--- In b_phobia@yahoogroups.com, "Claire Stamps" <biggles286@h...>
wrote:

> On a sidenote, it often surprises me how well I can cope with
buttons when I
> really discipline myself.

Of course, if you HAVE to cope with them, you do.

>Also, I didn't
> actually iron my friend's shirt, just showed him how to put it on
the board
> and move the iron around (he was hopeless). Just the thought of
pushing the
> front point of the iron in between the buttons and hearing them
click on
> either side (and see them strain at their cotton) makes me feel sick.

With a husband and two sons, I HAVE to iron shirts - but I have to
admit, that bit between the buttons oftens stays wrinkly :-)
Sometimes I even have to cut buttons off daughter's blouses (eeyuck!)
and sew them up for her. It IS possible.
Is there anyone here who absolutley cannot touch a button - ever?

Barbara