TMGW #238: Mamrie Sneezes on Dr. Fauci - NO ADS

My husband has the sun sneezing thing! I’d never heard of it until I met him.

Ooh I'd love to talk about calendars and bullet journals! A lot of families keep a hanging calendar just to have everyone's schedules in a centralized place, but I do think the majority of calendars bought these days are for decorative purposes, since everyone uses a digital calendar now. There's something fun about looking forward to a new photo/illustration after each month, like an ever-changing decor! Bullet journals on Instagram and Pinterest are a scam!! Bullet journal literally means "journaling in bullet points", so instead of long-form sentences, you only jot down things as succinctly as possible. The decoration and doodling of the journal is what gets out of hand and gives them a bad rep; in reality, they can be as minimalist or maximalist as you want! They're better than planners because you can put it down and pick it back up whenever without feeling guilty about leaving blank spaces for a few days or even weeks. The official Bullet Journal has many great resources to start with, it's not intimidating at all! P.S. The official acronym for bullet journal is BuJo, not... y'know 🤣

Maxwell

I am SO glad you guys talked about the pooping in stores syndrome. I DO NOT like #2ing in public. However, my entire adult life I have ALWAYS had to BM when I am in a bookstore (especially Barnes & Noble)! I always thought it had to do with something with the smell of books. I never understood it! Omg, I love this community. You've made it relatable! We're not all weirdos! Well...we are, but you know what I mean. Ha ha!

Yes! I do this, too! Whenever I feel a sneeze coming on or taking too long to get there, I always look at a light and it almost always happens immediately!

Former Target & Marshalls employee here. Decidedly a thing. (Once when I worked at store redacted, a guest lost control of their bowels).

Flula makes a calendar of himself with different themes each year! And it’s not each time I go outside but I definitely have the sneezing condition!

Attackofthecurl

I thought the sun sneeze was a well known thing! Happens to me occasionally but it’s never been an issue…more like if I need to sneeze I look at the sun haha

My best friend and I exchange the worst possible calendars we can find for Christmas every year for like 10 years now. I made him a custom one of pictures of us with the worst clip art vistaprint could provide. I rely on my calendar to keep my husband and I both aware of plans.

fish_parents

My first comment on here ever ( in keeping with the tmgw mission statement ) is to overshare with you that I used to experience the same uh, laxative effect every time I went to the library as a kid, and the library was my happy place. Other book nerds I know have said the bookshop does it to them too 🤓

“I’m a water glass girly now!…” Ladies, airup is coming for you! Will let you check out the airup water bottles yourselves, but they’re sponsoring YouTubers left and right, so I bet if you contact them, they’ll talk to you. Grace, we know you love packaging and gamification - this is RIGHT up your alley :). Personal review: It doesn’t work as perfectly or magically as it claims to, but it’s more pleasant than plain water. What convinced me to try one is that they now have steel-sided 16 oz. bottles. 8 glasses/day (rule of thumb) = 64 ounces = exactly 4 bottles’ worth = 👍🏼. So I figured it’d be fine even if the “flavoring” didn’t work too well. Stays fresh, the reason lugging around a 32- or 48- oz. plastic bottle all day did not stick :). You can CERTAINLY find a cheaper 16 oz. bottle that keeps your water cold, but there was a coupon code and I was curious :). ::shrug:: It’s fun, and I do drink more water now. (Never expected to have to say this, but #nonspon?)

My whole family sneezes when we see the sun! We call it the “sunshine sneeze”!

My jaw hit the floor

Roslyn

I’ve always had the sneeze thing with bright lights/the sun, I thought that was true for everyone!!

Also My mom used to say if you need to sneeze look at a light. 😂 It always worked!

Lissa

My mom. That's who was buying all the trinkets! The woman never met a tchotchke she didn't like. We joke that when she passed away the hospital gift shop sales plummeted! 😂

Lissa

Screaming at the ugly dog judge clap back from Mame

Chris Courtney

The b.m. inducing topic got me so excited I was actually wanting the podcast to hurry so I could run over here to the comments! Since I was a little girl, literally for decades now, libraries and Hallmark card stores(that never had a public restroom) made me NEED to go asap. Hallmark shops have been replaced by Target and Toys R Us. I have legit been constipated and told my husband that we need to go to Target so I could get things moving again. But at Target it’s never until I am in the furthest distance from the bathroom. I thought it was some sort of medical or mental illness that only I had. You have no idea the relief(😏) you have given me knowing that I am not the only one!