Eeeew! You're Gross!

MrsCase1 · March 2014

Yesterday in that hot mess of a board-wide thread someone "confessed" to stuff she does that other people find gross, but that she feels helps her immune system. I think it included but was not limited to planting her bare butt on public toilets and sharing water with her cats. Both of those things make my skin crawl but it got me to thinking that we all probably do something other people would find nasty.

I have a big blue cup that I love. I used to have a set of 10 but am down to one. I'm too lazy to wash it so I will re-use it for two days at a time. I tuck it away in a corner where nobody else will be tempted to drink from it but I know it is still foul not to wash it every time. I'm pretty weird so I have to have my crushed ice and my super cold water in my special cup. My husband is horrified by this and insists water goes "stale."

So, share your your "nasty thing."

tbmadeamistake · March 2014

I have a glass of water on my bedside table that will take me three nights to drink, and I don't refill/rinse until I've gone through all of it. My DH says the same as yours, it's stale after one night.

I also plant my bare butt on public toilet seats. I started my last pregnancy because I literally couldn't hold myself up anymore to pop a squat, was too lazy to put down TP (which is sooooo porous anyway), and I felt like I emptied better if I was sitting down. I didn't get a rash, never got sick, and in general survived fine...so I kept it up. I always check for wet spots, though, because those are gross!

shakeweights · March 2014

amoot890 said:

I use the same water glass for a couple days at a time. No judgement here! Now I wouldn't re-use something that had milk, OJ, coffee where you get that dried residue at the bottom.. but water, sure why not?!

My nasty thing - I like to play with my nail clippings. DH has known this for a very long time, but my family (mom, brother, sil, step father) found out like a year ago and they like to randomly poke fun of me! Just last night my brother sent me a text: "whenever you see the moon when its a sliver and it looks like a fingernail do you get anxious and wish you could roll it around in your fingers?"

@amoot890 - I seriously started laughing out loud when I read what your brother said and can't stop!!!

MrsCase1 · March 2014

krptcmschfmkr128 said:

Toilet seats are cleaner than handles in public restrooms.

Moot point for me. I think everything about public restrooms are dirty, and I dare say some people don't keep clean enough home bathrooms. But I digress, it is not just pee on the toilet seats I've seen in public. I use a toilet seat cover, wash my hands, and then use a napkin to open the door as I exit. I am not much of a germ-phobe but public restrooms really make me queasy.
:-&

MrsCase1 · March 2014

hampire said:

Toilet seats are cleaner than handles in public restrooms.

This. Also cleaner than your phone.

Hmn, I must be more of a germ-phobe than I allowed myself to admit because I clean my cell phone regularly. I don't do it for the germs though, I do it because I like a clean screen and seeing little bits of stuff in the speaker part drive me nuts. OK, I revise my original statement - I am a freak!

texasmama2014 · March 2014

I always sit my bare booty on public toilet seats, but I'm picky about which restrooms I use. I won't use port-a-potties. I use a water glass for a day, then it goes in the dish washer. Drinking water from the previous night is the worst.

I use a towel a week before washing it. Nasty? Don't care... I also eat things that fall on the floor without washing them off. My immune system rocks!!

MrsCase1 · March 2014

sjdihle said:

I use a towel a week before washing it. Nasty? Don't care... I also eat things that fall on the floor without washing them off. My immune system rocks!!

Same.

MrsCase1 · March 2014

@rachel5130 the concensus seems to be that everyone eats stuff off the floor. :-bd

erind228 · March 2014

I also sit on public toilet seats. I won't sit on a port-a-potty seat though. I will also eat dropped food off my own floor, but I wouldn't in public. I guess my gross thing would be peeing in the shower. I never get out to pee. It just seems pointless to me.

MrsCase1 · March 2014

erind228 said:
I guess my gross thing would be peeing in the shower. I never get out to pee. It just seems pointless to me.

There is a campaign somewhere in South America where they encourage you to pee in your shower to save water.

wtfisup · March 2014

Bare butt on all toilet seats. I do not understand the concern at all. When I hear someone frantically TPing in the stall next to me, I'm totally amused. A toilet seat is cleaned at least once a day in most facilities with highly effective cleaner. It then is touched not by feces or anything, but by the back of thighs, which themselves are usually covered. Thighs are cleaner than hands. And I don't eat with my thighs. There is no way that I can conceive of to get ill from a toilet seat. However, my keyboard at work? And most surfaces I touch with my hands? Never/rarely cleaned. Even with hand washing, my hands touch my face, my food, and my mouth and eyes.

I'm probably pretty gross to others. I grew up on a farm: I don't fear germs. At all. I will reuse a water cup for a couple of days, eat something that was dropped on the floor, go barefoot.

One of my friends is a microbiologist who has done some amazing research. In our conversations, it's been clearly demonstrated that 90% of the things we do to "be clean" or minimize germ contact are completely laughable and ineffective. But germs are also important and good.

Mztwilson · March 2014

If I'm in the shower and forgot to take my tooth brush with me I'll use dh's toothbrush. That's love

Kinipela7 · March 2014

@erind228 - hooray for peeing in the shower. I just discovered that while pregnant and I don't even plan to go back. It's so convenient!

Pepper6 · March 2014

Yeah, I do most of these too. I have no problem sitting on public toilet seats as long as there are no wet spots (which are more likely overspray from flushing than people pissing directly on the seat), but I do use my foot to flush if they aren't automatic.

PinkKEL9 · March 2014

I also sit on public toilet seats. I am not good at squatting. I make sure there is nothing on the toilet seat though. I also try to use the very first stall or very last one. I read somewhere one time that the middle ones are the most used and the far sides are the least used and therefore, cleanest. And I use my foot to flush, never my hand.

I pee in the shower. Not a big deal to me.

And I use the same towel all week long. But I never re-use washcloths.

I wear the same jeans/pants several times before washing them as long as they are still clean.

amackattack · March 2014

Hmm I'm pretty gross. It would never cross my mind to cover a toilet seat or to use any kind of paper to flush/open the door/etc. Waste of paper.

We let our dog lick all of our plates, and then we wash them. Not sure if that's considered gross.

Also, if I've used a pot to boil rice, veggies or pasta, I will reuse that same pot the next time without washing. Same goes if there was butter or something in a frying pan for sauteing.

I also don't know the last time I've washed my water cup or commuter mug, or the coffee pot for that matter.

I will continue to rewear clothing (not underwea) over and over again without washing as long as it doesn't smell and is not stained. Especially bras, which I almost never wash. I think excessive clothes washing is a waste of water.

I'm not sure how I got this way....I have memories of my dad telling me it's okay to blow my nose in my hand while helping him out in the garden and a few other similar morsels of advice, so I will blame him.

nicolemcm · March 2014

I don't understand why using feet to flush the toilet? You're going to touch the door latch, then wash your hands, so what's the point

MrsCase1 · March 2014

I was totally unaware of how many people I "know" that sit bare-bottomed on the seat. For me it is mental, not logical. So much so, that my husband bought me an entire CASE of toilet seat covers since they're not required in my state.

MrsCase1 · March 2014

MegK82 said:

I'd probably be considered pretty gross. I have barely any fear of germs. I also have a pretty good immune system. I'll leave all my grossness to your imagination b/c there is a lot of it.

I have a pretty active imagination.

ahastin1 · March 2014

MegK82 said:
I'd probably be considered pretty gross. I have barely any fear of germs. I also have a pretty good immune system. I'll leave all my grossness to your imagination b/c there is a lot of it.

This. I never really thought of myself as gross, but I was raised with a very healthy view of germs which apparently may be viewed by others as downright disgusting. Yeah, I'm gonna be THAT mom who just doesn't care.

Pepper6 · March 2014

nricole said:
I don't understand why using feet to flush the toilet? You're going to touch the door latch, then wash your hands, so what's the point

For me, it's mostly because I don't like leaning over the toilet as it's flushing. I've had some over spray splash on my arms and even face, which grosses me out, so I started using my foot. Now it's just habit.

BMaidPlanner · March 2014

I'm also pretty gross, sure I do most if not all of the things you all mentioned. I can also go a week without washing my hair. I almost never get sick. (jinxed myself?! Ahh!)

Things that I try to avoid are: too much touching of the subway poles (have seen plenty of gross on the subway, everything from vomit on the doors/seats/floor to someone cutting their toenails to sneezing right on the poles that people touch...) I would also rather clean the toilet than touch dirty dishes. I have no idea why. I know it's food I JUST ate, but food in the sink/on plates bothers me. H loads the dishwasher, I unload.

theamandapanda · March 2014

This is boring. I'll up the gross factor....

So my ears are pierced but I never wear earrings. There's usually a little knot living in each of my earlobes especially following the rare occasion I actually wear earrings. Here's the gross part: I frequently squeeze my earlobes while driving home from work. I have a long commute and I suppose I absentmindedly squeeze my lobes out of boredom/anxiety/what-have-you. Here's the grosser part: I ALWAYS smell my fingers post earlobe squeeze session. It smells like you'd expect but I just can't not smell it. I keep hand sanitizer in my car mostly for post earlobe squeeze disinfection.

It feels good getting that one off my chest. Gross confession relief at its finest.

ElTrain5 · March 2014

I wear the same pants/bra for like a month before I wash them. Unless I spill something on myself, and even then.....

cMichelle0423 · March 2014

Also go bare butt on public toilet seats! Unless I'm at some old run down looking gas station during a road trip! I re wear a lot of clothes before washing them (except undies!), as long as they don't smell or have stains... i usually do this with bras, jeans, and sweat pants. Can't even remember the last time I washed the bra I'm wearing now. I'm if I see a little stain on my jeans that I really want to wear, I'll try to get it off with a baby wipe. If I get it off, then I'll wear them, if it won't come out then I'll toss them back in the hamper. I also go days without washing my water bottle!

Ashes92813 · March 2014

This thread made my day and I really needed it. Thank you.

Sooooooo my addition is that I am so congested in the morning I literally have to perform surgery on my nostrils to remove my bloody mucusboogers (that are the size of caterpillars) from my nose. Yes, after a saline solution showdown, I cram my tiny fingers into my nose to remove the goblins so I can freaking breath.

I should note I have asthma and it's flared up while pregnant.

ELC252011 · March 2014

@ElTrain5. I do that too!!! You just made me feel better.

EmbracingChange · March 2014

I never have soft/gooey boogies. Mine are always rock hard and jammed way up in there and they freaking hurt. I admit to being a picker, but I always wash my hands afterward because I'm also a nail biter. It's a habit I've had all of my life.

Rosebud2587 · March 2014

I also sit on public toilet seats.

When I use my bathroom at home I don't always wash my hands after peeing.

I pick at and eat my hangnails when I'm bored. Needless to say, I have horrible looking fingers as a result.

I wipe my hands on my pants all the time but I can go months without washing my jeans so the upper thighs of my jeans are usually pretty crusty by the time they get washed.

And, because I have a kid, I rock the booger schemers, spit up, puke, squished banana, etc on my shits all day long and I don't even think about changing into a clean shirt before going out in public.

I don't keep up with shaving my legs in the winter. I don't see the point when I just wear pants all the time. DH thinks it's gross but it's never stopped him from DTD.

lest12 · March 2014

I have shared utensils with my dog.

DH and I think it is hysterical to have him "use" our fork. And occasionally, I let him lick something off my spoon while I'm still using it.

I am not grossed out by it in the slightest but I think people will think I'm a creep.

lest12 · March 2014

If it makes me sound any less gross, katburdette, I would rather let my dog eat off my fork than share a cup/straw/fork with almost anyone who isn't DH or an immediate blood family member.

lest12 · March 2014

@katburdette - that made me lol. But I'm with you... sharing ice cream = no!

owlcup · March 2014

I always assumed I would be considered pretty disgusting to the general population so this thread makes me feel much better.

I also bare-ass sit on public toilets.
Don't wash clothes after every wear.
Drink "stale" water.
Pick my nose in the morning (also for breathing purposes)
Pee in the shower.

I just love y'all.

Eta: This is also my 500th comment! What a great way to remember this milestone!

mjdavies · March 2014

I'm pretty much tit for tat on all of these. My addition, I will blow my nose in a tissue while in bed and throw said tissue on the floor until a later time. I should probably just get a trash can for my bedside but just haven't.

diagonalley · March 2014

I pop my husband's bacne and enjoy doing it...and he enjoys when I do it...we're gross together

tbmadeamistake · March 2014

mjdavies said:
I'm pretty much tit for tat on all of these. My addition, I will blow my nose in a tissue while in bed and throw said tissue on the floor until a later time. I should probably just get a trash can for my bedside but just haven't.

I do the tissue thing...my DH gets sooooo upset about it. I now do it half on purpose.

EmbracingChange · March 2014

MommyP710 said:

I pop my husband's bacne and enjoy doing it...and he enjoys when I do it...we're gross together

You are not alone, but mine doesn't enjoy it so much as tolerate it.

He asked the kids to scratch his back and DD said, "Let me grab the tweezers some can popper your pimples like Mommy does!" He said, "oh Jesus! A miniature version of you!" Ha!

lest12 · March 2014

My H won't let me pop his pimples

. He says I hurt too much.

mjdavies · March 2014

Lilygrace48 said:

mjdavies said:
I'm pretty much tit for tat on all of these. My addition, I will blow my nose in a tissue while in bed and throw said tissue on the floor until a later time. I should probably just get a trash can for my bedside but just haven't.
I do the tissue thing...my DH gets sooooo upset about it. I now do it half on purpose.

Yesss. I hoped I wasn't crossing the gross line with that one. Glad I'm not alone.

shakeweights · March 2014

MommyP710 said:

I pop my husband's bacne and enjoy doing it...and he enjoys when I do it...we're gross together

@MommyP710 - we do this too!! I've had the worst bacne during this pregnancy and my husband is always searching for something to pop. LOL! I also pluck his unibrow area and shave his ear hair because I think it's gross. Sometimes I wonder (when I'm looking at a guy and see those SUPER long ear hairs or a couple of scraggly long eyebrow hairs) if their wives even look at them! I can't stand it! haha!

MamaTree17 · March 2014

@mandy2696 have an old belly button piercing? Takes it to a whole new, grossly satisfying level.

I also read the study once that the first stalls in public restrooms are the least used/cleanest and it has stuck with me but I always sit because I'm lazy.

I wash my hair once a week, on Sundays. If it gets bad by Thursday/Friday I just wear it up for the rest of the week.

I haven't worn deodorant in over 3 years just because I got in the habit of not and now never remember.

And wait, is it not normal to use the same towel for a week or so? Do people really use a new one every time they shower?

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