AIBU?
to thinks lots of random people KISSING something is fucking revolting and should be banned?
thedirtydirtybastards · 03/05/2011 10:35
I know people may think I am being a killjoy and/or a bit paranoid
but in the 21st century when we are all so aware about personal hygeine and public health, why is it OK for people to kiss and slobber over things and spread their germs? We have just come back from a long weekend in Ireland (republic) and along with the usual souvenirs dh has brought home a crop of coldsores
which has resulted in ds2 (3yo) having his first ever coldsore
I am pretty sure it was \link{http://www.blarneycastle.ie/pages/kiss-the-blarney-stone\this} which caused the coldsores. I do not get them and dh does not kiss anyone on the lips except for me and our dc.
tbh it has got me thinking about other communal slobbering, like communion cups, and I think it is really weird that in an age where people carry alcohol gel to sanitise their hands it is still deemed OK to do this kind of thing. AIBU?
Punkatheart · 03/05/2011 10:39
I think there is a lot of obsession about germs, fuelled largely by companies flogging anti-bacterial products. There is also a worrying rise in OCD. No one has to kiss anyone on the lips if they do not want to. Communion cups are wiped. It's a warm and human thing to have contact.
insertfunnynicknamehere · 03/05/2011 10:40
As someone who lives in Blarney and sees/kisses the Stone on a regular basis, YABTOTALLYFRIGGINGU. The stone is cleaned and wiped and sterilized between each person. Besides your DH/DS whoever is kissing the stone is on their back, suspended really in the air. You arely get to kiss the stone. The cold sores can be caused by anything, at the very least a dormant virus that has reoccured because their immune system is down.
Dont blame the stone or communal thinGS, You are being a bit precious.
BluddyMoFo · 03/05/2011 10:42
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emmam25 · 03/05/2011 10:46
Seriously? The blarney stone gave your DH coldsores???
HSV1, like a lot of viruses, is highly contagious in direct contact but does not survive well in the environment.
Far more likely that he caught them from another person. Given that herpes can remain dormant for a considerable time, he may well of contracted it several years ago.
Aside from being unsightly for a week or so the virus doesn't do much harm unless you're a newborn or have a compromised immune system, where's the bother?
pirateparty · 03/05/2011 10:46
Isn't the simple answer that if you feel like that then don't kiss the Blarney stone/ drink from a communion cup etc? And let other people decide whether they want to or not?
Your dh didn't necessarily catch herpes from that anyway - he may have had the virus dormant since a child and was run down etc.
everyspring · 03/05/2011 10:48
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nijinsky · 03/05/2011 10:48
I tried to kiss the Blarney Stone when I was on holiday over there and couldn't reach - you have to lean backwards over a gap covered by a railing with a massive drop below. Bearing in mind the Blarney Stone is in the open air and gets rained on and its just past the freezing temperatures of winter, I would doubt your DH got the cold sore from it. Probably from something else, such as a dirty glass or something.
insertfunnynicknamehere · 03/05/2011 10:50
Im looking at the castle out me winow right now and I can see(just) someone kissing the stone, they are flat out on their back and the fella who works there is holding them, they can barely reach it let alone give it a kiss.
I might call in and tell them to get rid of the Stone though, specially as it causes coldsores [hmmm]
Xiaoxiong · 03/05/2011 10:52
This reminds me of the episode from Gerald Durrell's My Family and other Animals about his sister kissing St Spiridon's feet:
?A most insanitary procedure,? said Mother, ?more likely to spread disease than cure it. I dread to think what we would have caught if we?d really kissed his feet.?
?But I kissed his feet,? said Margo, surprised.
?Margo! You didn?t!?
?Well, everyone else was doing it.?
?And after I expressly told you not to.?
?You never told me not to....?
I interrupted and explained that I had been too late with Mother?s warning.
?After all those people have been slobbering over those slippers you have to go and kiss them.?
?I was only doing what the others did.?
?I can?t think what on earth possessed you to do such a thing.?
?Well, I thought he might cure my acne.?
?Acne!? said Mother scornfully. ?You?ll be lucky if you don?t catch something to go with the acne.?
The next day Margo went down with a severe attack of influenza, and Saint Spiridion?s prestige with Mother reached rock bottom.
you can read it here
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