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genuinegirly · 02-01-2009, 05:57 PM

Fascinating. Thank you for sharing, Cyn.

I don't touch handrails when they are sticky or frozen or some other aspect of their texture or temperature bothers me in some way. Germs are not frequently on my mind.

When I was a child I would regularly suck on coins and keys - anything that people held and could not be destroyed by saliva. I thought they tasted delicious. I dropped the habit sometime in the fifth grade when a friend saw me sucking on a penny and thought it odd.

I do respect others' germiphobia:
I do avoid shaking people's hands when I have a cold.
I do wash my hands frequently when I am ill to avoid passing along contamination.
I do not share glasses or double-dip food.

I have friends and relatives with auto-immune disorders. For this reason, I was raised to be cautious of others' hygeine needs.

02-01-2009, 05:57 PM	#18 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Fascinating. Thank you for sharing, Cyn. I don't touch handrails when they are sticky or frozen or some other aspect of their texture or temperature bothers me in some way. Germs are not frequently on my mind. When I was a child I would regularly suck on coins and keys - anything that people held and could not be destroyed by saliva. I thought they tasted delicious. I dropped the habit sometime in the fifth grade when a friend saw me sucking on a penny and thought it odd. I do respect others' germiphobia: I do avoid shaking people's hands when I have a cold. I do wash my hands frequently when I am ill to avoid passing along contamination. I do not share glasses or double-dip food. I have friends and relatives with auto-immune disorders. For this reason, I was raised to be cautious of others' hygeine needs. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy Last edited by genuinegirly; 02-01-2009 at 06:03 PM..