Substitute it with a good one. Doesn't always work. I'm still 40-50 pounds overweight! Good luck!!!

I sing/hum all the time. If it bothers DH, he has never said, although I know it must be annoying as I can't carry a tune in a bucket.

I also talk to myself. That can be embarrassing, but I tell people it is the most intelligent conversation I have during the day. LOL When I catch myself talking out loud, I pop a hard candy in my mouth and let it melt away. Can't hold a proper conversation with your mouth full. Doesn't break the habit, but at least curbs it for awhile.

I used to set my teeth, not grind them just set them. The dentist told me not to sleep in my upper denture and that worked for night time. It was very hard to break the day time thing but I did it. I also taught myself not to touch my face while out in public and have only had one cold in 10 years since I broke that habit. That was a very hard habit to break. You are already aware of what you are doing so you can break the habit.

prairie rose, I can't carry a tune either. I am probably the only person in history that the church choir asked to simply 'lip sync' the hymns.

I really feel bad for my hubby, he has never said a word!

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I have several habits that I cannot cease. Correcting my wife's actions is at the top of her list. Just before the end of the year, my ENT doc decided (after a CT, 2 MRIs and 2 x-rays) that I have jaw arthritis. If I set my jaw, it aggravates it. I just finished a chore and I caught myself twice in 4 minutes. I don't know that I will ever be able to stop it.

As for the missus, she has a habit of tapping her foot while she knits. It has gotten to be so bad that I put a piece of scrap carpeting under her right foot. I don't say anything, but she knows that I know.

My husband does some weird humming under his breath that's barely audible but I hear him if I'm close. He also talks out loud to himself all the time. It bugs me but I've noticed the habit is contagious and now I'm talking to myself out loud all the time too! HA! I sing and whistle all the time. He never says anything about it rather actually seems to enjoy it thinking that it means I'm happy. I can actually sing pretty good so I guess that helps.

Doesn't almost everyone have tunes or thoughts running through their heads for all or parts of most days? I have both constantly. I think the difference is whether you keep them in or open your mouth and let them out.

Music is my keenest hobby and my head is like a jukebox, one song after another. But never a peep gets out unless I'm in a singing setting or alone when a song strikes me harder than normal.

Rather than working on keeping your melodies out of your mouth, try it the other way around. Make a list of songs you like and then try "listening" to them one after the other in your head without making any sounds. Find songs you like so well that you can't get out of your head, think of them and keep 'em there. Good luck

Oh boy. It's good that we are just internet friends, little noises like humming, squeaking and worst of all, jingling, drive me crazy! Throat clearing, too. My husband starts with the throat clearing right after he eats and I have to go upstairs so I can mutter and gripe about it without making him mad. Cough it the heck up already! I'm sure not perfect, but I am really quiet and can't think of anything that I do unconsciously that would annoy any one. I do set my teeth, though and that annoys me a little. And I'm addicted to lip loppy. :)

Your husband probably is experiencing GERD. It is something that can be treated with simple medications.

He says it's post nasal drip, it's mostly after warm food or drink, Jim.

Raven, you should give your hubby a little gift of a nice leather coin purse. (No, they're not just for women.) Then your hubby can just rub a nice patina onto the leather. :-)

pkponder - when I hear someone whistling or humming, I think of them as a happy person. I'm happy you're happy. :)

i don't think humming is at all weird! As Disney's Snow White sang: : Whistle While You Work (I don't whistle) and "hum a merry tune" which I do when i'm working around the house. I also like to sing along with my iPod...it makes housework far more pleasant.

I'm with redcurls. What's weird about humming/singing/whistling? It bothered my DH when I did it, so I forced myself to stop. But I think that says more about his weirdness than mine. :-)

Whistle While You Work is in my repertoire! Unfortunately my hubby never recognizes any of my 'tunes' because I am tone deaf and it's just annoying to him. I usually do it when my mind is otherwise engaged.

I do work from home most of the time and I like the house quiet, so I end up making my own noise. I tried the iPod in my office, but then I was just singing along.

I had no idea that others hummed or whistled also, maybe it's not weird, just something I want to get under control.

Ah . . . the tone deafness is the weird part! Your hubby has my sympathy. LOL

There was a Red Skeleton/Lucille Ball skit about someone that whistled constantly...it was hilarious, but I can imagine it might be a bit much.

alisande, it's not so much that it's weird, but there are different circumstances to consider:

When alone, most people do as they please, releasing whatever noises or other things as they wish.

When not alone, doing the same very same things are usually not well accepted by others and are often viewed as being rude.

Imagine trying to ask your insurance man a question and he/she is singing the latest Beyonce song. Or burping. My reaction is "Hey, I'm here, don't be so into yourself".

My seven yo grandson has three sisters, no brothers. Recently he banged his hands against his ears and yelped, "Argh! Grandma! I keep hearing this stupid song in my head! It won't go away!" I told him it seems he has his first earworm. He said, "Oh, man. Why does it have to be a stupid "Frozen" song?!?! Why can't I have a boy song?"