CynthiaWVirginia
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From: West Virginia, USA
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ORIGINAL: LittleGirlHeart
This coming from the guy who expected 5 ppl to share one bath towel, I think that's a bit more uh ewww than sharing food.
Oh ewwwwh! Someone could catch trichamonis (spelling?) that way. And crabs. Maybe jock itch, yeast infections, genital warts. 
In other people's homes, I won't even share hand towels after washing my hands, because in these WV hills there are too many people who merely rinse...getting their hands briefly wet and then drying them off on a towel, leaving a gray stain within a day or two. I'll dry mine off on my shorts/pants/skirt or shirt/blouse. (Yes, I also turn off public faucets with paper towel, and open the public bathroom door with the paper towel or the bottom of my shirt.)
If someone's coughing in an elevator, I'll wait till the next one, lol. My slave has been surprised over some of my limits but has learned to follow my lead to lessen the possible awkwardness of the moment.
I know I've outed myself as a freaky germaphobe but...
1) My mother worked in a pharmacy for years and I had to go inside and wait to pick her up. All the sick people in that small town went there and I was always ill with something. Especially when some evil rat bastard coughed all over me. So was my baby/infant/toddler because asshats used to touch his face, put their fingers in his hands while saying how cute he was, then coughing or whatever and saying that they had the flu/bronchitis/strep/whatever.
2) When my son was in public school, we averaged picking up two germs per month. Sometimes I would be ill with three things at the same time. (Bronchitis, a bladder infection, and ear infection all at the same time, etc.)
3) I've had lymphoma four times. Taking precautions reduced illnesses. I liked not getting sick and kept up my protocols. Once, a nurse at my oncologist's office tried to sit me right next to a man who had some very NASTY cold and I flatly refused and said I would have mine in the hallway or in another room...when she tried to insist I sit exactly there, telling me that exposure to germs was good for me, I told her my insurance was paying for a cancer treatment, NOT for me to be infected with another illness that would require more doctor visits. (I had my chemo in another room, lol, and years later, they have signs up telling people that if they are ill please put on a germ mask.)
I'm a chronic hand sanitizer user. People tell me that I will harm my body because it needs germs. Duh, there are germs everywhere no matter what I do, it's not like I am living in a sterile environment, and I'm sure I ingest lots of weak and dead germs that help give me immunity. These past ten years I rarely get sick, maybe once or twice per year. I wash or sanitize my hands before eating...and after any times I've touched the handles of serving spoons at the Chinese food buffet.
Since restaurant tables aren't bleached anymore (some are wiped off with damp rags that only have water and have been used to wipe down a toilet first, and around here, cleaning a table usually just means removing the dry debris, leaving behind water rings, catsup stains, grease, and the tables might be...buttered with kids' snot), so I put down a napkin as a barrier before putting on top of it my silverware and the napkin I'm going to use on my face. If the silverware touches the bare table, I won't use it. Same goes for the napkin. My slave has had a bumpy ride learning what I like and dislike, lol.
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