teething

I don't know why, but i really like biting things. Sometimes i'll sneak up on people from behind and bite their shoulders. My husband has to put up with a lot of this. Mostly he doesn't mind i'm sure, after all, it's not like i'm going for blood. One day at work when i was extremely bored i started gnawing on the cord that connected my headset to my phone. I must've made a noise cause one of my co-workers laughed and asked if it was time to go home. Absolutely. Again it probably makes no sense, i just really like biting down on stuff. Mostly when i'm bored, sometimes just when the mood strikes. Half the chewable things at my desk have teeth imprints; paper, pencils, pens and obviously, the cord connecting my headset to my phone. I used to chew on the tips of my hair but a couple of months ago i cut my hair really short, and then i was reading the darwin awards book and i learned that chewing on your hair can actually kill you. isn't that amazing? I felt that that really shouldn't qualify as a darwin award. Common sense does not say that chewing on your hair could kill you, kill your chances at a normal social life maybe, but not you. Now, chewing on the cord that connects you to your phone and getting electrocuted..... that could deserve a darwin award. I'm getting better about not doing that though. I've met others that are like me, good to know i'm not alone in this. Although some get a sexual pleasure out of biting, for me , and a few people i know, it's just good to dig your teeth into something and not let go. possibly we were dobermans in another life. Maybe we just never fully got out of that teething stage we passed through when small children. Possibly it fills in for a phantom hunger, giving the illusion of eating something. Don't know but sure is fun.