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The Europeans do it so why don’t we??

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MatildaM92 · 18/08/2023 15:26

Why do us Brits seem to have such an aversion to using suppositories compared to Europeans?

I myself have used glycerin suppositories when I’m constipated, and my daughter has had to have paracetamol ones when she can’t keep anything down with sick bugs etc. I just pop some rubber gloves on and a dab of vaseline and get on with it. Ok admittedly my daughter doesn’t love it (and neither do I) but she knows it helps her get better more quickly.

My husband grew up in France and always finds it strange that they aren’t used more commonly here, people of all ages use them over there for all matter of ailments.

Are we just too delicate to deal with bottoms??

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Lenald2512 · 18/08/2023 19:53

SarahShorty · 18/08/2023 18:57

clears throat

We're not. That's like saying Mexicans are American because they're on the same continent as the USA. Or that Putin must be Chinese because Russia spans across the European and Asiatic continents. The European continent is not the same as Europe. There's a reason we refer to it as 'the continent', they are a completely different history to us.

Carry on.

What lol. I would defo say we’re Europeans.

ThisOldWoman · 18/08/2023 22:13

Blackberriesbob · 18/08/2023 16:50

Not to be a pedant but aren't British people also European? I'm not British, so it's no skin off my nose.

Well thereby hangs a tale . . .

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