What quirks do you have?

[onecoolmama]

I thought of another one. I will not use a public bathroom. I use to never even go in one until I was potty training DS. Now I walk in and freak out about touching things.

 

[oogieboogie]

I just thought of another one of my quirks,

I don't like my food touching each other. If I'm eating fried chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans, the fried chicken better not have any speck of potato or beans on it. That just grosses me out.

This is especially true for rice. I can't stand rice sticking on my food!

I don't eat hardboiled eggyolks. I'll eat them runny but once it's hardened, no way, jose!

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

I absolutely cannot stand getting wet. I shower, of course (!), but I don't like the rain, pools, the ocean, water rides, squirt guns, mister fans, being splashed, or anything else you can think of.

I must be covered while I sleep. Even if it's 100 degrees and the AC is broken, I can't sleep if it's all hanging out.

I don't like soggy. I won't put milk on my cereal because it gets too soggy. I must have a crunch!

 

[Pop Daddy]

unless Im being romantic I dont like to be touched

 

[Otto's Doll]

oh, Jason, you would not last in DH's family. They always want to kiss hello and good bye... I HATE that. It's fine if it is my family, but not his. (I like them, but still... )

Strawberry Lemonade, I also have to be covered when I sleep, and I hate it after I get wet. I love to swim, but must get changed immediatly after I am done.

I can't go outside in the grass without shoes on. I don't care about the grass, but I am petrified I will step on a bug!

 

[Saffron]

I have to wiggle at least one foot while I'm falling asleep at night. Some nights I find myself rocking my entire leg.

I have to have the TV on to sleep. Not the radio -- a good song will wake me up everytime and radio talk shows can annoy me so much I can't sleep. LOL! I have to have an old movie on the TV.

I separate my M&M's into color groups before eating them.

I have to drink my coffee out of one of two mugs, even though I have at least 20 different mugs.

 

[Otto's Doll]

Saffron, you reminded me, I do the same thing with mugs. I have 3 Longaberger ones that I use, even though we have about 20 others.

I also won't drink out of a plastic cup, it must be glass.

 

[MScott1851]

I cringe and my mouth starts watering like I'm going to vomit if I hear styrofoam rubbing against something.

I used to work at Blockbuster during college, and I couldn't put styrofoam in the movie cases because it drove me absolutely stark raving mad! My manager used to torment me by rubbing two pieces of styrofoam together.

I also count things. Always in multiples of three. Windowpanes, telephone poles, etc...It's my OCD shining through!

 

[Serena]

Ok, it was hard but I thought of one for me. I have to have the fan on while I sleep. I can't sleep without it.
Also, I can't wear much as I sleep it drives me nuts, but I have to have the sheets, blankets and comforters.

 

[N.Bailey]

Originally posted by luvdisney81

MUST HAVE 2 pillows to sleep with and noise in the background, silence is to noisy. Maybe someone out there understands what i mean by that.

You made me think of another one of my quirks. I can't sleep in silence either. We have a fan in all of our bedrooms and these run year round for the noise they make. The louder the better! I've had kids spend the night here and sleep till 9-10 in the morning when their parents tell me, they won't sleep past 6-7 AM and I honestly believe it's because the constant noise from the fans.

It's funny, when we're away on vacation, we turn the TV in our room to an off channel, cover the screen with a towel and turn the volume up. We go to sleep with that shhhhhhhhh sound. It's the only way any of us can sleep.

Oh and I need 2 pillows too.

 

[luvdisney81]

Yea N. Bailey for understanding, starting feel I'm not so weird after all!

 

[preshi]

I have to have noise in the car and I have to have the privacy thing on the moon roof open, if it's closed I feel too shut in.

 

[Saffron]

Hahaha! Here's a weird one that I thought of right now because I'm writing our grocery list as I DIS. I have to have something under the sheet of paper I'm writing on if I'm using a pen. It can be other pieces of paper, but I can't just have a piece of paper and the table top.

How about -- if I'm writing in my little telephone book and I make a mistake or someone changes their number or address, I want to start with a clean book instead of scratching out a number or address! LOL!

 

[Jeanny]

When I load the dishwasher, I have to have the knives in one slot, the forks in one slot and the spoon in another separate slot.

I have to have the dishtowels folded and put on the oven handle...if one is crooked or just pushed onto the handle.... I have to stop and fix it..


and I HAVE to have the toilet paper with the sheets against the wall, so that the paper comes down from the back... I can't stand it coming over the top!!!!! I'll change it if someone puts it on "backwards"

 

[preshi]

Originally posted by Saffron
Hahaha! Here's a weird one that I thought of right now because I'm writing our grocery list as I DIS. I have to have something under the sheet of paper I'm writing on if I'm using a pen. It can be other pieces of paper, but I can't just have a piece of paper and the table top.

Ditto that Saffron! It makes writing 10 times smoother

 

[HollyJoy]

When I change the toiletpaper roll, the paper has to come over the top.. drives me nuts if it's on the bottom!

I also do that dishwasher thing... there's a particular place for everything.. DON'T MESS IT UP!

I have an obsession when parking at a store with carts. I have to find a spot near the cart return. At my grocery store, I get very upset when my spot is taken! LOL

Cant' think of any more right now, but I'm sure if I asked DH, he'd have a whole list! LOL

 

[LadyAurora]

If I am eating a handful of potato chips, I eat the broken ones first and save the "nice" ones for last.

If I eat M&Ms from a bowl, I try to even out the numbers. For ezample, if there are 12 browns, 7 yellows and 5 reds, I will eat 7 browns and 2 yellows before I eat any reds.

I chew everything very thoroughly, even ice cream and jello.
That's all I can think of now...

 

[N.Bailey]

Originally posted by LadyAurora

I chew everything very thoroughly, even ice cream and jello.
That's all I can think of now...

You sound like my son. He choked on a pickle once, now he's afraid to eat really. We've been going through this stage for about 3 years now and it's finally starting to get a little better. He takes forever to eat, chewing applesauce and pudding even. I egg him about it all the time. Funny though, when he's eating chips, he somehow miraculously forgets about his choking problem as he wolfs them down.

 

[MinnieM21]

Originally posted by Saffron
Hahaha! Here's a weird one that I thought of right now because I'm writing our grocery list as I DIS. I have to have something under the sheet of paper I'm writing on if I'm using a pen. It can be other pieces of paper, but I can't just have a piece of paper and the table top.

How about -- if I'm writing in my little telephone book and I make a mistake or someone changes their number or address, I want to start with a clean book instead of scratching out a number or address! LOL!

I'm the same way when I write something. There HAS to be something underneath, it drives me nuts to write on a countertop without something under it!

 

[aesalsa]

I am a Coca-Cola fanatic . I prefer my Coke straight from a can, ice cold, and with a straw in it. If I'm at a friend's house, and he/she only has a 2 liter Coke or only has warm Coke, I will only allow my DH or myself to pour my Coke. . .it needs to be poured very. . .very. . .very. . .very. . .slowly. And then even more slowly if there's ice in the glass. I need to have all the fizz or I can't enjoy it. I taught my DH early on how I like my Coke. . . it was crucial to the continuance of our relationship. .

I'm sure there's more. . .but I need to finish my Dad's Father's Day card.

ETA: When I think of the calendar year, I see the months going down horizontally in reverse order:

December
. . . . .November
. . . . . . . . .October
. . . . . . . . . . . . . September
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and so on.

I picture the days of the week like this, too (really). Years and decades I see from left to right going horizontally (I guess that's the "normal" way).