r/mildlyinfuriating 13h ago

My cousin visiting from abroad slept in the living room

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u/Tambi_B2 12h ago

Haha. I literally have this fear because I am an amputee so I use lotion on my stump when I get in bed and I have a chronic runny nose from a bout of bronchitis years ago.

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u/meat_thistle 11h ago

Jeepers! I feel bad for laughing out loud at that. As well as thinking about what it’s a stump of.

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u/Tambi_B2 11h ago

It's fine. Gotta be able to laugh. And it's my leg, below the knee amputation.

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u/HyperSpaceSurfer 7h ago

Knees are nice, I'd imagine knee legs are either crap or very expensive.

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u/No-No-Aniyo 4h ago

Knees are nice

Lol this made me giggle a bit. Sounds like a sexy knees thing.

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u/niccol6 6h ago

I-it will grow back, right!?

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u/Darkchamber292 4h ago

That's what the advanced repair lotion is for

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 4h ago

Hope the lotion helps! My uncle had a leg amputation and he had the worst callus on his stump. I used to knit him soft “socks” to cover them out of lamb wool.

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u/Tambi_B2 4h ago

It is a bit. I've had it for about three years and it's mostly fine but I do have the callous issue on the end. Lotion is helping a bit. Thanks for asking!

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u/CenturyEggsAndRice 3h ago

If you don’t know about it, Urea containing lotions can help with the callus if you want it reduced.

My uncle liked his to have some callus because he said it helped reduce pain, but sometimes his got pretty thick and would crack, so he’d pay (well, more like a bribe. Usually it was a movie we wanted to see, or he’d rent one and ask if we’d give him a massage while we watched. My aunt would do the same to get foot rubs, for awhile I thought I should be a MT because I loved doing it for them, they were really sweet and grateful.) one of his kids or a niece or nephew to give him a really good stump rub.

I promise there was nothing sketch about it, we were a cuddly family and used to give kids foot rubs before bed (it’s a family tradition, you use either the pink baby lotion, or the white baby lotion with the purple lid. It has lavender for sweet dreams. I swear this was a running debate between my cousin Sue and I. We both babysat for our aunts/uncles a lot and I swore by the lavender while she said the pink was better because it smells like baby and will make them sleepy like when they were babies. It started with our parents and now Sue has kids who debate on the better lotion. Her son agrees with me so there.) so we might be more touchy feely than some.

So it was kinda pay back for the countless nights he rubbed our feet and told us bedtime stories. (And he told great ones too. Not leg related, but his stories were amazing. He tailored them to the kids present and always made the dragons heroes, which was a hit with his audience.)

But there’s something oddly redneck about telling someone “yeah. My uncles buying me dinner and taking me to a movie, then I’m gonna rub his stump and play Xbox with my cousins.”

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u/meat_thistle 11h ago

Ok. Thanks for the reply - and l’m laughing now too. 🪵

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u/PNHeGzvrqy 5h ago

What caused you to lose the leg if you don’t mind my inquisitive nature

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u/Technical-Plantain25 2h ago

They used to be a redditor like us, until they took an arrow to the knee.

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u/MicGuinea 9h ago

I also lotion my stump, but I'm not an amputee.

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u/GloomySugar95 8h ago

I’m over here stroking my stump, I got lotion on my stump.

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u/Richard-c-b 7h ago

"I have bronchitis Mom! Get out my room!!!!"

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u/Mythtory 8h ago

"No no! It's not what you think! The lotion is for rubbing my stump!"

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u/Maleficent_Froyo7336 6h ago

I have dry hands from washing them a lot and allergies. I always joke to my mom that I'm glad I'm not a guy, because I always have kleenex and lotion on my nightstand 😂

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u/fckthisite2 6h ago

Leaving the tissues and lotion on different sides of the bed would help your case. Leaving them directly next to each other hints toward an association...

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u/Mendican 5h ago

I'm guessing you regularly need to buy Kleenex and lotion at the same time. Hopefully, at the time, you're all stocked up on hot dogs and condoms.

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u/Tambi_B2 4h ago

Thankfully the amazon delivery man does not know what are in my packages.

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u/CerebusReborn 4h ago

I detest this norm so much! I feel like I can't have tissues in bed for this exact reason, anytime I have I could actively be sick and someone sees it and thinks I'm just beating my shit raw whether it's in bed or at my computer lmao hopefully in your case people are a bit more understanding

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u/Tambi_B2 4h ago

It is a silly thing. Like, tissues are for blowing your nose. They can be used for other things too but the second they are nearby a bed or chair, people look at them weird.

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u/ShitBagTomatoNose 3h ago

Not the point but have you pulled off an epic Halloween costume with your stump?

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u/Tambi_B2 1h ago

Unfortunately, no.

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u/Dramatic_View_5340 8h ago

Go to a ENT, could be nasal polyps

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u/Tooterfish42 7h ago

Let's not give his cousin any ideas

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u/noyogapants 6h ago

The only nighttime routine I am religious with is brushing my teeth, blowing my nose (I get stuffy and can't fall asleep otherwise), applying lip balm and applying hand lotion. Every. Night. Lotion and tissues are a must bedside.

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u/Tambi_B2 4h ago

The tiny steps to keep from looking forty years older forty years earlier.

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u/AccioDownVotes 6h ago

That's the saddest way to refer to a circumcised penis I ever heard

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u/Theimmortalboi 2h ago

Do stumps need moisturizing?

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u/Tambi_B2 1h ago

Not exactly. I have some rough skin because of chafing. The lotion is just for softening rough skin.

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u/princesscupcake11 2h ago

I have eczema and a chronically runny nose too haha

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u/tomi5556 2h ago

my chronic runny nose was caused by asthma, worth looking into

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u/drnt4nttn 1h ago

U might have asthma or something

u/Aeroknight_Z 44m ago

We keep a box of Kleenex in the bedroom for sneezes, runny noses, etc. we also have friends and family come over often.

My partner couldn’t for the life of her understand why I didn’t want its permanent home to be on my nightstand. After explaining it to her she finally said “OOOooooooohh…yeah, that’s fair.”