# Men With Zits...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390 "2009-10-28T02:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/1 "2009-10-28T02:34:31Z")
…and the women who _love_ to squeeze the _SKLORTCH_:eek: (Yes I read MAD Magazine!;)) out of them! OMG! It’s like those “packing bubbles” that one just _has_ to pop, right? _Holy Craparoli_, woman!:eek: They ain’t killed me or taken over my body and made me into a “Yellow-Headed-About-To-Pop _Zombie_” fer chrissakes! Just leave 'em alone! They ain’t hurtin’ nobody and maybe you could just _massage_ my back instead? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :):)🙂 Ah, such is married life! I haven’t had the _nerve_ to tell her that Chimps do the same thing with their young!:eek: (scroll over the above wit’ yer left mouse button to see what I have writ’:)) Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/2 "2009-10-28T05:44:47Z")
I use the chimps thing to _defend_ by picking and popping – I’m grooming you because I _love_ you honey. Don’t you want to bond? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/3 "2009-10-28T11:15:17Z")
but … they are self-renewing bubble wrap … sort of 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/4 "2009-10-28T11:19:25Z")
Heheheh…I’m one of those wives. The thing is, I’ve never had proper pimples, so I never got the fun of squeezing them. Yes, I know how that sounds and I’m very grateful to have skipped that teenage stage. But damn, squeezing them is so satisfying! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/5 "2009-10-28T11:23:05Z")
I don’t know how the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** can hear the pop over my screams, but I cannot turn my back on her whilst shirtless and not undergo the treatment. But no, “leave it alone” is not in her vocabulary. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/6 "2009-10-28T14:00:25Z")
UUGGGGHHHHH. You could not force me to pop a zit, either of my own or (even worse!) somebody elses. This is something my husband asked me to do in the early years of our marriage. I refused. Ewwww. Gross! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/7 "2009-10-28T14:20:27Z")
You sound just like my wife! I can’t reach them if they are in the middle of my back, and they feel so good when they SKLORCH. I should have written that into our wedding vows. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/8 "2009-10-28T15:43:29Z")
My ex had back zits that could make a woman such as myself forgive any transgression. And when he was transgression free, I would have done horrible, horrible things for him if he would have been willing to give me free reign over his back zits in return. It could have been a wonderful arrangement, but he had the pain-threshold of a heroin-withdrawing five-year-old, and there was nothing I could promise that’d make it worth his while. We fought more over pimples and eyebrow tweezing (and his being a baby) than anything else. And, I admit…during the times when he cut me off completely, there were even a few (okay, a LOT) of instances when I cheated on him–with another guys’ (and a couple girls’) zits. Backs, noses, ingrown-leg hairs…the odd sebaceous cyst…I got around the block. But the whole time I was doing it, I really wanted it from him…but I had nothing else to get me through the night. I mean, a girl has _needs_. Damn, I’m jonesing so bad right now… …if any of you guys with wives who won’t put out when it comes to pimple popping are looking for a little something-something on the side, PM me. (And for all you dudes who won’t give a girl her fix…really, as far as the pain thing goes, suck it up–it doesn’t hurt that much (unless it’s a lip zit [or worse, the _other_ kind of lip zit–don’t talk to me about a painful pimple until you’ve had an ingrown labe-hair]). Besides, any pimple popper worth her salt should possess a relatively pain-free extraction technique. And I’m sure most of you could come up with a trade-off that would appease both parties. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/9 "2009-10-28T16:29:26Z")
So… my wife is normal? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/10 "2009-10-28T17:56:49Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > . . . It’s like those “packing bubbles” that one just _has_ to pop, right? . . . That’s profound. And so, so true. As an aside, one of the reasons that my ex married me is that I would pop the very painful eruptions on his back. It hurt for a bit, but then he could lean back in a chair without pain. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/11 "2009-10-28T21:27:05Z")
Not only is my wife a squeezer, she’s converted my daughter (age 2 1/2) as well. Often at inappropriate times, such as when company’s over, she’ll come up to me and say, “Daddy, I wanna look for owies!” Um. heh heh. Kids. No idea what she’s talking about. Ahem. Yeah, the kiddo gets to search my back while the wife violently (and painfully) assaults whatever is found. I especially like how my wife says, “Ready?” _after_ she starts the squeeze. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/12 "2009-10-28T21:53:09Z")
I had no idea this was some genetic thing with women! My wife does this she also has no concept of gentle. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/13 "2009-10-28T22:45:06Z")
I must be abnormal. There is not a wifely duty I dislike more than popping back zits. I do it because I love my husband and his can be painful. I only pop the bad ones and only if he begs. blech. I have no problem taking care of my own zits, however. It’s just the thought of someone else’s pus that is so gross. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/14 "2009-10-28T22:45:29Z")
Ack! Quasimodem, for a second I thought you were MY husband, anonymously berating me on the Straight Dope Message Boards for loving to squeeze your zits. Thankfully, I have confirmed you are NOT my husband. My husband gives me full permission to tackle his pimples. But he does have a very low threshold for pain, and sometimes I feel bad when I can tell a zit ain’t gonna pop, and he’s hurting because I’m squeezing too hard, but I still won’t stop. It’s good to know I’m not the only zit-popping freak out there. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/15 "2009-10-29T04:06:22Z")
Attacking my husband’s blemishes is not the most sexy thing in the world, but feeling the lumps and bumps of swelling zits is worse. So I confess–I “groom” him. And he can just shut up about the pain. Suck it up, big boy. I’ve no patience for your yelps and squeals. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/16 "2009-10-29T04:20:44Z")
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D D’s asleep as I write this, but I have laughed so hard at your comments that I farted! I’m in the “other” (WoW) bedroom right now. Oh, Og!🙂 She is gonna be soooo happy that some of you ladies “came out of the closet” about this! We’re being “groomed”, guys!!! Maybe I should write a paper about this? Might get me the _Poolzitzer Piece_ prize?:rolleyes: Jesus, I _needed_ those laughs! Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/17 "2009-10-29T04:25:32Z")
When my daughter was an acne prone teen, she would remark that sometimes she felt like a baby gorilla. Now that she’s 30, she has far fewer blemishes…however, a painful zit on her back will make her wish that she still lived at home, or at least within a few miles, so that I could remove it for her. When she visits, she always has me check her back and remove or pop anything that can be taken care of. My husband has a thick, coarse, wavy beard, and one of the first things I learned about married life is that he needed me to remove his ingrown hairs occasionally. Maybe that’s one of the reasons he wanted to get married so early. I try to groom his eyebrow, and pluck out the hairs in the center of it, and also pluck his ear hairs, but he insists that he’ll get them trimmed at the barber’s, but he never does. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/18 "2009-10-29T04:31:10Z")
I’m glad I don’t get many zits. Maybe once or twice a year if I’m not eating healthy. I’m also glad my wife doesn’t pop them for me. 0.o ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/19 "2009-10-29T04:40:40Z")
OK, I am officially disgusted by an internet thread. Trust me…that’s no small feat. I’ve been to Stile Project, I’ve been to [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com), I’ve been to Gurochan. But women…enjoying?..attacking zits on their man… I just threw up a little. /not the clearest skinned man //fuck if I’d let anyone try to squeeze my own zits ///dobule fuck if I’d ever let anyone who wanted to do such a thing even share a bed with me ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390/20 "2009-10-29T04:47:42Z")
> [@](#): > > OK, I am officially disgusted by an internet thread. > > Trust me…that’s no small feat. May I present to you: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449&page=1&pp=50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449&page=1&pp=50) **Broomstick** won that thread. But there were many fine contenders. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-zits/515390.md?page=2)