Wierd Quirks

I completely understand what Mari is saying! When you write a 'w' there is a line down, a line up, a line down again and a line up again- that would be changing directions 4 times. :)

I count things too (but have never counted lines in words) I count amount of step when I am on stairs. I count amounts of some foods that are seperate pieces (crackers, chips, candies), groups of almost any other things that call me to count them (train cars, pens, beads, pieces in my scrap kits) and sometimes when I am riding in the car I find myself counting power or reflecter polls or sometimes even the center white lines.

All cupboard doors and dresser drawers must be closed- I can't handle any hanging open!

I have to wash my hands as soon as I get home from being out somewhere.
 
I....
only eat the middle of french fries -
Put mayo on EVERYTHING - especially french fries -
Can NEVER order exactly what is on the menu - I have to change up something
and I am a sender backer of plates when we go out to eat
Eat off other peoples plates - I know that drives some people crazy
say umm bye whenever I get off the phone with someone -

I am sure there are so many more ... these are the ones that come to mind
 
LeeAndra...I love you LOL...makes me not feel so bad anymore since I do at least 4 of those things if not more :) This thread makes me feel so much better...:) You girls are so awesome :)

LeeAndra said:
I have to be touching my purse in public. If I'm in a restaurant, it has to be pressed up against the wall or between my feet. If I'm in a movie theater, it has to be squished in between the seat arm & my body. If I'm at the grocery store, it has to be on my arm or in the baby seat with one of the straps hooked around one of my arms. I will periodically check by foot or hand to make sure it is still where I put it.

I hate changing lanes. If I'm less than 15 minutes from my destination and not in the lane I need to be in yet, I begin to get anxious.

I always eat my french fries first so that they don't get cold.

I check 3-4 times after leaving the bathroom at work to make sure my pants are zipped up.

If I don't get my granola bar eaten or my pop can opened before my coworker arrives in the morning, I wait until he goes on break or when he's on a delivery run before I do so. I feel bad to be making noise when we share a workroom.

I am semi-psychotic abt making sure my car is always locked even if I'm just running inside for a minute.

I always unzip my scrapping product as soon as possible never more than 5-6 hours after downloading it.

I hate small talk and leave the office for the day without telling anyone goodbye. Why do they care?

I have to have a badge to park in the work lot. I have to have this pulled out of my purse and lying on the seat beside me before I start the car up or I will worry all the way there that I've left it in the house, that I won't be able to get it out of my purse in time, etc. I have a 30+ minute commute.

I refuse to order anything on the phone: pizza, Chinese, etc. I hate it.

I am semi-psychotic abt my face getting wet. I face away from the water in the shower and 'back in' when I need to wash my hair. Washing my face with a washcloth or soap in the sink = okay. Sticking my face into the shower spray or letting water run down into my eyes = freaks me out.

I love picking off dead skin when I have a sunburn. I am usually able to resist picking Jeff's off mostly because it totally skeeves him out.

I can't sleep with socks on because it makes me too hot, but I have to sleep with the covers pulled all the way to my chin. To solve this dilemma, I stick one foot out from under the covers.

I always screen my cell phone calls. If it comes up as a number, rather than a name, I will not answer it.

I can't watch embarrassing things on TV. Not embarrassing for me, but embarrassing for the characters. I can't watch that new CBS show 'Worst Week' because he does so many dumb embarrassing things that I spend most of the show with my hands over my eyes.

Did you want more?!? *lol*
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Ok here are mine....

I avoid the phone for ANY reason. I just get totally freaked out at the entire process. Hate phones.

I won't eat any meat that has bones still in it. No chicken wings, no ribs, etc. And I can't eat the part that touches fat, either. I'm terrified of getting something weird in my mouth and I swear I'm one bad meat incident away from being a vegetarian. Aside from that, I'm not a picky eater AT ALL.

I must have my blanket year round. Same blanket. No switching to a lighter or heavier one. And my pillow. My pillow travels with me everywhere, even if I fly there. Even with my pillow, I get no sleep in hotels because I don't have my right blanket. (I bring my own sheets, too, I'm a sheet snob. lol)

I have one of the HYPER sensitive noses. I can't stand odd smells.
 
I have to lock the front door before I take a shower. I live rural and the door is unlocked during the day the rest of the time

If I am alone in the house for the day and I go out, when I get back I have to look inside every closet, even the ones with stuff stacked in front of them & the ones so crammed full of stuff you couldn't fit a shoe in them, let alone a homicidal axe wielding maniac.

If I am home all day & am alone for the night, I still have to check all the closets because homicidal axe wielding maniacs are sneaky and patient and might have gotten in the back while I was watching tv, wedged themselves into a full closet and used rope to pull the boxes back in front of the door and just be biding their time, waiting for me to fall asleep.

I walk to my car, anywhere but my driveway, with my fist around my keychain & my ignition key poking out between my fingers, fully prepared to jab hard anyone who comes near me. I keep my hands low to my sides because I am aiming for the groin.

Oh, and I give up clothing space in my suitcase so I can pack my pillow. No other pillow will do.
 
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Lilcameronsmommy said:
I do the shower thing. I'm always afraid of someone sneaking up on my while I washing my hair with my eyes closed and scaring me. :)

Another quirk is that I have to read magazines and catalogs back-to-front. I get that from my mother. And I have to pull out ALL of those stupid inserts before I can peruse the magazine.
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Omgosh, me too, to all of the above!
I also have to have all the shampoo/conditioner caps in place and the bottles lined up.
I read every night in bed for 10 min....no more no less.
My egg carton has to be balanced....if there are eggs gone from it, then I have to move them around so the carton is balanced.
I always have to have a ton of blankets on me to sleep, in the summer i crank the a/c so I can, and in the winter I shut my heat off at night and open my bedroom window a few inches so I can!
I could probably go on and on....but it would get very loooonnnngggg!! LOL :)
 
digideb said:
I can't figure out what Mari is talking about either! LOL

I eat my m&m's in a certain order...brown, red, blue, orange, yellow, green. No, I don't buy the holiday or special ones b/c that just throws me off! lol
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Oh, and I don't eat blue food (except for real blueberries) so I always give or throw away my blue m&m's!
 
I always have a phone on me...whether it's the cordless or my cell...just in case something happens & I need to call 911. lol
 
nonnie said:
I
Put mayo on EVERYTHING - especially french fries -
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I forgot about this one...YUMMY.... Mayo & Fries :thumbup:

I am also a total GERM FREAK-A-ZOID I use Purell every time I am done at a store or whatever...I clean the cart with a wipe before I touch it....I totally quarantine a sick kid until he is well (depending on the sickness)....I make my kids take Airborne if they come home from school and tell me someone puked in class....the list goes on and on and on

Oh one other thing....there are no leftovers in my fridge for more than 2 days and lunchmeat gets thrown out after 4 days of purchase no matter what!!!
 
Wow, please tell me that I am not the only *normal* person around here. Or maybe, since I don't have any weird quirky things, that I'm the abnormal one. Hmmmmm.
 
AnnieBananie said:
Anyone else really sensitive to smells? I freak out over smells... and DH never has any idea what I'm talking about.

Me: What's that smell!?
DH: What on Earth are you talking about?
Me: That SMELL... it smells like... poop... and death... and... and... vanilla
DH: I don't smell ANYTHING
Me: OMG I CANT STAND THE SMELL!!
**insert obsessive Febreze spraying here**
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OMG that is so me and Jordan. He's like you. It's one of the most obnoxious things EVER that I have had to learn to deal with. I can't even place smelly candles in the living room because they smell too much even when they aren't lit.
 
Stacey, the "homicidal axe weilding maniac" absolutely cracked me up! Especially about sneaking into a closet while you're watching tv and using ropes to pull the boxes in front of him. I've honestly thought the same things whenever Jordan is gone for work and I'm home alone at night. ESPECIALLY when he takes Tiger with him. Then, I'm slightly insane.
 
Serial poster! AH! Sorry :P

I HATE unread messages in my inbox. My Blackberry is my lifeline. I'm a much happier person since I got it 1.5 years ago, and I'm not even joking.

Similarly, I HATE the little red number that pops up on facebook in the bottom right corner to let you know you have a notification. I immediately have to click on it and read the notification.
 
Here's one a coworker and I have been discussing -- I don't eat meat on the bone. Very rarely I'll have a breast of fried chicken, but I have to remove it from the bone before I'll eat it. More likely, I'll order chicken strips. I don't eat ribs, or T-Bones, or anything with bones in it.

I have to make my bed before I leave the house in the morning. This goes for staying at someone's house or a hotel, too. I just can't leave a bed unmade.
 
Here's some of mine:

1. I can NOT sleep with my back facing the door. Don't ask me cuz it won't happen. :thumbdown:

2. If the meat is white so is the spread. Do NOT attempt to put mustard on my turkey sandwiches. :cursing:

3. I have to sleep with a fan on even if it's below 0 outside. :closedeyes:

4. When it comes to clean hands, I can beat Mr. Monk!! I can NOT stand dirty, sticky hands OR dirty fingernails. Yuck! :eek:

5. I will NOT go to sleep until I've flossed my teeth. I went through hell getting my gums healthy - so nothing is gonna cause them to get bad again! :blink:

6. I have to sleep with music on. :thumbup:
 
Oh I thought of another one that bugs my husband alot. We go every other week to the laundromat sometimes every week but people drop their fabric softener sheets on the floor there when they are done and while we are waiting for our clothes to finish I go around and pick them up and throw them away. He tells me it is wierd because I do not work there.
 
Oh, and a few more.

1. Do NOT fold my towels in threes!! I want them quartered.

2. I can NOT have the volume on anything ending in 3 or 9. Not 3, 9, 13, 19, 23, 29, 33, 39 etc. Just move it up or down one notch.

3. When I sleep, it has to be pitch black in my room!! No light anywhere!
 
Paula said:
6. I have to sleep with music on. :thumbup:
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Ok - I HAVE to sleep with cartoons on - I know - Preferable classic ones (boomerang) - but in a pinch anime will do - When we travel (which is all the time) I try and book hotels that have cartoon network - if not - like overseas ~ We bring the laptop and have some dvd for it -
I sounds strange - but now I have my dh hooked on it to - when he was deployed he drove his roomate crazy because the laptop had cartoons on when they were sleeping - ***The guys gave him hell because it wasn't even anime***
 
Paula said:
3. I have to sleep with a fan on even if it's below 0 outside. :closedeyes:

5. I will NOT go to sleep until I've flossed my teeth. I went through hell getting my gums healthy - so nothing is gonna cause them to get bad again! :blink:
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Me too!
 
I don't eat anything orange-flavored...but I like oranges. So no orange Skittles, Starburst, Otter Pops, Sweettarts, etc. My DH and kids are now all the same way. All the orange stuff gets thrown in the trash.

I have to look at every email in my junk folder. I ask myself, what is the point of having it then? But I still have it.

I have to sleep on the left wide of the bed (as you stand at the foot) - I cannot go to sleep if I'm on the opposite side. I also have to look under the covers for scorpions every night. If my DH is in bed first, I look with a flashlight. No, I've never had one in bed, but they've been in my house!

I have my cell phone in my pocket at all times, even if I'm home. I won't buy pants/shorts that don't have a good pocket for my cell phone.

I have to take off all my jewelry the second I walk in the door (except comfortable earrings) - wedding rings, watch, etc.

If I don't consciously remember if I put down the garage door when I leave, I have to turn the car around from down the block, and go look. When I come home and shut it with the car in there, I have to watch it go down to make sure it doesn't hit the car. (yes, this has happened twice, the first time was 15 years ago and I still watch every time)
 
Paula said:
2. I can NOT have the volume on anything ending in 3 or 9. Not 3, 9, 13, 19, 23, 29, 33, 39 etc. Just move it up or down one notch.
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OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH!!! ME TOO PAULA!! Something inside me feels like 3's and 9's are "odd" numbers and everything else is "even".

Like... 22, 24, 26, 28 are all even numerically. But, in my twisted mind, so is 25 because its half way between 20 and 30!

I can't believe someone else has the same quirk!!
 
This is so fun!

Mine are all wierd eating things....maybe I need a psych evaluation

I can only eat in even numbers. So like if there is four pink animal cookies and three white animal cookies....I leave one of the pink ones out.

I eat one food at a time and can't...I mean cant go back. So I eat my chicken...then my rice...then my green beans. If I've finished one...I NEVER go back to a previously eaten food.

I did have an eating disorder for almost 5 years....so maybe this is the residual?

Also...I cant take a shower unless the curtain is clear. You never know when a crazed axe murderer might show up.
 
I just thought of another one. If I have a sink of dishes soaking before washing and someone comes along and throws in a cup or something...it makes me lose it seriuosly. Like that one cup will taint the whole load of dishes or something? Dunno. It makes me crazy.
 
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