Tell me something about yourself(all in fun) that no one else knows

[elizke]

Very interesting thread. I love things like this because other people always appear so normal and perfect and it's just always comforting to know they are all as weird as I am.

So far I believe most secrets are in the mildly strange category. How about a food dysfunction category?

Many days I eat Dean's Ice Cream bars for breakfast after I get the kids to school. And some days Hot Cheetos for lunch. And sometimes if the kids are home I put Peanut M&M's in a big coffee mug. An old friend taught me that one. She uses her mug for anything from chocolate to wine when the kids are around.

My kids think I'm a healthy eater. Oddly, I've lost weight over the last couple of years....Thinking of writing a book to start a new junk food diet craze. This will be even more popular than "eat all the greasy fat you want" Adkins diet.

E.

 

[imsorry]

I'm always afraid to look forward to the future, that it will jinx me and I will die young. I always say "IF I am here in 5 years..........." I'm afraid if I think too much about a certain disease, I will get it.

 

[mickeyboat]

O.k., I'll bite.

I am afraid to flush the toilet at night. It makes a horribly scary noise, so I leave it until morning. My kids don't flush at night, either.

DH likes the closet door open at night, I like it closed. Guess who won!

I talk to myself all the time. I re-run events that happened during the day or in the past; I preview things that are going to happen; I imagine/fanticize about things happening like dating a celebrity or winning the lottery, and I pretend to talk to someone like they are really there and it is really happening. I ran through the "I'm pregnant" scenario hundreds of times before it happened. I usually do this in the car on the way to and from work.

I have resorted to telling my children "I just don't know the answer to that question" quite a bit lately. They are only 5 and 6 and are asking the toughest questions like how did adults get here if there were no adults to have babies in the first place? Where is Heaven, and if it's up in the sky, how do you walk up there? Emily told me this morning that she was going to have to look it up on the internet (she's 5!)

Denae

 

[smilie]

If it's dark outside, I run up the deck stairs really fast. I'm always afraid there's going to be somewhere under there who will try to grab my feet. Dh always wants to know how I take out the garbage so fast? Well-there ya go!

 

[Mad4Mickey]

I dont walk around the edge of the bed and I only do this little bunny hop to get inand out . I watched thismovie whenI was a kid , it had Karen Black in it and she was chased her around her house by this little man that was a doll and he would stab her feet and stuff. I think it was called The Trilogy of Terror .... Ewwww spooks me out still today

 

[smilie]

Thinking of writing a book to start a new junk food diet craze

My SIL was on a Snickers only diet about a year ago. She lost a lot of weight on it too. I think you're onto something here!

 

[Thumper's Tara]

I make up fantasy lives...I mostly "invent" a character for myself for certain shows and books I have read...I then make up scenes in my head to entertain myself as I try to fall asleep or if I am stuck in traffic

 

[tiff211]

I cannot walk near the railings on the upper level in malls. I have to walk all the way on the side of the stores. I forbid anyone I am with to do it either. The girls always love to go and peer over the side. It makes me lightheaded.

I am afraid of going over the GW Bridge in NY. I am convinced, they are the next targets for terrorists. I have actually always been afraid of going over it, DH has to drive over it, I will pull over when we get close if I am driving, we have to drive thru the lower and any bridge we go over, he has to keep both hands on the steering wheel, and drive in the middle lane. I cry the whole way over and I don't allow the girls to talk to me.

I don't flush my toliet at night, either. It's scary. If I am in the basement/laundry room when the furnace starts up, I run like heck up the stairs, thanks Freddy Kruger!

 

[MomofKatie]

OK, here goes...

I ALWAYS eat the last cookie/piece of cake on the plate, and then I lie about it. If DH asks, I blame DD. If DD asks, I blame DH.

The Haunted Mansoin still scares the poo out of me. I can't keep my eyes open during the "Hitchhiking Ghosts" part. But I always go on it, because I don't want to be called a scaredy-cat.

After I drive DD to school at 7AM, I climb back in bed for an hour or so.

I am deathly afraid of fish. The idea of snorkeling or scuba diving in the ocean FREAKS me out !!

 

[Alice's Mom]

I can't believe I am telling this, but I have an irrational, obviously unfounded fear of zombies, in fact I'll probably have a nightmare about them tonight just for thinking about it. I even have a plan of action, I am grabbing the kid and booking it to costco (no windows, tall walls, roll down doors) and if we make it we'll have a lifetime supply of dry food and drinks and we can watch DVD's and play video games, lots of clothes, pretty much everything we'll ever need. I have told a couple of friends about this, but in general I keep it to myself.

This all stems from the fact that I am terrified of horror movies and I made the mistake of watching the original Dawn of the Dead a few years back.

The urban legend Bloody Mary has always freaked me out too and I can't walk into a dark bathroom.

 

[Sandcass]

This thread is killing me. I'm so glad I'm not the only looney one!

To the poster who said they eat the last cookies and/or cake. I just polished off my son's bday cake for breakfast this morning. My plan is to say it wasn't good anymore and I tossed it in the garbage.

 

[JVL1018]

I have a few odd things.

First when DD was a newborn, I was afraid that she would die of SIDS, but for some reason, if I positioned the throw pillows on the sofa and love seat nicely and perfectly she would survive the night. I used to check and recheck them before going to bed. LOL hey, she's 6 now, so it worked.

If there is a new bag of potato chips in the house, I will not finish off the already opened bag, I MUST open the new bag and get the good ones. DH hates that. I do it with bread too.

I leave one corner of a sandwich on my plate. I will not eat that last bite, even if I am really hungry.

I run up the basement stairs and won't look behind me as I do so because I am sure the devil is back there.

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

I cannot say the word 'castle'. I don't know why but apparently I say it wrong and DBF always laughs at me.

I can't say the word "colander". Don't know why either.

 

[disallday!]

AHHH!! You guys are gonna give me more things to fret about now... the deck steps, hanging my arm off the bed...[/COLOR]

How about this....

I'm scared to go waterskiing & swimming to far out in the ocean because of sharks... (I drive my kids nuts when we go to the beach! Don't wade to far past your knees!)

& I check the toilet before sitting on it! My grandma once found a snake cooling off in hers!

 

[carone0318]

I haven't heard this one before and I am really weird about it:

I can't get into a wet shower, it skeeves me out. The shower has to be perfectly dry and then I turn the water on to warm it up and then I get in. Dh accomodated my freaknish by letting me shower first. When we were in college and would go to the beach with a bunch of friends for the week, I would leave the beach around 1pm just to get back and be the first to shower.

It's a water thing because I can't stand when a drink sweats and puddles on a table. I am skeeved by that, so when the weather gets warmer you see all of these folded up napkins on the kitchen table and counters where drinks sat so that they didn't puddle. Water on the counter by the sink at work in the bathroom skeeves me too. I can't wipe it up because it's gross.

Deep breath, now I feel better that's all out in the open, please don't judge me

 

[MomofKatie]

To the poster who said they eat the last cookies and/or cake. I just polished off my son's bday cake for breakfast this morning. My plan is to say it wasn't good anymore and I tossed it in the garbage.

You're good!!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

My SIL was on a Snickers only diet about a year ago. She lost a lot of weight on it too. I think you're onto something here!

Hey, luvmydogs, sounds like a diet you might like!!!!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I have the "man under the bed" thing all worked out. I have LOTS of luggage. I need it so I can bring 18 pairs of shorts to Disney. I have NO storage space. All of my luggage lives under the bed. Even the CAT has a hard time getting under the bed, so I KNOW there isn't anyone hiding under there. Of course if the luggage is ever OUT from under the bed I will run away and never come back. The closet door must ALWAYS be closed, although there IS enough room for somebody to hide in there. Perhaps I should rethink that one.

I frequently have nightmares if DH isn't home. He goes to work at 3 AM, so I have a 3.5 hour span before I get up that can be pretty scary. The nightmare is always that there is a man in the house trying to kill me, and I can't scream. No sound will come out. The dreams are always crystal clear - I can see the bedroom the exact way it looks in the dark so it isn't like I realize I am dreaming. For some reason I decide the way to scream is to hum and try to work my way up. So here I am, about to be murdered in my bed, humming. Not good.

 

[ilovepcot]

This is something DH did that nobody knows about but me and now all you will, too. DH decided to have some "fun" with his friends one Christmas. Instead of buying the most expensive brands of alcohol for the "brand snobs" at our party, he bought the cheap stuff and poured it into the expensive brand bottles. The people raved on about what great liquor we always served and never knew the difference. This "cheap" stuff was served to people who *insisted* they could always tell their brand from another. Ha!

 

[luvmydogs]

Hey, luvmydogs, sounds like a diet you might like!!!!

I really should consider adding more nuts to my diet.