to thinks lots of random people KISSING something is fucking revolting and should be banned?

[thedirtydirtybastards]

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?

My son used to lick the handle thingies on the bus. He was one disgusting little boy.

The worse thing I ever saw though was when I was at the Coach Station at Victoria (which is shudderingly filthy). There's a large pane of glass which separates the waiting area from the coach park and, honestly, this window was spattered with drinks and God knows what. I was waiting for my friend to arrive and saw a little boy of about four licking the glass. ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

He obviously did get to kiss the stone, OP, because he's giving you the Blarney now...

YAB hilariously U.

I imagine your house has a decontamination room that visitors have to pass through before entering as well?

I think you know YABVVVVVVVVVU. Do you have things to drive your car through on your drive so your wheels don't get contaminated?
[smug to have avoided the herpes virus for 47 years now]

don't blame the stone, blame your hubby for kissing it. ridiculous.

o dear, drinking the blood of christ = communal slobbering

touch wood I've never managed to get coldsores! Woo!

But yes, YABU and you know it, but it's bloody hilarious to think you can catch them from the Blarney Stone That's high on my list of things to do in the UK...

Perhaps one should air-kiss the Blarney stone, dahling? Mwah, mwah.

The UK confused?????????

I think it's rather disrespectful to call drinking from the chalice "communal slobbering". Do you actually know anything about the ritual?

dirty dirty naughty stone

OP, you are bonkers. I wonder if your bonkersness stems from the fact that you suspect deep down that your husband has been putting his lips somewhere he shouldn't and you're just taking out your anger on the poor, innocent Blarney Stone.

i see where you are coming from op... never heard of the blarney stone, but if someone suggested kissing a communal stone (or anything) to me, I'd think 'no thanks'. just common sense surely, it's not like you're going to get anything positive from kissing a stone!

on the other hand i just wouldn't kiss it myself. if everyone else wanted to, they could knock themselves out.

It isn't compulsory to kiss it. As others have said, if you're against it then don't do it.

But you don't actually kiss the actual stone

OP either your DH already had the herpes virus dormant from before you knew him (perfectly possible). Or he has caught it from someone else and is blaming the stone. The herpes virus is fragile and won't last longer than a few seconds outside of the human body/fluids.

He won't have caught it from the stone unless a herpes ridden slob spat on it and he then licked it (unlikely imo). Unless he fancied walking on the hygienic wild side.

Perhaps you need to re-post in relationships OP...and leave the innocent stone out of it.

Haaaaaaaaaaa I can't believe your DH kissed the Blarney stone. Sucker.

Brilliant thread

The last time I checked OP no one died of a cold sore. In fact exposure to germs builds up the immune system iirc. I think that referring to communion as 'communal slobbering' is a little bit disrespectful and perhaps you should read up on what it means to Christians. They do wipe the challice and I think that if you are ill or vulnerable for some reason you can probably request some kind of special treatment. Churches also usually take communion to housebound people or people who are ill and cannot get to Church. So these people are covered as it were. I for one have been taking communion for quite few years and have survived thus far.

Well thanks for all the insinusations that my dh has been kissing someone else

he hasn't I assure you

and he has never had a cold sore IN HIS LIFE before this, our family doesn't get them, until now.

What is disrespectful about not wanting to slurp from the same cup as a hundred strangers? Yes they wipe it, with the same cloth, between communicants. Ugh.

Hey D,B you are giving it wellie. Calm Down (Not Dave Camerooney)

I was going to say I'm certain that the virus can't be passed by touching objects.

I think you'd have to be a frigging idiot to kiss a stone though. easily led or what?

I am calm thanks:)