is this just me?

[marcicat]

My ears are not symmetrical. Or that’s what I’m guessing, at least. Every time I wear earbuds (so far, regardless of size or model), it feels fine at first, and then after a while the left ear isn’t fine anymore.

Right ear — no problem. I can wear an earbud for hours. At work, I can even have it in under my phone headset.

Left ear — ow. Usually somewhere between the ten minute mark and the half hour mark, my ear starts to hurt. Take the earbud out, it feels fine. Put it back in, ear pain. It’s ignorable to a certain extent, but when I ignore it for too long, it lingers even after I’m not wearing earbuds.

So I rock the one earbud look a lot, especially at work. No one has ever asked me about it, which probably means either 1) it doesn’t look as weird as I feel like it looks, or 2) everyone already thinks I am super weird.

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Comments

[bluemeridian]

I have trouble with earbuds period between allergies (they don't precisely hurt, but something similar to it) and keeping them in. But in the stretches I have been able to wear them, one does tend to be easier to keep in than the other, so I'm inclined to say you are not the only one.

[marcicat]

Good to know! Perhaps future technology will improve upon the design!

[wildforce71]

I use headphones, but I pretty much always have them on one side and off the other, because I'm either in work, where people might ask me things, or walking somewhere, where I might need to be able to hear what's going on around me.

[marcicat]

Have you found a good way to keep the loose earbud from getting in the way? I find that I consistently get mine caught on things, or it migrates under my keyboard (how?!) in a baffling and irritating way.

[wildforce71]

Headphones, not earphones. The second one just sits behind my ear. Could you maybe tuck it into a headband or something?

[marcicat]

Oh, got it! Headband is a good idea -- I should probably just coil it up and clip it back to the main cord, but somehow it never seems like a priority until I'm fishing it out from under my keyboard again.