My boyfriend and I had been together for a while now, and while I had grown to love him, there was one thing that I hated: his habit of scratching his balls then smelling the sweat on his fingers afterwards. It was, quite frankly, disgusting.
He loves the ‘sweat’ smell from his balls on his fingers
I had put up with it for a while, not wanting to rock the boat, but eventually I decided I had to say something. I was scared to bring it up, as I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but I tried to approach the subject delicately.
I suggested that he might want to consider washing his hands after such activities, and that maybe it was a bit unhygienic. He seemed to take the suggestion well and I was relieved, thinking that maybe he would stop the habit.
But I was wrong. A few days later, I caught him at it again. This time, he didn’t even try to hide it. He just looked at me and said, “What? I like the smell of my sweat on my fingers.”
I was speechless. I couldn’t believe he was being so nonchalant about something so gross. I was angry and disgusted, and I just wanted to get away from him.
I grabbed my things and left. I never saw my boyfriend again.
It’s been a few months since then and I’m still trying to process what happened. I had been so in love with him and now that it’s over, I can’t help but feel a bit betrayed. I thought we had something special, but it turns out he couldn’t even respect me enough to stop doing something I found so gross.
I can never forgive him for that. Even if I had been wrong about his habit, he shouldn’t have been so blasé about it. I guess some things just aren’t meant to be.