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~~I told my Family and friends~~did you~~
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~~It took me about a second weather or not to tell my family!! It was hard to admit to them that I had BB But I got to thinking hay If I don’t tell them I take the chance of never getting rid of them!! we all go to our family and friends house and sit at the table or on the couch and some times on the floor and the kids are all over the place so I had too couldn’t let the fact I was embarrassed get in the way of defeating the lil blood suckers… I had to inform a lot of them that they were actually real to begin with!! I had to tell them about the whole furniture thing and second hand stuff!! One of my Family members pick stuff up from the side of the road!! I told them it was like having fleas roaches and lice all at one time!! and how hard it was to get rid of!! I opened most of there minds to doing stuff like encasing there beds and keeping the clutter down!! And actually checking there beds ,walls and furniture and not to pick stuff off the side of the road~~~ I don’t think I will ever step into a second hand store to buy anything ever again , I will never except anything used again I don’t care if it is a family air loom~~ any body have anything else to add~~did you tell~~
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depressedandconfused
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Posted 1 month ago
Sun Oct 4 2009 16:37:22
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Yes, I told my family and my closest friends. I was losing my mind when I first found out and needed all the support I could get.
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Reallytired5
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Sun Oct 4 2009 18:39:18
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I definitely told people. I have two friends who knew about our problem who were going to a posh consignment shop in our area the next day. I said "There is no way I will EVER shop at a consignment shop, antique shop, or yard sale again." They looked at me and thought about it over night and ended up not going.
I did need to tell people so I had a support system in place and so people would understand that I'm not quirky or odd. I have bed bugs which is a pain in the neck, expensive and emotionally exhausting as well as physically draining when you're not sleeping.
Good luck!
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CookEmDanno
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Tue Oct 6 2009 19:15:18
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Yes, tell everyone. It's the best way to educate people. The more people know about the problem, the less likely they'll be to spread it.
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mangycur
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Posted 1 month ago
Sat Oct 10 2009 14:35:00
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I told most of my friends because I was freaking out and needed support. Interestingly, they all cared about me and listened, but they didn't actually listen enough to learn anything from it. They all, every single one of them, still do things to endanger themselves, like pick things up off the street, or joing clubs where you mail books to strangers and receive books from strangers, like a punk rock library book netflix type thing. Or they put stuff in storage without sealing their stuff in plastic first. Further, several of them have said things to me that proved to me they hadn't been listening at all to the information i tried to impart to them. Alas. I tried.
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all we can do is try to educate people ~~Mangycur~~Two thumbs up for trying!!sorry they are not taking the advice you have given then I had to convince my family that BB were real!! I dident think they were!! well said cookemdono suport systen is a plus!! Just like depression they need to come up with a name for the mental side of this!! I dident need the support as much as I nedded answers!!I still do need the support tho!! I am in the very beginning stages of this!! no Pco yet cant find the right one in the boondocks!! keep educating people!!
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dottie
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Sat Oct 10 2009 20:07:32
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I told who I guess is my best friend. She studied vermin in college. But soon as I lamented I think I have BB bites she said to wash my sheets and vacuum. I knew she was out of it and never mentioned it again.
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dottie ~lol~~ just goes to show you how many people can be so uninformed!! I know I was~~ With out the internet I would go crazy!!
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