I can't stand it. Poop is no problem. Pee, what's the big deal? But I can't stand the sight of snot.
Grandma has taken to using her pillow case as a handkerchief. It makes me want to puke. I can't even stand the idea of washing it. I throw them away. Why can't she just use the box of tissues at hand?
like I don't want to touch anything she's touched or sit anywhere she has sat.🤮
Quirky loved one just lets it drip, does not wipe or blow.
Imagine having to tell a grown man to go blow his nose! 🤧
Personally, I think poo and vomit is tons worse than snot but yeah, it’s gross.
The gum story was interesting about Oprah. Everyone has their own quirks. I hate, hate, hate hearing someone crack their knuckles, neck, back, knees, Hahaha
Don’t crack anything around me!
Or spit when you talk either! Hahaha
So, what other quirks are out there?
After reading your response, and that of Midkid, I was laughing into my pillow, and thinking maybe I will get some pillowcases at Walmart too!
I have to say--when I was in the wreck that is chemotherapy, I had NO NOSE HAIR. My nose ran constantly and sometimes I would bend over and liquid would come gushing out of my nose. So, all night for months I was 'snotting' my pillow cases. It's awful when you gross yourself out.
I just began changing all the pillowcases out everyday. I did keep tissues at hand, but I could not control what was just pouring out of my nose all night. And I did something I swore I would NEVER do, I stuffed a huge wad of Kleenex down my bra, essentially making me a walking Kleenex box, like my ancient Kindergarten teacher, who, it seemed, had Kleenex coming our of all her entire body--up the sleeves, in pockets, wherever she could pack them.
And my DH does the 'farmer blow' in the shower, Boogers all over. 44 years and he won't quit. He can't SEE them, so to him, he thinks they magically disappear.
Once my chemo was over, the first hair that grew back, was , thankfully, my nose hair.
I heard Oprah tell a story once...
Evidently, Oprah’s thing is gum. Totally grossed her out. When she had her talk show no one was allowed to chew gum in the audience. Anyhoo- Oprah had a very fancy dinner party to honor someone important. Natch, Oprah invited a mix of the fancy and famous to attend. One guest - she wouldn’t say who, but did say it was a young woman in the entertainment field - sat down to dinner with a big wad of gum in her mouth. Oprah goes on to say - she could barely function as she was so grossed out and fixated in the train wreck kinda way on the chewing... then to her utter horror, the guest took out the gum and stuck it on her plate. Oprah said she was totally sickened by it. When the dinner was winding down - Oprah got a servers attention and quietly told them to collect the plate and throw it in the garbage. It’s good to be the big “O”, yes?
Take a que from Oprah. Go buy as many cheap/Good Will/Dollar Store pillow cases as you can - and treat them like disposable. And, maybe they make disposable pillow cases? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen paperish ones in dentist/doctor offices.
Lastly - just to share... my thing is something called Trypophobia. It’s impossible to explain without sounding like a nut. Give it a google if your curious. It’s really an odd one. What can I say?!?
My husband used to use the shower.
I say used to, because no one blows SNOT into their hands. then flits it all over the shower walls as they rinse it off their hands.
Not in my home. Have you ever tried cleaning that up? Gross.
I technically had to re-teach him a few things.
Now, I get re-amazed that he needs to learn things all over.
Basic hygiene things. 🤮😡
Sometimes I think I am Superwoman too! But I am immune to kryptonite at this stage in my life.
I think throwing the pillowcases away is an excellent solution.
You can pin the hankies loose onto the new pillowcase. Maybe she will use one, someday.
Do they make disposable pillowcases?
It's not a medical issue. It's just standard snot. The same thing everyone gets but we use tissue or the sink. She uses her shirt or pillow case.
NOT SNOT?
Maybe it is a medical problem, and she is drooling out of her nose and mouth overnight. Maybe even vomiting a bit of phlegm, choking?
Does she have emphysema? Breathing difficulties?
Need a C-Pap machine to help her breathe?
A non-medicated humidifier can cut down on dryness in the air, help her nose feel more comfortable. Or try Mentholatum or Vicks just below her nose. Is her nose running in the daytime?
Would wearing a pair of disposable gloves help when you're changing her bedlinen? Only you're going to get through a heck of a lot of pillowcases at this rate.
PS Is she normally a very snotty person or might there be something the matter?