# Oddest thing I learned after moving in with her. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611 "2010-09-13T15:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/21 "2010-09-14T00:47:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > A man buys toilet paper in rolls of 3 or 6. Not this (cheapass) man. You get a better unit price if you buy it in bulk. Why would you literally throw money down the shitter? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/22 "2010-09-14T01:19:23Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > ā€¦ her . . . affection . . . for Q-Tipsā€¦ > [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > It feels good to me, too. I never jizzed in my pants or anything, but yeah, itā€™s pleasurable. > [@bobkitty](#): > > I call it an eargasm. > [@lindsaybluth](#): > > My SO also has the ear-orgasms from q-tipsā€¦ I am brokenhearted that I canā€™t find Youtube of it for you, but there was a great MadTV sketch circa 1996 that you all should seeā€¦ (heavy sigh) Well, hereā€™s a description: [QUOTE=[Parked Domain name on Hostinger DNS system](http://www.nic0lesullivan.org/md112.txt)] Cotton Swabs: A doctor (Orlando Jones) warns us about the grave consequences of using cotton swabs; then we get to see a family drama acted out in which two children (Nicole Sullivan, Dave Herman) are hooked on cotton swabs, a habit which they apparently picked up from their father (Bryan Callen). Then the doctor returns to inform us about signs of cotton swab abuse; a number flashes up on the screen at the end. ā€¦ [we see] Sullivan trying desperately to rid herself of the evidence before her mother (Mary Scheer) bursts in, and as her brother (Herman) proudly displays the long-tip pharmaceuticals he had scoredā€¦ [/QUOTE] Also, [this](http://shop.cafepress.com/cotton-swab-abuse). ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/23 "2010-09-14T01:31:16Z")
My ex turned out to be a closet exhibitionist. When he got ready for bed, after using the toilet, he would never pull his trousers back up all the way. But he wouldnā€™t take them off either. Heā€™d just let it all hang out until he reached the edge of the bed and then climbed out of them. I witnessed a ā€œpants on the groundā€ event that made him fall face forward and even that didnā€™t change his behavior. Weird. I just shook my head and laughed about it. At least he didnā€™t do it in public. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/24 "2010-09-14T01:50:07Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Mrs. Gedd and I dated almost five years before getting married, but there were things I didnā€™t learn until moving in together. The biggest was her . . . affection . . . for Q-Tips. Immediately after a shower or any other activity that involves water getting close to her ears she takes the shortest path possible to them. That alone isnā€™t such a big deal, but how she reacts is. I guess the feeling of a soft swab caressing the entrance to her ear canal gives her near orgasmic pleasure, because she makes noises that Iā€™ve only heard in the bedroom. :dubious: I was quite surprised the first time this happened; I had no idea what was going on in the bathroom. It was an interesting confrontation. Itā€™s the [vagus nerve](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve): > [@](#): > > Research has shown that women who have complete transection of the spinal cord can experience orgasms through the vagus nerve, which can go from the uterus, cervix and probably the vagina to the brain. I am neither a physician nor a woman, so I am not qualified to comment on the above. But having had my vagus nerve stimulated (by my ex-wife, a doctor of audiology, in the course of a professional exam), I can say that it is an experience. Note that all I, as a male, did was cough a lot, for no apparent reason except for the stimulation of the nerve. However, I would caution against trying to stimulate this nerve if one is not a physician or other qualified professional, lest hearing or other damage result. I should also point out that my ex never advised using Q-Tips in the ear. Can we get some comments from **Qadgop** , or another qualified Doper physician or audiologist? ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/25 "2010-09-14T02:28:12Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > I guess the feeling of a soft swab caressing the entrance to her ear canal gives her near orgasmic pleasure, because she makes noises that Iā€™ve only heard in the bedroom. This was one of my girlfriends and foot massages. Sheā€™d also call out encouragement to me. ā€œHarder, harder! oooo yesā€¦yes!.ā€ I refused to give her a massage if there was anyone else within hearing distance. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/26 "2010-09-14T02:41:19Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > That men are completely insane about which brand of toilet paper to buy. Cost is apparently no object when it comes to the all-important protection of the male tushy. Itā€™s crazy I tell you. You are going to wipe your behind with it! Get the cheapest one fercryinoutloud! This isnā€™t a man thing. It goes person-to-person. Iā€™m a man, and I dislike the softer, ā€œcushionierā€ types. It just makes for more bulk in the toilet, making a clogged toilet more likely. I buy (and prefer) the cheap, thin, sandpapery store brands. No, Iā€™m not some masochist that gets off on this. Nor am I being macho. Itā€™s just more useful. Sometimes, toughness and friction is good. Probably everyone has had the ā€œewwwwwwā€ moment where a section of toilet paper, in use, has torn or ripped. Tougher is better. And perhaps I just havenā€™t abused that particular orifice to the point where I need something soft and pillowy to wipe it clean. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/27 "2010-09-14T02:54:15Z")
Mr. Sali turned out to be a name brand freak. No store brands were ever up to snuff. Money is no object! Mr. Sali labors under the delusion that my wallet is stuffed with $20 bill on a daily basis. Take butter. A pound of store butter is $1.99. Land Oā€™ Lakes is the only butter Mr. Sali likes. ā€œSpend the extra 50 cents,ā€ he bellows. I have to explain that it costs twice as much as the store brand - thatā€™s $2 right there. With the savings adding up from buying other store brand items - bread, aspirin, milk - I then have $5 - $6 so I can buy enough gas to get home and put all the foul name brand groceries away. So he can fill up his name brand stomach for another few days. Oh, and he got into the weirdest habit of, while spending time on the porcelain throne, wadding up t.p. into little balls and dropping them on the bathroom floor, and leaving them there. Like setting some kind of trap to see if a maid is sweeping up. After begging, pleading, and putting up a sign didnā€™t work, I finally swept them up and dumped them on the floor of his man cave. Wadded up bits of t.p. must be of importance to him, right? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/28 "2010-09-14T03:29:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > There are two stores here that I know put the price per unit on the shelf (price per 100 g or whatever), and I love that (Safeway and Wal-Mart). I thought this was a legal requirement in grocery stores in Canada, but I canā€™t seem to find anything to back that up, so perhaps not. The stores I shop at all seem to do it, and my husband is very serious about verifying prices and getting the best deal, even if that turns out to be a ridiculously sized bag of something we will never, ever get through! Also: chicken. The man buys family packs of chicken like itā€™s the end of the world, because itā€™s on sale and cheap, but thereā€™s only two of us living here and our freezer is running out of room. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/29 "2010-09-14T05:20:29Z")
Mrs Finger liked to make her own dresses. She enjoyed the craftsmanship and pointed out how much money she would save on clothes. However, I canā€™t recall ever seeing a finished dress or skirt or blouse, but I do remember seeing a lot of patterns, and fabric pieces around the bedroom, which was her craft area. Another thing she scattered around was pins. We had shag carpeting (this was 1971 or thereabouts, and besides we were renting, okay?) and a dropped pin would vanish instantly. She bought many, many pins as they disappeared at a fearful pace, and only reappeared when I stepped on one and gave vent to my pain in a loud, aggrieved tone. The result: I wore shoes in the house, especially the bedroom. I hate wearing shoes indoors, but the alternative seemed to be quite painful. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/30 "2010-09-14T13:44:30Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > A man buys toilet paper in rolls of 3 or 6. When you are with a woman, you have to buy it by the truckload. Since she started shopping at one of those CostClub or whatever warehouse stores (diapers are much cheaper there) it seems like TP comes about 64 rolls at a time. Ehh, better safe than sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/31 "2010-09-14T13:53:31Z")
It didnā€™t involve moving in with anybody, but Singlebro recently figured that women of fertile years use a lot more tp than guys - on specific days. As he put it ā€œthatā€™s some seriously useless piece of TMI right there!ā€; then he thought some more and said ā€œbut if I ever get female guests, Iā€™ll make sure to check the stock of tp before they arrive. Still TMI, but I guess itā€™s not completely useless.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/32 "2010-09-15T19:37:38Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Mrs. Gedd and I dated almost five years before getting married, but there were things I didnā€™t learn until moving in together. The biggest was her . . . affection . . . for Q-Tips. Immediately after a shower or any other activity that involves water getting close to her ears she takes the shortest path possible to them. That alone isnā€™t such a big deal, but how she reacts is. I guess the feeling of a soft swab caressing the entrance to her ear canal gives her near orgasmic pleasure, because she makes noises that Iā€™ve only heard in the bedroom. I had a cat that was like that. We had six cats and had problems with ear mites. The vet gave us some liquid to put in the ears and I would clean the crud out of their ears with Q-tips. Five of them liked it enough to purr while I did it. The sixth went totally apeshit and would try to push the other cats out of my lap so that I would dig in his ears some more. And when I did, he would purr like a motorboat, interspersed with kitty moans that sounded like he was having sex on the back fence. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/33 "2010-09-15T23:40:48Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Mrs. has [trichotillosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania). She subconsiously rubs her eyebrow while reading or watching TV or a movie. Sometimes sheā€™ll pluck one, or a hair and rub it gently on her lips. > > She throws things at me when she catches me imitating her. I do the rubbing hair on the lips thing. Its my nervous tick. Although, I keep the hair attached to me while I do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/34 "2010-09-16T01:26:06Z")
Oddest thing? Nothing is ever where I left it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/35 "2010-09-16T01:29:45Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > A man buys toilet paper in rolls of 3 or 6. When you are with a woman, you have to buy it by the truckload. Iā€™ve seen 4 and 6 but I have never seen a 3 pack of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611/36 "2010-09-16T03:25:37Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > A man buys toilet paper in rolls of 3 or 6. When you are with a woman, you have to buy it by the truckload. Speak for yourself, I buy TP in industrial quantities(you can never have enough TP or ammo when the zombies come.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-thing-i-learned-after-moving-in-with-her/553611.md?page=1)