Does anyone else sneeze when they look up near the sun?

[blackbirdbluebottle]

Whenever I’m trying to look in the sky for a jet or a plane, if I look too near the sun I always seem to sneeze.. anyone else do this/ know why this happens? My friends think it's a weird trait and I also sneeze a lot more when drunk

I do, and DD1. Always thought it was totally normal until I spoke to someone who doesn’t have it, and realised how weird it must sound to them.

I don’t but DH and all three of our children do this. It seems to be a genetic thing !

@muffinthepuffin I sneeze when i have mints too, although they have to be extra strong mints, spearmints I'm fine with

@Kirbs1979 me too!! I can't eat extra strong mints if I'm driving for that reason!

I thought it was just me!!

I have the mints thing too! Especially extra strong !

I have that. It's horrible if you're driving on a sunny day, go round a corner and suddenly start sneezing.

I have this and two of my DC. It is a strange thing to inherit.

I don't, but I knew it was a thing because it's mentioned in a Horrible Science book :)

They theorised it was a protective reflex to make you close your eyes, but I think the stimulation to the optic nerve makes more sense.

I read somewhere that it's a mutation, like blue eyes. Some have it and some don't.

Yeah, my baby does too. A family member thought I was allergic to the sun but to be fair, I did come out in a rash when they noticed I did it as a child.

I thought everyone did! I'm astonished that other people don't!

Yes, me too! Also to very strong minty chewing gum (but not mints themselves) when i first pop it in my mouth.

And to Italian espressos - doesn't happen in any other country, but give me an Italian espresso and AAAAA-CHOOOOOOEY!

Quirks are good. Long like the quirks!

My dh and 13 month old ds both do this! I find it cute he inherited it off his dad!

*long live

I thought everyone did too! So presumably 75% of the population has no method by which to encourage our a reluctant sneeze??!
for them.

Haha I use this to my advantage! You know when you feel a sneeze coming on but it just won't sneeze out? And it drives you mad? Just look at the sky!

DD2 used to as a baby, I haven’t noticed it recently so I’m not sure if she still does it (she’s 7 now) but it used to make me laugh. I’d be pushing her in the prank and as soon as any light hit her she would sneeze, then she would be shaded then we’d turn a corner and the light would hit her and she’d sneeze again.

My Spanish family encourage a child with "something down the wrong way" to look at the sky...

I have no way to encourage a reluctant sneeze! I usually blow my nose if it's really bothering me.

I do seem to sneeze in response to sneezing so I will usually sneeze a few times in a row.

Pushing her in the pram.