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Fanny condensation

557 replies

ClopySow · 08/11/2016 21:46

On plastic chairs. Just me?

Please tell me it's not just me. It happened tonight at school parents meeting. Stood up after a nice chat with the maths teacher and there is it, the diamond shaped condensation patch of doom.

I nearly name changed because i am very embarrassed, but fuck it.

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Ravenesque · 10/11/2016 18:02

I love fanny farts and haven't had one in years, which is quite disappointing.

I remember my first one, I had no idea such a thing existed and I gasped and then started laughing because it was funny and mental and sort of tickled. As I laughed more came out and it felt as though my fanny was playing the Reveille. It felt like a rite of passage into womanhood.

I am woman, hear my fanny roar!

Mindtrope · 10/11/2016 18:02

If it's all to do with condensation, then why don't all women get it?

I sit on my fair share of cold park benches, plastic office chairs etc. It's never happened to me.
I assume my body temperature is normal.

ShatnersBassoon · 10/11/2016 18:01

Perhaps men do get it, or the area that comes into contact with the chair doesn't get as warm as the same area on women, or there is naturally less moisture trapped in that area. Like I say, a seemingly bone dry hand will leave condensation on a cold window, so a seemingly dry crotch can on a cold chair. It isn't caused by wet knickers Hmm

SharingMichelle · 10/11/2016 17:57

I came here via the MN daily email where i misread the thread title as 'fanny condescension '.

I... don't know what i was expecting...

GlassCircles · 10/11/2016 17:57

It's really nothing to do with secretions at all, any more than condensation on a window is.

Warm moist air gets trapped under you when you sit - when you get up it rapidly cools and forms droplets, aka fanny mist/diamond of doom!

ShatnersBassoon · 10/11/2016 17:56

Not sure i've ever uttered these words before, but being a wheelchair user obviously has its perks

That did make me laugh Grin

Mindtrope · 10/11/2016 17:56

So if it's condensation why don't men get it?

And some of you must be walking around with wet knickers if it's so common.

PSG1968 · 10/11/2016 17:56

Oh my goodness this thread is hilarious loving everyones thoughts

Hushabyelullaby · 10/11/2016 17:55

I used to get this and would love to have known the coping strategies. Not sure i've ever uttered these words before, but being a wheelchair user obviously has its perks Smile

ShatnersBassoon · 10/11/2016 17:55

I explained pages back that it's like putting your warm hand on a cold window. Your hand might seem to be bone dry, but you'll still see condensation. Or is that an embarrassing phenomena that women ought to shut up about too? Hmm

Ravenesque · 10/11/2016 17:55

If anyone hasn't had it, or notice it yet. You will and you will. I don't get too embarrassed about it because I figure it's just condensation and it'll evaporate before anyone gets a good look at it. If you're worried and can't twerk your way off the chair, just stand and take a moment to shake hands, pick up your bag, make a few seconds of small talk and then move on. Your patch of doom will be long gone.

ShatnersBassoon · 10/11/2016 17:52

*It's NOTHING TO DO WITH SECRETIONS

It's condensation caused by hot/cold interface. Honestly people, it's just science.

Why do people have to be so odd about it? Jeez if you don't have it happen, you don't have it happen. No need to be so affronted about it.

It's not a slur on womankind*

Well said, that woman.

SapphireStrange · 10/11/2016 17:52

Pantyliners don't help because it's not about secretions (someone may already have tried to tell the thread this, not that it seems to be listening Wink).

jazmin2016 · 10/11/2016 17:51

I shower everyday and am very clean so i know its nothing to do with hygiene, its just one of those things ladies ... I tend to my coat or cardigan over the chair before i sit down, works a treat Smile

SharingMichelle · 10/11/2016 17:50

I'm not sure about fanny condensation, but i once left a crack sweat puddle so awful i could never go back to that hairdresser again. Which was a shame because they were lovely, and cheap.

CockacidalManiac · 10/11/2016 17:50

No wonder women get belittled and ridiculed by men with stupid threads like this! No - I don't, and neither do the majority of us.

Hold your horses, us men get it too. Only the back half, obvs.

SheWhoDaresGins2 · 10/11/2016 17:49

It's not so much a seepage Mindtroupe it's a damp/condensation/mist patch left after a hot undercarriage gets off a seat, usually a plastic or leather seat. Bit like when you put a hot pot on the bench, lift it up and the bench is wet off the condensation.

I'm going to staple silca sachets into my gusset and see if that helps Grin

Mindtrope · 10/11/2016 17:49

sonjae really? Im' 56 and haven't noticed any change.

Deejoda · 10/11/2016 17:48

Fantastic thread! Hasn't happened to me and I pray it never does.
Real - this is a space for mums and a great place to speak our minds. Who gives a toss what men think? That is why they have such power over us and sexism is alive and well

NoelHeadbands · 10/11/2016 17:48

It's NOTHING TO DO WITH SECRETIONS

It's condensation caused by hot/cold interface. Honestly people, it's just science.

Why do people have to be so odd about it? Jeez if you don't have it happen, you don't have it happen. No need to be so affronted about it.

It's not a slur on womankind

Sonjae · 10/11/2016 17:44

It'll stop once you get into your 40s. Then it's all downhill from there. It's like having a fanny made from sandpaper 😫

Mindtrope · 10/11/2016 17:44

I have no idea what this thread is about. Never heard of this.

If it's sweat then clothing material/weight needs to be addressed.
Vaginal discharge- if you are staining furniture then it's a medical problem/
Urine- again a medical issue.

MotherFluffer · 10/11/2016 17:44

omg, i've never had this? I can't see why because my fanjo is as juicy as any. I get all sorts of discharge but I've never had anything than blood soak through clothing. I'll be looking out for it though!!

jazmin2016 · 10/11/2016 17:43

Hahaha its happened to me after an interview and when i saw it after getting up out of the chair i was so embarrassed i actually pointed it out to the male interviewer Shock he looked and said 'oh'...still got the job though hahaha

PerspicaciaTick · 10/11/2016 17:40

But have you ever looked Real? You might be doomed too.
And who voted you boss of all the women?

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