I can’t believe I’m asking this!

[flowerbiithc]

I asked my partner for some more ideas for stocking fillers for our 8 & 9 year olds. He mentioned new toothbrushes. I said oh actually I was thinking of getting them electric ones so we just change the heads. He said no and that he has stabbed hhimselfin the face by his eye when the head has came off the toothbrush of his electric one. I was bewildered and said how on earth does that even happen?! He’s the processed to say I’m argumentative and if I buy the kids one and they stab themselves in the eye when the head comes off it’s all my fault. In my 36 years of life and using one. That has never happened. Am I right in thinking WTF?!

Never would have pegged electric toothbrushes FOR THE WIN as a stocking filler. Everyday's a school day though ...

Your husband is being ridiculous. Get them electric toothbrushes and get your husband a manual baby's brush...😆

😭 I'm dying! 😂😂😂

Oh, no darling. Give me your plate. Let Francestein do it for you. Don't want you to poke your eye out. 😂

Cue bewildered looks.

@flowerbiithc please put various plasters, PPE and a manual toothbrush in you dh's Christmas stocking. 🙏😂

Ngl, but if this was a thing I’d be buying the BD one of theses for Xmas 😂 unfortunately it’s not!!

I mean if that did happen to him he’s doing something wrong 😂😂😂

I hope you feel better and next year you'll be telling us all about looking forward to your first christmas without that deadweight of an ex! Hope the kids enjoy their toothbrushes x

I presume he's happy with them using a metal fork!

I am neuro divergent and electric toothbrush scares me to death, the kids are absolutely forbidden from leaving them without the head.i use them because they clean very well but every time I look at them, I have loads of intrusive thoughts.
I get what he means but they really do clean teeth very well😔.

What a horrible stocking filler for a child! Perhaps the children could give toothbrushes to their parents for next Christmas!

😆😅😂🤣 That last line properly got me, not gonna lie.

I've managed to get toothpaste in my eye, which stung like a bitch, but never managed to stab myself in the eye with my toothbrush.

It gets turned on and off in my mouth, who wants toothpaste flying about everywhere. He's a weirdo, clearly.

Please tell your DH that ''toothbrushes'' are on the suggestion list for items to make up charity Xmas gift boxes for very poor and deprived children in disaster areas around the world - I have done those boxes in the past so remember the toothbrushes!! Maybe he sees his children as very deprived?!

My son pulled the head off and put it on backwards - now I can’t get it off. If I were to pull super hard I think I may stab myself, yes, in the face.

Either way, what does it matter if it is very likely to happen. You should listen to your husbands concern even if it’s not rational. You make it seem like he is lying.

That would be a waste of two good toothbrushes, while I can understand how satisfying you’d find it @flowerbiithc 😬

Not so much the dangers of electric toothbrushes but as a child i would hate to get one in my christmas stocking.

Every kid I know uses an electric toothbrush and I’m unaware of any eye injuries.

TBF they've inherited half his genes so maybe better safe than sorry :)

Of course OralB recommend them. They want your money.

You know what, I can see where he’s coming from, when I’ve changed the brush on mine I remember thinking, ooh pointy, I mean probably subconsciously, like it’s not like I have thought about it for more than a nanoseconds though, but still there’s definitely scope for an eye based injury. All that being said, I can’t see it happening much. It’s like those warnings on the cup when you buy coffee from McD, or why those eco friendly metal straws have a bend in them, those things exist because ppl can be stupid.

So, I just had a wee look online, just to see if there have been electric toothbrush accidents, and I found this.

…in 2010 the FDA released a warning about Oral B-CrossAction Power and PowerMAX brushes whose brush heads could also come loose and potentially choke the tooth brush user.

New fear unlocked OP

Ignore him.

More importantly this sounds like gaslighting. Has he related in this blaming, non conversational, one-way style before? Look it up. Or is he just immature in his communication and way of seeing things, or similar?All the best

I did actually look up accidents in the home with electric toothbrushes. There’s no mention of people stabbing themselves. It seems very strange. Is your husband DH just argumentative generally?

Well anything could have your eye out really.

Imprudent handling of a piece of toast, tripping over the sofa and landing on a cushion button, the injudicious deployment of the remote control, a less than careful flipping of a magazine page... the world is full of objects just waiting to take your eye out.

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