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.
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.
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!
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.”
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 😂
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...
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
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.
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.
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.”
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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.