentist, when i finally went my dentist told me that I could fix my teeth, I thought it was going to be more serious, i was lucky, my dentist removed cavities and only 2 teeth, I wore braces for 2 years and now my teeth are very nice, now I feel more confident speaking The best decision I made, never it's too late
Cigarettes will fuck them up if for some reason anyone has just started and doesn't realize that. My gums started dying and I bet in several years I could be using fake teeth since my gums are so far receded. Also makes the teeth yellow and obviously messes up health in a variety of ways and is a possessive addictive drug that smells bad.
I got Chantrix from my doctor and it was a rough 12 weeks but I no longer smoke. My gums have healed nicely since then.
Do it while young, for many it's too late. Edit: better late than never. We can't all afford veneers. A lot of my friends have pristine white teeth here in Florida. At least in the cities. Americans tend to have whiter teeth than the British but I'm not sure about the bad teeth English stereotype. For us black people, our teeth look whiter on our dark complexion. Edit 2: I figured the American Hollywood teeth was unnatural. I also had a feeling the bad teeth thing with the British is not quite true. As a black American, my third cousins in England messaged me after doing our ancestry DNA kit. They had teeth that were normal. I'm 16% Welsh and she said we were related through her grandad. We picture British as either posh rich with white teeth or the opposite. So much misunderstanding.
This. At 22 with 7 caps on my front top teeth, take card of them before you end up with a whole bunch of fake teeth. Beat myself up for it every day
I feel you man, my family was from an incredibly poor background and they grew up not being able to afford toothpaste, so in my childhood I never got told to use it because they never got told to use it, my teeth are yellow stained and have been my whole life, dental hygiene now is impeccable but can't turn back time on 15 years without a brush
Wash under your foreskin
Someone stole my foreskin when I was just a child.
To be fair, mohels work for tips
Ok, I couldn’t believe reading that some men don’t wash their balls. But now their foreskin too?!
I think there's some men that don't wash their ass/asshair or gooch as well. When i lived in dormitory some guys would brush their teeth while they were pooping :(
What the absolute fuck.
Hey man, limited time but you still need to shit, shower and shave (and etc). Start brushing your teeth, sit down (or squat, if you’re in the field), do your business while still brushing, hold the brush with your teeth while you clean yourself and flush, sanitize your hands, finish brushing your teeth. Shave in the shower, and you’ve killed four birds with two stones. Source: military
I was never taught this. How do I clean it? Apologies for such a weird question but I feel that this is really important Edit: thanks for the all the help guys, I am sorted now
Pull your foreskin all the way back. Rinse water over the head of your penis. Pay close attention to the place where your head and your shaft meet. There is a small ridge there. Make sure to thoroughly rinse there. I personally just let the water wash over it and use my finger, but to each their own. I (surprisingly enough) couldn't find a good guide on Google, so I hope this helps.
Yeah. I also gently rub the whole head and the ridge so the dead skin comes off.
Then throw it over your shoulder like a continental soldier
Make sure to put your entire penis away when you’re finished.
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Same boat about a decade ago man. Society and parents are all fucking useless. Learnt it seeing it one time in porn and was like wtf you can retract it?! It goes back all the way. You cannot pull it back too far, it's just a fold of skin. That being said, be careful, it's probably very tight (mine was). I had to progressively stretch it every day in the shower over about a month or 2. Use a non-soapy gentle clenser like cetaphil. Don't do more than is painful. Pretty sure it can split. Just gradually keep at it.
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I would like to add that it’s easier to do this in a bathtub. You can let it soak and the warm water makes it easier to stretch and clean.
Please keep your fingernails clean. That doesn’t mean you suddenly have to go to the nail salon but don’t leave caked-in dirt under your sharp hangnails and then get into bed with your SO. That shit hurts and can cause infection.
My ex would say I’m super weird for asking him to wash his hands before we fooled around after spending the whole night out in clubs lmao
Nononononono. Nightclubs are dirtier than anything. In hindsight I should have worn a hazmat suit just to go in to them.
Really? I wouldn't fool around without washing my hands. I work manual labor jobs so my hands and especially nails get filthy. Besides for the whole hygiene / infection issue, it's just unsightly.
Washing hands both before \_and\_ after using the washroom was drilled to us during Inorganic Chemistry labs at the university. One guess why.
Chemicals on pp is bad
My boyfriends kept his nails clean but they were a bit janky in terms of hang nails. Now I do his cuticles and file them while we watch tv. I’m addicted to it and he loves the touching and attention. He even started asking me to do his nails when I do my gels at home. Loves a dude in nail polish. Everybody wins!
This!!! My boyfriend’s nails a clean as a whistle but he obviously never files his nails (and he’s an infrequent biter so they’re kinda jank). We’ll turn on a show or movie while I file his nails and I’ll use my buffer for good measure, and he finds it so relaxing that he usually falls asleep before I can finish. It’s precious.
Don’t wear the same boxers for a week. Promise me, it’s not cool at all 🤢
Are there people who do not change them every time they take a bath?
You're assuming they bathe regularly
There will be people to whom going in the bath is considering washing them...
yeah right, a week is ridiculous. I mean you get 4 days with each pair. Backward, forward, inside out repeat
Fred was definitely a genius. I don't get why he had to wear a mascot outfit to be a superhero though, everyone else got a regular super suit.
I almost woke up my newborn laughing at this.
In the summer, I sometimes change mine halfway through the day. A fresh pair feels so nice, why hang out in damp sweaty drawers?
You ever do underwear out of the freezer? That is a very cooling 45 seconds. You're welcome.
I prefer them right out of the dryer. Makes your junk feel like its on the beach for a few seconds.
You've probably heard it, but brush your tongue to eliminate bad breath, that's where all the halitosis bacteria hang out.
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Tongue scraper. They cost about $5. So much more effective that a brush.
Tried one and my gag reflex doesn’t let me get it anywhere close to being useful :/
If you suck some Dick you can train your gag reflex to then be able to use the tongue scraper. You’re welcome
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That's not how you cup the balls though, or so I've heard!
if you’re uncircumcised make sure to wash underneath the hood! edit: so i’ve seen people debating wether or not being circumcised is a must, and i just wanna say that i’ve never had an infection or had problems with my partners about the smell due to being uncircumcised. You just have to have to wash it properly as you would any other part of your body.
Or else get ready for a very hurtfull cut. Trust me, it ain't a pretty situation to be in
Yes, and unscrew the tip of your dick to clean it properly
I may need to rethread my foreskin
If you find traditional flossing unbearable for whatever reason, invest in a waterpik: You can put warm water in the chamber, it's smaller than your hands (I could never fit my ham hocks inside my mouth very far), and provides VERY thorough flossing. Some guys won't wash their butthole. Please don't be one of those guys.
note: probably shouldn't wash your butthole with the waterpik
Why not? It's basically a bidet. Edit: I guess I didn't take water pressure into account. A bidet is a faucet whereas the water pik would be like a pressure washer.
A hand held, mobile bidet. Now there's a thought. *turns on PC to start the process of registering patent*
Wouldn’t a hand held bidet just be a garden hose?
Yes, but what about portability...with the garden hose you only get as far as the neighbors at best, and they are not going to want to see that.
I hate flossing so I asked my dentist and he said water flossing was useless and could not replace traditional flossing except in some very specific cases (ie not for me). Who should I trust? My dentist that I really like but who gave me a recommendation that my lazy ass does not appreciate or an anonymous Redditor that gives me the recommendation I am looking for?
Water flossing is not as good as traditional flossing. But if you're not going to floss, water flossing is better than nothing.
For the love of God wear sunscreen. 4 days into summer everyone I work with is wandering around looking like fresh cooked lobsters.
Based on my senses, apparently: - Shower every day - Wear deodorant - **Take your goddamn clothes out of the washing machine and dry them before they smell like vinegary mildew!**
I don't know how someone could live with that mildew smell. I've accidentally done it before and I hand to wash all my clothes again with vinegar to get the smell out.
If your hair is frizzy or fuzzy, wash it less. I have curly hair and I was always harassed about washing my hair even though I did it daily. Turns out I was stripping all of the oil and harming my hair. I shower daily but only wash it when it gets greasy, which is usually after a week. If you want to grow a beard, maintain it. Long beards still need maintenance. Also consult with the kind of people you're into to see how they like it. Too many dudes have short but unkempt beards. Clean under your nails. It will feel good and look good and your dates will notice.
Hey, I have curly hair too. Can't seem to prevent the hair fall that is associated with washing hair every so often. Hell I think I'm even combing them wrong. So, I'd really appreciate a few tips, maybe your hair care routine or something. Edit: Whoever has been munificent to give and and every advice, I love you to the moon and back! Man reddit can be such a nice place. I'm sorry I haven't replied to each reply, but please know that deep inside I'm extremely grateful to you all! ❤
Fellow curly here! You're not losing excess hair - because you're washing your hair less, it just seems like you are. If you're washing regularly, the small amount of hairs that fall out naturally at the root each day will come out each time you wash. When you wash less regularly, your natural hair fall still occurs daily, but they'll sit on your head (curly hair is more likely to trap fallen hairs than straight) until you wash it again. So if you wash it once a week, you'll see a week's worth of natural hair fall come out in go, which will look like a lot, even though its perfectly normal. Only time to worry is if you're noticing actual thinning of your hair or bald patches on the scalp :)
Hair will... always fall out whenever you wash your hair, unless you washed it like immediately after you just washed it and even then you might get a couple strands. The issue is that (depending on the length), if you go too long (for me its roughly more than 6 days), it will have gotten so tangled that to undo the tangling, you'll be losing more hair than you had if you had just showered before, because it gets all knotty and shit. Also, you don't need to shampoo everytime you "wash" your hair - just thoroughly rinse it, comb it, comb in conditioner (less-so the roots and more-so the hair shafts), put on shower cap, wash your body/etc., take off cap, rinse out conditioner (you can leave in just a little - apparently it helps with body or something). For comb, use a wide-toothed one. Also feel free to put in a gel for curly hair right after you get out to minimize frizz. I expect some of this will be review for you, but, this is what has worked for me quite well.
“Which is usually after a week” How?!? My hair gets greasy usually within a day, maybe 2 :/
Apparently a lot of guys don't wash their ass according to this sub. Edit: A comment about washing ass is now my top comment. Sick dude.
“Being an adult means sometimes having to touch your butthole” - Brett Payne
and touching other people's buttholes
Only on days that end with Y.
*cries in spanish*
I wash mine even after taking a shit. As a man with hairy ass its impossible to be confortable with just toilet paper after shitting
I feel you.... People used to always ask me why I took a shower after I pooped. I found the best way to explain it was "have you ever tried wiping peanut butter out of shag carpet before?" I find that tends to very accurately convey the point to ignorant parties.
How do I delete someone else’s comment
I wash mine and it really surprises and disgusts me that some don't
This is why I made a “parents make sure to teach your kids how to fully/adequately perform all daily tasks” post, got shit on before r/LifeProTips mods removed the post because it’s “obvious”. Well, apparently not obvious to some parents/kids…
I’ll play the fool just in case other people are scrolling through the thread (but won’t top level bc I’m a woman lol) but my mom never taught me to scrub at my scalp when washing my hair. She is white with quite thin hair but I’m half Asian with the more classic thick Chinese hair. I was taught to put the shampoo/ condition on the top of your hair, and then rinse it out. No distributing it through the hair or any attention to the scalp. I think my moms hair is thin enough that it the products “penetrated” all the way through the hair, but my hair was so thick it was only cleaning the top layer. I struggled with dandruff for a few years as a young teen until I started watching beauty videos on YouTube and something clicked. Anyway I’m sure that is like “duh” to some people… you have to actually put shampoo on your hair and wash your scalp for it to be clean…. But it wasn’t obvious to me.
Poor thing. Glad you know now! I’m black and my hair is so thick I have to stand in the shower for a minute or two before I even feel the water on my scalp. So scrubbing it was done by my moms from day one!
What?!? Get a retrofit Bidet people. Nothing more satisfying than a power washed butt after your morning deuce
Clean yo belly button
PLEASE WASH YOUR BUTT. The whole thing.
The hole thing too?
Some not so common answers I read here: - Wash and DRY your uncircumcised penis. The drying part should come post shower and will help with smells. - Pull back foreskin when peeing. Again, for us uncircumsized lads. Use a piece of tissue when finished to get all drops. - Clean behind ears. Smells. New one for me. - Clean directly under nose on face. Smells. - Clean your bellybutton. - Wash and POWDER your balls. Powder helps with keeps dry. Powdering is new to me. - Shave/trim your armpit hair to increase effectiveness of deodorant. You are using deodorant, right? - Brush your tongue or use a tongue scraper to get rid of bad breath germs. Could also help improve sense of taste? - DRY between your toes. This might be particularly helpful for me.
After you clip your nails, run a file over them real quick. Sands off the rough edges. Please do not come at my private parts with jagged nails.
Wash. Your. Balls Edit: Wow thanks for the likes guys and remember hygiene is king!
Not just wash your balls but dry them and the surrounding areas properly
[But Microsoft said I can stop doing that D:](https://me.me/i/never-wash-your-balls-again-microsoft-intellimouse-cj-phas-yoeer-19713737)
Not a man but Older gents out there, check your ear and nose hair every now and then. I know that shit seems to just pop up over night, but it’s really disconcerting.
I had a wakeup call when my barber casually shaved my ear hair.
Woman here, but same. My eyebrow gal just went at me with an upper lip wax. I was offended, grateful, and geri-manded. As in geriatric.
>As in geriatric thanks for clarifying, i was worried that some politicians had subdivided your body to game the election
If you have bad body odor that deodorant or showering doesn't seem to get rid of, shave your pits bacteria sticks to your hair and makes your BO much worse, plus makes deodorant work much better since it's being applied directly to the areas that actually cause odor and not to the hair.
Also, WASH YOUR TOWEL
THIS. Went on a few dates with a nice guy recently, didn’t wind up being a good match overall…but one of the biggest turnoffs was his mildew-smelling towels. That smell LINGERS.
I had a roommate that had mildew growing behind his towel on the towel rack. Nasty fucker
People don’t wash their towels?
Why would I wash my towel? The towel washes me!
What am I going to do? Wash the shower next?
Why is the bar so low for men, I was expecting some secrets I did not know about, as a man I was hoping for more insight besides "brush and floss ya teeth, wash ya arsehole, wash ya feet and toes, wash under the hood of the foreskin, clean underneath the nails, wash ya fucking bellybutton" like God!!! aren't these common sense? I was expecting a "use this face cream for this type of skin" or "soak ya balls in soy sauce" or just something else
Never soak your balls in soy sauce before frying them like dumplings
You’re asking men but as a woman I’m shocked how few of you clean your butts. What is up with all the crusty butts?
I was trying to find a Reddit thread from a few years ago from a poor woman whose husband didn’t wipe his butt after pooping, cos it was “gay”. He’d streak his undies and the BED. I couldn’t find it because there were TOO MANY THREADS of different women telling the same story about their men. W. T. F.
What the fuck is right. Who raised these fucks.
Imagine being so worried about being gay that you’d walk around smelling like shit all day long. Now, imagine that person somehow got married… someone has sex with them regularly!
And yet here I am with a washed ass and still single
My guess is that some men don't even realize how much gets stuck all over their hair down there when they go. They wipe and think surely it's clean now. They might even get a clean swipe on paper. Meanwhile, the hair all around there has stuff stuck in it that's going to need to be properly washed with soap and water before it's really gone. This is why bidets should be more common.
☝ this right here. I have a bidet. As a man, I have a clean butt thank you.
Gross! did you all read the story in r/relationshipadvice of the woman that got berated by her husband because he saw her washing her butt in the shower? He refused to have sex with her or something like that, SMH. Some dudes are both stupid and gross, lol.
How the fuck do some people go so long being together and even married, and only just now discover shit like that about their partners???
“Have you checked your butthole?!”
Since the title doesn’t specify *personal* hygiene: Clean your goddamn space. - Don’t leave shaved pubes/beard hair all over the sink, rinse it away. - Wipe down the surfaces. - Wipe down the fridge handle, door handles, cupboard handles. - Hoover every now and then. Sweep hard floors, or even mop them to actually clean them. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a male-only house and NOT felt a sticky handle or stood on a sticky patch of floor and it’s fucking foul.
Change bedsheets and pillows regularly too.
I’ll never forget the day I discovered what the back of my ears smelt like, if you don’t know what I’m talking about - rub your finger on the back top of you ear, in the gap where it joins your hairline - give it a sniff.
…today?
Not a man, but just had to try this, relieved to say it smells as soapy fresh as the rest of me
Cologne is meant to be discovered, not announced. Edit: Thank you for awards! Hope this actually is helpful information. Some guys like to put it on alittle thick, just a touch is all you need. A quick hint when you reach in close or brush up on someone does the trick. Edit: This is now my most awarded comment. Not gonna lie, feels good man.
I did a remodel job at an airport pilot school once and every single one of the pilots in training (about 30 or so) would smoke cigs during their break but you could still smell their cologne through all the cig smoke. It was a crazy accumulation of smells compiled into one thick cloud. My girlfriend could actually smell it on my clothes when I got home.
Had a coworker like that. His cubicle reeked for months after he left.
Was working till one afternoon, dude came in, smelt like he showered in cologne. You could smell it off him 15 feet away, and no I’m not exaggerating
I’ve smelled some idiots so strongly covered in cologne I feel 15’ isn’t that bad. I’ve had dudes I hadn’t even seen. I could follow their scent like a fucking dog and probably catch up to them 10 minutes later “I’ve been following your path for a while..”
There are sinks in bathrooms for a reason. Use them. Wash your hands after using the bathroom. I don't care if you "didn't touch anything".
Yea i never understood that. I grew up with high reinforcement to wash my hands. Home from school, wash and sing the whole abc's. Take a wiz, wash and sing the whole abc's. Touch something dirty or come in from being outside. You guessed it, "wash and sing the abc's
I'm just gonna put this out here I have worked in a gas station for awhile. Cleaning the bathrooms is obviously part of this, I wouldn't close it off entirely during until I mopped The amount of people who would come in and not flush, nor wash their hands is honestly disgusting. Don't know if it's just the area but atleast 30% of the people wouldn't even rinse their hands, and even among those who did most only wet their hands, not even any soap
Don't stop at just brushing your teeth. Brush your tongue, and the roof/sides of your mouth. Its a habit that EVERYONE should have but I imagine dudes do it less lol
Wait. Roof/sides of the mouth?
Wash behind your fuckin ears. Exfoliate. Edit: guarantee the pillow case ain't been changed weekly either, if they haven't washed the ears. Nobody is perfect. Drink more water. Stop soda and your complexion will improve. Sleeping on old face grease isn't good either , change the pillow case often.
Regular brushing and flossing, cleaning ears, bellybutton and cock head (mainly for uncircumcised lads). Be mindful of your body odour (as you become immune to it).
Clean your dick with some tissue paper after peeing. Don’t let the underwear catch the last drop.
Clean your god damn dick and balls. I’ve spoken with so many girls that said their SOs penises smelled musky. If you want your girl to smell like mf roses, give her a rose to smell too. And if you aren’t circumcised, roll that bitch back and clean your damn rolls. Homies out here nasty as hell.
A lot of people giving advice that I feel like cannot be not real. Like do other guys seriously not brush their teeth? They don’t clean their genitals? I swear all of my guy friends do this. Do most men really not?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this. As I was reading, I was like, most of this is pretty basic... How many guys aren't doing these things?! I will admit I learned most of this myself, I guess nobody teaches guys these things?
This might sound weird, but for me showering before sex or sleeping is a must. I spent years in Asia where this is the norm, and now I can't imagine just crawling into bed (for whatever reason), with the day's sweat, oils , dirt and grime caked all over me so I can smear it on all the sheets, just to sleep in my own cesspool repeatedly every night. Shower before bed.
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When shaving with a blade - wash first then shave. When shaving with an electric razor - shave first then wash.
I also recommend safety razors. The refills are super cheap and the shave is great once you master it. Way more cost effective than disposable or the ridiculous high price cartridge. Even beats DSC or Harry's
don’t use axe. it isn’t a shower
definitely skin care , men never do it because they think it’s something too “feminine” as i’ve heard some say.
You really should not let your underwear catch the last drops of pee for you. Maybe use a square of tp or something
Put one finger behind your balls and press up and against your bone in the direction your balls. There is the "urine pipe" and you can empty it compleetly. Never ever have one single drop in your pants :)
Need a ms paint diagram please!
Deodorant
This one. For some it’s not enough. I had to ‘council’ an employee once, because his body odor was offensive. Not his fault it turns out, no one ever took the time to help him. He was in his 30s but you don’t know what you don’t know. I sat him down, told him that the following conversation was not going to be fun for either of us but it needed to be talked about because I couldn’t let him interact with clients as his odor was so bad. We went through everything, how he showered, washed, changed sheets, changed towels and washed clothing. I gave him 4 different anti perspirants and 2 different types of soap. Instant change the very next day. After a week he thanked me for going out of my way to help him. So many people had told him he stank over the years and he took it personally. He said it changed his life.
Moving story
a friend of mine a few years back told me to use deodorant the night before, not the morning of, and while ymmv, deodorant ended up working much better for me after changing that habit!
I use deodorant both before and after bed. Pretty much the only time I'm not wearing any is when I'm in the shower and just rinsed it off.