Thumb-suckers of the World UNITE!

You know what? I am proud to be a thumb sucker…

It’s the most lovely thing in the world to come home after a long day, give your hands a soothing soapy wash and then settle down to a good bit of thumb sucking.

I suck the thumb on my right hand only.  I know of people who suck both thumbs, but I really only suck my right thumb.

Once or twice I have had to suck my left thumb due to a burn or cut on my right thumb and I can only describe the experience as weird.  It’s like wearing your left shoe on your right foot.  It just didn’t feel right…

My Dad really badgered me to give up sucking my thumb when I was in my teens, I suppose he felt that it was going too far.  When we’d be sitting looking at the TV, he wouldn’t let me suck my thumb so I used to sit behind a plant and do it there.

I have been thinking about how lucky I am to have my thumb and to enjoy it so much.  It really is an incredibly unique experience and I feel at one with other adult thumb-suckers.  I always smile to myself when I spot them.  They are as rare as albinos, but they are out there.

Once I had a bad skin disorder on my thumb.  I mentioned it to the doctor in passing, when I was in for another ailment which I won’t go into now, I’m sure you wouldn’t be interested in that anyway.  The Doctor told me that the digestive juices are at work when my thumb is in my mouth and it’s causing the skin to be broken down.  I didn’t believe a word of that and sucked my thumb until it felt well again.  It’s been fine ever since but it’s down to the bone now.

That’s alright though…