Pet Peave

[want2live]

[img]smileys/smilies_07.gif[/img] My husband has a habit of making himself gag

every single time he brushes his teeth!! I have to

go to the absolute other end of our home - pluging

my ears. He says he has a small throat and can't

help it. He also dry heaves when he's trying to

swallow pills or vitamins!! I don't get it - I can swallow

10 horse pills in one shot if I had to - no problem.

I can also shove a toothbrush down my throat and

control my gag reflex!! I can't, however, control it

when he</span> does that - my anxiety goes through the</span><br style="text-decorati&#111;n: underline;">
roof!! </span>



Am I just weird or is there anyone else out there

who can relate?[img]smileys/smilies_09.gif[/img]</span></span></span></span></span></font></span>

[crystalmom]

Big thing my ex-husband used to do that made me ill was that gross "clearing of the throat", phlemy thing. [img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img] That drove me throught the roof!!!!


Crystal

[bexcelica]

my boyfriend does that. him, his brother and sister. its gross. i am
used to it now, but he says he has to "get the bad breath from the back
of his tongue". i cant imagine how someone would make themselves gag
like that. id rather have bad breath

[chicajojobe]

I have a pretty strong gag reflex so I know that it is really hard to
control something like that. However, I agree that it isn't necessary
to stick your toothbrush back so far that you gag because back that far
it hurts even with soft toothbrushes. Atleast it does for me.

[tcsarah]

Sometimes I gag when I try and clean my wisdom teeth properly or when I brush my tongue too far back, but I know I'm not going to v* from it so it doesn't bother me.


Would it help if you knewyourhusband definitely wouldn't v* from brushing his teeth (I'm 100% sure he won't), or is it just the sound (and associations) that bothers you?

[sunshine16]

id rather have bad breath

Agreed! [img]smileys/smilies_39.gif[/img]</font>

[ontariogirl]

So gross. Makes you wish he had false teeth, just take them out and brush them, no more hearing him gag!!

[carmagnet]

I can't even have the end of a pen or pencil barely in my lips without gagging. I could never brush my tongue.

[ontariogirl]

Me to carmagnet.

[want2live]

Thanks!



I just wanted to know if it was just me[img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]



tcsarah - I think you're right. It just freaks me out.

My husband has never v* from doing it - as a matter

of fact he's never v* since I've known him - 11 years!

I guess I'm also worried that one of these days he will

get sick - and he already knows that I won't be there

to comfort him.[img]smileys/smilies_12.gif[/img]

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