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

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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:
PolarnOPirate · 04/02/2021 19:28

@AnotherSoddingWalk I get the same too. It has been a huge source of shame for me too. Same if you hear of sex crimes, paedophiles etc. Then once you’ve thought about it you can’t stop and think ‘if I’m thinking about this maybe I’m capable of it, but I really definitely don’t want to do it or even think about it because it’s horrific’. And round and round it goes. Can be a sign of OCD. Also I think a lot of it can be blamed on the hyper sexualised society we grew up in (was a teen in 00s)

TessTackle · 04/02/2021 19:32

@TellingBone

I frequently swallow my own saliva and it goes down the wrong way causing a coughing fit. Yep - I cannot manage my own saliva. I feel such a FOOL.
Every fucking day.
numberoneson · 04/02/2021 19:34

[quote TellingBone]That reminds me. I get the urge to go when I go into a bookshop or library, or when I'm settling down to concentrate on something.

And recently I found out that it's a thing - Mariko Aoki phenomenon.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon[/quote]
I'm the same with book stores; libraries and looking at houses to buy! Very inconvenient .... !

kindormad · 04/02/2021 19:35

When I'm stressed I sweat out of my right armpit, but not the left.

White wine gives me a stiff neck.

DragonMoth · 04/02/2021 19:38

Just remembered:
Sitting in the surf on a pebble beach in Greece and when I got up my vag was full of grit and even a tiny seashell. Had to sit back down in the water and surreptitiously dig them all out.

Laiste · 04/02/2021 19:43

Cystitis - it hurts and is miserable BUT it makes me slightly turned on all the time.

Squirting - yes. I can feel it coming sometimes and if i realise too clearly i start worrying about how much of it there'll be and it puts me off and the orgasm goes away!

Vibrating fanny - sometimes around ovulation time i have this low level humming/vibrating in my vag which can last a day! ANYONE else??

Gliblet · 04/02/2021 19:43

Ohhhh @DragonMoth I managed that on the south coast in the UK - had to scoop handfuls of sand out of my bumcrack Blush

Does anyone else manage to develop crushes on characters from old programmes or films, then end up really sad because you know you won't see that character again because it's so outdated? It's not like you even have things like web forums or fanfiction to fall back on...

NoEffingWay · 04/02/2021 19:47

For all those poster that have asked the question, I definitely 100% ejaculate when I have a strong orgasm. I can feel it coming, and it's usually pretty intense. I have to change the sheets afterwards! It's always with dp, and only after the first three or four 'normal' orgasms. Nothing to be ashamed about Grin

Nottheduchessofcambridge · 04/02/2021 19:53

@PolarnOPirate Me too! I felt like I was a monster, I’m so glad I’m not alone.
This is such a great thread OP.

NoEffingWay · 04/02/2021 19:55

@Chienloup

I have a problem with rice. Whenever I eat it, I am guaranteed that at some point in the meal I will get a feeling that there is a big clump of it in my chest. It is extremely painful and I feel like I'm suffocating. The only way to get over it is a huge glass of water and forced deep breaths. Please tell me someone knows what this is.
This happens to me! I thought I was the only one. I have to be careful to eat it slowly and not gulp it down or it hurts horribly.
Nottheduchessofcambridge · 04/02/2021 20:00

One time (after a long sex drought) I was so looking forward to sex that my vagina did that tightening thing and it set off the muscle cramps in my bum! I was in agony, my OH was v understanding as he has had it loads of times.
I had to take painkillers and sex was delayed an hour.

hitsvilleuk · 04/02/2021 20:00

Aahh the bookshop/library need to go. Why is that when it happens with literally no other shop.
I had it as a child it was torture
Please to those up all night with the javelin arse try the ventolin. It really works

Henio · 04/02/2021 20:01

I pull my own hair out all the time, I don't even realise I'm doing it sometimes, if I catch myself doing it I have to sit on my hands to stop

Ladybird69 · 04/02/2021 20:06

@tinylittleyou I get you and also if I’m in the shower and I can’t hear what is going on it freaks me out.

AnotherSoddingWalk · 04/02/2021 20:06

[quote Nottheduchessofcambridge]@PolarnOPirate Me too! I felt like I was a monster, I’m so glad I’m not alone.
This is such a great thread OP.[/quote]
This thread really has eased my mind. For decades I've thought I must be some kind of evil, twisted person to get that sensation. I always felt so disgusted with myself, even though I knew I wasn't actually 'turned on' by what I was seeing/reading. It's such a relief to know it happens to others.

I'd love to know what the biological/scientific explanation for it is.

CamelsAreMathematicians · 04/02/2021 20:14

Not only have I had arse crack hair stowaways, DP once felt something weird and looked at me with horror as he pulled one of my (very long) hairs from between his cheeks. It was like a magician's handkerchief string. Grin

Iwanttobeanonymous · 04/02/2021 20:15

@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.
FTEngineerM · 04/02/2021 20:16

@1sttimemumtobe2021

Did you poo whilst giving birth? Key thought of mine being due in April with first baby. The stats are high for this from what I hear but I can't really ask haha!
@1sttimemumtobe2021 yes I did, they whipped it away within seconds and didn’t even mention it. It was quite obvious what had happened though.
Fuckityfucksake · 04/02/2021 20:18

@Laiste

Cystitis - it hurts and is miserable BUT it makes me slightly turned on all the time.

Squirting - yes. I can feel it coming sometimes and if i realise too clearly i start worrying about how much of it there'll be and it puts me off and the orgasm goes away!

Vibrating fanny - sometimes around ovulation time i have this low level humming/vibrating in my vag which can last a day! ANYONE else??

Vibrating fanny was mentioned a few pages in I think. It happens to me but I've not paid attention to when - there was at least one other poster too. You are not alone amigo. I'm the same with squirting/ejaculating. If I overthink about the mess once I feel it's going to happen then everything stops. However if I'm too far in the moment before I realise then it's happening, there's no controlling it nor the amount that comes out and dh is changing the sheets/cleaning the floor/wherever afterwards :)

I have a new one for me this evening.
Farty thighs! Anyone?
I've just sat down on the bed and made this dry fanny fart type sound but from my thighs. Dh accused me of fanny farting! It wasn't.
I'm clammy from the shower and carrying a few pounds more half a stone ish than usual so maybe that's it. isn't it?
(please say yes and it's not ANOTHER age thing)

colouringindoors · 04/02/2021 20:20

Not as exciting as other posters, but I literally have a ring of dark hairs on my breasts, around the areola. Not dozens, but quite a few. I really do not like how they look! Tweezers....

Skyelils · 04/02/2021 20:21

Head explosions 😳

Twisique · 04/02/2021 20:25

I also get balls of hair caught up under my arms, but only when wearing a jumper! Glad I am not the only one!

TrixieMixie · 04/02/2021 20:27

No - none of this. Because I is a real laydee...Seriously though, no, none of it, and it is pretty gross tbf. I have very long hair and a deep belly button but still no.

whitechocolatespaceegg · 04/02/2021 20:28

@Thisisworsethananticpated

I don’t think anyone gives birth vaginally without shitting !!! Happy to be proved wrong !
It didn't happen to me in either of my vaginal births.
Laiste · 04/02/2021 20:28

@Fuckityfucksake
Ah thank you i missed it being mentioned already. The buzzing fanny Grin

Re: the worrying about the mess ... i find if i've had a few drinks i don't give a fuck worry less Wink