Let Your Freak Flag Fly

[momof1princess]

this foot thing is more common than i thought! i also wake up a lot with one leg hanging out from under the covers, i CANNOT sleep with socks on (if i go to sleep with them on, they're mysteriously off when i wake up) and DH's feet can't, under ANY circumstances, touch my feet or shins in bed-it literally makes my skin crawl. if i even feel that his feet are close to my legs, i ask him to move them; however, i think this is actually nerve damage from the epidural i had when DD was born-i have a couple of other issues (including no feeling on the outside of my right leg) because of it.

 

[McKelly]

I have the food color issue as well - Skittles, M&M's, fruit snacks....have to eat all one color at a time.

I also hate doors/cupboards that are open. I can be all snug in bed and if I notice the door is open, a drawer open slightly, I will have to get up and fix it, or I won't be able to sleep.

My other issue is raindrops on the windshield. It drives me crazy when there are raindrops on the window and people don't put the wipers on to get rid of them. If there is one there, I need to get rid of it.

 

[Starbrite]

Another foot hater here.


I can't pee if anyone else is in the room. Even in big public restrooms. Physically, I just can't do it. My body just stops, mid-stream, if someone comes in after I've started.

 

[Mary•Poppins]

OMG are you my long lost twin??
I can't stand to drink out of a cup/bottle/glass after anyone . My kids know this and will purposely try to sneak off with whatever I am drinking, or they will grab it and lick the straw or whatever.

It grosses me out and even if they take just a normal sip, it's theirs. Doesn't matter if its the kids, or DH or whoever, I just can't stand drinking out of the same container as someone else.

Now this is me! Luckily, my children have not figured this out ... Drinking out of someone else's container totally grosses me out!

I am also an organizational freak! ... and my husband is not and works out of the house (this drives me insane). He files by the pile, and loves to collect. I have to look the other way when I go downstairs to do the laundry. He thinks it is funny ... UGH!

 

[cat83]

I relate to way too many of these.... and have been noticing more things about myself recently!

One thing I didn't see mentioned, that I just noticed about myself, concerning laundry: I have to always have extra hangers laying around.

A few days ago, I was completely caught up on laundry, without a single dirty item to be washed. I only had a handful of hangers left, and had to go out and buy more!
There was nothing to hang up, except for the clothes we were wearing. For some reason I have to have a stash of hangers, in case we suddenly decide to be naked and need to hang up what we are wearing

 

[scanmom]

with putting the food on the conveyor in a certain order at the grocery store. But, I never really thought of it as freaky. I put all the refrigerated and frozen food together, the all the rest. Chips and bread are together, and canned goods together. I have a good reason for all this, that's why I didn't think it was weird. I figured if all my cold stuff was together, it would stay cold longer (on the drive home), my bread and chips won't get smashed if they are together, things like that. I actually have trained my kids to do it this way, and told them why, so maybe I am creating a second generation of freaky behavior!

 

[illuminationsfanatic]

with putting the food on the conveyor in a certain order at the grocery store. But, I never really thought of it as freaky. I put all the refrigerated and frozen food together, the all the rest. Chips and bread are together, and canned goods together. I have a good reason for all this, that's why I didn't think it was weird. I figured if all my cold stuff was together, it would stay cold longer (on the drive home), my bread and chips won't get smashed if they are together, things like that. I actually have trained my kids to do it this way, and told them why, so maybe I am creating a second generation of freaky behavior!

I do the same thing with my food at the grocery store as you, and never really thought of it as "freakish". I just thought I was being organized I can see how people might find this a freaky thing to do though, and it does slightly bother me when I see people just unloading their cart with no particular order....ok I take it back now, I guess I am a freak

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

More:

I have a tally on how many times I have read HP books. SS: 14, CS: 12, PoA: 24, GoF: 18, OotP: 31, HBP: 16, DH: 28. Oh my... I need help.

I like to be in an environment that is cold, so I can layer up.

I have to drink soda, coffee, orange juice and tomato juice with a straw.

I cannot wear long sleeve shirts, and with sweatshirts, I usually pull up the sleeves.

I change my socks about 3-5 times a day, it just feels so good.

I have to be able to look out of the window on an airplane, so in turn, I have to be sitting in the window seat.

Speaking of airplanes, I have to wear comfortable clothes or it usually makes me irritable, same goes for going to the movies. So I'll often wear athletic or sweats. And I don't like to be hot on airplanes, so the air always goes on all the way.

And again for airplanes, I always bring sunglasses with me because I ALWAYS get someone who sit next to me on a night flight who has to turn on their overhead light. Before, it really made me want to punch them but not I just hate them inside my head and put the sunglasses on.

I love to drink milk but it has to be cow's milk, really cold and 1% or less.

I have to read a few passages of a book before I purchase it.