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Does anyone have any other phobias? Or is it just buttons? As for myself, I'm not worried by anything else, not spiders, snakes, thunderstorms, the dark,...
wilks286
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Jun 3, 2004
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... snakes, ... I have no other phobias at all. The funny thing for me is that I never in my life identified the phenomenon as a phobia until a couple weeks...
ts354
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Jun 4, 2004
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Moderator, I don't believe that the group is showing up properly in the yahoo search function. Perhaps if you eliminated the hyphen from button- phobia in the...
ts354
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Jun 4, 2004
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Thanks for the suggestion - I'll get on it! Claire ... _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and...
Claire Stamps
biggles286
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Jun 4, 2004
8:02 pm
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Hi, This is a good one, I had to finish with my boyfriend because he insisted on always wearing shirts (with no ties!!) all the time and expecting me to cuddle...
bontgirl2003
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Jun 5, 2004
3:38 pm
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Yeh I do understand about the fear of cuddling w/ someone if they have a shirt w/ b****ns on them. I get cringy too if I'm dating someone and they insist on...
April Ragsdell
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Jun 6, 2004
2:14 pm
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... Maybe we are the normal ones. After all it seems pretty weird to me to actually LIKE buttons. Barbara...
wilks286
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Jun 7, 2004
8:56 pm
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... Maybe if we all refuse to partner up with button-wearers, we can create a new species where buttons are just universally despised. It would be prezygotic...
Claire Stamps
biggles286
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Jun 7, 2004
10:13 pm
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About a month ago, someone asked if we had any other phobias besides buttons. That is a definite YES! Balloons scare the bejeezus out of me. Not the balloon...
April Ragsdell
luvslavof3tg
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Jun 9, 2004
4:39 pm
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I would like to ask the ladies here a question: would you find it easier to wear something with buttons up the back and have someone button it up for you or...
ts354
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Jun 9, 2004
11:18 pm
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If I have to wear something with buttons, having someone else do them up is a big bonus. But buttons down the back? Yech! If I sat down, I would be leaning...
Claire Stamps
biggles286
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Jun 10, 2004
10:04 am
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... me. ... to pop ... noises. That must be hard because of the unpredictability of a balloon popping. At least you can stay in the same room as a button...
wilks286
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Jun 10, 2004
11:16 am
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... Buttons down the back would be worse. You would still know they were there, you might even be able to feel them. I do sometimes wear a blouse with small...
wilks286
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Jun 10, 2004
11:21 am
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HP3 was a wonderful movie indeed!!!! No doubt about that. However I will give a fair warning to those who haven't yet seen it...in the first 5 minutes or so of...
April Ragsdell
luvslavof3tg
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Jun 25, 2004
9:36 am
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... I thought exactly the same thing! Ugh! And also, Hagrid wears a horrible buttony coat :-( Barbara ...
Barbara Stamps
wilks286
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Jun 25, 2004
12:24 pm
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Hi all, just joined this group. Had severe phobia of b's all my life, always thought I was the only one, am now amazed to find there are so many others. Like...
john_a_e2001
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Jun 27, 2004
10:30 am
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Hi John, I totally agree with you're reckoning that the more b's something has. It is curiously conceived as being smarter. I personally hate every second that...
Nick
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Jun 27, 2004
6:07 pm
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I don't mind metal ones as much as plastic ones, but they do still bother me. I think that I detest them in a secondary way though, because I associate them...
Claire Stamps
biggles286
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Jun 29, 2004
10:54 pm
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Seems like the more professional we must appear, the more b's!!! Hmm...perhaps we could do a little research on b's lol..figure out why they're such a part of...
April Ragsdell
luvslavof3tg
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Jun 30, 2004
10:03 am
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... why ... with them ... wearing that ... at the ... However, ... when I ... my ... mindset. Ok, ... I can't say that I find that b's smell particularly. But...
wilks286
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Jun 30, 2004
7:49 pm
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... I don't think buttons smell. They are after all just pieces of plastic. Any odour should truly be of the chemical process used in the production of the...
Nick
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Jul 2, 2004
11:58 pm
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Yeh, the odor thing is probably purely psychological. This odor is usually "strongest" when I am aware of it (the buttons basically). And yes I do have a VERY...
April Ragsdell
luvslavof3tg
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Jul 3, 2004
9:26 am
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Wow! Have been reading some of the comments on the website mentioned below. I never realised there were SO many people with b phobia. Haven't read all of them...
wilks286
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Jul 3, 2004
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I feel really sorry for men with this problem, cos they have to put up with wearing shirts, at least us women can get away with smart clothes with out b's I...
bontgirl2003
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Jul 4, 2004
3:07 pm
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... Hello Nick, I can't beleive I'm actually taking part in this conferencing, but I'm fascinated to find so many people with my exact discust for buttons. ...
fredbriffitt
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Jul 15, 2004
3:22 pm
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I hadn't even thought of that. I shall be having nightmares tonight! Does anyone else have bad dreams involving buttons? I sometimes have them where I find...
Claire Stamps
biggles286
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Jul 15, 2004
8:43 pm
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There seems to be a national frenzy going on here for pockets with flaps, sometimes with velcro but usually with buttons. Flaps and buttons on the sides of...
ts354
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Jul 22, 2004
2:28 am
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Hi All, I am joining as my 9 year old son has a phobia to buttons, he has done since he was 4 years old, I thought that it was just a faze, never thought there...
debware87
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Aug 28, 2004
11:06 pm
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Does anyone ever notice that when you get sick (i.e viral infection, sick stomach, etc) that the phobias & repulsions are extremely maginified??? Last wk I was...
April Ragsdell
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Aug 29, 2004
4:24 pm
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... Hi Debbie Yes, it's very difficult. I am button phobic but I seem to have passed on my phobia to my daughter (Claire, also on this group)who is affected...
wilks286
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Aug 30, 2004
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