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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:
Imworthit · 05/02/2021 03:05

Female ejaculation is real and it’s amazing.

Imworthit · 05/02/2021 03:11

My current partner got such a shock the first time it happened.....I didn’t realise it was that uncommon or that I needed to warn him oops! He finished up like a champ tho 😂😂😂

Imworthit · 05/02/2021 03:15

If I see a hammer I get a strong urge to hit someone on the head with it, not for any reason...don’t worry I’m never gonna do it but yeah I don’t ever mention that in real life.

Biffbaff · 05/02/2021 04:21

Love this thread. My contributions:
-Pooed like a fking poo train during labour. Had done a big one earlier in the day and been proud of myself, thinking, now I won't poo in labour. How wrong I was. It was constant! Came in little bits and went on for SO long.
-I also have a sacral dimple and didn't know it was weird until my husband said our son 'had a bum like me' - didn't realise that was something to comment on!
-Yes to female ejaculation - my best times were with a little lipstick clit vibrator I had in my 20s. You don't need no man for it!
-Got turned on by my pants in my sleep tonight and tried to finish the job after waking. No luck but a lot of visual weird imagery while I was trying! That's why I am here at 4am...
-My nan and sister and I get the hyper empathy reaction with hospital scenes on TV. Nan used to refer to it as 'her pelvis going numb'.
-I don't get the hair in arse thing, and my butt is very curvaceous so the flat-arse theory doesn't fit there.
-I am quite afraid of the dark. We have open tread stairs and I always run up them when coming up to bed and the lights are off as I imagine someone grabbing my foot through the step! And I always used to sleep with a light on in hotels on business trips (usually the bathroom one).

An embarrassing thing happened to me when I had a general anaesthetic. When I woke up from it, I wet myself. Googled it and it didn't seem common. I blame the amount of water I drank before I wasn't allowed to have any more. Anyone else?

Biffbaff · 05/02/2021 04:27

@Imworthit

If I see a hammer I get a strong urge to hit someone on the head with it, not for any reason...don’t worry I’m never gonna do it but yeah I don’t ever mention that in real life.
LOL Once I confessed to some work colleagues that whenever I see one of those armoured money-carrier trucks, I always get the urge to run over and rob the guy carrying the money. I never would! I said it in a 'don't you too?' kind of way. They did not.

Also some people upthread mentioned saying things out loud when they think of embarrassing things. I do this. It's usually swear words! Especially 'fuck off' and 'dickhead'. I hope I don't go senile in old age as I will definitely swear a lot if I do. Blush

Percivalthebabyspider · 05/02/2021 04:45

I get so many of these too.
I also get sore feet when I eat certain foods (spicey etc) and I get nausea when drinking cold water, but can tolerate hot or warm fine.
On really cold, windy days I get pain in one ear and going down to the jaw.
Bodies are weird, but fascinating.

Imworthit · 05/02/2021 04:47

Yeah I mentioned the hammer thing once! Never again, their eyes came out on stalks....still think there the weirdo tho lol.

I am also massively afraid of heights mostly because my brain goes ‘go on jump!’ It never stops me going places but I have no idea why I get that strange urge

lightlypoached · 05/02/2021 05:16

When I bend over in yoga (a curved spine bend, not pivot from the hips) I get an intense almost pain pressure feeling in the centre of my chest that almost winds me. Like my sternum is folding in half. You know the cartilage bit between the ribs ?

I stand up / sit up straight and it sort of 'pops' back into place.

Weird and not very comfortable. Anyone else get that?

rockinaftermidnite · 05/02/2021 05:26

I'm really surprised at how many pooed themselves whilst giving birth! I was given an enema both times. It makes sense.

Claricethecat45 · 05/02/2021 05:37

I have been dying to ask this - here is my chance

When not able to have a shower or bath, I will wash the necessary parts with a clean hot flannel- face - pits and fanny...

When the hot flannel hits the fanny, my feet get super hot and tingly...is there a nerve from fanny to foot? Also recalled feet tingling and heating up just before a super nice orgasm once!! Happened a handful of times only (the feet warming).

Not noticed any foot heat when immersing in a bath or showering the under carriage - So is it just me???

CaperGrrl · 05/02/2021 05:50

@Chienloup I get this too. I can breathe, but I often have to drink something fizzy (Coca Cola seems to do the trick 99% of the time). Another friend of mine said he was diagnosed with a Schatzki (sp?) ring. Might be something to look into.

I also find making it either slippery (oil, butter, sauce) or mushy can help too. Bread and pasta that's dry has been known to do it to me too.

CaperGrrl · 05/02/2021 05:51

Making *rice

supercee · 05/02/2021 06:03

@Imworthit I get that with heights too! I've got increasingly scared of heights as I've got older and I've found myself saying similar things on the rare occasions I've been at a uncomfortable height. I thought I was going mental!

CaperGrrl · 05/02/2021 06:07

I usually say "I love my cat." or some such. Or doo dee doo random melody to make me forget.

CaperGrrl · 05/02/2021 06:15

One of several reasons I switched to a Diva cup (tampon string issues).

Gingersnaphappy · 05/02/2021 06:20

@rockinaftermidnite

I'm really surprised at how many pooed themselves whilst giving birth! I was given an enema both times. It makes sense.
Same here. It's standard practice in the country where I live so I was interested in what the pp said about research proving it was not recommended?
Norwayreally · 05/02/2021 06:23

is there a nerve from fanny to foot?

During my younger partying years I often used to take my heels off and walk down the street barefoot (NOT a smart idea obviously but I was wasted and my feet were sore) and I used to get fanny tingles from the pavement almost massaging my painful feet!

I only pooed during one of my labours, I still remember how nice the warm flannel they wiped my bum with felt Grin.

Gliblet · 05/02/2021 06:42

@Norwayreally @Claricethecat45 google 'foot orgasm syndrome! It's not just you - apparently it's something to do with the nerves from the foot and the genitals connecting with the spine around the same level. The signals get jumbled and your brain is just doing its best to sort out what's happening where.

OlympicProcrastinator · 05/02/2021 06:45

When I’m in a room that is very formal, like a corporate meeting or wedding when the nuptials are happening or in a court room (not that I’m a criminal btw Grin) just giving examples of when people are expected to behave in very restricted ways, I get a really strong urge to either scream or say something really loud and weird so everyone is shocked and horrified. I imagine it happening and often go all red from the shame and embarrassment of my thoughts imagining it, even though I have never done it and never would. It’s so weird.
Anyone else get similar? I’d love to know!

supercee · 05/02/2021 06:50

@OlympicProcrastinator Yes me. I have the urge to just shout out, usually in meetings or with lots of people in a quiet room. Or think 'what would happen if I just shouted this'... Had me questioning my mental health so glad I'm not alone!

margaritasbythesea · 05/02/2021 07:00

I now know why I have an irrational fear of hammers. I must be the other half to your urge @Imworthit

SinkGirl · 05/02/2021 07:03

@MisiSam

Sometimes I will get a pain like someone has stabbed me up the bum, only lasts a second and it's really sharp!
Javelin arse.

In my case due to endometriosis specifically in the pouch of Douglas. Very common amongst endo sufferers. If you have any other symptoms of Endo then it’s worth getting checked out.

expatinspain · 05/02/2021 07:05

I know this happens to other people, as it has a name, but don't know anyone else who has it and it isn't the kind of thing that comes up in conversation! Proctalgia fugax (sorry that's so large, but cut and paste from the internet!), which is basically spasms inside your bum, usually at night. Very annoying and keeps you awake until it goes away. I go months without having it and then get it. It is really uncomfortable and make you feel like you need the loo, but you don't, usually at about 3am!

expatinspain · 05/02/2021 07:07

Ah, ok. In the posted message the word came up normal size. Before I posted it it was bigger than the rest of the text!

Pineappleheart · 05/02/2021 07:10

Poops that block the toilet - every single time 😳
(And to my shame it’s blocked toilets on holiday etc - so it’s not like my home lol is faulty)