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eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/03/2025 16:20

I blow my nose on the washing before it goes in the machine... rather than find a tissue!

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WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:15

Avatartar · 25/03/2025 23:14

“my mum dusts the telly with her fluffy cat” my favourite on here, poor cat.
my dog licks my feet

Every well trained dog licks their owner's feet 🤣

Avatartar · 25/03/2025 23:14

“my mum dusts the telly with her fluffy cat” my favourite on here, poor cat.
my dog licks my feet

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:12

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:10

I'm so glad it's not just me 🤣. I've never had an ear infection either, although I have blocked my ears occasionally because I assume I'm not letting them flow naturally. I'd love a broken off cotton bud coated in my own earwax to sniff on.

Believe me, I am glad to know someone else does this too.
He left it for about 2 days before telling me about it. Probably for maximum wax and smell.

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:10

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:05

My boyfriend loves his own earwax too.
I often catch him having a little probe with a finger then a sniff.
One time a cotton bud snapped and got stuck in his ear. Yes I know it is bad to stick them in your ear!
Anyway, he asked me to help get it out and then asked if he could have the bud so he could give it a good old sniff.

I'm so glad it's not just me 🤣. I've never had an ear infection either, although I have blocked my ears occasionally because I assume I'm not letting them flow naturally. I'd love a broken off cotton bud coated in my own earwax to sniff on.

MooFroo · 25/03/2025 23:06

Letmehaveabloodyusernameplease · 25/03/2025 22:26

I do this too! 🙈

And me!

I fart in public sometimes when I can’t hold it in b- sorry!

WeylandYutani · 25/03/2025 23:05

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 22:56

I poke the strings from hoodies into my ears and smell my own earwax. I absolutely love the smell of my own earwax. The thought of smelling someone else's earwax make me want to vomit, but I love the smell of mine.

I've done it since I was a child.

My boyfriend loves his own earwax too.
I often catch him having a little probe with a finger then a sniff.
One time a cotton bud snapped and got stuck in his ear. Yes I know it is bad to stick them in your ear!
Anyway, he asked me to help get it out and then asked if he could have the bud so he could give it a good old sniff.

Naillig222 · 25/03/2025 23:04

I smell the armpits of DH tshirts before I put them into the washing machine. I have no idea why but I do it every time.

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 23:03

Definitelymaybe93 · 25/03/2025 23:01

I sometimes bite a tiny piece of fingernail off and use it as a mini toothpick…

I use a little bit of torn off and folded paper if I'm not near my floss. I'd be scared about getting my fingernail stuck there too 🤣

PyongyangKipperbang · 25/03/2025 23:03

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 25/03/2025 16:20

I blow my nose on the washing before it goes in the machine... rather than find a tissue!

Not at all disgusting! Far more enviromentally friendly than using throw away tissues, I have started using hankies as they go in with a normal wash, you pay for them once only and they are not waste.

As for disgusting things, I am not sure I have any apart from the above but men I have known......

Scratching various parts of their bodies and sniffing their fingers
Picking their nose, inspecting it and then flicking it somewhere in a home or car
Not washing their hands....ever, unless in the shower and then I suspect only by coincidence
Licking their plates after a meal

I am joyously single.

Definitelymaybe93 · 25/03/2025 23:01

OneFingerOneThumbKeepMoving · 25/03/2025 22:48

If I get food stuck between my teeth, I have been known to pluck a head hair and use it as dental floss 🤦🏻‍♀️

I sometimes bite a tiny piece of fingernail off and use it as a mini toothpick…

Definitelymaybe93 · 25/03/2025 22:59

I smell my own period blood 🫣 In my defence, I’m ND with sensory issues! I actually learned it’s quite good to do this because if it starts to smell off it can be a sign of an infection.

I also get clots sometimes and squeeze them between the toilet paper to burst them…

WhenICalledYouLastNightFromTesco · 25/03/2025 22:56

I poke the strings from hoodies into my ears and smell my own earwax. I absolutely love the smell of my own earwax. The thought of smelling someone else's earwax make me want to vomit, but I love the smell of mine.

I've done it since I was a child.

JudgeJ · 25/03/2025 22:56

Bubblebubblepoppop · 25/03/2025 22:09

It has already been mentioned but I too love picking my nose, obviously just in the privacy of my own home. Especially if it's been a few days- I seem to get huge bogies right in the corners of my nostrils so they come out sort of flattened. I often wipe them on my leggings, admire them, wait until they are bone dry and then pick them off and finally get rid of them in a tissue 😂

We've done a few long road trips in the South West of the USA, lots of desert areas and I love getting cornflake bogeys, incredibly dry and large that I can blow out.

Lovelylydia · 25/03/2025 22:55

exhaustedandwholly · 25/03/2025 21:16

Nope, no piles that I'm aware off! I'm not sure I'd like a bidet, I would get worried the shit would shoot straight into my vagina!

I’ve just discovered Wype - cleaning gel you put on your toilet paper.

Boredofbeinganadult · 25/03/2025 22:54

Echobowels · 25/03/2025 17:56

I do this... and then eat it! 🤮

🤢

AlpacaMittens · 25/03/2025 22:54

Keiththecatwithamagichat · 25/03/2025 16:51

I pick at the dry skin on my heels.

I was building the courage to share this... So glad I'm not alone!

Horses7 · 25/03/2025 22:50

Yikes I feel very righteous as I can’t really think of anything that I do that’s disgusting, don’t think husband does either (but then would I know??)
There’s lots that I see others do…. Not washing hands after toilet, spitting in street etc etc

Muffintopgalore · 25/03/2025 22:49

I shower twice a week, unless I’m on my period, where I shower at least every other day.
I used to shower more often but then having 2 kids under 2 coupled with a shoulder injury reduced the frequency. And I found that I didn’t smell or feel dirty either, but I’m not a sweaty person really

OneFingerOneThumbKeepMoving · 25/03/2025 22:48

SheWaits · 25/03/2025 19:11

For some reason this one made me snort, and my daughter came in to see what was wrong with me.

If I get food stuck between my teeth, I have been known to pluck a head hair and use it as dental floss 🤦🏻‍♀️

CrazyCatMam · 25/03/2025 22:40

Why hello you dirty dark corner of MN, where have you all been hiding?

I’ve found my people.

JudgeJ · 25/03/2025 22:35

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 25/03/2025 19:06

😄😄 yes, live your best life, why not

Because there will come a time, faster than you think, when that method becomes a necessity rather than a bit of mischief!

JudgeJ · 25/03/2025 22:33

pinkgown · 25/03/2025 18:35

I wee on the compost heap if I need to go when in the garden

My late OH used to call it nitrogenating the soil, I think he got that from Captain Corellis Mandolin.

Readyornot8565 · 25/03/2025 22:27

Purplebunnie · 25/03/2025 22:11

Use a sheet of toilet paper to open the door then drop into the loo. I have been known if the facilities are a bit grim to use a sheet of loo roll to flush the toilet and if you are very clever it gets flushed away. It's a good game😂

See, I don't bother doing this because I know I'm going to wash my hands immediately after touching it... And I always close the lid before flushing because if you don't, then all of the toilet germs will get sprayed up and out! 😷

Letmehaveabloodyusernameplease · 25/03/2025 22:26

ThatsNotMyTeen · 25/03/2025 18:17

Sometimes I dust the bedside table, bathroom shelves etc with clothes im about to put in the wash. Socks, leggings etc

I do this too! 🙈

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/03/2025 22:25

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 25/03/2025 16:32

Not disgusting but weird

I sometimes climb the stairs on all 4s when dd isn't home 🤭

I bet you do the Crocodile down the stairs too don’t you, admit it.🤣