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AIBU to ask what are your 'disgusting' habits

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FatBottomedGal · 30/01/2017 16:32

There are loads of things that are generally frowned upon that I'm sure loads of us do - I want to hear yours!

My input - I don't always wash my hands after I pee. I don't pee on my hands always see the need and soap sometimes irritates my hands Blush

Your turn!

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KingBob · 30/01/2017 21:10

Iknowimgross me and DP do that too so you are not alone Wink

I also pick my nose and eat it. I managed to hide it from DP for about 3 years but now I don't even care and will happily do it sat next to him. He thinks it's gross - he's a flicker and thinks I'm the only grown woman that does it. I will tell him I'm not the only one now! So thanks for this thread!!

I also cut my toenails and chew on the nails. I then spit them in the bin when I realise they're too hard and pointy to eat. I bite my fingernails and eat them too.

I give my knickers a good sniff almost every time I go to the loo just to make sure I don't smell down there.

Don't wash my hands after going to the toilet either.

God, I'm gross Grin

LadyOfTheCanyon · 30/01/2017 21:13

Oh how long have you got?
Pick and eat bogies
Pick inside of ears in order to create more pickability. Been known to eat the skin from there.
Pick earwax out with my fingers and let the cat lick it ( he goes batshit for it- it's the proteins apparently)
Rip off toenails rather than cut them and then chew them
I'll pick at my scalp when I can
I clean under my nails with my teeth
Use a corn blade on hard skin on feet in bath and sometimes eat that
I pick at DP like a demented monkey when he'll let me but sadly he's very spot-free
I watch spot/cyst/tonsil stone/mangoworm videos as they help me relax

The cat has free reign on all surfaces, however kitchen tops are always anti-bac'd before cooking
I always wash my hands after a wee. These two things appear to be my concession to naiceness Grin

Ilovetorrentialrain · 30/01/2017 21:18

The not hand washing is truly grim!

grumpysquash3 · 30/01/2017 21:19

After DTD me and DH will sometimes wipe any body fluids off with a towel that's been left in the bedroom. (We do wash it after if that helps)

What's wrong with that? Seems very sensible to me! Better than wiping up with the duvet cover or your PJs.

harderandharder2breathe · 30/01/2017 21:21

Why all the eating of things picked off/out of the body??? I will pick any scabs and spots I have to death but the thought of eating it is repulsive

SpookyPotato · 30/01/2017 21:29

Bogies have quite a pleasant taste!

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 30/01/2017 21:34

Omg I have to hide this thread, it's repulsive.

SpookyPotato · 30/01/2017 21:43

Bye! Wink

Doyoufeelluckypunk · 30/01/2017 21:46

I belched at the weekend and blew gently in DP's direction so he could share the joy.

He went absolutely ballistic, said it was "like going out with a fucking bloke" and stormed off

Fucking hilarious!!!

JacquesHammer · 30/01/2017 21:52

The not hand washing is truly grim!

Well for me in winter it's a choice between limiting hand washing in the home after a wee or ending up with cracked hands from exzema.

I always wash them before food prep/in public loos/after a poo.

alcin · 30/01/2017 21:54

I've been known to pick scabs off and eat them.

liz70 · 30/01/2017 21:55

What a bunch of fucking animals! EnvyHmmGrin

myusernamewastaken · 30/01/2017 21:56

I do the tonsil stone thing tooBlush

nottinghamgal · 30/01/2017 21:58

I pick my belly button then smell it.

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ShatnersBassoon · 30/01/2017 22:06

I like to manually remove all sorts of secretions from my nearest and dearest. I leave my fingernails long for better earwax scooping and blackhead squeezing.

I'm a keen hand-washer though. I couldn't relax knowing I'd left my hands unwashed after touching anything even vaguely germy.

Sallystyle · 30/01/2017 22:08

I enjoy smelling the floss after flossing.

Burping and making someone else smell it is vile and not at all funny. If someone did that to me I would be seriously angry and upset.

FuckTheJournos · 30/01/2017 22:13

I regularly get a spot on my boob. Just one, in the same place. I get way too much joy from squeezing it -.-

Also a dandruff picker. I had to quit my job as a hairdresser as a teenager when I caught myself one day doing it to a customer during a consultation. They didn't notice but I realised it was a slippery slope.

Fuck you dailyfail BTW..shan't quote me.no no no!

ThoraGruntwhistle · 30/01/2017 22:17

I really like squeezing my teenage DS's blackheads when he allows me which is not often. I also like digging ingrown hairs out of my legs.
However, I do wash my hands after using the bathroom and I regularly wash my bras, so maybe I'm not that bad.

EZA15 · 30/01/2017 22:35

I love threads like these!

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FatBottomedGal · 31/01/2017 09:50

I still don't see what's so bad about not washing hands after a wee at home if you haven't got anything on your hands from it Hmm

I take great joy in reading through everyone else's gross habits haha we're a bunch of monsters!

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Monkeybunkey · 31/01/2017 09:54

I belched at the weekend and blew gently in DP's direction so he could share the joy.

We've all done it....... Happens quite a lot in my house! That and trumping at each other!

FaintlyHopeful · 31/01/2017 10:01

Pulling out a hair in my jaw that is like hog bristle. I love going it. And picking hard skin off my skin and eating it. Carting in the car with my husband and locking the widows. (Favourite)

LuckyBitches · 31/01/2017 10:04

Glad to hear I'm not the only bogey eater.

user1471700951 · 31/01/2017 10:15

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