a phobia

I can hardly bear to look at buttons en masse. On clothing they do not bother me but I never want to lift the lid on a tin of buttons.

I learnt recently that there is a name for this phobia. It is as bizarre as the phobia itself: koumpounophobia.

So there you have it: my entry for 52wc-2020-w22 in Capture52Challenge.

And it just occurs to me this is also OK for a Mayhalf20 entry

[Diana]

Beautiful shot for half and half. I love buttons Hazel and have quite a selection :)

[Issi Bannerman]

I adore buttons. I used to love it when my mum was looking for a particular size, and she'd tip out the jar! I have a fair few too, but I rarely need to go to the tin!

[Hazel]

@ludwigsdiana @jamibann

So far, very interesting 2:1!!!

[Dianne]

A very strange name isn’t it? A great image.

[Hazel]

@dide

Yes, can't think of its origin!

[Peter]

Lovely composition fits the challenges perfectly Hazel, funnily as a small boy my grandmother had a jar full of buttons that freaked me out every time she took it out of her sawing basket, now I know I was suffering from koumpounophobia:)

[Hazel]

@pcoulson

How strange it is, Peter. I found the name out rather by chance and have now forgotten where, but the phobia definitely exists for me.

[Bep]

Never heard of this phobia, but I love buttons. I inherited them from my mother and my granddaughters loved to play with them...

[Denise Wood]

i certainly don't suffer from this one!!! I have way too many buttons and was so like @gijsje I have my mothers too. As a child my mother always bought a selection of buttons for me to play with at an annual sale :)
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[Babs]

You did well to take the photo if you have such a phobia, well done.

[Julie Duncan]

Very interesting! (I'm afraid of those little square plastic tabs that hold plastic bread bags closed. I don't think there's a name for it though.)

[Hazel]

@gilbertwood @gijsje

They give me the creeps to handle them.

[Merrelyn]

I love buttons and have far too many of them.

[gloria jones]

Great capture

[Shutterbug]

It does indeed make a great half. That word is even better than triskaidekaphobia. I definitely have covidphobia, but I don’t think it is rare.

[Jacqueline]

I love buttons and your shot, my clients and me are making a ‘painting’ with them at the moment.

[Walks @ 7]

I am not a sufferer but I do learn the most interesting tidbits here. I just taught my youngest how to sew one on, might save him from buying a new shirt when he is on his own. I hope you have safely put this tin back in its hiding place. Great capture.

[haskar]

I love these candy boxes. I also hide various little things in them.

[wendy frost]

I thought everyone one would love a tin of buttons supplied by their Grandmother to keep them quiet when visiting. An interesting name for your phobia though.

[David]

I would like to find the tin full of buttons, rather than bonbons!

[Hazel]

@lostphojo

Eating buttons! Are you trying to freak me out.,

[David]

@quietpurplehaze No no! It's the bonbons that would freak me out! Whereas buttons are actually useful... no I'm out of date with that as my useless fingers will no longer fasten buttons for me! I have trouble with zips too! Maybe I need those poppers found on BabyGrows! :-)