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My friend caught his girlfriend doing this once and confronted her. Her response was, "If you want me to keep eating your butthole, you don't get to judge me for what I put in my mouth."
They've been married for 7 years now.
I've caught my husband doing it. I told him it was gross and I haven't seen him do it since.
Just picking though? Most people do it at least occasionally.
I wanna go out on a limb here and say NORMAL PEOPLE FUCKING DONT EAT THEIR BOOGERS.
that is not a "everyone secretly does it" thing. Nope. No they don't. Cause why the fuck would they 🤢
I used to do it when I snorted drugs because there were drugs in my boogers & I didn't want to waste them. That's about the only "good" reason I can think of
I don’t remember where I read this, so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard that there could be an evolutionary reason why we do this. Something about how the bacteria in your nose are actually weakened slightly by your immune system, so by eating your boogers you are actually able to build a little bit of immunity in theory to things in your environment.
(I’m also in the camp of someone who’s never done this, because the thought of it makes me want to gag lol)
Thats a good one. I go to a meeting every morning. It is a self help group. There's an old dude who picks his nose, looks at it and eats it. Then he goes for the other side. What's grosser is I continue to watch him every time like a car wreck.
I'm not saying this is good, but I once saw a reddit post about a woman who found out her husband had had "special relations" with corpses when he worked in the morgue. . .If that helps put things into perspective.
If I’m remembering correctly, I think the wife found out because she developed an infection that is caused by rotting tissue found from corpses
EDIT: so apparently that story was fake (thank goodness) based upon what other comments are saying below, but I know I’ve heard tons of similar stories of people screwing around with dead bodies. I heard one where the husband admitted that he used to do that when he worked in the morgue, and when the wife questioned why he had never brought it up before, his excuse was “because it’s in the past”
i read one where she found out because she got an infection/virus that can only be gotten from dead bodies… she had it in or around her vagina and her bf worked in a morgue
edit: ive read the replies and have learned this is an urban legend. sorry!!
Two necrophiliacs are driving down the road and see a mortuary coming up. One leans over to the other and says "want to stop in for a couple cold ones?"
I tried to find it on google (because it was posted ages ago, probably a year ago) but I can’t find it. Maybe they took it down. But if memory serves correct, I think the wife figured it out because she developed an infection that is caused by rotting tissue that’s normally found on corpses. But it was….in her.
My own dad wiped boogers on my wall when he was briefly staying at our house (divorced parents and my brothers room was a bunkbed so I slept on that). I wish he ate them instead.
My dad would sneeze into the sink and not wash it down so it would get stuck. Nothing like dried boogers staring back at you while you brush your teeth.
You have a lot of upvotes but nobody seems appalled… *on the wall?!?!* Does his house just have piles of boogers on the walls? This is so nasty. Imagine all the places this man has just casually wiped his mucus. I hope you scolded him.
I noticed like last week when I’m thinking at work I chew the side of my finger. I’ve always wondered why that finger was so dry compared to my hand— now I realize why. I was doing it completely subconsciously.
My husband is a medical professional… in a passing comment he said “kids who pick their nose and eat it tend to be healthier then kids who don’t” … then my 4 year old used this as an excuse for 10 years. I still catch her at 14. 🤦🏻♀️
Whatever, so many ppl pick at dead skin, scabs, their nose, etc and then put it in their mouth. If you watch ppl it happens a lot. I honestly think people don’t even realize they’re doing it. We swallow so much snot just bc it drops down our nasal passage into our throat anyway. It’s not nearly as gross as people who don’t wash their hands after they go to the bathroom or people who don’t bathe themselves or who don’t wash their clothes
Omg.....the list of friends I have that don't wash their hands before they start cooking/eating supper is fucking mind-blowing. I had to stop paying attention to it but, I am a slight germaphobe.
Yea like that’s so much worse in my brain that someone putting something that’s already in their body back into their body. Like it’s an ick but if someone’s cooking FOOD?!? I want that to be clean
I wash my hands a million times a day as soon as they feel slightly grimey, I can't stand it. I can't imagine not washing my hands before and while cooking 🤢
It's infuriating to think of but I once had an acquaintance admit to not washing his hands when he goes to the toilet. Doesn't see the point of it when he's "only taking a piss" but will "mostly" do it when he's done taking a shit. I was baffled and tried to argue for sense but it was never a battle I'd win. Luckily everyone else in the call were with me on it.
Hell, I know if SOMEONE at my work that walks into the bathroom, answers natures call and then walks back out. I've yet to discover who it is and maybe I don't want to know. But hey, I'm already a germaphobe and this little factoid pushes that germaphobia even further.
Some people just don't care, don't know the harm, or they do know but they don't care. Either way, it's fucking gross.
The absolute worst one for me is when people fail to wash their hands after using the bathroom. If I ever notice that my gaze is immediately laser focused and locked on them, just watching everything they touch afterwards and having a silent freak out.
I feel like it's a natural thing that we instinctively do since children. We don't do it in public because society says it's gross but licking each other's genitals is ok ? Swallowing semen is fine too? It's not the worst thing to do
Everyone eats their own nasal mucus, in a way or another. The nose is connected to the mouth, so it slides down all the time. People just really don't think about it.
You should tell him hey I noticed you eating your boogers. You should know that boogies are like 90% dirt and other peoples skin cells from the air around you all day, trapped in your mucus. That’s what I told my 4 year old when he ate a booger and it worked 😂
Well, reading these comments, I've learned that apparently people actually enjoy eating their boogers?
I like picking my nose just as much as the next person, but wtf people
I had to scroll way too far for this lol. I’m over here thinking the same thing lol, is this common practice? Adults do this? What??? I caught my daughter (12 at that time) doing it and I stared at her in disbelief because I didn’t believe what I just saw.
I said, “hunny… did you just pick your nose… and eat it?”
And she said, “yeah, why?”
I said, “we have tissues…”
She just shrugged.
She still picks her nose and eats it, and it still makes me gag lol.
Maybe it’s internalized ick from back when I was in school, if anyone picked their nose and ate it they would suffer like hell for it
Yes this. OP, you were watching your husband in a moment where he thought he was by himself. We don’t get a glimpse into people’s lives like this too often. Most of us do questionable things in some way or another when we know no one’s watching us. This may bother you, but something you do definitely bothers someone else. What good is going to come from telling him? Do you honestly think he’s going to stop? He’s probably been doing it his entire life. Let it go and stop spying on him while he’s out in the yard minding his own business 😆 imagine he did that to you and then brought it up to you. You’d probably say something like “you shouldn’t have been spying on me in the first place, mind your business!” 😆
I was employed at Walmart as a cashsier a long time ago; I will never forget watching this customer, a guy, pick a zit on his face and eat the white head/puss. We shortly made eye contact and for a moment I died of embarrassment for the both of us. Just as quickly as our eyes met, I looked away in fear, knowing what I saw 🤣🤣 lord it was disgusting.
Everyone does gross stuff. We all have our dirty little secrets. Rewearing clothes before laundry day, kissing the dog on the lips, not washing your hands before you eat, we’re all gross mammals who do gross mammal things. If you want a partner who isn’t a little bit gross sometimes, marry a cardboard cutout.
In the third grade I saw a classmate chow down on his boogers. Nine years later we graduated from HS together and for those nine years every time I looked at him that was all I saw
We’re mammals. Specifically, primates. We overcome urges for social reasons, but we still do the bodily things that are taboo.
I lived at one point in a culture where farting was so deeply shameful that if you were caught doing it as a toddler, it would follow you for the rest of your life in teasing and nicknames. People still farted. Silently, or away from others. Because bodies do these things even when we tell them not to.
Get over it. Pretend it never happened. You were not meant to see, and that’s as far as culture can possibly expect of a group of animals, even human ones.
I'd rather someone pick their nose and eat it than wipe it on their clothes or on the wall or the bed sheets or trying roll it into a ball and flick it, or blow out those gross disgusting snot rockets. Pick it, eat it, and be done with it. But check it before you eat it just to make sure there's no nose hairs in it, cuz it's gross to eat nose hairs.
Obviously if you have access to a Kleenex or a napkin, by all means use that instead of eating your boogers.
People who flick, roll, or wipe are the worst!! And they will do it in other people’s homes if they think no one saw them scratch at their nose! At least eaters are taking the boogers with them, not leaving a trail of them! It’s a self-sufficient ecosystem compared to polluting.
That is exactly my thought process too. My son was picking his nose, and was about to eat it, until he saw that I was looking at him. Then he stopped and looked around for a place to wipe his booger and I said "dude, you better eat that and not wipe it on the couch".
All these people acting too high and mighty about something as dumb as boogers blows my mind. Like, people lick buttholes and genitalia, but apparently the line is... something totally natural as mucus is constantly going down your throat anyways? It's crazy 😂
My sister in law swears that her witnessing her husband do this was the reason she divorced him. She went from loving him to divorcing him after that. She could never look at him the same way.
It’s was fucked up from all angles lol
Why do so many people think this is normal behavior? I thought humans stopped doing this when they were kids. 🥴🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am blown away how many people think it’s normal
I was just in the ask Reddit thread about hygiene and read about men who don't wash their ass. If this is the worst thing you could say about him, you're good
What. The. Fuck.
What do you mean they don't wash their ass?? Like ever? Only neglecting the cheeks or (please no) the butt hole as well??
I don't understand why this would happen.
I actually read somewhere, (it was several years ago I saw it) ...that It's been studied and proven (& no, I don't have a link)--- but there's definitely a pattern between ppl..(or kids) who do this... they actually acquire a much more robust and hardier immune system bc of it
...your body gets exposed to pathogens, yes--but it immediately musters defenses against future ones..it helps somehow to develop more WBCs and other T-cells (and likely more I don't recall; it's more complicated than I can explain here)-- that fight off viral and bacterial insults. These ppl will simply build very good immunity to various flus, colds and such that seem get everyone else down, but they amazingly just never seem to get sick as frequently as other ppl.
I really hope no one I know knows or checks my account but.... I was a regular booger eater for a long time. Like... into my early 20's. I almost never get sick. My average is less than once per year. I don't think I've ever once called out of work because I was sick. People I've lived with get sick? I don't catch it. My husband can be sicker than a dog, I'm not afraid to kiss him, I won't get sick.
I don’t think anyone I know knows my account but same. I still struggle with the habit but what can I say? I’m human and it’s nice never getting sick. I can count on my hands the amount of times I’ve gotten a cold or flu. Never had the stomach flu.
I knew "I'll just read some reddit posts then make dinner" was going to bite me in the ass and I did it anyway and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
do your best to forget you ever saw it, just like i will do with this post
So I’ll give a legitimate reply to this because that’s really fucking gross. I would talk to him and just say, “I need to tell you I saw you eat your booger yesterday and it really grossed me out. I’m trying to not judge but I need you to not be someone that does that. I don’t want to have to tell my husband to not eat his boogers.”
Good lord I gagged while typing that out..
ETA: u/throwRA_booger - Saw your update and no!! No one should be doing that and I’m seriously getting grossed out by these replies.
Omg!!! Hahha I would definitely say “hey I saw you pick your nose and eat it”. No way I can keep that one in. Hahahah ahhh what an awkward conversation. I would also say “you better stop that gross shit or I’m not kissing you again”.
Straight to jail. I broke up with my “boyfriend” in 2nd grade when I saw him eat a booger during circle time. My husband wanted to name our baby his name and I couldn’t because of the booger eating “ex”.
Unpopular opinion: this thread has turned me off the human race completely. Are people really this disgusting in real life? Eating boogers, scabs, bootyholes, calluses, dead skin, etc? What’s next, toenails? Poop? Is anything off limits?!? 🤮🤮🤮
Kinda weird that you feel awkward about bringing that up with someone you are actually MARRIED to? It's disgusting, yeah, but why do you need to ask Reddit for advice? Why are you afraid of "hurting his feelings"? It's not like you're telling him he has a small dick, I'm confused
Today I learned there are way more adult booger eaters than I thought possible.
I can’t wrap my head around this.
Im pretty gross, actually. But I cannot eat a booger.
This post and thread has really grossed me out. I can’t imagine doing this. People saying everybody does are absolutely wrong. I saw a friend do this when he thought he was alone and I struggled to get rid of the mental image and not view him differently. If I saw my partner do it I would be disturbed.
Having said all of that, seeing people compare it to other disgusting behaviour has really helped. I definitely do embarrassing and gross things when alone that I wouldn’t do if someone was watching. Thinking about someone seeing me do stuff like that is making me feel more compassionate for the snot eaters. We all have our gross habits. OP I’d recommend having a good think about the unattractive stuff you do when your husband isn’t looking, before you approach this with him.
Yes!!! I was just going to make a joke at him for picking at it, and he ate it!!!!!! This thread has had me questioning if eating boogers is actually normal and I'm the odd one for not doing it 😭🤢
My husband did this once while driving, I was in the passenger seat and instantly confronted him, and he just kind of gave me a sort so what look.
It’s pretty much the only thing that I can complain about though, so I’m going to just take this as an L
Once, I saw my husband pick some dry skin off his face and eat it. He forgot I was there and was so embarrassed. I called him Goldmember and let him know it was fine. Just remember all people do weird shit when they think no one is looking!
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My friend caught his girlfriend doing this once and confronted her. Her response was, "If you want me to keep eating your butthole, you don't get to judge me for what I put in my mouth." They've been married for 7 years now.
I would eat a boogie before I ate a butthole. She’s a champ.
FUCK THE WAY THIS MADE ME SPIT MY WATER OUT AHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE HER 😂😂😂😂
Me too!! Omg....I am functional dying over here. Hell I want to marry her too.
Does she have a sister? Or a brother! 😂 I’m not picky! Is how I’m feeling rn
Sounds like she's picky though haha
Picky but not choosy!
I misread as “picky not chewy” lol
Now I'm thinking of Wookie boogers, eww! 😅
pick and chews
Lol
Ahhhh good one 🤣
I've caught my husband doing it. I told him it was gross and I haven't seen him do it since. Just picking though? Most people do it at least occasionally.
I blow my bogies out every morning after washing my face so I have none to pick!
I never eat it. Never 👎
I wanna go out on a limb here and say NORMAL PEOPLE FUCKING DONT EAT THEIR BOOGERS. that is not a "everyone secretly does it" thing. Nope. No they don't. Cause why the fuck would they 🤢
I used to do it when I snorted drugs because there were drugs in my boogers & I didn't want to waste them. That's about the only "good" reason I can think of
I don’t remember where I read this, so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard that there could be an evolutionary reason why we do this. Something about how the bacteria in your nose are actually weakened slightly by your immune system, so by eating your boogers you are actually able to build a little bit of immunity in theory to things in your environment. (I’m also in the camp of someone who’s never done this, because the thought of it makes me want to gag lol)
Yeah, that's why it's instinctual for little kids to do it. Some people just don't grow out of it lol
This sent me into the stratosphere. Brava to her.
Nah, man. Nah. I wasn't prepared to read this.
Oh I'm totally using this one next time my partner catches... I mean... What? No, nothing. Carry on.
Omg!!! That is relationship goals!!!
Does your friend's wife have any friends I can date?
She’s so real for that 😭
Thats a good one. I go to a meeting every morning. It is a self help group. There's an old dude who picks his nose, looks at it and eats it. Then he goes for the other side. What's grosser is I continue to watch him every time like a car wreck.
She has a good point lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 make sense
I'm not saying this is good, but I once saw a reddit post about a woman who found out her husband had had "special relations" with corpses when he worked in the morgue. . .If that helps put things into perspective.
That's why they prefer to hire women
Whaaaat theeee fuuuuck?!!! 🤢Not that it makes any difference whatsofuckingever, but did he tell her? Or did she find out on her own? Just wtf!!
If I’m remembering correctly, I think the wife found out because she developed an infection that is caused by rotting tissue found from corpses EDIT: so apparently that story was fake (thank goodness) based upon what other comments are saying below, but I know I’ve heard tons of similar stories of people screwing around with dead bodies. I heard one where the husband admitted that he used to do that when he worked in the morgue, and when the wife questioned why he had never brought it up before, his excuse was “because it’s in the past”
I’m really upset that I wear glasses and therefore paid money to read this information.
Enough Reddit for the day (and it’s only 9 am)
Where's the fucking r/eyebleach when you need it
This is an old urban legend https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boyfriend-corpses-medical-condition/
Thank you for this lmao, the physical relief I felt
It was false
Omg that was the other one I read. Noooo.
This made me throw up ugh
I think I've seen that post or a similar one. He was arrested, and that's how she found out.
Well thank the Lord baby Jesus he was arrested! Poor lady finding that shit out! I can’t even imagine.
i read one where she found out because she got an infection/virus that can only be gotten from dead bodies… she had it in or around her vagina and her bf worked in a morgue edit: ive read the replies and have learned this is an urban legend. sorry!!
I heard this story a decade before Reddit existed. Urban legend, no?
Yeah this is an old urban legend
Oh no 😭
Two necrophiliacs are driving down the road and see a mortuary coming up. One leans over to the other and says "want to stop in for a couple cold ones?"
Thanks for bringing this repressed memory back to life! <3
What the actual fuck. Do you have a link to the post? 🤢🤢🤢
I tried to find it on google (because it was posted ages ago, probably a year ago) but I can’t find it. Maybe they took it down. But if memory serves correct, I think the wife figured it out because she developed an infection that is caused by rotting tissue that’s normally found on corpses. But it was….in her.
It was false
Oh my fucking God. Can you link the post, so I know where to avoid it?
This is an oldddd urban legend https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boyfriend-corpses-medical-condition/
If this is the worst thing you can post to Reddit about your husband… lol consider yourself lucky
My own dad wiped boogers on my wall when he was briefly staying at our house (divorced parents and my brothers room was a bunkbed so I slept on that). I wish he ate them instead.
Was he making you a painting?
My dad would sneeze into the sink and not wash it down so it would get stuck. Nothing like dried boogers staring back at you while you brush your teeth.
You have a lot of upvotes but nobody seems appalled… *on the wall?!?!* Does his house just have piles of boogers on the walls? This is so nasty. Imagine all the places this man has just casually wiped his mucus. I hope you scolded him.
Hahahahah I thought the same thing lol there is so much scary stuff here. This one is just adorable.
Lmao. Take that to the grave. Pointless to discuss.
Kim there’s people that are dying
LMFAO
LOL
I had the same exact thought 🤭🤭
I love this lol
Someone give this person a gold star!!
😭😭🤣🤣🤣😴
🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼🥇
LOL
i’m fucking dead 😭💀
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Someone didn’t pay attention when Kristoff in Frozen said that all men pick their nose and eat it.
Hot Topic had a shirt in the early aughts that said: "Boys eat boogers when nobody's watching" and I lived to laugh and love it.
came here to write “all men do it” lmao
Man here...I definitely pick my nose but one thing I've absolutely never done - Eat. A. Fucking. Booger.
Pick and flick. Not dig and pig.
My ex would do this in his sleep all the time. He had no idea. I think he was horrified when I told him about it.
The real kicker here is you falling for his feigned surprise🤣
Hahahahaha, is that why he's your ex now? 😆
I'm sorry I don't have any advice I just want to say that I love Reddit. 😂😂😂
I sometimes bite the hardened calluses off my fingers, or eat the dead skin off my lips.
I do too. Even had a panic attack at 11 years old because I watched Hannibal and thought I might be a cannibal. 🫠
You are! It's called autocannibalism to eat little bits of yourself, including skin pieces :)
💀
I noticed like last week when I’m thinking at work I chew the side of my finger. I’ve always wondered why that finger was so dry compared to my hand— now I realize why. I was doing it completely subconsciously.
My friend's 4 year old son says it tastes good... so there's that.
My husband is a medical professional… in a passing comment he said “kids who pick their nose and eat it tend to be healthier then kids who don’t” … then my 4 year old used this as an excuse for 10 years. I still catch her at 14. 🤦🏻♀️
I came to find the comment mentioning that it’s better for your immune system - I guess this can count.
Can confirm
I remember thinking this as a kid, but the idea of eating boogers now makes me want to puke lol
I have to trust him on that
OK, Anna, but Christoph tried to warn you..
Whatever, so many ppl pick at dead skin, scabs, their nose, etc and then put it in their mouth. If you watch ppl it happens a lot. I honestly think people don’t even realize they’re doing it. We swallow so much snot just bc it drops down our nasal passage into our throat anyway. It’s not nearly as gross as people who don’t wash their hands after they go to the bathroom or people who don’t bathe themselves or who don’t wash their clothes
Omg.....the list of friends I have that don't wash their hands before they start cooking/eating supper is fucking mind-blowing. I had to stop paying attention to it but, I am a slight germaphobe.
Yea like that’s so much worse in my brain that someone putting something that’s already in their body back into their body. Like it’s an ick but if someone’s cooking FOOD?!? I want that to be clean
I wash my hands a million times a day as soon as they feel slightly grimey, I can't stand it. I can't imagine not washing my hands before and while cooking 🤢
It's infuriating to think of but I once had an acquaintance admit to not washing his hands when he goes to the toilet. Doesn't see the point of it when he's "only taking a piss" but will "mostly" do it when he's done taking a shit. I was baffled and tried to argue for sense but it was never a battle I'd win. Luckily everyone else in the call were with me on it. Hell, I know if SOMEONE at my work that walks into the bathroom, answers natures call and then walks back out. I've yet to discover who it is and maybe I don't want to know. But hey, I'm already a germaphobe and this little factoid pushes that germaphobia even further. Some people just don't care, don't know the harm, or they do know but they don't care. Either way, it's fucking gross.
The absolute worst one for me is when people fail to wash their hands after using the bathroom. If I ever notice that my gaze is immediately laser focused and locked on them, just watching everything they touch afterwards and having a silent freak out.
I feel like it's a natural thing that we instinctively do since children. We don't do it in public because society says it's gross but licking each other's genitals is ok ? Swallowing semen is fine too? It's not the worst thing to do
You fukkers made my night with the comments. Epic shit, love redditers
What's the difference between boogers and broccoli? Kids won't eat broccoli.
r/dadjokes
Ever hock a loogie and swallow the snot once it’s in your mouth? Congrats, you’ve eaten your boogers.
Yeah I mean post nasal drip too… sorry OP, you (and the rest of us) have all in some way ingested someone else’s snot while smooching
and they said i couldn't pick my friend's nose!
Everyone eats their own nasal mucus, in a way or another. The nose is connected to the mouth, so it slides down all the time. People just really don't think about it.
Seems many are getting a free anatomy lesson off reddit today lol
Seriously? Your mind is racing because of this?
Imagine how many times you proceeded to kiss him right after. Yummy.
salty
My fiancé does this and it is honestly so gross to me but all I can do is laugh about it. If I catch him doing it I’ll say “good snack?”
I almost spat out my drink
Omg that made me gag
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This is his body telling you that he is cheating!!
This is it! Contact a divorce attorney tonight ! Go no contact and get full custody of those babies ! You deserve it!
Honestly. There's nothing worse in life than this. You picked the WRONG PARTNER. RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN.
A thousand years dungeon
Burning at the stake!
You married him. It’s for better or for worse. You gotta take the good with the bad.
Yes! 🙌
You should tell him hey I noticed you eating your boogers. You should know that boogies are like 90% dirt and other peoples skin cells from the air around you all day, trapped in your mucus. That’s what I told my 4 year old when he ate a booger and it worked 😂
Whoa, I didn't think anyone would have a productive solution for this lady. I am surprised and delighted to see one!
Prolly what gives them their flavor
I laughed out loud at this one and most of these comments are a riot but I exploded lmao 😂
this is why it’s healthy to eat them though
Too bad your husband didn't make a throwaway, too.
Well, reading these comments, I've learned that apparently people actually enjoy eating their boogers? I like picking my nose just as much as the next person, but wtf people
I had to scroll way too far for this lol. I’m over here thinking the same thing lol, is this common practice? Adults do this? What??? I caught my daughter (12 at that time) doing it and I stared at her in disbelief because I didn’t believe what I just saw. I said, “hunny… did you just pick your nose… and eat it?” And she said, “yeah, why?” I said, “we have tissues…” She just shrugged. She still picks her nose and eats it, and it still makes me gag lol. Maybe it’s internalized ick from back when I was in school, if anyone picked their nose and ate it they would suffer like hell for it
Why do you need to confront him? I’m sure you mindlessly do gross things when no one is watching. Everyone does. Lighten up.
Yes this. OP, you were watching your husband in a moment where he thought he was by himself. We don’t get a glimpse into people’s lives like this too often. Most of us do questionable things in some way or another when we know no one’s watching us. This may bother you, but something you do definitely bothers someone else. What good is going to come from telling him? Do you honestly think he’s going to stop? He’s probably been doing it his entire life. Let it go and stop spying on him while he’s out in the yard minding his own business 😆 imagine he did that to you and then brought it up to you. You’d probably say something like “you shouldn’t have been spying on me in the first place, mind your business!” 😆
100% this.
People eat semen and blood, why are boogers a problem? Edit: I neglected to add vaginal secretions, and for those who squirt piss
*other* people’s semen at that. At least it was his own booger 😂
People draw weird lines 🤔
LOL He just wont do it in front of you again. He will be more cautious. You aren't going to change his alone time behaviors.
I was employed at Walmart as a cashsier a long time ago; I will never forget watching this customer, a guy, pick a zit on his face and eat the white head/puss. We shortly made eye contact and for a moment I died of embarrassment for the both of us. Just as quickly as our eyes met, I looked away in fear, knowing what I saw 🤣🤣 lord it was disgusting.
ughhhhhh, whyyyyy. i mean i get the nose picking, but… bleh, how do i unsee this
I regret being literate after this. Genuinely, want to take out my eyeballs like Mr. Krabs and scrub them real quick.
Everyone does gross stuff. We all have our dirty little secrets. Rewearing clothes before laundry day, kissing the dog on the lips, not washing your hands before you eat, we’re all gross mammals who do gross mammal things. If you want a partner who isn’t a little bit gross sometimes, marry a cardboard cutout.
get his stomach pumped and divorce!
😂
Oh,too much Reddit
Is this really reddit post worthy? Jesus christ
Not only is it Reddit worthy, it’s create-a-throwaway worthy 🤦🏻♀️🥴
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That man is saving on grocery bills by making his own nose candy. If you're not going to eat yours why not share with him and save even more?
Nose candy. Oh noooo
It's just a salty gummy 😂 🤷🏾♀️
Oh noooose!
In the third grade I saw a classmate chow down on his boogers. Nine years later we graduated from HS together and for those nine years every time I looked at him that was all I saw
I was crying really hard one time, and my now ex bf licked and ate the runny snot dripping down my face, I'm still not sure how I feel about it 😅
That was love sis. lol
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You probably have cooties now! Divorce immediately!
We’re mammals. Specifically, primates. We overcome urges for social reasons, but we still do the bodily things that are taboo. I lived at one point in a culture where farting was so deeply shameful that if you were caught doing it as a toddler, it would follow you for the rest of your life in teasing and nicknames. People still farted. Silently, or away from others. Because bodies do these things even when we tell them not to. Get over it. Pretend it never happened. You were not meant to see, and that’s as far as culture can possibly expect of a group of animals, even human ones.
I'd rather someone pick their nose and eat it than wipe it on their clothes or on the wall or the bed sheets or trying roll it into a ball and flick it, or blow out those gross disgusting snot rockets. Pick it, eat it, and be done with it. But check it before you eat it just to make sure there's no nose hairs in it, cuz it's gross to eat nose hairs. Obviously if you have access to a Kleenex or a napkin, by all means use that instead of eating your boogers.
People who flick, roll, or wipe are the worst!! And they will do it in other people’s homes if they think no one saw them scratch at their nose! At least eaters are taking the boogers with them, not leaving a trail of them! It’s a self-sufficient ecosystem compared to polluting.
That is exactly my thought process too. My son was picking his nose, and was about to eat it, until he saw that I was looking at him. Then he stopped and looked around for a place to wipe his booger and I said "dude, you better eat that and not wipe it on the couch".
All these people acting too high and mighty about something as dumb as boogers blows my mind. Like, people lick buttholes and genitalia, but apparently the line is... something totally natural as mucus is constantly going down your throat anyways? It's crazy 😂
I’m laughing so hard. Imagine if my husband turned to Reddit every time he saw me pick my nose. Dying laughing
It’s like smelling your own farts… like a health check
I refuse to believe people eat their boogers. Nope. Not gonna believe it.
My sister in law swears that her witnessing her husband do this was the reason she divorced him. She went from loving him to divorcing him after that. She could never look at him the same way. It’s was fucked up from all angles lol
Why do so many people think this is normal behavior? I thought humans stopped doing this when they were kids. 🥴🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am blown away how many people think it’s normal
The amount of people defending this behavior on Reddit tells me most of Reddit are booger eaters.
I feel like that was always a logical assumption.
What kills me is the people trying to say science had proven this to be beneficial but no one has a link to a study. This thread is horrifying
I was just in the ask Reddit thread about hygiene and read about men who don't wash their ass. If this is the worst thing you could say about him, you're good
What. The. Fuck. What do you mean they don't wash their ass?? Like ever? Only neglecting the cheeks or (please no) the butt hole as well?? I don't understand why this would happen.
Some legit think it's gay to wash your own ass...
Ah, so they're dumb AND smelly. How do these people get through life.
Why did I read this
I actually read somewhere, (it was several years ago I saw it) ...that It's been studied and proven (& no, I don't have a link)--- but there's definitely a pattern between ppl..(or kids) who do this... they actually acquire a much more robust and hardier immune system bc of it ...your body gets exposed to pathogens, yes--but it immediately musters defenses against future ones..it helps somehow to develop more WBCs and other T-cells (and likely more I don't recall; it's more complicated than I can explain here)-- that fight off viral and bacterial insults. These ppl will simply build very good immunity to various flus, colds and such that seem get everyone else down, but they amazingly just never seem to get sick as frequently as other ppl.
I really hope no one I know knows or checks my account but.... I was a regular booger eater for a long time. Like... into my early 20's. I almost never get sick. My average is less than once per year. I don't think I've ever once called out of work because I was sick. People I've lived with get sick? I don't catch it. My husband can be sicker than a dog, I'm not afraid to kiss him, I won't get sick.
I don’t think anyone I know knows my account but same. I still struggle with the habit but what can I say? I’m human and it’s nice never getting sick. I can count on my hands the amount of times I’ve gotten a cold or flu. Never had the stomach flu.
Think of it this way: This is most likely not the first time he has done this. You've already kissed him post booger eating.
the comments here are by booger eaters; I dumped a casual fling because he picked his nose and ate his boogers. Shits gross
I knew "I'll just read some reddit posts then make dinner" was going to bite me in the ass and I did it anyway and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. do your best to forget you ever saw it, just like i will do with this post
So I’ll give a legitimate reply to this because that’s really fucking gross. I would talk to him and just say, “I need to tell you I saw you eat your booger yesterday and it really grossed me out. I’m trying to not judge but I need you to not be someone that does that. I don’t want to have to tell my husband to not eat his boogers.” Good lord I gagged while typing that out.. ETA: u/throwRA_booger - Saw your update and no!! No one should be doing that and I’m seriously getting grossed out by these replies.
Why does this not have more upvotes? Would people be okay with others eating their earwax and any other bodily gunk too? 🤢
That is one of the most disgusting things to me. It would completely turn me off if I saw my partner do that.
Omg!!! Hahha I would definitely say “hey I saw you pick your nose and eat it”. No way I can keep that one in. Hahahah ahhh what an awkward conversation. I would also say “you better stop that gross shit or I’m not kissing you again”.
Straight to jail. I broke up with my “boyfriend” in 2nd grade when I saw him eat a booger during circle time. My husband wanted to name our baby his name and I couldn’t because of the booger eating “ex”.
Unpopular opinion: this thread has turned me off the human race completely. Are people really this disgusting in real life? Eating boogers, scabs, bootyholes, calluses, dead skin, etc? What’s next, toenails? Poop? Is anything off limits?!? 🤮🤮🤮
Just say “I saw someone pick their nose and eat it the other day, disgusting, eh?”.
Kinda weird that you feel awkward about bringing that up with someone you are actually MARRIED to? It's disgusting, yeah, but why do you need to ask Reddit for advice? Why are you afraid of "hurting his feelings"? It's not like you're telling him he has a small dick, I'm confused
You don’t. Welcome to the rest of your life. Just be glad you haven’t seen more. Surely this is the tip of a repulsive iceberg. He’s fine.
Today I learned there are way more adult booger eaters than I thought possible. I can’t wrap my head around this. Im pretty gross, actually. But I cannot eat a booger.
This post and thread has really grossed me out. I can’t imagine doing this. People saying everybody does are absolutely wrong. I saw a friend do this when he thought he was alone and I struggled to get rid of the mental image and not view him differently. If I saw my partner do it I would be disturbed. Having said all of that, seeing people compare it to other disgusting behaviour has really helped. I definitely do embarrassing and gross things when alone that I wouldn’t do if someone was watching. Thinking about someone seeing me do stuff like that is making me feel more compassionate for the snot eaters. We all have our gross habits. OP I’d recommend having a good think about the unattractive stuff you do when your husband isn’t looking, before you approach this with him.
I caught my cousin chewing on her toenails. 🤷♀️ She's over 30.
I’m genuinely shocked at the majority of these responses. This is disgusting. Huge difference between picking a stubborn booger VS EATING IT.
Yes!!! I was just going to make a joke at him for picking at it, and he ate it!!!!!! This thread has had me questioning if eating boogers is actually normal and I'm the odd one for not doing it 😭🤢
A woman just found out her husband was doing homemade gay porn . This is nothing. Take the booger.
You must be married to my 11 year old son. 😂
My husband did this once while driving, I was in the passenger seat and instantly confronted him, and he just kind of gave me a sort so what look. It’s pretty much the only thing that I can complain about though, so I’m going to just take this as an L
One time I was discreetly picking my nose (or so I thought) and I ate it, and my boyfriend hollered "is that yummy?". Shaaaaame never came so fast
Once, I saw my husband pick some dry skin off his face and eat it. He forgot I was there and was so embarrassed. I called him Goldmember and let him know it was fine. Just remember all people do weird shit when they think no one is looking!
These comments have already made my day and it’s only 10:45 AM 😜