To think it's absolutely fucking vile

[WetsTheFinger]

To suck the snot out of your child's nose and swallow it. Or spit it, for that matter. I just heaved watching a woman do this to her snotty toddler this afternoon at soft play.

In the street, nightclubs, parties, festivsls. You never snogged someone you just met, had ONSs?
No ive never had a ons, why is that so unusual

I'm just wondering where they live to see folks 'commonly' french kissing virtual strangers!

Are people really this sheltered? It sounds like some of you haven't been out of your front yard.

I'm genuinely shocked that so many people think it's weird and disgusting and that it sounds like I'm in a tiny snot-sucking minority. Just seems the easiest, fastest and most instinctive way to help out a distressed snotty child.

Frankly, I think most of you posters are pathetic if you would happily watch your child, who has in most cases come out of your body, struggle to breathe because you think this practice is disgusting. You are even more pathetic because you are casting judgement on someone else for putting their child's comfort over their own. No-one is asking you to get involved.

The 'disgusting' bit (which no-one does because they love it, they do it for the sake of their child) is getting the snot in your mouth. Swallowing doesn't add an extra level of disgustingness because anyone with basic secondary school science knows how hydrochloride acid kills most pathogens. And respiratory pathogens don't infect via the intestine. I wouldn't swallow but if someone else does it doesn't affect me and isn't objectively a bad or offensive thing.

Interesting the difference between what women will do for men and what women will do for their children. How many of you women refuse to give oral sex and confidently and publicly call it a disgusting practice? I can't believe most are unable to see the parallels with oral sex.

And it is certainly true that people in the UK engage more quickly in intimate behaviour, including kissing and sex, than in some other parts of the world. The idea that people here are far more discriminating about the things they put in their mouths is, quite honestly, ridiculous.

Wish I could unread this. There are gadgets to do this hygienically totally fine to study the any in a transparent tube

Oh my, wish I could unread that.

It completely freaks me out. It's really common in Caribbean families. I personally couldn't do it. Boots however sell things that do it for you so absolutely no need. Nuke do a fab one that really helps them

I did this with mine when they were tiny, and just swallowed it, they were growing inside me a few weeks before, it seems a bit cruel not to deal with bodily emissions they couldn't do anything about themselves.

Wouldn't do it to a toddler though, they can have a tissue.

Hope you all remember to carry your snot-sucking gadgets each time you leave the house. And if you forget the child can just lump it.

My DM did this to me when I was a baby and couldn't breathe, but she obviously didn't swallow it! That's rank! 🤢

Some of these posts............I'm embarassed for you.

I use a snot sucker, so it doesn't actually go in my mouth, but I don't think I'd be too bothered if it did. I find other people's snot completely repellent though...but nothing about DD is repellent. I ate her poo by accident one day, that was a bit gross 😂😂

Just reading about it made me feel sick!

I think there's a bit in Angela's Ashes where someone does this, but it's because the kid is choking or something.

Op didn't mention the toddler at soft play was 'struggling to breathe' though

I'm not easily shocked/ disgusted but OMG. That is rank!

Haven't RTFL but you are most certainly BU to give me that imagery at this time of the day. Ewwww.

I did it when DD was about 10 weeks old and had a terrible cold. Didn't swallow the snot, but I would have had I not had a tissue to hand.

She's 2 now and can blow her nose. I would snot suck for her now if I had to though. She's my child for goodness sake.

Jesus. I'm sitting here retching.

I couldn't do it. I really couldn't. Well done to those who could though, I'm actually in awe of you (so long as you please don't do it in front of me)

My son has been sick in my mouth and my eye though, which is gross, but to me it's preferable. I think it's the consistency of snot that does it for me. I also can't be dealing with people noisily blowing their nose next to me - ESPECIALLY in a restaurant!

The kid wasn't struggling to breathe I wouldn't say, he just had a cold and a lot of thick green snot... Ugh, I just retched again.

I wonder if the people with the massive snot issues, had parents that constantly berated them for having a snotty nose when they were kids. It usually takes years of training to build up that kind of an aversion.....

Does nobody on here ever sniff? That is snot, going down the back of your throat into your stomach.

Yeah..,your own snot. Not someone else's.

Quite

Used to see the Maoris do it a lot in NZ.