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Sharing facemask

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Ck123 · 09/05/2021 15:41

Would you share your partners facemask? Obvs you generally have your own but if you forgot it and needed to pop into shops would you use it?

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littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:37

People say 'they share bodily fluids' (thanks for sharing,) so why shouldn't they share a mask?

By that token, I gather you share a toothbrush, toothpicks, the same bit of toilet roll (eg you wiped you wee, and he reuses it for poo,) bits of dental floss, and your used plates and cutlery and used tissues when they have dried out etc. And you would wear each others underwear, (even if soiled.) Coz it's all just bodily stuff innit?

No I would NOT share DH's facemask. I can't fathom why the F people would do this. It's grim.

The fact that 44% - so far - would NOT do it (according to this poll,) proves that I am not alone in my views!

shouldistop · 09/05/2021 16:41

Are you really comparing someone's breath/mouth/face to piss and shit? That's odd.

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:43

@shouldistop

Are you really comparing someone's breath/mouth/face to piss and shit? That's odd.
Yeah I am. Coz some people say 'it's all just bodily fluids and stuff....'

Well so is piss and shit.

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:45

@shouldistop

Are you really comparing someone's breath/mouth/face to piss and shit? That's odd.
It's NOT just their breath and mouth either. It's saliva particles and dead skin cells and lung fluid and germs too. VOM. Confused

As I say, if THESE bodily fluids and stuff are OK, why is not OK to share stuff that has piss and shit on? It's all just bodily stuff yeah?

sweeneytoddsrazor · 09/05/2021 16:47

The question was if you had forgotten your own and you needed to pop into a shop. Which is a million miles away from sharing used toilet roll what a frankly bizarre and ridiculous comparison. And no we don't share a toothbrush but if one of ours happened to break or something we would use the others that morning then purchase a new one.

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:48

I obviously DON'T think sharing pee and poo is OK FFS.

What I am saying, is if people think sharing a used face mask (belonging to someone else) is OK, (as it's all just bodily fluids... and they USUALLY share bodily fluids!) then I can only surmise that they are happy to share other stuff with bodily fluids on, like toothbrushes, dental floss, and used underwear/used loo roll.

If not, why not?

L0bstersLass · 09/05/2021 16:48

To pop into a shop? Yes of course I would. I wouldn't think twice about it.

sweeneytoddsrazor · 09/05/2021 16:49

Anything in a face mask you could get from kissing your partner which most of us do. I presume most of us don't put our partners shit in our mouth

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:49

@sweeneytoddsrazor

The question was if you had forgotten your own and you needed to pop into a shop. Which is a million miles away from sharing used toilet roll what a frankly bizarre and ridiculous comparison. And no we don't share a toothbrush but if one of ours happened to break or something we would use the others that morning then purchase a new one.
You would use your partner's toothbrush?! Ewwwwwwwwwwwww. BOAK!
LadyDanburysCane · 09/05/2021 16:50

@shouldistop

Are you really comparing someone's breath/mouth/face to piss and shit? That's odd.
^this

Wearing DHs mask would be sharing the same germs as a good song!

And as for a previous posters question... yes we do sometimes share cutlery (he will sometimes pick up and eat from my plate with my cutlery if I don’t want any more) we share a travel cup of coffee in the car quite frequently and have been known to share a toothbrush for one day when he’d forgotten to pack his.

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:50

@sweeneytoddsrazor

Anything in a face mask you could get from kissing your partner which most of us do. I presume most of us don't put our partners shit in our mouth
Very silly thing to say, and clearly not what I was saying.
PotteringAlong · 09/05/2021 16:50

@littlepattilou I would (and have done) share his toothbrush. I happily try bits of meals off a fork he has used. If you think you could reuse loo roll you are buying thicker and better quality stuff than I...

Yes, I would use his face mask.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 09/05/2021 16:52

No, but you can usually pick one up off the ground outside shops, there's loads round our way. They're pale blue.

littlepattilou · 09/05/2021 16:53

Ewwww there are some grim people on here. Sad

I'm out.

L0bstersLass · 09/05/2021 16:53

@littlepattilou

I obviously DON'T think sharing pee and poo is OK FFS.

What I am saying, is if people think sharing a used face mask (belonging to someone else) is OK, (as it's all just bodily fluids... and they USUALLY share bodily fluids!) then I can only surmise that they are happy to share other stuff with bodily fluids on, like toothbrushes, dental floss, and used underwear/used loo roll.

If not, why not?

Well for a start, dental floss and loo-roll are disposable items and are only intended to be used once.

Toothbrushes? If we went away and one of us had forgotten our toothbrush I'd have no issue with sharing as a one-off.

Underwear? I'm struggling to imagine a scenario in which my husband would need to use my underwear in an emergency - but he'd be welcome to.

sweeneytoddsrazor · 09/05/2021 16:53

@littlepattilou

If your toothbrush was broken or you had forgotten to pack it, you would go out with stinky morning breath and dirty teeth rather than use your partners?

Ewwwwwwwwwwww BOAK

Embroideredstars · 09/05/2021 16:53

Of course! It's usually the other way round as I always have one in my pocket or bag and DH doesn't have one to hand so he uses mine.

I'm damned if i'm buying any more of the bloody things, just because he left his a t home!

AnnaMagnani · 09/05/2021 16:53

DH and I have shared facemasks since oh, last year. It's something you have breathed on for a bit FFS.

But then we both had Covid before masks were a thing and are not that fussed.

Also - lung fluid? What exactly are you doing with your facemasks? Deep suctioning each other?

YorkiePanda · 09/05/2021 16:54

And this kind of thing is why facemasks are next to useless in community settings in our culture. Gross.

Lazypuppy · 09/05/2021 16:55

Yes and we do normally when he forgets his. Faceless are pretty pointless anyway and mostly for show 🤷‍♀️

SamMil · 09/05/2021 16:58

Yes, I would (and have) use his if I forget mine.

I'm not sure how this is any more "grim" than a kiss?

TattyDevine · 09/05/2021 16:58

Loving all the pearl clutchers.

Bet you have really boring sex 😆

DappledThings · 09/05/2021 16:59

Yep. We don't really have our own specific ones. Usually a couple crumpled up in the car/bag/pocket etc so we will both use whatever handy.

Don't remember to wash them that often either to be honest.

Don't deliberately toothbrushes but occasionally one of us will accidentally use the other's and neither of us freak out about it

Runnerduck34 · 09/05/2021 16:59

Of course I would, we have both borrowed each others when one of us to forgot theirs

rainingcats · 09/05/2021 16:59

No way. I am also a bit twitchy about borrowing a clean reusable mask from someone else.

Can’t really explain why but it just makes me feel funny. I also hate it when people offer you a taste of their drink from their glass and then expect a taste back !

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