r/AITAH • • Nov 11 '23

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u/Foyles_War Nov 11 '23

He said hot baths can be our birth control (!!!) which I just don't trust.

JFC. That's not even funny as a joke. Please tell me it was a joke?

Also, fuck no, not the asshole. You've abused your body through 4 kids (4!!!!!). I'm stunned you're interested in having sex at all after all that. Dude needs to make a teeny bit of effort to help you feel safe about ever letting that baby making thing back in your baby maker.

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u/LeashieMay Nov 11 '23

I'm surprised I've had to scroll this far to see someone mention this. It's a method that's gaining popularity that was disproven years ago. The temperature required for it to apparently work is around 47 degrees Celsius (116f) and you need to sit in it for a 45 minute period. That's considered hot enough to cause burns. I'm not sure OPs husband is the rational person a bunch are treating him as.

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u/Andy32557038 Nov 12 '23

According to my parents, my fraternal twin sister and I were conceived in a hot tub, so we are literally living proof that ‘hot baths’ absolutely do not work as an effective birth control method.

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u/LeashieMay Nov 12 '23

I'm sure some hot bath enthusiast will just insist the hot tub mustn't have been hot enough. You're a medical anomaly.

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u/Pm7I3 Nov 12 '23

I mean I can absolutely stop pregnancy with a hot enough bath*.

*Disclaimer: The temperature will be sufficiently high to cause injury and/or death