I’m not traditionally a man’s man. I’m not effeminate, either.
My condo is usually less than perfectly clean, I don’t spend more than 30 seconds on my hair (brushes and combs are lame), and once a week I go to sleep without brushing my teeth.
I don’t use any moisturizer on my face nor do I wear cologne.
But I also have never slept in a tent or gone hunting. I don’t watch sports and during the Superbowl I have to ask which team has the dark jerseys. Then I have to ask what the other team’s name is.
I probably fall in the middle when it comes to masculinity.
One thing that sends me screaming like a little girl at a Debbie Gibson concert, though, is when someone cracks their knuckles.
Desperately need to update my pop culture references. The obvious choice would have been Justin Bieber but something about him really creeps me out.
Let’s face it – cracking your knuckles is gross.
Only twice in my life have I had my knuckles cracked and they were both by other people. In both instances I freaked out after the first one and refused to participate further.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. I was getting a massage in Santa Fe recently, and the woman cracked each of my toe knuckles. No jive. It was so weird. But I went with it.
When I hear someone cracking their knuckles, my face gets pale for a second. I recover quickly usually by thinking about something more pleasurable, like the pizza I am going to binge on that evening.
To me cracking your knuckles in public is a distant cousin of picking your nose.
But am I the only one who gets fouled out at knuckle cracking?
Let’s say “no” so that I don’t feel so alone.
helen_g says:
You’ve never slept in a tent?? Really?? You must, even if just to discover how dreadful it is, particularly when you make the mistake of using a blow up airmattress and get so cold you think you’ll never thaw out.
Anyway, you are not alone on the cracking joints thing. Do you feel better? It makes me gag a bit when people do it, so my kids torture me by cracking every joint they have – Backs, knees, toes, fingers, evverything. Horrible children.
Sonja Rois says:
Nope You’re not alone. Anything that sounds like bones breaking makes me physically sick to my stomach. Since knuckle cracking is one of the most common ways to acive this sound, like helen_g, I have ppl who sadistically get off on doing in on pourpose when I am within ear shot. Thankfully my significant other either doesn’t do it around me, or duck the flying stuff I throw at his head when he does. But he doesn’t do it on pourpose. He just forgets…then ducks.
mykuljay says:
I agree Mr. P. My son has this weird way of turning his neck and cracking his freakin’ spine which drives me nutso. Never have gotten the whole knuckle cracking thing either.
Katjaneway says:
Man I used to have a friend that did that all the time. It made me shiver in disgust. Also, you sound like the perfect guy to me! lol
bluenotebacker says:
This made me laugh because #1 I crack my knuckles all the time and B I don’t like listening to somone ELSE crack knuckles!. Until recently I have not lived with someone who cracks knuckles. It’s throwing my entire belief system into chaos.
D.J. Paris says:
@bluenotebacker It’s like farts – keep them to yourself to enjoy.
D.J. Paris says:
@helen_g I suspected that sleeping in a tent was a pain in the nuts. I’m glad you verified this.
D.J. Paris says:
@Sonja Rois Throwing things is abusive. Shame on you. 🙂
D.J. Paris says:
I can only hope he paralyzes himself by accident to give you some peace.
D.J. Paris says:
@Katjaneway I really am.
Bill says:
I’m in class now, girl next to me does not stop cracking every none every 3 to 5 minutes. 3 hour classes. Lots of cracking she’s very fidgity