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To offer £10 to DD to let me squeeze her spot

20 replies

SirSugar · 27/05/2012 23:10

She wouldn't let me near her until I offered the £10.

T'was most satisfying but did wonder if bribery, WTU?, or a fair exchange deal

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WorraLiberty · 27/05/2012 23:15

Oh ffs

Please come and stay at my house and squeeze my DH's spots?

He seems unable to bloody do it and even though they're miniscule little pimples, he still asks me to squeeze them for him Angry

mumeeee · 27/05/2012 23:19

YABU as you shouldn't squeeze spots. They should be left alone,sqeezing them can cuase infections.

IWishIWasSheRa · 27/05/2012 23:20

I love it! :)

I am also into bogeys and ear wax- my kids hate me.

mummmsy · 27/05/2012 23:22

my mother used to bribe me with kit kats to squueze spots Grin

Tiddlyompompom · 27/05/2012 23:23

DH used to pay me £5 to cut his toenails.

lisaro · 27/05/2012 23:26

YABU! You should've started at a pound and haggled Grin That's my MO.

Veruca · 27/05/2012 23:30

If it was a good'un then yanbu!

Cathycomehome · 27/05/2012 23:36

Yabu I got my son down to a fiver Grin

giraffesCantFitInThePalace · 27/05/2012 23:38

I keep thinking i have great big spots on my shoulder, but it is heat rash. :(

AltruisticEnigma · 27/05/2012 23:46

You are kinda being unreasonable.

  1. Spots really shouldn't be squeezed. Put some cream to cover them up if necessary, but squeezing them spreads germs through pus and it can cause infections.
  1. Is giving money to a child to do anything except from a predetermined chore like cleaning the car or washing the dishes aka like a mini job really a way to get your kids to let you do things? It's setting off a bad trend. Soon you'll have to pay her to let you clean her room. I mean, seriously.

I hate spots, they are ick. :/

thecook · 27/05/2012 23:48

Ooh I love spot squeezing. Love blackheads and whiteheads too. Unfortunately I have very clear skin. I am actually thinking of getting some halogen lights in my bathroom as I was told by a very good authority on another thread that they show up all sorts of imperfections not visible to the naked eye!

My ex had the most wonderful blackheads on the back of his calves. Many a hour was spent squeezing them!

Kayano · 27/05/2012 23:49

There is nothing better in life than finding a huge spot with a white head on it

Except finding a huge blackhead Grin

WorraLiberty · 28/05/2012 00:11

I honestly don't believe anyone who says spots should not be squeezed.

Yes they shouldn't be squeezed before they're 'ripe'

But when they're bursting out then yes they should definitely have the pus squeezed out and by the next day, they'll be almost gone.

I never get spots...yet the other week I felt a pain in the middle of my back and when I asked DH to have a look, he said it was a huge 'over ripe' spot.

He said when he squeezed it at first, the pus was rock hard and had formed a blockage

But he squeezed and got rid of it all...it was fine the following day.

Cathycomehome · 28/05/2012 00:19

Actually, I have just discovered a spot on my shoulder blade that guttingly I have no chance of being able to squeeze. I offer it to anyone who'd like it...

bitbewildered · 28/05/2012 00:27

I prefer a nice big blackhead. Or the soapy goo that you can get out of ear piercings which haven't been used for a while.

When I was about 7, my 20 year old brother paid me to gently peel his peely back (in the days before skin cancer awareness) when he got home from holiday! Bliss! Grin

SageYourOracle · 28/05/2012 00:28

Sung to the tune of Wuthering Heights: Pick me! Pick meeee, Cath-eee!
I'll squeeze your spot!

Soooo glad I'm not the only one who delights in spot squeezing! OP- YANBU!

CaliforniaLeaving · 28/05/2012 06:17

Ugh, squeezing spots id so yuck!
Our Ds used to see the dermatologist regularly his acne was pretty bad, the Doc said to clean his face, then clean a pin, and release the pressure before giving a gentle squeeze then clean and apply his cream. Ewwww!!

CaliforniaLeaving · 28/05/2012 06:17

is, not id.

get0rfm0iland · 28/05/2012 07:46

I paid a fiver to dd when she was 14 to squeeze an amazingly ripe blackhead which was just begging to be squuezed.

She thought I was revolting but was quite happy to accept the fiver.

She has very clear skin now so I haven't squeezed a blackhead for years Sad

get0rfm0iland · 28/05/2012 07:46

I paid a fiver to dd when she was 14 to squeeze an amazingly ripe blackhead which was just begging to be squuezed.

She thought I was revolting but was quite happy to accept the fiver.

She has very clear skin now so I haven't squeezed a blackhead for years Sad

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