(this is just a joke - of course farmwork still has physically demanding parts)

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    13 hours ago

    only semi related but ive been gifted with soft skin, the kind that old men would handshake and say “you never worked a real day in your life!” i work a blue collar job. some people are just gifted.

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      From Bag Balm:

      Originally, it was used for only cows’ udders, but farmers’ wives noticed the softness of their husbands’ hands, and started using the product themselves.

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      7 hours ago

      i had a mini slut phase recently and everyone who touched my skin said it was really soft, like women who i thought had soft skin told me how soft my skin is. this is what finally pushed me to really look into Ehlers-Danlos and learn that i have it. having very soft skin without really trying is one of the features, but there are a lot more. it sounds to me like you might have it too. worth looking into.

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        12 hours ago

        I don’t use lotion and still have very soft skin. I also work in a print shop with plenty of heavy lifting and manual labour.

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          Landscaper, a d likewise. Blisters beget no callous, only fresh pink skin to blister once more.

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      I have baby soft skin, as noted by male and female friends alike, despite working tons of physical jobs including driving fence posts for a summer. I’m pretty sure it’s a condition called Ehlers-Danlos, in my case, but I’m not officially diagnosed, just have every symptom. Learned about it through my DNA testing, there was a gene there that was connected to it.