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can you chose how you sneeze?

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Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 29/03/2019 22:32

how do you sneeze?

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GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 29/03/2019 22:33

No (I’m very loud)

SummerHouse · 29/03/2019 22:34

My DP definitely MAKES THE MOST OF IT!

DianaPrincessOfThemyscira · 29/03/2019 22:37

No. I go all out. If I try and hold it in it hurts and my ears pop. I really genuinely can’t do it quietly.

OldAndWornOut · 29/03/2019 22:38

I get really angry with people who unexpectedly trumpet out a huge sneeze.
I'm not sure why, but I feel like hitting out at them.

kaldefotter · 29/03/2019 22:39

If you pinch the bridge of your nose, you can make an ‘ach-eee’ sound rather than an ‘ach-OOO’ sound. After a while of this, you’ll be able to keep this up without needing to pinch.

MarkleSparkle · 29/03/2019 22:39

I can do a quiet one if I’m in a quiet room/cinema/theatre etc. Otherwise no.

ghostpop · 29/03/2019 22:39

Mine are loud and I can tell people find it obnoxious. I can't help it!

DramaAlpaca · 29/03/2019 22:41

I sneeze very loudly if I'm on my own, but in public I can smother them so they are just a sneezy squeak.

DH always does enormously loud sneezes that make me jump. And then does about four more in quick succession. He is incapable of sneezing just once.

SummerHouse · 29/03/2019 22:43

It's a thing. Sneeze intolerance is an actual thing. Like the thing where eating is really annoying. Sorry for unscientific post but can't be bothered to Google.

MitziK · 29/03/2019 22:44

Like a normal human. Not like an ex, who would deliberately shout AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO as part of it.

Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 29/03/2019 22:50

My sneezes so i'm told are very small , just ah choo, , I dont think I have any choice

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Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 29/03/2019 22:52

i just sneezed again, and it was just choo,choo,choo

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mineofuselessinformation · 29/03/2019 22:52

I can't. If I try to hold them in they hurt.
So, it's a very loud 'atchoo' through the mouth from me!

RunningNinja79 · 29/03/2019 23:00

I choose. If Im at home I let it out loud, but I can keep them quiet if needs be, say if Im anywhere apart from home.

everythingisginandroses · 29/03/2019 23:03

You can train yourself to stifle sneezes. It hurts at first, but it's fine. My grandfather never let out a sneeze in the 28 years I knew him, and when I finally learned to stifle mine (almost always, anyway) in my 30s, I finally knew I was a proper grown-up Smile

JuliaAndJulia · 29/03/2019 23:03

My husband laughs at me coz he thinks I am faking a sneeze. Apparently my sneezes are too 'quiet'. I prefer not being noticed when I sneeze Grin

everythingisginandroses · 29/03/2019 23:08

I used to work in an office with a woman who let out a volley of sneezes at exactly the same time every afternoon, without fail. It was quite uncanny. I somehow knew that this led other people (not to just me) to wonder if her orgasms were always multiple too Blush

Deadringer · 29/03/2019 23:10

I have a very loud sneeze, if I try to contain them they end up sounding like a scream. They often take me by surprise too.

SheWoreBlueVelvet · 29/03/2019 23:11

YES. I have a very little sneeze because 7 sneezes is an orgasm.appatently.

Is is a lie,

actually people like small sneezes far more than some twat ( male) that does a huge disgusting number round the office,

clairemcnam · 29/03/2019 23:47

Loud sneezer here, I can hold in small sneezes, but not large ones. If I try to it pauses it for a few seconds, then forcibly comes out loud and with lots of saliva - which i dont usually have.

coffeecoffeecofffee · 29/03/2019 23:51

Quietly- I hold it in and do an inward sneeze. Hate when people sneeze loudly and dramatically everywhere.

Deadringer · 29/03/2019 23:58

How does one sneeze dramatically?

MaisondeChats · 30/03/2019 07:43

It depends how much warning I have. If I can feel it coming in I can ready myself to do it inwardly. Sometimes they just take me by surprise, and can be quite loud! DH says I always sneeze three times in a row. I'd never noticed it before but I have now. Thanks DH.

SammySamSam09 · 30/03/2019 07:52

Yeah I can stifle my sneezes and often do when in public.
My son who is a teenager has dainty sneezes which are so cute compared to my brother's sneezes that scare everyone because they are so loud and without warning.

Thehogfatherstolemycurry · 30/03/2019 07:57

Yes I sneeze quietly lots, always a volley of 6-8 sneezes together (never made me orgasm lmao )
I have bad allergies though so have learned to minimise it.