I'm different, just like everyone else

As some of you may remember, a while back I was contemplating changing my gamertag.  I really couldn't think of anything that I really cared that much about or that was terribly unique about myself.  Seriously, how do you turn "underpaid, thin and balding" into a gamertag?  I finally gave up and settled on L3FTY, because I am one.  In hindsight there is something much more unique that no one (except my wife) knows about me, but again, it wouldn't make a great tag.

I am outing myself now for your benefit and amusement, and also to find solace in the fact that there may be someone else out there who has it too.  It is known as Honeymooner's Nose.  I don't remember when it started, but I'm pretty sure that it will never end.

In short - I'm allergic to sex.  It doesn't happen every time, but waaaaaay to often.  If I sense that nookie is drawing near I'll sneeze 2-3 times.  My wife has gotten used to it and at this point either laughs or rolls over and says "forget about it, I'm tired."  And this is without a word said, just laying in the dark and I sneeze.  It sucks, I've lost the element of surprise.  Interestingly enough, it happens even when the wife isn't around....

I found an article on Honeymooner's Nose on Esquire.com that explains this phenomenon much better/humorously than I am able:

"Sexual anticipation sends a signal to increase blood flow in the spongy (and thus erectile) tissues that you use to hoist your erection, but you get so damn giddy that the signal gets confused and goes to the spongy tissue of your nasal passages, which makes you sneeze. Why? Reflexes like sneezing, eye tearing, salivation, and lactation have what Gil Wilshire, who insists he is a “reproductive endocrinologist” and not a font, as I want to believe, describes as “lower reflex loops” that sometimes misfire and get all mixed up. It’s what accounts for things like synesthesia, “phantom limbs,” and orgasms for the paralyzed.  Now, it’s possible that this has happened enough for you to have warped it into a purely psychological habit, which you will need at least 20 years of rigorous aromatherapy to even begin to break. “I guess I would say that if somebody was really bothered by it,” says Milwaukee urologist Dr. Jay Sandlow, “try to take some type of decongestant ahead of time,” a feat for which one would need either extraordinary precognition or a time machine, as well as a bottle of Afrin at the ready. It hardly seems worth the effort. You’d best teach that nose to fuck."

And such is the curse of my unique response.  I'm like freaking Pavlov's dogs for poon.  Anyone else have a similar disability...please....