Do I Have A Sign On My Forehead??

[shiva]

I have no idea why total freaking strangers feel the need to tell ME about what's "GOING AROUND"!!!!!!!!


Sometimes I just want to f***ing punch people. I hate this s*** sooo much. I am so annoyed right now.


So, here's the story. I'm waiting for my daughter after school today and the crossing guard tells me to stear clear of "That BUG that's going around". I didn't even bite on that one, I ignored her. Then she began the details and said how HORRID it is. WHY??????? I really wanted to just say "SHUT THE f*** UP!!!" I just had to stand there waiting for my daughter to cross the street.


So, even though I didn't post this in the questions forum, I have a question... How can we constructively deal with these retards who talk too much about this stuff?? How does everyone else cope with these kinds of stories? My mind is getting the best of me and I hate that.

[babygap5]

The bottom line is, there is ALWAYS a nasty bug going around. I tell myself that whenever people are talking about "it." That way, I'm always careful about washing hands, etc. because I've told myself there's bugs all over the place. I used to feel like you, every time someone told me that, I would go into instant panick mode. It was like, if people didnt talk about a bug, then there weren't any going around. After spending most of last winter in a constant panick, and I never got sick from any of the bugs, bugs were everywhere. So, I changed my thinking. I hope this makes some sense, it's the end of the day at work and my mind is very tired.

[gubba]

babygap is right...the bugs are always going around and I tell myself that i am just going to always wash hand well and yes, I do think about it more when people MUST push it in our faces, and I have no idea why people do it...I think of it now as a way of making sure that I do wash well and keep my sons hands clean and make my husband wash too. Don't think about it as any worse than usual...the bug is around all summer and we never worry too much then. It's just that we are in such tight spaces now and not out in fresh air so it seems worse.


Cheer up and know that people are just wacko out there and must discuss something...

[bexcelica]

i concur i hate when people say that stuff too. why would you say that to anyone? lik obviously we know its going around

[stella9]

Do I hear you. I don't know why people NEED to talk publicly about their bodily functions. I posted two weeks ago about standing in the check-out line at the Vitamin Shoppe with my 8-year old daughter and being subjected to some woman's detailed chronology of her d**** events during that morning.Iwouldn't be as descriptive with my physician as this woman was withjust about everyone within an earshot of her dissertation. My guess is she did this jeverywhere she went that day andover the next fews days or weeks, for that matter.


I agree that things are always going around. Even if something is not going around and someone gets sick they feel compelled to express the fact that something is going around. There are times during the year when some viruses are more prevelant than others. We know that influenza goes around in the States from November to March. The sv dovetails on that time period asdo colds, strep throat, pinkeye, to name a few. We also need to remember that people being indoors increases the incidence of all illnesses. That is why they go around more duirng the winter months and with less frequency in the summer. It has nothing to do with the temperatures outdoors, but more with howpeople are frequently people are congregated indoors.


I am sorry you were subjected to this episode of "SV Nightmare on Crossing Walk Street." Brace yourself, because we have several more months of it. But don't feel too bad I once had a strange woman (and I mean strange) give me the most detailed account of her history of miscarriages while grocery shopping. I was purchasing Always pads and she started in with how absorbent they were. That was the segway into her three miscarriages, the clumps in the toilet and ... well..... you can only imagine the rest. I guess we are a product of the Talk Show Generation. You know how people who refuse to tell their husbands about their affair because they didn't want to embarras them, but will announce the details to the entire country.


Geesh.


Stella

[kel12347]

Shiva, what a coincidence! I've got the same tattoo on my forehead. It says, "If you're near me, please share all your v'ing stories, and if you really want to have fun, v* right in front of me." I am also sick of the retards who constantly have to share this garbage. I was told today that one of our part-time attorneys was feeling awful. Then my boss and the other part-time attorney start talking about how the sick attorney is throwing up, and her child has a virus, and it's supposedly horrible, blah, blah, blah. I really wanted to kick them both.


Not feeling overly anxious though, b/c I haven't seen this attorney since Thursday, and she did just announce that she's pregnant. Morning sickness, I hope? But even if it is, would she just kindly keep her v'ing stories to herself!?!?

[tayda]

I hear ya, I've found that for teachers/school personel, that talking about the lastest thing going around is like the rest of us talking about the whether.

[kleonar]

I think we are being a little hypocritical Isn't what we do on here is talk about V* and sv. "non emets" dont come on here to talk about it, they discuss with others around them. We should be more understanding.

[sheri-baby]

Shiva, I have the same forehead too, but I also think I have some kind of radar for hearing anything to to do with people talking about sv's. I have 2 kids in elementary and reading your post scares me. What kind of virus is going around? Is it an sv? Anyway's I totally hear you, that stuff really angers me to! But I can't really see a way to avoid these situations without being outright rude,(to meTHEY are being rude). I hope you and your daughter stay healthy.

[liriodendron]

It's probably wise of you not to engage in further conversation.

I should do the same but I do the opposite.

The first thing I do is take about 40 steps backwards and then ask them
more questions. Sometimes people call anything a SV when they just have
mild diahreah or cramps or who knows what. I also try to find out what
they ate or where they might have cought it. Sometimes I can relax
after getting more details rather than panick for days waiting to catch
it.



But the worse, is when they introduce themselves to you, shake your
hand and then tell you all about their sickness. That pissses me off!</font>

[shiva]

No kidding! Some people just don't think about how sickness is spread I guess. Don't you just love when they have a kleenex in their hand and they toss it and try to shake your hand? Or when they sneeze or cough in their hands, wipe them on their pants and then come at ya with thier hand extended!!?? Yea right!


It's like, I know I should not take it personally because they have no idea how my head works and most people can shrug this kind of news (if you can call it that) off and not think twice about it. I realize that the problem is more with me than them to an extent. But then I have to wonder.. Who does that??? Who tells total strangers about all of their health issues? Who tells total strangers about "what's going around"? If it were someone I knew, or if I asked it would be different. But, it just caught me off guard and pissed me off.


I know maybe it does sound hypocritical, but it's like a given that this kind of talk is going to go on here. Although we are strangers, we aren't in a sense. AND, everyone on here has control over what they are choosing to read and not read. How am I supposed to get out of earshot of this crossing guard lady when I am waiting for my daughter??? It's kinda different, no?

[meercat]

Ya know..many years ago i got advice from my mom..and i quote..."The more you worry about catching something, the quicker you'll get it!" And that held to be true! So i stopped (to the best of my ability) worrying about picking things up. What's worrying going to do anyway but only increase your anxiety level and THAT in itself can knock down your immune system and guess what? Ya end up picking up germs much easier!!!

Oh i agree totally about everyone who HAS to remind us (like who needs reminding???) that the flu season is upon us!! I just nod and say "Yeah, it sucks!" just like EVERY year..and think about it...how many times have you actually contracted these horrible flus and diseases ppl talk about???? Probably rarely to never!!! So please don't let the ppl bother you, they just want something to talk about, and what do most strangers who meet in a line, or on the street usually say to start a convo? It's either about the weather, or whatever is going around. Don't take them personally, they're just trying to make conversation...which in itself is something i think all strangers should do....be nice to eachother instead of snubbing one another...the poor ppl have no idea we are Emets, it's not like they PLAN on scaring us, right? hehe! Like everyone said above ^...just always keep your hands clean and away from your eyes, nose, and mouth, and you'll be just fine :-)

Paula

[shiva]

Meercat,


Great advice! Thank you so much. Everything everyone has said is soooo true. Somedays I can logically see that, others I can't. Lately I've been having troubles with keeping myself grounded.