This thread kind of reminds me when I was trying with a doctor's help to get pregnant. Seemed it brought out the Voo-doo side of people. A wishful thinking so to speak. People meant well but saying "Just relax, you'll get pregnant" brought out paranoid me who interpreted it as "Stop being an uptight b**** and relax and then it will happen. On hormones and very vulnerable of course I took it the wrong way. "Start adoption proceedings, my cousin's hairdresser's sister-in-law got pregnant that way". Not true, does not increase frequency, just another urban myth. Paranoid me heard it as it could happen IF I did the right things.

My neighbor meant well and forwarded me the article about Aspertame in diet soda causing MS (Popular thing circulated years ago). Never drank diet soda, just thought "He thinks I did this to myself!!!" DH likes to kid me and say "If you REALLY tried you'd get over this thing." At least he means it to be a joke. Just my HO all this on the subjects.