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Stuff you think must happen to other people - but can't risk asking?

999 replies

IMissFrance · 03/02/2021 11:21

Anyone else have stuff happen to you that must happen to others.

But you can't really ask because what if they say "NO! How weird!" And then you can never talk to that person again. Wink

So I'm bringing it to the anonymity of Mumsnet.

I'd love to hear other peoples. And will start off.

  • whenever I wash my hair in the shower (I have long hair) loose hairs wash down my back and end up in my bum crack. End of my shower I have to check there's no hair left.

I can't be alone in this grossness! (Or can I)

OP posts:
sergeilavrov · 03/02/2021 16:27

@Baublebox I have this and am, shall we say, internally petite. I actually spoke to a doctor about it as I have a lot of limitations due to said petiteness (can’t have internal ultrasound or normal gynae exams, had to have c sections) and he said it’s uncommon and advised no baths during pregnancy. There is even a case study led medical paper on this, as there haven’t been enough cases to do an actual study.

Otherplans · 03/02/2021 16:28

The potato back thing is interesting. I get backache when I eat potato and feel down when I eat dairy. But I still love a cheese baked potato Hmm

LindaEllen · 03/02/2021 16:30

@Cattenberg

Does anyone else have a little pointy bit of skin above their arsehole? On the fanny side. I’ve had it all my life, it’s not a pile and it’s bloody annoying.

Yes, mine is a skin tag. It think they’re very, very common. Apparently, that bit of extra skin acts like the pleat on a skirt (when going to the loo, I assume). I was told that if I had mine removed, it would only grow back again.

Oh my god! I do!! I had no idea other people did as well! I now feel slightly less abnormal!
Amortentia · 03/02/2021 16:32

@IMissFrance

Anyone else have stuff happen to you that must happen to others.

But you can't really ask because what if they say "NO! How weird!" And then you can never talk to that person again. Wink

So I'm bringing it to the anonymity of Mumsnet.

I'd love to hear other peoples. And will start off.

  • whenever I wash my hair in the shower (I have long hair) loose hairs wash down my back and end up in my bum crack. End of my shower I have to check there's no hair left.

I can't be alone in this grossness! (Or can I)

I've always had really long hair I've often wondered if it's just me that gets this. I have to get a coil out soon, it's been in for 10 years and I'm convinced it'll appear with a full head of hair. 🤮
CleverCatty · 03/02/2021 16:34

I used to get long hair caught in bum crack in shower when I had super long hair. Now it's only just past shoulder length (still longish) it's sometimes in my dry bum crack - e.g. at night in bed!

Javelin arse when I used to get periods but last one I had was last September I think - perimenopause joys now...

Belly button fluff not had in years.

CleverCatty · 03/02/2021 16:37

@lotusbell

I get the weird fanny aches when I have my period too. Was trying to explain to my OH last night - not horrendously painful as such but like all the nerve endings in my vulva and labia are switched on. It's really uncomfortable and some months worse than others. I also have the odd sprouting nipple hair and the manky ear piercing gunk. I get the nervous/excited diarrhoea and also get diarrhoea when I have my period - most people seem to get constipated.
Nipple sprouting hair is normal surely? not much but a bit - hurts if I pluck it out. If a man sees it, tough, he's lucky he's getting to see my breasts!

Sweaty/wet breasts after shower/exercise. ewww....

Had the exact same diarrhoea when I got my period and then apparently as you get older (perimenopause) you get IBS which I got too.

strudsespark · 03/02/2021 16:39

Don't know if I'm alone, but pre dc, I could hardly touch my belly button. Weirdest sensation (not good) in my ladies bits. Not being prudish saying ladies bits but can't get any closer, just a sensation down there (stopped after having dc). Dd has the same, she has a navel phobia because of this.

lionpaws · 03/02/2021 16:39

@MoltenLasagne my gynaecologist told me it's to do with pain sensors in the brain, the same ones are linked with the gut as with the reproductive organs. He told me to eat flaxseed daily and drink lots of water, which has honestly helped!

Aisforharlot · 03/02/2021 16:40

I have pubic hair all down the sides of my legs, I call it my pubic beard. Also thickest hair on the backs of my thighs and bum, which is delightful.
I did poo during Labour just before delivery, but only because I was too cowardly to get it done earlier in Labour as when I even sat on the loo the contractions were excruciating.

CleverCatty · 03/02/2021 16:41

@justasking111

The gunk when you have worn pierced earrings for a while is horrid. Presume it is trapped dead skin cells.

I brush my hair before a shower because I hate cleaning out the plug hole which in old house was often, here I think the hair must keep going because it is downstairs.

Me with pierced ears and earrings - I rotate them daily and also give them the odd day with no earrings in. Had no gunk in them for ages.
Beetlewing · 03/02/2021 16:41

For all you talking about the joy of picking a super-bogey, I had a long term nasal infection a few years ago which left me with a perforated septum (I'm not Daniela W, you can't tell unless you have a torch and my consent, and it hasn't made my nose collapse!!)
When I have a head cold that fucker gets stuffed with a plug of hard bogey that is THE most satisfying thing to excavate, sometimes I can shoot it out of one nostril by pressing closed the other one and blowing down it

ladybee28 · 03/02/2021 16:43

DP has called me into the bathroom several times to show me one of my hairs wrapped tightly around the base of his penis.

This is almost never after sex or oral, and he showers daily, sometimes twice, so how they get there neither of us know....

SlightlyJaded · 03/02/2021 16:44

Yes to javelin arse
Yes to fanny farts when doing doggy
Yes to bath water retention
Yes to imaginary alter ego
Yes to period diahorrea
No to hair in bum crack and poo though.

Sometimes on my period, I have THE vilest gas. I know as soon as it comes out that it is going to stink - it's silent and hot and smells putrid, so I always make sure I'm near the dog if I'm at home so I can blame her.

CleverCatty · 03/02/2021 16:45

I've got another one - if your lips are dry and the skin is flaking off - do you spend ages or a while picking it off?

and then having to moisturise it again nicely?!

CleverCatty · 03/02/2021 16:47

@Beetlewing

For all you talking about the joy of picking a super-bogey, I had a long term nasal infection a few years ago which left me with a perforated septum (I'm not Daniela W, you can't tell unless you have a torch and my consent, and it hasn't made my nose collapse!!) When I have a head cold that fucker gets stuffed with a plug of hard bogey that is THE most satisfying thing to excavate, sometimes I can shoot it out of one nostril by pressing closed the other one and blowing down it
I used to love having bad head colds - you know the type where your head feels like it'll explode?

And then lovely green/yellow phlegm I could blow out of nose/cough up - since I've got flu jabs in my 20s I don't get this much anymore!

leiaskye · 03/02/2021 16:51

I fanny fart when I’m desperate for a poo.

Can’t stop it, like you can with a normal fart, but have so far managed to avoid DH or the kids hearing it.

Happens while I’m pooing too. If I’m at home alone I don’t care, but if I need to muffle it I need to hold loo roll over my vagina.

I did Google it once & it’s nothing to worry about, but it is embarrassing!

KatherineOfAragon · 03/02/2021 16:53

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AccidentallyRunToWindsor · 03/02/2021 16:54

Yes to the sexy feeling belly button. Makes me feel gross if it ever gets touched

sueelleker · 03/02/2021 16:55

@mamaatthegym

I’m the only person I know who gets diarrhoea as a reaction to nerves, excitement or adrenalin.

Thus - I did not poo giving birth because I had got so excited and nervous in early labour that I had already emptied the contents of my bowels Grin

I get diarrhoea when I'm nervous too.
Justcashnosweets · 03/02/2021 16:57

Thank god some of you have belly button discharge, i thought it was just me aswell! And why does it smell???

AnotherSoddingWalk · 03/02/2021 17:03

[quote MyCatHatesEverybody]@AnotherSoddingWalk thank you so much for posting that! I get those twinges if I'm watching something like You've Been Framed and see someone falling over or crashing into something and thought I must be a psychopath so I'm really relieved it's not just me. Funnily enough it's only if I'm watching TV, not if I see something in real life.[/quote]
Yes, it's only when reading (or watching on tv) horrible things too. Seen awful things in real life and not had it.

Fortheloveofgodwhy · 03/02/2021 17:06

@strudsespark

Don't know if I'm alone, but pre dc, I could hardly touch my belly button. Weirdest sensation (not good) in my ladies bits. Not being prudish saying ladies bits but can't get any closer, just a sensation down there (stopped after having dc). Dd has the same, she has a navel phobia because of this.
you are not alone.... I also recently had an operation and the sensation took a detour around the right hand side of my belly for a bit..
ToffeeNotCoffee · 03/02/2021 17:10

Thank god some of you have belly button discharge, i thought it was just me aswell! And why does it smell???

Mine smells cheesy. I love picking the cheesy discharge out and sniffing it. Strictly in private though.

Catfromjapan · 03/02/2021 17:12

Yes to all that. I actually find that different parts of body smell distinctive - belly button, knees, behind ears, under boobs. Must be the bacteria that lives there.
I have a really weird one:

When I have a wee I touch (the lightest possible) the small of my back above my bum crack- - it's starts the wee off, and sometimes help get the last bit out. I've done it since a small child.

Also..
After the winter when the sun starts to feel warm I really notice the first few days the sun is on my skin and produces a warm smell - must be melanin production or something. I find it really noticeable and it's feels summer is coming. I only notice the first time. It's most clear on the skin between thumb and forefinger

Hopingformydb · 03/02/2021 17:12

@SlightlyJaded yep me too with farts whilst on period theyre hot and silent but it smells burnt/ cabbagy really bad i knock myself sick 😷 🤣🤣
And yes I posted previously about period diarrhea i thought I was the only one. Really weird 🤣🤣