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AIBU?

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Blowing your nose in the shower

35 replies

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 11:58

I think the actual nose blowing is fine. Environmentally friendly as it involves no paper, and no more water used than in a regular shower.

But AIBU to think that if you are a showering nose-blower, you should ensure all traces are damn well washed away so that the next showerer doesn't unwittingly stand in a MASSIVE PILE OF SNOT?

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MisselthwaiteManor · 24/09/2013 12:00

Oh god, that's grim Sad

edlyu · 24/09/2013 12:02

Hopefully the nose-blower was a member of your own family because otherwise ... < Boak face > < wonders why we dint have a boak face icon?>

VenusDeWillendorf · 24/09/2013 12:04

ScrambledSmegs, your name is very apt.

Y to blowing out mucus from nose in shower, y also to making sure it's gone down the plug hole.

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 12:05

Definitely hope the nose-blower was my DH as otherwise someone broke into my house for the express purpose of leaving their bogey in my shower tray Shock

It happened at 7am and I'm still getting hideous flashbacks.

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dumbelina · 24/09/2013 12:08

DH does this. It is beyond grim, but the worst is finding some a few days later cemented to the tiles when cleaning and the only way to get it off is with a fingernail.

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 12:11

DH now claims it wasn't him Hmm. But apparently it's my responsibility to check for lurking hazards in the shower, not his to actually clean away his, er, remnants.

Yeah, right. We'll see about that...

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ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 12:15

dumbelina - that is grim.

He's not normally this gross. He's been reasonably clean since the time it stuck to his leg, dried solid and we had to cut it off with nail scissors Hmm

I'm frankly amazed that I still have sex with him.

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TessTackle · 24/09/2013 12:17

cut it off with nail scissors

Snorted GrinGrin

edlyu · 24/09/2013 12:21

He's not normally this gross. He's been reasonably clean since the time it stuck to his leg, dried solid and we had to cut it off with nail scissors Hmm

Tea up the nose is not a nice thing to experience you know Grin

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 12:28

Sorry Grin

You know, I'm a little disappointed in the way this thread has gone. I've not been flamed, told this is a first world problem and asked if this is all I have to worry about yet. Let alone told to be grateful that I have a shower/DH/piles of mucus waiting to be trod in Sad

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MisselthwaiteManor · 24/09/2013 12:43

I think in retaliation you should leave a clump of wet hair for him to stand in

RubberBullets · 24/09/2013 12:50

YABU you minger, of course it is your job to clean up his snot.

Better? :o

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 13:09

Hell yeah!

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pigletmania · 24/09/2013 13:31

Envy, I nose blow in the shows at times, I have chronic sinus problems and find the hot water and steam really help. But check afterwards to see if it's all clean

MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 24/09/2013 13:32

Erm, was it definitely snot? And not some other jellified bodily fluid...

ScrambledSmegs · 24/09/2013 19:00

Oh. Yuck. No, definitely mucus. Unless DH has a serious health problem I've hitherto been unaware of Envy

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Crowler · 24/09/2013 19:10

Oh my god. Poor you. Gross. Just gross.

VeganCow · 24/09/2013 20:02

This is the stuff of nightmares. Seriously vile [heaves]

GruffBillyGoat · 08/10/2013 08:07

Old thread but you reminded me of the worst shower ever. I like to fill empty conditioner bottles with water and shake it up to use for a rinse next time as it leaves my hair looking lovely.

One day I go to pour the water over myself and the bottle is full of PUBIC HAIR!!! I still have to pre-pour some out of the bottle to ensure it has not been tainted, and have no idea whos pubes I covered myself with.

KirjavaTheCorpse · 08/10/2013 08:11

DP does this, has weekly bouts of chronic sinusitis all year round.

He also blows one nostril at a time into the toilet. One time he didn't notice that the slime had not met it's target.

...At least you didn't sit on it?

Golferman · 08/10/2013 08:14

I pee on mine to clear it away Grin

Fifibluebell · 08/10/2013 08:38

Grin @ Golferman!

FruOla · 08/10/2013 09:39

Yuk. DP does this. I frequently find the remnants on the glass shower screen

Longtallsally · 08/10/2013 09:46

You know, I'm a little disappointed in the way this thread has gone. I've not been flamed, told this is a first world problem and asked if this is all I have to worry about yet. Let alone told to be grateful that I have a shower/DH/piles of mucus waiting to be trod in

I thought your thread might go the other way. On some mornings, depending on who is about, this would definitely qualify for a resounding LTB!

diddl · 08/10/2013 09:47

I have been known to do it, but clean it all away.

I think that the steam of the shower loosens things up...Grin