# Do sneezes always seem to come in two's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916 "2012-01-27T22:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/21 "2012-01-29T23:29:31Z")
My father is a mutli-sneezer, my mom a single. I am a single, my wife is a single, but our little girl started double sneezing within a day out of the womb. Don’t know what that means. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/22 "2012-01-30T00:35:25Z")
There’s a thread somewhere I started on precisely this topic. Good luck to anyone better than I am in finding the damn thing. I sneeze twice when I walk into the sun from darkness. I hate it when (women, usually) people do little stifled cat sneezes. I always wonder about how that relates toward their psychological makeup. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/23 "2012-01-30T00:48:39Z")
I’m one of those 8-10 in a row. My family and coworkers have all learned to wait until I’m finished: otherwise it’s, “Bless you - bless you - bless you - shut up already.” ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/24 "2012-01-30T04:20:43Z")
Most of life: two sneezes, always. One year of heavy opiate use. Since then: three sneezes, almost always. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/25 "2012-01-30T04:24:30Z")
3 sneezes when stepping outside into sunlight. 1-3 sneezes other times. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/26 "2012-01-30T12:40:29Z")
Once for a wish, Twice for a kiss, Three times a letter, Four times something better. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/27 "2012-01-30T13:00:36Z")
Once, usually sun induced. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/28 "2012-01-30T20:21:14Z")
Always? No. I’m a single-sneezer. The only times I double or triple sneeze are when I’ve been doing a dusty job (like sweeping wood floors or cleaning out the garage). ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/29 "2012-01-30T20:52:20Z")
Do sneezes come in two’s? No, but I believe sneeze’s come in twos. It’s because one sneeze causes another, but not vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/30 "2012-01-31T06:02:20Z")
Often 2. Usually 4 or 5. Sometimes crazy fits of 10 or more. I had some allergies in my house last time I weent to visit folks in FL and there I was sneezing so much in a row that my whole body began to physically ache for a brief time afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/31 "2012-01-31T18:20:13Z")
I often sneeze singly but occasionally get a double. Sometimes I will sneeze three or more times (usually when I am allergic to something like dust or cleaning spray) but there is always a significant gap in between sneezes. Not like some people who have rapid-fire sneezing ‘fits’. So no particular pattern with me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/32 "2012-01-31T18:49:44Z")
I do not sneeze very often, but when I do it is with alarming number. After a sneezing episode I’ll have sore intercostal muscles and feel wiped out. If I’m driving and sneeze, I’ll pull over if possible until the fit is over. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916/33 "2012-01-31T19:28:15Z")
It’s random with me, I’d say, up to five times. Once I sneezed blurry fast twice very hard and awkwardly getting up from sitting down; it threw my back out. A friend of mine got a ruptured disk from sneezing so it could’ve been worse. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sneezes-always-seem-to-come-in-twos/610916.md?page=1)