Comments on: I Never Eat Boogers

By: The Daring One

The Daring One — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:12:07 +0000

I am indeed glad to help you on your way. Congrats on the babies!

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:46:24 +0000

I just wanted to say that I’m nine weeks pregnant with twins, and I have somehow been blessedly nausea-free so far (I have no idea. I’m not questioning it. Just going with the flow.).

Until now. I just had my first wave of serious nausea, induced by your most excellent descriptions of the grossitude of booger-eating. Pardon me while I go ralph up my morning smoothie… it had to happen some time, I guess! Aren’t you glad to have been a part of this momentous occasion?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:02:17 +0000

My sister had a similar discussion with her young son, and informed him that if he has a booger that really just needs to be removed, then he can go get a tissue and remove it with that, like Mommy does.

His response?

“Doesn’t the tissue make it taste funny?”

GAAAAHHHH!!

By: Bailey's Leaf

Bailey's Leaf — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:22:47 +0000

I had to have the booger discussion with my daughter a while back. Do you know what ended the consumption? Telling her that “boogers are germ catchers.” I explained that the gooeyness is in your nose to catch germs to keep you from getting sick, but if you are eating the germ catchers, than you are not letting them do their job the way that they are supposed to.

She has not consumed another booger since. I’m not to say that she hasn’t gone in to free one from its home, but she will tell me, “I just needed to go get it. Don’t worry mom. I’m not going to eat it. I’m just going to throw it away.”

The discussions we have sometimes.

By: Nantiemeg

Nantiemeg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:45:31 +0000

Ewww. I just threw up a little bit.

By: All Women Stalker

All Women Stalker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:09:52 +0000

Oh my god, that is just wrong. SO WRONG.

-meream

By: Heffalump

Heffalump — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:16 +0000

Thank you for sharing the burned mental image with us. Now I am imagining all kids of different people eating their boogers and experiencing even more trauma.
Gag!

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:02:11 +0000

Uggghh.

I just gagged a little.

By: Awesome Mom

Awesome Mom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:17 +0000

It is a primal instinct, there is no fighting it until they get older. I have been working on my middle child for months about him not treating his nose as a place for a quick snack. I went to the zoo awhile back and saw the gorilla pick his nose and eat the contents, so I think that it is one of the baser instincts that is hidden deep in our genetic code and comes out now and then much to our dismay.

By: papaclint

papaclint — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:37:50 +0000

Oh, Yuck. Yuck. Yuck and beyond Yuck. Feeling the way I do, may have influenced you in some way – since I can feel these same sentiments being blasted over cyberspace.