Share-partners
Crossing the line is:
~ Squeezing each other zits (Ewwwww. A solo activity if there ever was one)
~ Plucking hairs from each others body (unless one half of the couple is professional waxer)
~ Wearing each other’s underwear (unless you’re into that sort of kinky caper)
~ Sharing a toothbrush (unless dire emergency)
~ Wearing matching clothes (unless you play for the same netball team)
~ Sharing an email address (Sometimes handy, but mostly we should all have our own emails, right?)
~ Buying each other’s very personal items (Girls should buy their own tampons. Guys should buy their own nose hair clippers. End of story.)
~ Eating from each other’s plates (One shared taste is permissible, except for dessert, which should be shared by law)
~ Sharing the bathroom whilst one person is peeing. (Let’s keep some bodily functions a mystery, hey?)
Seen a couple cross the line? I wanna hear about it...




17 Comments:
At July 19, 2007 5:43 PM,
Anonymous said…
OK OK. I agree with the toothbrush, the waxing, the matching clothes, but the whole zit thing... not sure. I'm going to go out on a limb here, but what if you have a massive crater on your back that you can't reach? Surely that's what a partner is for?
I also don't think it's such a big deal to wear your partner's comfy Bonds boxers. I have two words for you on this one: fat days. We all have 'em.
I also don't get so het up about the peeing when he's in there thing. Number 2, sure - there's no way he's coming in.
As for the phone thing. There are times in life when you really, really, REALLY regret that you were all trusting and didn't read your partner's text messages. Trust me on that one.
At July 19, 2007 7:57 PM,
The Sea said…
I knew my friend and her boyfriend were serious when I arrived to stay with them one day and found them in the bathroom - together.
"I'll be out in a sec - we're just shaving my legs!" she said. I thought it was so endearing! And whaddaya know, obviously a recipe for true love - they're getting married in April after 7 years together.
At July 19, 2007 8:03 PM,
pollypringle said…
Yeah, uhuh, right. Are you sure that's what they were shaving, Sea?
:-)
At July 20, 2007 9:41 AM,
reality chick said…
Hmmm, I always thought I could shave my own legs just fine. What a classic...good luck to em!
Anon - thanks for sharing on the boxers, I guess they can make good sleepwear for ladies...
At July 20, 2007 9:42 AM,
Anonymous said…
I heard someone refer to mobile phone snooping as a 'relationship audit.' Personally I still think it's wrong though...
At July 20, 2007 9:55 AM,
Anonymous said…
Yes in theory it's wrong. But what if you have several signs someone is cheating? Is it really wrong then to swoop down and gather that last little bit of evidence you need to make a digified exit?
At July 20, 2007 9:56 AM,
pollypringle said…
Text messages can be misleading tho. You could think they mean one thing and tie yourself up in knots...
At July 20, 2007 9:58 AM,
Anonymous said…
True. But 'I want to rip your clothes off and lick you like an icecream until you scream for mercy' seems pretty straight forward to me.
At July 20, 2007 2:24 PM,
reality chick said…
Ooh, that's one saucy text message you don't want to read. Ouch.
At July 20, 2007 3:38 PM,
Brent said…
Sharing food from your plate with your partner can be quite endearing. I have a friend who would always eat food from my plate, and likewise I would hers (that is if I didn't get a smack on the hand from her fork). When we went out for dinner I usually ordered for her while she would order for me. But that story can be for another time. For now I would like to share a story, a bloke's tale of sharing.
I shared a house with 2 other blokes. The house was quite old so the bathroom didn't have a great deal of shelf or cupboard space. Infact apart from a small section at the end of the bath, there was no space to store one's toiletries. So I kept my stuff in my room and took necessary items to the bathroom when required.
The other two kept their stuff in the bathroom. Anyway with one of the guys in the army and being away quite a bit things got messed up and forgotten about and I noticed only one electric toothbrush in the bathroom.
So... two guys (neither of whom take toiletries to the bathroom) and both clean their teeth. And yes both with an electric toothbrush, and both put the brush back on the charger.
I figured out pretty quickly that they were using the same toothbrush, and even though it is quite yuck I thought it was mildly hilarious.
Guess what happened about a month later...
At July 20, 2007 5:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
We had an expresion back in high school - slag sisters. It meant you snogged the same bloke...now that's share partners...!
At July 20, 2007 5:50 PM,
reality chick said…
You didn't tell them? You bad, bad flatmate! Great story though...
At July 24, 2007 1:54 PM,
brent said…
I was there to provide counsel when all hell broke loose.
Does that one good deed subtract from the bad so that I'm really only a bad flatmate instead of a bad bad one?
At July 24, 2007 4:38 PM,
reality chick said…
I'll deduct one of those bads for providing good counsel...
At July 24, 2007 4:40 PM,
Anonymous said…
Oh my God, I'm one of these couples. I asked my boyfriend to pluck a hair out of my face on the weekend. To be fair I couldn't see it...and he was the one that spotted it in the first place. BTW - he refused to pluck it. Clearly, he knows not to step over the line...
At July 24, 2007 4:53 PM,
Anonymous said…
Yeah, hair plucking off faces is probably something best left to the beautician. Kinda like, you don't nair your moustache if you KNOW your boyfriend is coming round... well i don't anyway!
At October 29, 2008 2:45 AM,
Eliza said…
Good for people to know.
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