A hardware representative explains some of the dangers of caulk sucking.

With counseling, Marina thinks she can lick her problem, before it gets a bead on her.

"I've got the support of my family now," said Marina, who was embarrassed at first to discuss her caulk sucking issues with anyone.

"It was tough to swallow," said Marina's mother, when learning of her daughter's problem. "Marina is good and decent. But to find out that she went to these parties and sucked caulk was a shock. But I understand. I had the same problem when I was close to her age. But after I married Marina's father I never sucked caulk again."

Marina's father, like most men, doesn't see anything wrong with sucking a little caulk, but he'd prefer not to know that his daughter had her lips around someone's caulk.

"She's an adult now," said Mr. Desirez. "If Marina wants to suck caulk, that's her own business. At least she's not a weather-stripper.

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