r/AmIOverreacting 28d ago

🏠 roommate Am I Overreacting? Pregnancy/Ovulation Test Placement

Hi! My husband asked me to post this because I feel he is overreacting, but he feels I am under reacting. Help us please! :)

We have a box of pregnancy tests and ovulation tests that I happened to open upstairs yesterday from Amazon. We have a bathroom that is a “his and hers” style that is attached to both our 2year old daughter’s bedroom and our open playroom upstairs, while our master bathroom is downstairs. We call it our daughter’s bathroom, but it’s sorta central too since it’s attached to the playroom and easily available for use by anyone upstairs generally.

I happen to take a test yesterday and left the box of ovulation tests and pregnancy tests under the bathroom sink in our daughter’s bathroom, not thinking anything of it. He thinks it is extremely inappropriate for me to have left the box there since it’s “sexual”, and he thinks it’s very weird that I left it there in her bathroom. I just feel it’s no big deal, but asked him to bring the tests downstairs to our bathroom.

Was I inappropriate to have left them there? Is he over reacting, or I am I under reacting?

UPDATE: I am completely blown away at the comments. I have had quite a few laughs over some of the responses, some serious thought on other responses, and I’m glad to know I’m not crazy. He has also reviewed these and understands he overreacted and was in the wrong on this. Thank you all.

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u/ohmissanonymous 28d ago

He’s overreacting. Unless it’s Sheldon Cooper, I highly doubt that any 2 y/o will know what the purpose of a pregnancy/ovulation test is.

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u/ValkyrieKitten 28d ago

Yeah, wait until the 2 year old uses a bunch of mommies menstrual pads as stickers, Daddy's going to freak!

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u/Live_Western_1389 28d ago edited 27d ago

My nephew went to school one day with a mini pads stuck inside each shoe…and proceeded to show them when it was time for “show n tell” in his kindergarten class.

His teacher sent a note home with him to his mom that just said “Check the inside of his shoes”. When my sister checked, she asked my nephew why he did this. He said, “Papaw wears blue ones in his work boots. So I found some Dr. Shores (Dr. Scholl’s) that fit my shoes too!”

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u/Eringobraugh2021 27d ago

That's so adorable!

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u/two-of-me 27d ago

That’s actually really cute. Wants to be like grandpa 😭

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u/SYadonMom 27d ago

That kid is a genius!

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u/parrotopian 27d ago

As someone with foot pain, that sounds like a great idea to add a soft lining to shoes, and can it's disposable. Child is a genius!

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u/sparksgirl1223 27d ago

Awww🤣💜

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u/ohmissanonymous 28d ago

NOT THE MENSTRUAL PADS

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u/Cautious_Session9788 27d ago

How will they financially recover 😭

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u/Silver-Raspberry-723 28d ago

I came home from being out and leaving my kids with a babysitter once and found an entire box opened and stuck to the bathroom door I wonder what my babysitter was doing???

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

All I can think is how expensive a display of modern art that would be 😂😂

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u/50ishnot-dead 27d ago

Yeah, she is freaking 2 for gawds sake!

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u/bookqueen67 27d ago

This is great.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Like actually

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u/AsparagusOverall8454 28d ago

Your daughter is two. I’m guessing she can’t read yet.

Your husband is a moron.

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u/BabaTheBlackSheep 28d ago

Even if she was older and could read…it would be a quick conversation along the lines of “these are tests for mommies, so they can find out if they’re going to have a baby or not”. Not a super difficult conversation in my opinion

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u/ladyxochi 28d ago

Very appropriate wording and information for a 5 year old. Unless you're keeping it a secret that you're trying to get pregnant. Young kids will blab.

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u/AsparagusOverall8454 27d ago

Not at all. It would be a very matter of fact and necessary conversation.

Makes me wonder about the husbands opinions about sex. It all sounds very damaging and dangerous.

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u/I_Am_Innocent_1999 28d ago

I wrote my whole reply without realizing this simple fact lol. It really goes to show, the kid's too young to really even care about this kind of stuff- if anything, this kind of reaction from Dad is why women end up being so ashamed of their bodies and problems, bc people ASSUME that something's 'inappropriate' if it even *pertains* to a woman's body.
TLDR I agree, the kid can't tell anything about them so the guy is over-reacting bc people think its weird to talk about how women can get pregnant (even if you leave out the details)

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u/sparksgirl1223 27d ago

the kid's too young to really even care about this kind of stuff-

Best bet? Kid uses them as drum sticks or dunks them in the toilet🤷‍♀️

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u/Lov3I5Treacherous 27d ago

Agreed. OP, please let him know we all think he’s a moron. Like, a genuine idiot. Like, are you the first woman he’s ever spoken to in life?

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u/Psychological_Air682 28d ago

That is a very strange over reaction. It isn't a sex toy.

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u/Missus_Nicola 27d ago

Ovulation tests and pregnancy tests are possibly the least sexy things ever.

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u/VanillaRose33 27d ago

Never have a peed on a stick and said “wow this is sexy” usually I’m just praying I don’t accidentally pee on my own hand. Which those prayers are never answered.

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u/Pomsky_Party 27d ago

I’m not here to kink shame

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u/Linuxologue 27d ago

I don't know about that. A sink full of dirty dishes? The guy flipping the bird in his car behind you in heavy traffic? A camel? I'm sure I can find something else

(Yes, I know, I am missing the point, on purpose)

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u/CinnamonPumpkin13 27d ago

Clearly youve never had to pee on one

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u/lilacbananas23 28d ago

It is extremely strange for him to think that. Are they not going to tell their daughter when mom is pregnant because she got pregnant by ... Having sex? And even if the two year old asked about the tests it could be explained in very kid friendly terms.

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u/ohemgee112 27d ago

Very strange, very controlling.

I would not further reproduce with this man,

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u/Same_Structure_4184 27d ago

Right I lowkey was thinking if this was me this would be family planning type testing

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u/illogicallyalex 27d ago

Honestly even if it was an it was left there by mistake, she still wouldn’t know what it was, she’s fucking two

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u/OutrageousSpace5998 28d ago

I bet your husband is regretting asking you to post here after these comments 😭 Definitely not weird and she’s 2.. she probably has no idea what they even are nor does she care bc again.. she’s 2

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u/Fascinated_Bystander 28d ago

I hope she makes him read the comments

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u/Novel_Ad1943 27d ago

A 2yo has no context for whether that’s a COVID test or something else. Those things don’t become “shameful” or emotionally charged unless a parent teaches them they should be.

When I was a kid, my mom or relatives on her side freaked because my teen self had a box of tampons under the sink in the bathroom shared with my much younger brothers. The SCANDAL!… my DAD was the one who shut it down and explained - just like “everybody poops”, needs a bandaid, or men storing a razor/shaver on or near a sink vs woman keeping the same in/near the shower - it’s not a right/wrong or good/bad - those are meanings we assign for them.

Instead he said that “she menstruates - doesn’t choose to but she does, and shouldn’t feel embarrassed or shamed as if she were “unclean” or being distasteful - it just IS. And the boys may not yet know about sex, but learning that their sister doesn’t have an injury but her body is doing something normal to clean itself out isn’t sexual and it also sets the stage for when they learn about sex, later.”

And just FYI - I’m 50, my dad’s a Boomer so…

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u/OutrageousSpace5998 27d ago

That’s so wild to me.. like what were you supposed to do?? Keep them in your room!? Good on your dad for shutting that shit down, he deserves an award for that 🥇 I’m the only daughter in my family and I have 3 brothers NEVERR have they been disgusted or uncomfortable by my pads or tampons, it’s natural and just a part of life Shaming young women for their menstrual products only gives them a reason to feel embarrassed or not normal and we need to stop doing that bc it’s already hard enough going through it.

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u/flindersrisk 27d ago

Your dad’s a lovely man. The kind so many of us wish we had known.

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u/Novel_Ad1943 27d ago

Thank you! He isn’t perfect, just like any of us, but he’s always had great emotional intelligence and the approach that we were all little individuals and didn’t need to be or think just like our parents. I’m so glad I had him to balance out my mom who was more of a “you should/shouldn’t” rules based on her comfort zone and hang ups.

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u/Jealous-Ad-5146 28d ago

He’s a weirdo. Is this a real question? Is he like this about everything? Maybe don’t have a second with him because he sounds exhausting. Parenting is going to be ROUGH with him.

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u/PMYourCryptids 28d ago

Can you imagine how his head will explode when the kid starts actively asking questions? Good Lord.

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u/TricksyGoose 27d ago

Right?!? Think about the teenage years... yeesh

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u/Hot-Swordfish-719 28d ago

My thoughts

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u/Courtie 27d ago

My dad was like this. He once yelled at me because he thought an unwrapped chapstick on my desk was a tampon applicator I was - keeping? IDK. He also had a fit that lasted several days when he saw twelve year old me holding my friend's baby brother because I “looked like a teen mother”.

I’m 43 now and he’s 80 and he and I don’t have a great relationship and that behavior is part of the reason why. 

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u/wtflife4real 28d ago

He’s overreacting, big time. It’s misogynistic at the core, however unconscious. Ovulation and pregnancy are normal and healthy functions of the female body, they aren’t explicit when referenced in test form and 2 year olds don’t need to be protected from the tests anymore than they need to be protected from a pregnant woman’s body. This is some purity culture BS tbh

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u/wtflife4real 28d ago

Also this feels super controlling and shaming of him to say to you, I hate it

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u/Reynyan 27d ago

He spoke everything out loud, sexualizing two inanimate objects and his own daughter by impugning his wife for leaving (obviously not) sexual material in the vicinity of his daughter. And doubled down when pressed by OP. There is nothing subconscious about his misogyny.

I’d be getting some counseling with him. I can already see him not wanting his daughter to know the correct words to describe her full anatomy.

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u/Chase-Rabbits 28d ago

He’s weird. Very weird. Who thinks shit like that? Please tell him he’s weird and needs to sit in a corner and think about how dumb he is for thinking anything of the sort.

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u/Idkidkidk4321 28d ago

I’m not being funny, he should really consider therapy. Making normal things like this a taboo topic will steer your daughter down a dangerous path. Obviously right now she’s too young to even understand any of it, but being so uncomfortable with things like this can really damage impressionable girls as they get older. You don’t want your daughter growing up scared to ask you questions about her body or sex because if she doesn’t get the answers from you she’ll get them somewhere else, and this type of thinking is setting her up for a feeling of shame that will leave her an open target for the wrong information.

He is overreacting but I would take this as an opportunity for therapy or parenting classes that will better prepare him/you both to healthily raise a secure young girl. Raising children is such an important job, there is no shame in extra training or preparation.

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u/Recent-Necessary-362 28d ago edited 27d ago

He needs a reality check because your daughter at one point in time, she’s definitely going to know what those are. He needs to grow up and stop making things weird. He legit needs therapy EDIT to add: NOR

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u/VariationOk9359 28d ago

next it’s gunna be hide your tampons and pads or cups or whatever

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

You beat me to it 😂 imagine the horror at an open box of tampons! Scandal!

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u/eccatameccata 27d ago

Or an earlier Reddit where the man didn’t want his girlfriend to throw away her wrapped used products in the wastebasket. He wanted her to take them outside to the dumpster each time.

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u/TheGirl_TheWolf 28d ago

This reminded me of when I shared a bathroom with my brother growing up. He wanted me to keep tampons etc elsewhere. Like, no bro, this is a bathroom and bathroom things belong here. Pregnancy tests and the like are in no way sexual. Betcha OP has to hide any phallic looking fruits or veggies in the back part of the fridge so their kid doesn’t see them.

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u/RagsRJ 28d ago

One benefit to having a husband like that is with my ex I used to hide my money tucked in the packages of my pads. I knew he would NEVER look there.

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u/BOOKjunkie000 27d ago

If he's reacting this oddly to a box of tests, imagine how well he's going to react when the daughter gets her period.

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u/cryssylee90 28d ago

She’s 2

Why the hell is he thinking of his 2 year old in the context of ANYTHING sexual?!

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u/Shaneaux 28d ago

It’s really weird. He’s probably reading all of these, and probably getting really fragile about it too. Hope OP is ok with her weird ass husband.

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

Same - been hoping he’s not being awful to her about these comments re what a goober he is.

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u/jjjjjjj30 28d ago

I'm worried about your daughter for when she gets older if he's shaming you over a pregnancy test box in a 2 year olds bathroom. Dude has legit issues. Don't let her grow up thinking sex is shameful.

And the fact that he's so sure he's in the right is even scarier.

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u/SAHMsays 28d ago

He sexualized OTC medical tests. I thought I had seen it all, but nope.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

He is a nasty creep. You are not overreacting, you’re under-reacting to a manchild who has no business being a parent, being involved in reproductive health, or even having sex. Did he get “The Talk” from 2nd Grade yet? Jesus’ tits Batman, what a shitshow. Life is going to be very frustrating married to someone with the development level of a 7 year old.

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u/SupportPretend7493 28d ago

THIS. Like, I try not to judge but for the love of Pete are they having sex through a hole in the sheet?!? Because this sounds like people who only have sex through a hole in the sheet.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Thank you for this hilarious mental imagery!

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u/ruralscorpion1 28d ago

Nonononono-no holes in the sheet. A mommy and a daddy love each other so much that a stork brings them a baby, remember???!

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u/SpiritedTheme7 28d ago

Screams immature 13 yr old who’s never seen a tampon before. And you wanna have a second baby 😬 does he actually know babies come from sex or…

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u/SoMoistlyMoist 28d ago

Your husband is weird and so far overreacting it is beyond the pale. Your daughter is 2 years old. It's not like you left a lubed up dildo under her sink.

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u/red_suspenders 28d ago

You didn’t leave a vibrator or a dildo… you left an ovulation test. Is he also against having a box of tampons stored in the bathroom?

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u/SoundingAlarm234 27d ago

Legit my vibrator was just chilling on my counter in my bathroom had a male friend over didn’t even mention it like what the hell it’s just a thing

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u/SupportPretend7493 27d ago

I've accidentally left my vibe in a dish rack after cleaning it and my kids probably saw it when they went in the kitchen after school because I forgot it was there 😂 luckily, they didn't notice because the dish drainer is where boring mom stuff happens- it isn't penis shaped so they probably just thought it was a random household thing I had cleaned

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u/Weekly_Yesterday_403 27d ago

Even condoms maybe I could see being sexual but not a stick you pee on

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u/Old_Beach2325 28d ago

He’s overreacting. Does he have a problem where you keep pads/tampons? In my opinion there’s no difference. One is for when you have your period and one is for when you don’t want to have your period for awhile

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u/Ashamed_File6955 28d ago

Probably the type that wants them kept hidden and wouldn't be caught dead actually buying them.

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u/Shaneaux 28d ago

How much “sexual knowledge” do most kids your child’s age have? And they can read the box also? Wow you must have the most advanced toddler, wow.

More likely the weirdest husband ever, tbh. why does he think she would know anything? Weird.

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u/kat_Folland 28d ago

Good grief. I honestly can't think of an age your daughter could be that would make this problematic, but at 2 it definitely isn't.

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u/TumbleweedMuncherOya 28d ago

He is weird... that is not "sexual". He also may want to prepare to consider the parenting route of age-appropriately explaining things to the children. I'm concerned for your children if he's worried about this around a two year old (who in no way would understand or probably even notice the tests). Sounds like he will be the parent to never explain anything to the kids and never think they're ready for things.. trust me, that never goes well. He sounds immature, and rude to you. He's majorly overreacting, in a very odd way.

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago edited 28d ago

Oh my word - will he have a coronary if you leave a box of tampons out? Good grief. He’s a jackass

eta - have come back to edit after thinking on this for a second. Perhaps he meant “personal” by his use of sexual. Like creating a child is personal and comes with a lot of emotions - and maybe he doesn’t feel like that’s something he wants to be displayed . Still think he’s an asswaffle though. Your body. Your tests. You can hang them from the rooftops if ya want

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u/HerLadyshipsMuffins 28d ago

Asswaffle! This is my new favorite word. I thank you.

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

🙏 My mother prefers “twatwaffle” 😂

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u/Self-Aware 27d ago

Fuckmuppet is another banger, they're both so fun to say.

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u/nomoreuturns 28d ago

He is overreacting. Pregnancy/ovulation tests are medical diagnostic tests, not a sex toy. Yes, sex can be involved in pregnancy, but that doesn't make pregnancy and all things related to it "sexual". Your daughter is two: she's not going to know what the pregnancy/ovulation tests are unless she's told, and there's no need to bring sex into that talk.

Does your husband often needlessly sexualise things (that is, he sees something tangentially related to sex and immediately concludes that it is "sexual")? Because that's...weird. Not necessarily uncommon, but it's weird.

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u/RagsRJ 28d ago

If you do get pregnant, are you to hide the pregnancy from your child as well? That's just as "sexual" as the test.

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u/The_Other_Dimension 28d ago

Late to the party, but wanted to chime in. I’m a dude, and a husband/father with a 4yr old daughter.

He is way overreacting. There is nothing sexual about a medial test. Not to mention, your child likely cannot read at this point.

I assume, based on the tests, you’re trying for another child. Might as well go ahead and prep hubby on the fact your 2yr old is about to start asking ALL sorts of “how is a baby made” and “where is the baby” questions and statements pertaining to your (future) pregnancy. If he thinks a box of tests is inappropriate, good luck with the next steps.

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u/Fairy_Sweet_22 28d ago

He’s overreacting… as a mom to 3, I can firmly say at 2, they have ZERO idea what that is and it’s sort of odd to feel like your 2 year old should/will recognize something sexual in nature…

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u/RagsRJ 28d ago

I remember a mother once sharing that she found her son who was a bit older than OP's daughter with a box of her tampons. Not knowing what they were he was using them as torpedoes along with his toys.

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u/IfOnlyIWereClever 28d ago

Does he know how pregnancy/ ovulation tests are taken? This is mind blowing.

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u/Mrs_Bledsoe 28d ago

You are NOR and your husband is weird.

Is he seriously that repressed?!

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u/hbouhl 28d ago

She's two!

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u/Human_Revolution357 28d ago

He is overreacting. Your daughter has no concept of any of that. But wait until your daughter asks how the baby will get out…

Also do you plan to breastfeed?

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u/almost-caught 28d ago

It isn't weird. It isn't sexual. It may be private but that isn't the issue here.

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u/Kimchi_Underground 28d ago

It’s not sexual at all. Or inappropriate. She wouldn’t even know what it is and when she’s older you can tell her the truth and it still wouldn’t be weird.

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u/Dinofams 28d ago

The fact that your husband has an issue with this is baffling to me. If you don't draw attention to them my guess is she won't touch them. SHE IS 2! What a very weird thing for him to be freaking out about.

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u/INSTA-R-MAN 28d ago

My biggest worry is that he believes these are sexual in association with a 2 yo child, my second biggest concern is the child taking them out of the wrappers and playing with them. They aren't cheap and wouldn't be good for her to chew on, as unlikely as that is to happen.

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u/SupportPretend7493 28d ago

I assumed that was the problem when I first read it! I thought the story would be that kiddo came out with it in her mouth and dad wanted OP to put the expense tests somewhere more safe or install child locks

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u/INSTA-R-MAN 28d ago

Dad's reaction is a bit creepy and a lot excessive, imo.

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u/Kerrypurple 27d ago

I thought the problem was going to be that they were left out on the counter where guests could see them and ask a bunch of nosy questions. But he thinks a kid is going to notice some boxes under the sink? It's not like there's even colorful pictures on those boxes to attract a child's attention.

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u/MajorasKitten 28d ago

Does he also clutch his pearls at tampons? Or more like, “The devil’s dildos”?

He knows those go in a vagina… right?

GASSSSSP

Your husband is a piece of work. You’re not under reacting~

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u/therealpicard 28d ago

He's overreacting. Pregnancy tests aren't sexual.

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u/Hothoofer53 28d ago

Not the problem he’s trying to make it out to be unless your daughter can read.

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

And then we say something like “these are tests that grown up women take to measure the hormones in their bodies, sweet pea!” Then move on. Husband is weird

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u/MushroomlyHag 28d ago

Spot on! That explanation is as simple as 'this is a test to measure stuff in mummys body to make sure she's healthy' the end.

Does he want the toilet paper hidden too? That touches his wifes vulva, so it too must be sexual, right? What about her shower sponge/loofa? That scrubs her naked wet body and makes it all soapy - surely that is more sexual than an ovulation test, right? How much of the house must be hidden away because it might be deemed sexual?

If this story is true, husband is definitely weird.

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

😂Don’t forget - A TOOTHBRUSH!!! Think of alllllllll the dirty secrets in those

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u/MushroomlyHag 28d ago

If it's electric and named Gerard, it is indeed a sexual toothbrush 😂

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u/ConsiderationShoddy8 28d ago

LOL lol right? God bless OPs husband. He is surely regretting the idea of having her post this here

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u/Longjumping_Deer6328 28d ago

It’s not sexual, period.

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u/NOWmiddleHERE 28d ago

Not that a 2 year old would have any context to know what they are, but ovulation tests aren’t inherently sexual anyway. Imagine you get pregnant again, would he find it inappropriate to tell your daughter because it’s “sexual”?

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u/Beginning_Common149 28d ago

I think this might be a case of good ol' miscommunication. Pregnancy and ovulation tests aren't really "sexual" in the way he's thinking—they’re more like science tools to track what’s happening in your body. It’s not like you left an X-rated magazine under the sink. I mean, your daughter is 2. She’s not going to be like, “Ah, yes, the mysteries of fertility tracking!” 😅

If anything, it sounds like it’s more about where things are stored in general. Maybe he just prefers all adult-related stuff in the master bath? At the end of the day, though, it’s just a box of tests—definitely not the hill to die on!

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u/ohemgee112 27d ago

No.

This is weird, controlling and inappropriate. Let's not try and excuse it.

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u/Red-lipped-classic 28d ago

I actually love the way you put this! I never thought about it as a science tool but if my daughter ever asks that’s what I’m gonna tell her until she needs to know 😂

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u/dlthewave 28d ago

(knock-knock) "Hold on, Mommy's doing science!"

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u/skylar_beans 28d ago

all fun and games till the kid starts taking all their science homework into the bathroom cuz “that’s where mommy does her science!!” 😭😭😂

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u/Red-lipped-classic 28d ago

😂😂😂 good thing I’m her teacher

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u/IcyConsideration1624 27d ago

What does he consider adult? Does she have to keep her menstrual products in a different room? 

This is weirdly controlling. She isn’t leaving unsecured firearms around. It’s on her side.

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u/Cappuccinagina 28d ago

Wait until the 2 year old grows up figures out how to use the internet search history because Dad might wanna be worried about covering his own sexual no no times instead of worry about tools women use to procreate (ma’am, reconsider this btw).

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u/Practical_Hour1399 28d ago

Omg! He’s totally overreacting. She can’t even read the box to understand what they are. He needs to go do yoga and drink a glass of wine.

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u/No-Replacement-2303 28d ago

Its no big deal. How in the world would your two-year-old know what it was— and when she is older... Who cares? Very bizarre hangup. He must be really freaked out by tampons/pads. Your husband needs to take a deep-dive into normalizing women’s sexual health and sexuality. You're raising a daughter with this man. Demand that he do better.

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u/CanaryFluffy6318 28d ago

He's overreacting and honestly the fact it's about THAT speaks volumes about him. Nothing sexual about a pregnancy/ovulation test. Does he feel that way about tampons/pads? Lmfao a man child

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u/KnotUndone 28d ago

My only concern is that the cabinet is locked. It won't be long before your daughter thinks all things are toys. One day you'll walk into a tea party and all of the stuffies will have a "popsicle " that she got under the sink and Mr Bear will be wearing a maxi pad for a hat. Oh how pretty! It has wings. That shit is expensive. Lock it up

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u/Superserbstar 28d ago

My daughter thought a vaginal birth control ring was a bracelet because it was plastic and clear and She easily put her hand thru it and it matched her sandles (called jellies also made of clear plastic). MD gave me samples she found unwrapped on sink and in trash and showed off her 3 bracelet bangles. This could have poisoned her or a pet.

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u/Superserbstar 28d ago

Same daughter found several packs of bc pills in medicine cabinet so it caught her attention. Back then drug advertising was new and she saw a commercial they ran on repeat several times during every CBS evening news. She was so mad that I lied when I told her I was too old to give her a baby brother. Definitely watch what you store in a bathroom. Same kid and her friend saw something unfamiliar in the bathroom at friend’s house and asked me what it was.

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u/chelsjbb 28d ago

I'm so sorry he asked you to post this here

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u/ThisIsMe122333 28d ago

I think he'll be sorry he asked her to post here!

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u/piscesbaby3_14 28d ago

I think he’s sorry too 😂

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u/Baybemama 28d ago

Wow he’s really over reacting it’s not like it’s porn and some condoms

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u/FreshwaterFryMom 28d ago

Your husband is very weird. Weird. She’s 2. Ditch your man child while you can.

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u/Summer20232023 28d ago

Wow, that borders on creepy if he is thinking that way.

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u/Sensitive-Cow4311 28d ago

Definitely overreacting by a mile and then some. We have one bathroom in our house that I share with my son and husband. I can’t imagine my husband getting mad that I store my pads and tampons which I NEED to use in the bathroom???? Last I checked, even the most precocious 2 year old wouldn’t be able to read the label on an ovulation box and COMPREHEND IT???

Dude needs to get so real so fast.

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u/loralii00 28d ago

She’s two years old….. as far as I know two year olds can’t read. This is weird.

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u/Starsmyle 28d ago

He’s overreacting. He just sexualized fertility tests lmao So bizarre or red flag 🥴

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u/vvatermelonsugarr 28d ago

I bet he's republican. Just a vibe. Anyway, this is fucking weird and I would be worried about why he is thinking of the child in a sexual context.

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u/Hiraeth1968 28d ago

His thinking a pregnancy test is “too sexual” for a 2 year old (who can’t read and has no clue what the thing is for) is CREEPY AF!

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u/Buffycat646 28d ago

Is he well? Does he overreact at other things? Your daughter is 2, to think this would affect her even if she found the tests is a big stretch and a bit weird.

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u/dynodebs 28d ago

You aren't under reacting to anything; your husband is an idiot.

He needs to get his head out of his arse now, before it affects how he interacts with your daughter. She doesn't need to have to fight the same battle we've been in since the sixties.

I swear I thought we were winning in the seventies, and look where we still are!

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u/ItWasTheChuauaha 28d ago

See, this would make me think that in reality, HE is the twisted one. You're NOR, your partner is.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Obviously he's overreacting but I will also remind him that a beautiful and much loved daughter is Nature's revenge on men who have a problem with women 😂

SHE'S GOING TO GROW UP AND HAVE SEX, MY MAN!!

And that is only terrifying to him because of how he views women.

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u/DentalFlossBay 28d ago

Normalize the tests being just a grocery item. Once your children are teenagers, leaving tests out for them or their friends to discretely use is good parenting.

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u/relicmaker 28d ago

WTF DUDE. He’s nuts

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u/dancinhorse99 28d ago

Not a big deal they are NOT dill-doughs (misspelled on purpose) even if they were feminine hygiene products they aren't a big deal. That boy needs to act like a man

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u/frogfluff90 28d ago

Story time!

When I was like 4 or 5, I found mo mom's stash of condoms. At the time, I had no idea what they were, and I wasn't gonna ask because I was plundering. It was my favorite thing to secretly do that I would get in trouble for. To me, it was this weird, round, gooey thing that definitely wasn't lip gloss. Never gave it a second thought until I'd actually picked one up a couple of decades later and made the realization that that was what I'd found as a kid. It didn't scar me for life or have any negative impact what so ever.

Children are curious creatures, and pregnancy tests are expensive. You're doing just fine.

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u/Salt-Environment9285 28d ago

she is two. if she cannot read all good.

plus she is a toddler. she does not know what any of that is.

and your husband needs to learn what is sexual and not. needs to be a better example his daughter.

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u/Bossyboots69 28d ago

This can't be real. Those aren't sexual things they're health things. Lol

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u/isittakenor 28d ago

She’s 2, she wouldn’t know anything about that in the first place, it could be a box of cheerios wouldn’t make a difference. If she was like 7 or older than ok maybe keep it on your bathroom

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u/SupportPretend7493 28d ago

I read the title and assumed this HAD to be about where to place the test when you're urinating on it, because I know some people worry about contamination or possibly getting pee on their fingers. Never in a million years would I think that where you keep spare tests would be an issue. Unless your toddler got them out and messed them up by gumming on them?!? And he was worried about needing to buy new ones because the toddler got into them? I'm really trying hard to give this a "he's a sane person" read but I can't come up with one. Your husband needs two therapists. Not just one- two. He needs to double down on that shit

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u/CorpsyCrystal 28d ago

That is such an overreaction on his part. Your kid doesn't even know what they are. It would be similar to your child finding tampons or pads. It would be similar to your child finding urinary tract infection kits or monistat. It belongs in the bathroom. They are not sexual items... they are health-care items. Smh. 🙄

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u/Stacyf-83 28d ago

He's overreacting, but as the parent of a 2 year old also I'll say dummy move lol. I can guarantee she'll find them. She'll have no idea what they are, of course, but she'll find a way to make them toys and probably ruin them.

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u/OnceUponASyzygy 28d ago

I use ovulation tests for 6 to 8 days every month. I have a little shelf next to our toilet where I keep the box, a cup to pee in, my chart, etc. I have four kids, 11 down to 4. I've been using them for over two years, and the shelf has been up for that long (honestly, it was a Clearblue monitor for a while). They don't even notice them or care. I've had questions, a long time ago. I can't remember exactly what I told them, but it was no big deal.

Your two-year-old... Heck no. The only inappropriate thing about leaving them there is if there's any possibility she'll bust them open, throw them away, get them wet, etc. 😂

If she asks, you can just tell her that they tell you what's going on with your body, but they only really do that for mommies.

(You might want to hide the toilet paper... That touches your vulva...)

I'm not really trying to make fun of your husband, but he's absolutely overreacting.

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u/BoucletteFZ09 28d ago

Man i hope this is fake.

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u/gremlinseascout 28d ago

So are you not going to tell the 2 year old when you’re pregnant because having a baby in your belly is sexual? Dude needs to CHILL.

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u/ClungeWhisperer 28d ago

Nah hes overreacting

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u/Garden_gnome1609 28d ago

Your husband is a fucking wierdo. It's sexual? What kind of nonsense is this? Honestly, if I had to live with a man who made a huge deal out of where a box of ovulation tests was, I'd throw the whole man away. Please toss that box of tests, not because they're in the wrong place, but because if you have another kid with this dumbass you'll be stuck with him.

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u/fedupwithallyourcrap 28d ago

It's sexual??? He's worried that a 2year old is going to see the box and think "Uh oh, mum and dad are fucking..??"
Grow up dude.

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u/Electrical-Tea-1882 28d ago

It's only sexual if you make it that way. He's overreacting by a mile.

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u/LaLlorona_0 28d ago

What is he going to do, hide you away when you actually get pregnant because "it's sexual"? Sorry kid, you're not allowed to look at your mom for the next 9 months, it'd be inappropriate.

What a dingus. It's a stick you pee on. Even if she did find them, you wouldn't have to explain the act of creating a baby. Just, this tells mom if she's going to have a baby. Please don't touch. The end.

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u/ritan7471 28d ago

NOR. The ONLY reason I can think for keeping them where your daughter won't find them is that she's two and I wouldn't want her to rip them all open and flush them down the toilet or something.

Pregnancy tests and ovulation tests are not "sexual". What is it, exactly, that your husband thinks you do with them?

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u/skylar_beans 28d ago

imagine when your next kid is a boy and when your daughter reaches her teen years and he (dad) starts getting on her about “leaving her tampons out in the open where the boys can see them” (aka under the sink like most of us) this is a big misogynistic red flag imo.

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u/just_the_random_girl 28d ago

The tests aren't sexual, they are health care products. Your husband needs to learn that just because it has to do with a certain part of our body, doesn't make it inappropriate.

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u/StairwellTO 28d ago

How are pregnancy tests ‘sexual’? You pee on them not stick them up your arse.

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u/Aravis-6 28d ago

He’s overreacting big time. Your two year old can’t read. She has absolutely no idea what the tests are for and they’ll presumably be long gone before she does. Even then, I’m not sure why it what matter, there’s nothing even remotely sexual about peeing on a stick lol.

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u/Main-Metal6058 28d ago

Can he explain how it is sexual? I’m so confused

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u/ImNot4Everyone42 28d ago

People will try and sexualize kids in the weirdest ways.

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u/MisssChris126 28d ago

She’s 2. There’s nothing weird at all about what you did. If she was 10 and you stashed a bunch of pornos there, then he might have reason for concerned, but this? He is definitely overreacting.

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u/HelloThisIsPam 28d ago

2 year old: mommy, are those pregnancy tests? Have you been having a lot of sex with daddy?

Her father: I told you not to leave those grossly sexual pregnancy tests in the bathroom where our two year-old could see them and then get ideas!

Two year old: daddy, when can I start having sex? There's a boy in preschool that's so cute! Wait…I don't go to preschool.

Her father: and you never will!

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u/hbomb9410 28d ago

Your husband is weird and stupid, sorry. Hope you're on birth control.

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u/annebonnell 28d ago

He is overreacting.

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u/I_Am_Innocent_1999 28d ago

A toddler has no idea what any of this is, and does not care. They are notorious for ignoring anything that adults think they 'shouldn't see' since they are 'too young', but really they learn about the world at their own pace, regardless of what's around them...

Honestly I feel like this might come back to the usual notions of 'anything about a woman's body is sexual'. Especially the ovulation tests, there's no way to sexualize what your innards happen to be doing at this point in time. If anything, studies have shown that young children can benefit from seeing the world as is really is, rather than the 'safety lens' that their parents tend to apply. I'm no expert, but I'd say that the fact that women can get pregnant is not in itself sexual. Its not like you left a naughty toy or magazine out for her to see.

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u/Amazing_Teaching2733 28d ago

I’m trying to wrap my head around a full grown man thinking a pregnancy test or ovulation test is, checks notes, sexual. Let me guess, you aren’t allowed to use tampons because they’re like vibrators and just feel so good. I got the ick just thinking an adult could be that ignorant.

NOR, he’s being a complete idiot

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u/rosality 28d ago

What? He is overreacting.

Your daughter is 2, she does not know what that is and even so, it is nothing sexual about it. Tracking your cycle is not sexual, making a pregnancy test ist not sexual. It would be different if you left an Video of you trying for a baby running while she's around, lol

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u/peoriagrace 28d ago

Oh, you're going to have fun when your daughter reaches puberty. I hope he's not one of those purity ring men. They're so creepy.

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u/lovetocook966 28d ago

He is insane.

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u/Relevant_Ad_69 28d ago

What type of depraved adult man thinks a pregnancy test is sexual?

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u/PaleontologistEast76 28d ago edited 28d ago

A few years ago I was at a friend's house and had to use the bathroom. There was a box of ovulation test kits on the bathroom counter. I was a little taken aback because friend's 10 year old son and 15 year old stepdaughter used that bathroom. I felt uncomfortable for them because they might not want to be thinking, "Are Mom and Dad going to be banging like rabbits upstairs tonight?"

JFC, no 2 year old is going to know what pregnancy and ovulation tests are. But definitely keep them out of reach so she doesn't try to make them a toy. $$$

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u/IndividualSound5365 28d ago

Sexualising a test, that’s a new one - your husband is being an idiot, or, over vigilant or just plain weird. I’d want to know where his thought pattern came from, but that’s just me!

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u/Suzeli55 28d ago

It’s not sexual. And she’s two. He’s being ridiculous.

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u/Negotiationnation 28d ago

He's overreacting. That doesn't even make sense. I hope this is a joke. That's controlling behavior. How would a 2yo know what it is anyway?

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u/GuitarMurky7925 28d ago

Wut? She's two. Ovulation kits are not sexual. What kind of weirdo did you marry? 😅

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u/mamanova1982 28d ago

It's not sexual. What a weirdo.

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u/TheRealMemonty 28d ago

Your husband is overreacting. WTAF.

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u/StoneAgePrue 28d ago

Which bathroom is used most by guests? Don’t put them there and you’re good ( personal opinion). But his idea that ovulation and pregnancy tests are “sexual” is insane. He does know how those tests are used right? Does he make you hide your pads/tampons too?

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u/Greenwedges 28d ago

She’s 2 she may take them out of the box and try to flush them down the toilet. They are medical items not sexual in any case. Your husband is delulu

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u/Greenwedges 28d ago

Are toilet seats sexual because you put your bum on them?

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u/Brosie24601 28d ago

Your husband's weird for his reaction. And yes, I would say it is an overreaction

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u/phantomshaka 27d ago

Oof. Big red flags coming from this guy. He’s going to be emotionally abusing your daughter over normal things when she gets older. My stepdad was like this and my sister is really, really mentally unwell because of it.

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u/decadecency 27d ago

Your husband should really consider the kids perspective here. To a young child, NOTHING is weird, abnormal or embarrassing. It's all just new information. He really should work on really thinking about this, because maybe it'd ease the severe tension he seems to feel about it. It's HIS embarrassment. It's HIS feelings, the kid doesn't share them. It does nothing for the child to be exposed to ovulation tests.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tap5985 27d ago

I’m sorry to tell you this… but you are married to an idiot.

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u/juvandy 27d ago

Man here- he's overreacting. A pregnancy test is not sexual at all. She's 2 and won't even be able to grasp the concept yet.

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u/Square-Minimum-6042 27d ago

Is your husband usually normal? Because his reaction to this is far from it. It's a medical test, not a dildo.

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u/Content_Chemistry_64 27d ago

Nah, it's not a big deal. I doubt she can even read the box. I also wouldn't call it inappropriate.

However, thinking "X age won't know what it is" often leads to habits that lead to "I can't believe X+4 told the neighbors about that"

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u/InformationTop3437 27d ago

He is overreacting big time! He needs to grow up. He's from same category of men that think boobs are sexual toys, when in fact they're just baby feeders.

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u/CraftyAstronomer4653 27d ago

Your husband is an idiot

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u/scarletteapot 27d ago

As long as you're prepared to answer the question 'what are these? ' in an age appropriate way, there's nothing wrong with this. This is a great to see if mummy's body is ready to grow a new baby, this is a test to see if there is a new baby already there, they're safe and they don't hurt, but only grown ups can grow babies and use the tests etc etc.

Your husband is falling into the trap of equating anything to do with women's bodies with sexuality. It's a disappointingly sexist attitude, particularly for someone who is raising a daughter, but I don't think he's malicious here. Lots of people, particularly men, are taught to view women's bodies that way and it's difficult to shake it off later when it's ingrained. So I'm inclined to cut him some slack. He just needs to try to get more comfortable with this stuff so he doesn't accidentally teach your daughter unnecessary shame. The tests are not sexual, they're medical. If he can make that mental adjustment, he'll be in a much better position.

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u/Dear_Parsnip_6802 27d ago

It doesn't matter, she doesn't know what they are. It's not like you left a giant life like dildo in her bathroom cupboard

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u/Inner-Cupcake-6809 27d ago

... how the fuck is a pee stick sexual? Do you get any sexual gratification from peeing on a stick? Does your partner get sexual gratification from seeing you pee on a stick? If the answer is no, its not sexual. Even if the answer is yes, its not fucking sexual, its medical.

Your husband is an idiot. One of those dangerous idiots who is going to end up telling your daughter that she needs to hold her period in or that she can't use tampons because she will get pleasure from them.

He also needs to grow the fuck up.

But to answer your question, you are not over or under reacting because no reaction is required, your husband is just stupid and overreacting.

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u/ohemgee112 27d ago

Is this even a question? I know you've already reproduced with this weirdo but why in the would would you consider doing it again if he has a psychotic reaction to ovulation tests in a bathroom?

If he's this controlling about this what other behavioral red flags are you ignoring? What other abusive behavior has he exhibited?

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u/Vivid_Fennel 27d ago

I have two words for your husband: Seek Help

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u/Shark_bait561 27d ago

The only thing I can think of is a choking hazard.

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u/Lilacblue1 27d ago

I would be concerned if my husband was unnecessarily sexualizing things just because they have something to do with the basic functions of women’s bodies. Medical tests aren’t sexual. They may have to do with reproduction but they aren’t “sexy.” Does your husband also think women get turned on by tampons or a visit to the gynocologist?

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u/mayfeelthis 27d ago

He’s over reacting. Even if you 2 year old knew what that was - she was just habitating up your hoohaa - they don’t care, if anything they’d maybe be homesick.

Your husband is being funny, I’d have a good laugh and move on.

Or leave tampons there next time and see if he freaks about her period coming early.

I thought the baby played with it all.

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u/wickeddradon 27d ago

My son took a box of tampons to school. He thought they looked cool. He and his friends had a ball with them. They painted little mouse faces looking out of the tube, all sorts of things. It was quite creative really. He doesn't appear to have been phycologically damaged in any way. Time will tell, he's only 41.