Stifling during a meeting (with mixed success)

[Heathcliff]

I've been meaning to post this obs for a couple of weeks now... this is a woman in my department at work, although I do not really know her. She's very striking to look at- she's very tall for a woman, with a body that seems athletic but still curvy. She has long brown hair and tanned-looking skin (she's Italian I think).

We were both in the audience listening to series of talks. On this day she was dressed smartly in a skirt suit and dark tights, and I couldn't help glancing over at her when she first entered the room. I was sitting behind her, so I could see one side of her face. I think she must have had a cold- there was one going around my workplace at the time.

Some time into the talk I heard a forceful-sounding stifled sneeze from her direction- "Hhh-MMPhh!". I turned my head slightly, in time to see her body heave forward in her seat with the effort of stifling a second sneeze into her hand.

After a short while, the second talk began- and soon I saw her stifle another pair of sneezes into a crumpled tissue that she produced hastily from a sleeve or pocket. She was clearly trying not to make a noise during the talk, but it sounded as though it was getting more difficult to hold her sneezes in... the first was another "Hhh-MMPhh!", but the second one was a half-stifled "Hihh-CHHhhh!"

As the talks came to an end I was hoping for another sneeze, and I wasn't disappointed- she still seemed to be trying to stifle, but her fifth sneeze escaped fully- "Hahh-CHOO!" powerful and womanly. She seemed embarrassed to have sneezed so audibly, and must have tried very hard to stifle her sixth sneeze- because it was almost completely silent. I could still see her body siezed with the effort of the stifle, though- which was a beautiful sight.

Hope you like!

[Sneezles]

Wow I love this obs and would have loved to have witnessed this fit. Wonderfully described, thank you Heathcliff

[NoV]

Wow great obs I love it when they finally give in to the need to sneeze after a succession of stifles - and being visibly embarrassed about it is just the icing on the cake...

[Chanel_no5]

Sounds like a really lovely observation... thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed it.