Painful Superpower

My wife has several superpowers and one of them is very painful--especially to me.

I first discovered this back in my Hardee's days.  An employee started to reach into the hot fry vat to grab something he'd dropped.  I pushed him away to stop him and he dropped what was in his other hand.  That caused hot oil to splash up and hit my left arm in a few spots.  I immediately shoved my arm into the ice machine.  (Did we remember to throw that ice out?  Oh well, that's not part of the story anyway.)  But it was too late, I had 5 or 6 serious burns that blistered up the next day.  They were all small, none larger than a US nickel. 

Enter the superpower.  My very reserved girlfriend suddenly felt playful.  She kept grabbing my hand and tickling my arm--and bumping the burns.  Within a day she'd accidentally popped all the blisters.  It hurt!  She didn't do it on purpose.  She's just magically drawn to injuries.  In another example, not long after we were married I developed an in-grown toenail.  Suddenly my wife became very clumsy, kicking or stepping on that toe repeatedly. 
Yee--ouch!

You're probably thinking it was intentional or perhaps her subconscious lashing out.  But that's not it.  I've hidden injuries from her in hopes of avoiding the pain of her superpower.  She still homes right in on on the sore spot.  I'm her main target, but not the only one.  At Disney she clipped (with a stroller) the heel of a German woman who'd just had foot surgery.  That was an unpleasant exerience.  Her co-workers have been on the receiving end of her magic and so have our kids.  It's one of those weird things you learn to accept (through gritted teeth--from the pain).   :P

We all have superpowers.  Do you know what yours are???


PS - My superpowers include (but are not limited to) finding wet spots on the floor with my socks; gravitating towards weird situations; and finding interesting people.