To hate and despise balloons with a passion!

[Pheebe]

Yes its probably trival but I have decided I absolutely hate the farking things. Everywhere we go we seem to get offered balloons which then send the kids hyper, they start hitting each other and me with them, then they pop and scare them and it all ends in tears.

I hate being hit with them, it absolutely infuriates me which I know is OTT but it does.

I try and minimise the damage and DS1 knows if he wants to keep a ballon he needs to keep it away from me.

Am I the only one???

no. they go right through me. can't breath wen they're about.

My mam was totally phobic about balloons, went mental if you brought one near her. I don't think its that uncommon.

likewise...can't breathe and i work in a shop where we hand them out

I'm allergic to them(well latex), so can't have them in the house...so my Dc's know never to ask for them.

Luckily they don't seem to have worked out yet , that they could have the foil ones, as they wouldn't affect me.

Oh, I thought it was just me! I hate them. Hate the bloody things. Hate the noise, the feel, the whole when-is-this-bloody-great-sqwodgy-thing-going-to-explode-on-me.

When dd gets one from a party, they have a habit of disappearing......a phantom balloon thief must let them out of the kitchen window in the night.

I don't like them but do put a few up for my childrens parties. I make sure they are tied to the ceiling as some children get very frightened when they pop.

I hate it when mass balloon releases are organised like in the madeleine campaign due to the environmental impact.

Balloons kill turtles. I hate them too (unless they are the eco-friendly biodegradable ones).

DS1 is balloon phobic. Parties were difficult, and I grew to hate the sight of littlies stomping on balloons.

I have now successfully treated DS1 using Systematic Desensitisation, which for a small fee , I will share with you ........

Thank God I'm not alone

Bucharest that is exactly how I feel about them! Not sure I can get away with calling it a phobia as I'm not exactly scared of them, they just make me angry . Weirdly, I have a mild latex allergy but balloons themselves have never set it off.

screamingabdad I'm quite happy with my avoidance tactic for now thanks

I met a physio who had worked with brain damaged kids who had injested bits of burst balloons and suffocated themselves. After that little story, I watch the DSs like a hawk when they have balloons.

AAAh, but avoidance builds fear ..........

I hate them with a passion.

And swans too.