--- In b_phobia@yahoogroups.com, "debz" <airyfairy_uk@...> wrote:
>
> firstly hello to everyone,
>
> i have been researching into this phobia lately and i am
interested to know more about
> how it affects your daily life?

It doesn't affect me much nowadays as I have a relatively b****n
free existence. It was worse when my children were young and I was
expected to sew the nasty little things on to shirts, trousers and
the like. Now they are all older they can do their own sewing!

I did have a nasty shock recently. I've been replacing worn out
bedding and bought some new duvet covers, 3 different ones from
different manufacturers. Once I opened the packaging I found that
all 3 fastened with b****ns rather than poppers. This wasn't
decorative as they aren't visible when the cover is in use but I
still had to cut them all off and replace them with poppers and
velcro. Eeeeeeeaaaawwww!!!!

I can't see the point - it makes them harder to fasten and unfasten
and (never mind phobics) must make them difficult for people with
arthritic fingers. Why?????

The other way in which this affects my daily life is in shopping for
clothes. Of course I avoid b****ny things (which can be difficult)
but just shuffling through racks of clothes often mean that you end
up touching b****ns by mistake.
And of course there is the problem of sitting near someone with
great big b****ns on their clothes. Yuk.

Barbara