Are Some People Mosquito Magnets?

Newsweek ^ | Jul 3, 2008 | Kurt Soller

[tiki]

Earlier this year my husband was afraid that our dog had fleas I told him absolutely not because I didn’t have even one flea bite.

Mosquitoes don’t bother me either.

[Gabz]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR - I hate people like you. (j/k)

All kidding aside, I really envy folks that either are not biting insect magnets or who do not suffer from the after effects of said bites/stings/whatever.

[secret garden]

I am the only one who will get bit repeatedly even if 50 other people are outside. I use Off and it helps. The spray similar to Skin so Soft is completely ineffective.

[SJackson]

If you’d like to be on or off this Upper Midwest/outdoors/rural list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[rdl6989]

My dad is one of those mosquito magnets.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

You know, it’s weird-but when I was younger, I would literally draw ‘em like a magnet. Now that I’m gettin’ old, I’ve realized they haven’t really bothered me since I was about in my fifties. System changed somehow and smell different to them now, I would guess. ;)

[CIDKauf]

garlic

[silentreignofheroes]

You got it,

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the ping.

[Woodman]

Hi Gabz, I must have been born in a nest of Poison Ivy, I can walk through groves of it barefoot and in shorts without getting a welt. The skeeters used to love me when I was a kid, now I may get one or two bits the whole summer. Maybe my Delaware native blood is not good enough for them?