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Helenahhandbasket
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s/o FFFC-- Poop vs Puke
Helenahhandbasket
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Inspired by the FFFC thread.
I have been petrified of barf ever since I can remember-- I hate doing it, seeing it, hearing it-- I even hate hearing other people talk about it. I honestly even hate typing the words "puke" or "barf"
Poop, OTOH never really bothers me AT ALL. Yeah, it's gross, obvi, but I can totally handle it.
One of my co-workers is the complete opposite, she's petrified of poo, and we always have funny arguments about which is worse-- a case of the runs or a case of the pukes.
What do you all think? Which would you rather be faced with? Do you hate/ fear barf as much as I do or am I crazy? LMK
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
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Re: s/o FFFC-- Poop vs Puke
Barf is just pre-processed poop.
They both suck.
I have thought of that, but why is barf so much grosser?
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
I'm the same as you. I am a full-fledged emetophobe. I'd rather break a bone than ralph.
Other bodily functions do not bother me. I could look at blood all day long, like Dexter.
The smell of throw up is so much more worse than the smell of poop to me. Smelling it makes me want to vom too.
I hate puke! Funny story- in kindergarten a classmate of mine was trying to make himself vomit at the lunch table for fun. He succeeded and it started a chain reaction that went down the entire table-gross. That memory is burned in my brain. The smell is enough to make me want to hurl.
Poop doesn't bother nearly as much.
I had to google that
. KJ-- you just diagnosed me, I think.
But this is me too--I love gory moves & TV shows, but there's just something about vom....
And I am apologizing now for starting this thread-- hope it doesn't make anyone green!
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
Have you seen the movie Bridesmaids? That scene. THAT one. In the dress shop. It made me so uncomfortable, I though I was going to have to stop watching the movie. I had to look away.
I don't understand what it's like to not be bothered by vom. If someone here is not bothered by it, is it something you can explain to me?
I mean, I know people who vom all the time for various reasons and it doesn't bother them one bit. They're the ones who come to work while having a stomach bug. To them, vom is no big deal at all. I get furious at these people.
As long as it's my own kid, I don't mind either. Both are gross, but whatever, I'm gonna clean it.
But someone else's grossness is not something I am interested in witnessing.
Poop doesn't bother me.
Puke, I can force myself to deal with but I will likely gag. I don't so much mind the sight of puke, but the smell, I just can't deal with. You always have to wash something 2 or 3 times to get the smell out. Eeeeewwwwwww!!!!!!
Seconded. I really want to hear from this perspective.
BFP 1- EDD 2/09/11 Missed MC DX @11 weeks D&C- 7/25/10 BFP 2- EDD 12/22/11 Natural MC @ 5w 2d BFP 3- EDD 1/25/12 DD Josephine born 1/16/12
True story-
I hate a whole bag of doritos in one sitting when I was 16. My stomach hurt so bad. I wanted to cry. I finally went to the bathroom and used my toothbrush to induce vomiting.
I threw up one giant long orange column for a solid 2 seconds straight. It reminded me of the columns at the Lincoln Memorial just orange and coming out of my oral cavity.
Yuck.
I am not a fan of either, but I guess since I'm more used to poop, I'd pick that over barf any day. There's something about the smell of barf that makes me just want, to, well, barf.
With that said, I have caught my kid's puke with my bare hands before without even blinking. Crazy the things you can do in the heat of the moment. lol
IDK It just doesn't phase me. I do vomit more than the average person though from one of my medications. I guess I am just used to it.
Poop bothers me way more. I am ok with My kid?s poo but others gross me out.
True Story,
One summer in HS, I worked at a country club as a lifeguard. It was an awful job. For some reason they made the lifeguards clean up the pool deck, bathrooms and change the trash at closing. One night a trash bag burst open and all this alcohol spewed all over me. I came home and reeked like a bar, my parents thought I was wasted. Anywhoo one night I was assigned restroom duty. We had to drag out these mats and spray them down with a hose, then spray down the floors and clean the rest of the bathrooms. I was only like 15 or 16 and someone pooped on the floor. I told my manager I didn?t want to do it, she made me. They didn?t even have gloves for me. It was awful. I was too young and niave to refuse to do it.
I came to find out later, that this was probably illegal, esp with me being under 18. You are supposed to have special cleaning certification to clean up bodily fluids and have access to gloves and bleach (or the something of the like).
I am terrified of puke. I can handle anything else.
ETA: I'm terrified of puking, actually. I can handle it when my kid barfs and it's not related to a GI bug. I have been known to catch vomit in my hand when he choked in a restaurant and it was totally no big deal. The woman who saw it and gagged at the next table did not agree.
I was just about to say this. Something about vomit just kills me. I think it's because it always smells kind of sour. Plus it immediately brings me back to being sick as a kid. People shittt on the regular so it doesn't mean "illness" but puke means you're sick.
They are about equal but it is easier to treat symptoms of poop all over the place tha n vomiting... at least they can keep things- probiotics/yogurt/bananas/medicines down (unfortunately it goes all the way down and out) when it's diarrhea.
I don't mind either. Except this one time..
DH and I were at a concert, floor tickets, and it was hot as hell. I was holding my hair on top of my head, and we were listening to the opening band. I think it was Weezer. Anyway, I feel something cold and chunky on the back of my neck.
Some little stranger-underage-drinking-twerp threw up all over my neck and back.
I tried to kill him, DH wouldn't let me. I was furious.
I'd choose poop over vomit. DS had some serious poop issues as a baby so when he actually went it was a straight up explosion over everything he was wearing and everything around. However the one time he had a stomach virus I felt so badly for him I just held him while he puked all over my neck and back...but we were sitting on the kitchen floor. DD was a big spit up queen though, and I was pretty meh after awhile with that too.
Puke just goes everywhere, at least poop is more contained.
Stinky pee..like from being dehydrated, grosses me out way worse.