# What fetishes don't work well in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fetishes-dont-work-well-in-real-life/942857 "2021-05-25T07:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 94
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fetishes-dont-work-well-in-real-life/942857/94 "2021-05-28T15:14:03Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > When I see the nurse beforehand, when they ask you the list of questions, they always ask if I feel safe at home. That threw me the first time because I wasn’t sure what they meant, like if I was worried about falling down and breaking my hip, but I was in my forties at the time. When I asked her about it, she explained it was a chance for people to report domestic abuse. I don’t know if it’s effective but at least they are trying. Earlier this year we had quite the thread on the perceived appropriateness / inappropriateness of medics asking those “are you safe?” questions: > [@Are Doctors still asking odd (to me) questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-doctors-still-asking-odd-to-me-questions/933133): > > I haven’t been to a doctor in a long time and my gf has been getting on my case about it. The thing is, the last time I was at a doctor’s office I was offended/weirded out by the out-of-left-field questions they asked. The first was “do you have guns in your house” or something similar. I answered, “that’s none of your business”. Then it was “do you feel safe in your home?”. I lost it. I was there wanting to find out if my foot pain was caused by gout, which was what my googling had come up … With a large side order of gun debate. An interesting thread and not too testy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fetishes-dont-work-well-in-real-life/942857)._