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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:
MrsVogon · 03/02/2021 13:26

@hauntedvagina

Every so often I wake up to a two / three inch hair growing out of the middle of my forehead.

I wear make up daily and have a good skin care routine so I'd notice it if it had been growing for a while or had been lurking under a spot.

THIS!!!
Janaih · 03/02/2021 13:27

I also cringe so bad at ridiculous things I've said years ago. If possible I run around to make it go away Grin

A reoccurring one is where some people pulled up to ask me directions to a place that was literally around the corner and I sent them miles away in the other direction. Thank god sat nav has prevented this misfortune from happening again!

MoreMorelos · 03/02/2021 13:27

@Thisisworsethananticpated

I don’t think anyone gives birth vaginally without shitting !!! Happy to be proved wrong !
DCs1&2 no, DC3 yes 😂
Whythesadface · 03/02/2021 13:28

This combined poo and hair.
One day after a poo, I can feel some weird pressure from the edge of my bum, I look down to see a single poo, swinging from a hair, now that was an odd feeling.

Daydreamsinglorioustechnicolor · 03/02/2021 13:28

Fanny farts is definitely something no one discusses in real life.

TastyTicklemore · 03/02/2021 13:29

@Baublebox

Does anyone elses vagina store up bath water and then release it at some time after you have gotten out of the bath (usually just after you have put clean pyjamas on)? Or do I just have a massive fanny?
True story: a taxi driver in Gibraltor once told me had Damon Hill in his cab. And that Damon had told a story about how someone he knew (a female) had injured themsleves jumping into water feet first because a rush of water went up their vadge. "That's why women have to be careful in water" says Damon "in case too much water pushes up them".

To this day I have no idea if the cab driver was making this up, but I've never been able to forget the story!

Jent13c · 03/02/2021 13:29

@clto2021
Still want to die when I think about the smell and knowing I could do nothing about it. To be fair both babies out in 2 pushes so must be doing it right! I know you are supposed to cuddle the baby right after birth but I'm quite glad they gave him a little towel off as there was definitely some transfer.

takemetomars · 03/02/2021 13:30

@Dallerup

I have EXACTLY this problem. Beware though, I now have a pilonidal cyst and I'm convinced it's because of the hair wash hair
It is
AbstractHeart · 03/02/2021 13:30

@Thisisworsethananticpated

I don’t think anyone gives birth vaginally without shitting !!! Happy to be proved wrong !
It also happens during c-sections. When they put in the spinal block it relaxes your sphincter and anything in there can get squeezed out while they're trying to get the baby out. Happened to me...Blush
BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 03/02/2021 13:31

I always brush my hair before showering to minimise how often I have to clear out the drain debris catcher thingy so don't have the hair in bum crack problem.

I used to get arse dagger when ovulating. Interestingly it was much, much worse when I had been good about doing pelvic floor exercises and not as bad when my pelvic floor was a little weak.

Baublebox · 03/02/2021 13:31

@TastyTicklemore
I'm most confused a out how Daemon and the taxi driver got into this subject. Grin

Marypip · 03/02/2021 13:31

@1sttimemumtobe2021 yep, 3 out fo 3 for me so far! You really really won’t care when it’s happened or while it’s happening, trust me! It will be whipped away before you can even smell it 😂

AccidentallyRunToWindsor · 03/02/2021 13:32

I absolutely get the hair in the bum crack thing.

misskatamari · 03/02/2021 13:33

I pooed when giving birth. Had a home birth and dh fished it out with the GOOD sieve, not the crap sieve that had a prong broken off, which therefore wouldn't stay resting on a pan, which I had specifically ear marked as the poo sieve! 🙄 🤣

Yes to the arse crack hair too.

TwunchOfBats · 03/02/2021 13:33

Yes to hair in the bum crack. I hate when I only catch hold of one end and have to slowly pull a single strand of hair out, it feels like I am pulling out of my literal arse.

Yes to the fanny aches during a period.

Yes to the highly crafted/maladapted daydreaming. Though a little bit less these days.

Yes to a single, fine, 6 inch hair that grows out of my back. I remeber reading about someone who had one grow inward and wrap around their spine and have been frightened ever since.

Lolly49 · 03/02/2021 13:33

@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!
Yes sadly only with DD though DS came after 20 mins and then promptly shat on me after being checked etc .
Mousehole10 · 03/02/2021 13:34

@Georgyporky enema wasn't even mentioned when I gave birth last summer.

nancy75 · 03/02/2021 13:34

@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!
When I had Dd I had pethadine & it made me go a bit loopy - I became obsessed with not pooing in front of anyone so I kept getting up & going to the loo. At one point I locked myself in & they had to threaten to break the door down in case I had the baby on the toilet! I did manage no to poo on the bed but I don’t think the midwife was very happy with me 😂
unmarkedbythat · 03/02/2021 13:34

@vivariumvivariumsvivaria

Breastfed 3 babies in a row. Weaned them each at a year.

Still could produce a decent squirt of milk for SIX YEARS.

GP did some blood tests, found nothing and suggested that I must be either still feeding the babies...or my husband.

I changed GP, I mean, I ASK YOU! but, am none the wiser about why my boobs kept busy.

Hello fellow long term lactater! Also bf 3 babies, weaned my third when over three years ago, can still get milk out of both without much effort. Not a fan of this at all.
TastyTicklemore · 03/02/2021 13:34

[quote Baublebox]@TastyTicklemore
I'm most confused a out how Daemon and the taxi driver got into this subject. Grin[/quote]
Me too. Though, to be fair, I was there for the retelling and am STILL confused how the taxi driver and I got onto the subject of weird things Damon Hill has said Grin

SoDiorDarling · 03/02/2021 13:34

I didn't poo in labour. But I woke in the night needing a wee and on the loo my waters broke and I did a huge poo so I guess I did just at the very beginning, before any contractions.

NoProblem123 · 03/02/2021 13:35

I could launch a hot air balloon when I first get into bed Blush

PivotPivotPivottt · 03/02/2021 13:35

Your first one about the hair was the first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title 😂

SoDiorDarling · 03/02/2021 13:35

@nancy75 now that's funny!

Tableforfiveplease · 03/02/2021 13:36

@Gliblet

One of the things I've found reassuring on MN is the conversations about who you are in your imaginary life Grin I genuinely used to wonder if anyone else had a fairly carefully crafted fantasy life alongside their normal one but it's not really something you ask over coffee at work...
Grin. ^Definitely!