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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:
Springclean21 · 04/02/2021 18:10

Haha this thread is hilarious having a good giggle. I also suffer from the hair in bum rack issue but have really long hair so it’s to be expected really.

As for the pooping during labour question I didn’t with my first but exactly a year later with my second I did whilst my mother in law was right down there trying to hold my legs open because I kept trying to close them as I was crowning 🤣 how embarrassing owell never mind.

My question would be if you notice a difference in looseness ahem down there after having children... I definitely do hubby says it’s in my head but sure he’s trying to spare my feelings...

Overbigaloevera · 04/02/2021 18:11

@duckduckswan

I think I’ve had pretty much all of these apart from the orgasm 🙁 never had one.

I sneeze when I eat mints

Same here!! Ive been around the block but have never had an orgasm!! I think there is something wrong with me 😩
Rubyupbeat · 04/02/2021 18:14

Pick my nose, in private, satisfaction guaranteed catching a big one, I don't eat it though!

Tazmania77 · 04/02/2021 18:14

I'm sure its normal but never thought to ask. If I ever see a child hurt themselves I.e fall over etc I get a sharp stabbing pain in my vagina!! Not sure if thats normal or not!!

ParlezVousWronglais · 04/02/2021 18:16

If I am really tired or falling asleep and their is a noise, I see it as a flash of light.

Yes!! Especially when it startles me. It’s like the sudden sound triggers a bright flash as I jump/startle, eyes still closed.

Rectal stabbing is common. Consultant told me it’s one of the hardest things to diagnose and treat because it may not have identifiable cause or alternatively it can be caused by lots of things.

ParlezVousWronglais · 04/02/2021 18:18

Oh come on picking nose doesn’t count, there’s not a person in the world who hasn’t had a satisfying nose pick at some point in their life!

It’s the sickos that then eat it that I’ve never understood.

Flatoutonsofa · 04/02/2021 18:23

Dear God am I glad I've had short hair for many years!!!
I pooed when my first child was born, but that was a one off, so that's okay, not a daily occurrence. I don't wake up to hairs sprouting from my forehead or suffer belly button discharge. I do have a couple of webbed toes, does that count? Anyway, many thanks to the OP for this thread. I was reaching new levels of boredom and it has brightened my day.

Bedsheets4knickers · 04/02/2021 18:25

Mine one is when my tampon applicator fails so I have to use my fingers . Always seems to happen at work 😡

hitsvilleuk · 04/02/2021 18:25

Re javelin arse ( proctalgia fugax) it is worse with periods/endometriosis/constipation

If you have a ventolin inhaler take 2 or 3 puffs often helps dramatically

MrsClatterbuck · 04/02/2021 18:27

Luckily this has only happened twice. When being violently sick my bladder just emptied.Blush Thank goodness I was in the bathroom both times so I could quickly jump into the shower. I also suffer from IBS but we won't go there

Leontine · 04/02/2021 18:28

It was only when I became an adult that I realised that my bum in not ‘normal’.

I’ve since found out that I have a sacral dimple. I have the crack, then at the top it fuses then opens up again, like a second arsehole. Blush I just thought that everyone’s looked like mine until I became sexually active. Blush

Spoontastic · 04/02/2021 18:29

@Rainbowandscarlett

Im putting this one out there-and if I’m the only one,I’m going to die of shame

Period farts

I swear the smell can kill at 50 paces-my fella jokes it’s worse than mustard gas

A sharp pain-then a fart-then the pong-oh my god the pong

Thankfully it only happens about once a year as I’m on the coil but it used to happen every single month when I was younger

Please,someone tell me I’m not the only one…

Yes! Sadly I get really meaty ones the whole week prior Blush
Yellowfish2020 · 04/02/2021 18:33

@MoltenLasagne

Apparently there's a really big link between digestive issues and periods, so some women will get constipation, others diarrhoea ahead of periods starting but they are massively under-researched because no-one wanted to ask if it happened to anyone else!

I also get hair in my bum - I do have a rather massive arse though, maybe women with more petite rears aren't as effected?

I don’t poop for 5 days in the run up to my period and then have almighty bad time catching up when it starts. It’s deffo a thing!
LaceyBetty · 04/02/2021 18:35

When I feel hurt by someone personally and almost feel a bit teary, I get a weird feeling in my hands. Sort of a sharp tingling. It started as a child when I'd "disappointed" my parents.

Noshowlomo · 04/02/2021 18:35

I love to watch vidoes of tonsil stones being taken out. The bigger the better. I used to get them around 20 years ago but haven’t since and I’m gutted !

Wide · 04/02/2021 18:36

@HomicidalPsychoJungleCat yes!! Me and mt feiends used to laugh at this, our eyes and nose would water, I can't say what we called it as it's abit outing haha.

@AnotherSoddingWalk
Yes!! So weird, what is that all about?? I swear to god like if I seen a church or something bad I'd get it and I too am sensitive etc

Yellowfish2020 · 04/02/2021 18:37

@burnoutbabe

The thread here on how gussets in pants are never in the right place (for positioning of say a pant liner) and that most women have the liner much higher up.

I just assumed I was built a bit differently!

Yesssssssss! I thought my butt must be extra big to be pulling it back somehow!!!
NoraEphronsNeck · 04/02/2021 18:40

@Rainbowandscarlett

Im putting this one out there-and if I’m the only one,I’m going to die of shame

Period farts

I swear the smell can kill at 50 paces-my fella jokes it’s worse than mustard gas

A sharp pain-then a fart-then the pong-oh my god the pong

Thankfully it only happens about once a year as I’m on the coil but it used to happen every single month when I was younger

Please,someone tell me I’m not the only one…

Definitely not the only oneGrin
Cottagepieandpeas · 04/02/2021 18:41

@30sthngLondon

The underarms of my woolly jumpers collect hair... I lift up my arms and pull out big tangled hairballs. I have long hair but have never met anyone who seems to have this problem...
Yes I have this. Also with coats (depending on fabric).
Harls1969 · 04/02/2021 18:41

This is exactly my kind of thread! I'm a massive oversharer so I've spoken to other people about this!
I have short hair but have had to remove my daughter's long hair from my bum crack. I didn't poo in labour but I do remember the midwife telling me to just wee when I was being stitched up - so I did, gallons of it all over the floor! Fanny snot - sometimes it's like my vagina has cleared its throat. Not so bad if the resulting wad of mucous is in my gusset, not so good if it comes out while I'm pulling my drawers up, it ends up down my leg and I spend ages wondering why my tights are damp!
Picking a big old bogie out is extremely satisfying.
Queefing - hilarious when you've been with your partner for a while, mortifying (one imagines) if it's your first time being intimate!
I could spend hours peeling someone after they've been sunburnt. It's so satisfying.
If one of my piercings gets a bit sore, I can't help but sniff at it.
I am disgusting Grin

Teacakequeen · 04/02/2021 18:41

@Imissthegym

There was a thread about achy fannies the other day and everyone told the poster they must have a prolapse. I get this but I don’t have a prolapse so I presume it’s everything being a bit looser post kids?

I pooed with my first. With my second I spent a lot of early labour shitting and being sick and the midwives were like “she’s having a clear out, baby won’t be long”.

I also grow eyelashes in the corner of my eyes. I have to pluck them out. I’ve not met anyone else that does that.

I grow eyelashes at the inner corners of my eyes!
Purplealienpuke · 04/02/2021 18:45

FoxyTheFox you're not alone!
I have a few whispy hairs under my arms, very little on my foof and not much to speak of on my legs really. I have fabulous natural eyebrows, don't have to pluck or shape them!!
But I have a shit ton on my head 🤣🤣 I currently look like Cousin It..

Wide · 04/02/2021 18:46

@Tazmania77 yes I know what you mean!

OldYorkshirePud · 04/02/2021 18:48

Not just bath water... other “fluids” creep back out at in-opportune moments! 😊😳

Ouenta · 04/02/2021 18:50

@MisiSam Oh the pain...I fairly frequently get this, especially in the middle of the night - it wakes me up. It is sometimes unbearable and can last for up to half an hour - the pain brings on a sweat. After much late night Googling suggestions of treatments I have tried several and these two work... do a 'down dog' yoga style stretch or the most effective, lean forward and literally punch your bum hole hard, a number of times! Yep, you read that right! Honestly it works.... it might take a few goes but it stops the pain! 🤯 Weird!