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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:
OnlyTheLangoftheTitBerg · 03/02/2021 22:44

@chestnutshell

Ooo I have one although I could definitely ask this in RL and don’t know why I haven’t.

I get a weird tangy, painful sensation through my jaw at the back when I drink the first sips of a glass of white wine or Prosecco. It fucking kills. Not the reason I don’t drink anymore but I certainly don’t miss that particular aspect.

Oooh I get this too! It’s like a really concentrated/intense fizzing sensation between the back of my jaw and my glands, sometimes painful enough to make my eyes water.
namechangedtoprotecttheshy · 03/02/2021 22:45

@UnimpressiveUsername

This fabulous thread is certainly making me feel less weird! Thanks everyone! My offering is when I go to the toilet needing a big poo, I can only do a wee once I have finished said poo, stood up, walked a few paces then sat back down again. DH thought I was just finding more elaborate ways to hog the toilet, but turns out my bladder is quite stubborn on this matter Grin
I can only wee once a poo has finished, however long that takes. I have on occasion then needed to wee again after washing my hands. Always thought i just had weird nerve connections in the region.
Poshjock · 03/02/2021 22:48

Any other autosomnic sneezers? If I eat a big meal or when I first go out into the cold air I sneeze 6/7 times in quick succession.

colouringindoors · 03/02/2021 22:48

UnimpressiveUsername that made me lol. THANK YOU!

colouringindoors · 03/02/2021 22:49

@mumsnet Best thread of 2021 so far Grin

ButterfliesandMoths · 03/02/2021 22:50

@MisiSam

Sometimes I will get a pain like someone has stabbed me up the bum, only lasts a second and it's really sharp!
I get this, it's my ibs
RandomGirl · 03/02/2021 22:52

@TellingBone I choke on my own saliva at least once a week!! 😂

Cottagepieandpeas · 03/02/2021 22:55

@eandz13

Most of these things happen to me often. I think there was a thread a while ago on 'shooty bum pain' and people thought of loads of hilarious names for it. My weird one I do a lot is when I get an itchy hand, my other hand doesn't seem to satisfy the itch properly, so I end up gnawing at it.
Grin I use a hairbrush for this.
TheQueef · 03/02/2021 22:55

@Chattercino
Things were different then, no internet meant we had to be creative.
I'd wasted years in the Civil Service by the time I heard about Sticky Vicky.

RandomGirl · 03/02/2021 22:55

@PowerhousePatty I remember being at school in the 1980’s and always seeing these fine dots of water on my books - baffled the hell out of me! Years later when I realised that it was yawn spray - I think about that quite often, even all these years later

Pepvixen · 03/02/2021 22:56

Yes to so many of these.

I also whistle through my teeth when I wee. If I whistle through my teeth at other times, DH says why are you doing a wee whistle? 😏😂

Charmatt · 03/02/2021 22:56

When I take the first sip of a fizzy drink, I immediatelt hiccup, automatically. After the first sip, I'm fine!Confused

Pukkatea · 03/02/2021 22:56

My pubic hair starts to get sore mid-cycle. It generally continues until my period starts then it's gone for a couple of weeks.

looselegs · 03/02/2021 22:58

@Squiz81 so glad it's not just me lol!

Fortheloveofcake85 · 03/02/2021 22:58

Laying in bed reading this trying so hard not to actually piss myself 😂
My memories came fluding back all I could do at the time was try not to die from the laughter and that just made it so so much worse..why should I feel bad I blamed him lol, honestly I really needed this giggle so thankyou 😋

sage46 · 03/02/2021 22:59

When I am really angry my kidneys ache.

RestingPandaFace · 03/02/2021 23:00

Yes to so many of these.

Am I the only one who can’t handle raw eggs when I’m on my period. Any other time it’s fine, but the sight of raw egg when I’m on makes me heave.

Also sometimes (more often when I was younger) my sweat smells like meat and potato pie.

If anyone wants me I’ll be in the shame corner....

Weirdnessabounds · 03/02/2021 23:00

Cbd333
Can't believe I'm writing this - when I have my period and do a poo or an urgent wee (like if I'm in a hurry) my tampax often falls out too. Is this just me? Also no matter how much I try and hold the string out of the way when I wee it will get a bit wet and then Make my pants wet too. Oh god 🙈🙈🙈

Yes when I do a big poo my tampax would get pushed halfway out and so uncomfortable I would have to remove it. I always wet the string when I weed no matter what I did. I now just always remove my tampax before using the loo I get through a lot more of them than I probably need to but at least I’m comfortable.

Pukkatea · 03/02/2021 23:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm not breathing automatically anymore, so I'm consciously trying to breathe and trying to stop doing it but I can't.

user22222 · 03/02/2021 23:01

Cutting the kids fingernails, and they sometimes ping into my eye.

APJ1 · 03/02/2021 23:01

I can only wee once a poo has finished, however long that takes

It's the same for me but I presumed it was the case for everyone, because the poo is literally a more pressing matter.

tobee · 03/02/2021 23:02

I'm cracking on a bit now and no longer have periods so happy to not have associated aches etc. I used to get eye gloop at random times of the day but that seems to have stopped for some reason.

However, I have plucked the odd stray moustache hair that's obviously grown back without me realising. Occasionally I've given a relative (in non Covid days) a kiss in greeting and I've given them a little electric shock! ShockBlush I remember an elderly auntie used to do that when I was little and now I do it too! Sad

tobee · 03/02/2021 23:03

@Weirdnessabounds

Cbd333 Can't believe I'm writing this - when I have my period and do a poo or an urgent wee (like if I'm in a hurry) my tampax often falls out too. Is this just me? Also no matter how much I try and hold the string out of the way when I wee it will get a bit wet and then Make my pants wet too. Oh god 🙈🙈🙈

Yes when I do a big poo my tampax would get pushed halfway out and so uncomfortable I would have to remove it. I always wet the string when I weed no matter what I did. I now just always remove my tampax before using the loo I get through a lot more of them than I probably need to but at least I’m comfortable.

Yes! Happened to me too!

grassisjeweled · 03/02/2021 23:03

Thighs ache before period

Anyone else orgasm in their sleep? I. E Spontaneously? Not all the time, obviously

Mowly75 · 03/02/2021 23:05

Everyone with period farts... meet menopause farts. Silent & very ... eggy. Deadly. I take a probiotic at night & get into bed & gas myself & the cats to sleep. Lucky (for him) DP & I sleep in separate rooms. Clearly hormone related. Everything’s fucking hormone related. everything