to think DH should be able to control the volume of his incessant earth-shattering sneezes?

[ByTheSea]

They don't ALL have to be THAT loud, do they? He says they are involuntary spasms and he can't help it but I am able to sneeze less loudly for the sake of others' eardrums and hearts. AIBU?

I fear sneezing - must must do more pelvic floor exercises

I assure you, you don't know the meaning of loud sneezing/nose blowing until you have lived with a bunch of Germans.

I am actually quite impressed. If someone asked me to make as much noise as possible, I wouldn't get even 1/4 of the volume they manage with no effort.

It's like a symphony on the train in the winter time.

I am a very loud sneezer but I don't think I do it for attention. It is involuntary.

Drives me fucking mad, it does, when DH sneezes. Gives the cats a heart attack too. Is it a man thing? My sneezes are the complete opposite, virtually silent (goes off to polish halo).

I am a loud sneezer and I promise I have done everything I can think of to stop it. It's just the way I am and having people comment on it is hideously embarrassing. I am certainly not attention seeking.

I'm somewhere in the middle of loud and quiet. Quiet sneezers bug me too - sneeze like you mean it or don't bother

It's the anticipation of a sneeze that I like, the ones just on the edge that you need to look at a light at to get out!

Well satisfying.

Did I mention I like sneezing

Loving all this sneeze-rage.

It's the visual sneezes I hate too - when they are backlit and you can see tiny particles winging their way around the room. DH once had a sinus infection - it was like a skunk had been in the room when he sneezed.

Glad to see kindred souls.

I can't explain how not to cause tremors with a sneeze for those who can't control the volume. I think if you can modulate speaking or laughing volume, you can modulate sneezing volume?

Look what I found!

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577299502885697704.html

YABVVVU. You have to let it out, mine sound like this: WAAAACHOOO. Annoys thehell out of DH, scared the dcs silly when they were tiny but man it feels goood

ByTheSea have emailed this link to DH (sitting in chair on laptop opposite me).

A lot of DHs will be mailed that link tonight!

AAAAAAAAAAACHOOOOOO!!!!!fuck................................ . That's basically what its like to live with loud sneezing syndrome, it just happens really fast

Dh does this, but does manage to control it when he drives, as he has found (to his misery) that a diva-sneeze in the car results in his headbutting the steering wheel!

I'm a loud sneezer!!! It's SO satisfying!

YABU, I am a loud sneezer, I once sneezed in the office and someone who was on the phone to my colleague asked "what on earth was that?"

There is nothing I can do about it other than sneeze into a towel or someting to muffle the noise, if I try to be quieter, it only delays the big loud sneeze from coming out right after, although I don't tend to sneeze in "lots", generally just one or two at the most at a time. And I also sneeze every time I walk from indoors into direct sunlight...

I can see how it must be annoying for those around me, but I really cannot help it!

Oh I am so glad I found this thread! My DH is the KING of the glory sneeze, big build up, insanely loud theatrical sneeze and THEN a kind of 'recovery' noise afterwards. Such a drama queen

Mine are really loud, everyone always seems very startled by them (I'm a pretty tiny person). Dh, fortunately, thinks they are hilarious.

I could not even begin to control the volume. I could, I guess, as the article says stick an enormous cloth hanky in front to try to muffle the sound, but the sneezes would be just as loud, only slightly disguised.