things we talk about here on OH, with total strangers....
ok, this is going to be a strange thread of sorts i guess....here on OH, we talk about all kinds of things and most of us are all strangers....can you imagine coming up to some in the store check out line and talk about some of things that we talk about here with strangers?? i mean think about it..its kind of funny... but yet not really....but yet we all totally understand...
like i started a thread the other day about undies...can you imagine me coming up to a total stranger in the store and ask them, what kind of underwear do you wear? or how do you poop? or when was the last time you pooped???
yes it is funny and strange at the same time. ya know what mean?? or am i just weird about this??? and please i really appreaciate that we all have the freedom to talk about anything here, as it has helped alot...im just weird thinking today i guess...but can you imagine talking to total strangers about what we talk about on here??
so i will start out...i can imagine the looks from the person next to me in line at the check out lane when i ask them, "WHAT KIND OF UNDIES DO YOU WEAR? THONGS, BINKIS, HIPSTERS??" i would just love to see their expression..i would most likely be escorted out of the store in hand cuffs...
have a good laugh
debby
like i started a thread the other day about undies...can you imagine me coming up to a total stranger in the store and ask them, what kind of underwear do you wear? or how do you poop? or when was the last time you pooped???
yes it is funny and strange at the same time. ya know what mean?? or am i just weird about this??? and please i really appreaciate that we all have the freedom to talk about anything here, as it has helped alot...im just weird thinking today i guess...but can you imagine talking to total strangers about what we talk about on here??
so i will start out...i can imagine the looks from the person next to me in line at the check out lane when i ask them, "WHAT KIND OF UNDIES DO YOU WEAR? THONGS, BINKIS, HIPSTERS??" i would just love to see their expression..i would most likely be escorted out of the store in hand cuffs...
have a good laugh
debby
No kidding. I remember how excited (yea excited) when I saw a post where someone finally described their poop like mine. Dense...heavy...large.
It's the anonymity sometimes. But a lot of folks here have met at OH functions and just becuase they found they were close by each other.
But you are right...."Excuse me...do you find your poo to be dense and heavy? Do you dare not go without a plunger nearby?" would make for a quick escort out of any store probably.
It's the anonymity sometimes. But a lot of folks here have met at OH functions and just becuase they found they were close by each other.
But you are right...."Excuse me...do you find your poo to be dense and heavy? Do you dare not go without a plunger nearby?" would make for a quick escort out of any store probably.
I get what you're saying, but this is a little different. This is a place where WLS surgery folk come because they want to give and get support, and the way support is given and received on an internet forum, is through talking.
So for a more accurate analogy, you'd have to be in the checkout line at a store where only WLS folks went, and store they went to, not to buy stuff, but for the purpose of giving and receiving support. And then, since on this board you have a subject line on each post that lets people pass by posts about undies or other sensitive subjects is they wish, you'd have to be standing in the checkout line with a sign that said something like "I'm available to talk about undies if you'd like." Then anyone that wished to discuss undies could come up to you and then you could ask your questions.
On this forum, you aren't just approaching random strangers online and asking them questions about their underwear.
So for a more accurate analogy, you'd have to be in the checkout line at a store where only WLS folks went, and store they went to, not to buy stuff, but for the purpose of giving and receiving support. And then, since on this board you have a subject line on each post that lets people pass by posts about undies or other sensitive subjects is they wish, you'd have to be standing in the checkout line with a sign that said something like "I'm available to talk about undies if you'd like." Then anyone that wished to discuss undies could come up to you and then you could ask your questions.
On this forum, you aren't just approaching random strangers online and asking them questions about their underwear.
Kelly
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Excellent explanation, Kelly. I wa trying to think of how to out the same sentiment into words, but your analogy was much better than whatever I would have come up with!
Lora
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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So this explains why the guy in line at the store forgot he needed something when I told him it had been 3 days since I had crapped and it felt like it was as wide as a beer can coming out.
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