30 gross things couples do but don't talk about

If you’re in a relationship, there are probably some things you really don’t want your partner to see … like you squeezing a spot or pooing on the toilet, but there comes a time in every relationship – usually after you’ve had kids – when keeping an air of mystery stops being quite so important. How many of these do you and your partner do?

It’s summer, it’s hot … and you can smell B.O.

Which means you and your partner have probably both stuck your arms in the air and asked each other to sniff your pits while asking: ‘Are you SURE I don’t smell?’

True love, right?

You’ve had a baby together so, in theory at least, your partner should be used to seeing you pushing things out of your body.

Which means doing a poo on the loo while they're in the bathroom – and vice versa – isn’t that much of a big deal, right?

Sometimes you just can’t hold a fart in. So why even bother to try – especially when your other half seems to spend half his life breaking wind.

You’re not alone: a survey by website Mic found most couples start farting in front of each other between two and six months of dating.

Okay, this one is pretty gross.

But who else is going to agree to check if you’ve got garlic breath?

You’re so used to checking your baby’s nose for snot, what’s the harm in checking one more nose?

This is usually done when you’re in a public place, and involves one of you tilting your head back while the other has a good look up each nostril.

But be warned: picking it out for them is probably a step too far ...

It’s impossible to check your own ears. Which is why your partner is the perfect person to have a good old look to see if you’ve got any yucky lumps of orange ear wax hanging around.

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It could be a stray hair growing out of the end of your partner’s nose. Or a hair you’ve got sticking out of a mole on your cheek that you hadn’t noticed.

Wherever the random hair is, you or your partner will spot it and whip it out with your fingernails or a pair of tweezers in seconds.

Now if that’s not love, we don’t know what is.

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This is especially true if your partner has a hairy back and wants you to defluff him ready for a family trip to the beach.

Aah, well – makes up for him shaving your legs for you when you were heavily pregnant.

Aagh, you just hate ‘bacne’ – back acne. And it’s impossible to reach those spots.

Good job your partner is on hand to help out, as long as you return the favour of course. Get ready to squeeeeeeze …

There’s nothing more embarrassing than having a huge piece of food stuck in your teeth and no one telling you.

Luckily you and your partner are each other’s unofficial ‘tooth monitor’. Which means you can eat as much spinach as you want!

Although if you need to do this, it really is time to chuck out those stinky trainers.

Ingrown hairs can be so hard (and painful!) to get out.

Only one thing for it – hand the tweezers over to your partner and shut your eyes. Ouch.

You read that weeing in the shower is a good thing, helping save water on flushing the loo.

And given you and your partner love a money-saving trick, this is one you’re both totally fine with.

Come on, you’ve snogged enough times (although not quite so often since you had kids) to not worry about sharing a bit of saliva.

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Actually this one is really gross – there’s nothing nice about a man-sized toenail clipping hanging around on the sofa next to you. Grim.

Even going as far as smelling each other’s discarded socks, to check if they need a wash.

Happily eating the stick of gum your significant other has already popped in their mouth, had a chew, then given it back – feeling bad for stealing the last piece.

Proudly sticking your bellies out and comparing who is the most bloated after the Friday night take-away.

Or snotty tissues, when your other half is unwell.

Much like you would do for a child, you lick your fingers and wipe that bit of sauce from his mouth.

Long gone are the days when you sneak out of bed early, brush your teeth and apply concealer. Now you're both totally used to that first smelly kiss first thing.

Wearing old underwear, full of holes and not even caring what you look like.

Despite the fact you are well aware that the damp hair ball is a combination of both of your body hair.

Even washing your hair, though they’ve washed their bum in same water only minutes ago.

Who else is going to help you to stay looking young?

Happily both laying in each other's toast crumbs – now that is love!

Taking your OH's razor to do your bikini line ...

Again, like bogeys and earwax, it takes someone else to help out with these kind of things!

Telling your partner in great depth about your horrific cramps and heavy flow.

If yours looks a little grubby. Or scrubbing your face with their flannel when yours has a week's worth of foundation stains on it.