What's YOUR weird quirk?

[Daxx]

I just can't stand when people post on the board "Oh, I did XYZ to so-and-so" and then, a month later, they come back whining that someone else did the XYZ thing right back to them. They seem so shocked that it happened to them, when they commited the exact same "action" a month earlier! Kind of like "well, it's ok for me to do, but not for someone else to do back to me". Know what I mean!?

 

[GIOny]

Better not be at my house. I have to have ice in everything, crushed ice is even better. Even if it's cold already, like canned soda right from the fridge, I have to pour it in a glass with ice. I just like all my drinks really cold. I even have an A&W rootbeer glass mug that I keep in the freezer and I love it when I pour the soda in there and little ice crystals form on the top of the drink like a slushie almost. And no, I do not drink coffee or tea ever.

I'm the same way, I like ice to the brim in everything, and if it starts melting I fill my glass with more ice. Usually if I am at a restaurant I will ask for a glass of soda (or whatever) with ice and then ask for a seperate glass of just ice, so I can refill (this does not go over well in Italy). I keep some glasses in the freezer also. 2. I also hate subway grates, sometimes it's impossible to avoid them, but I try going out of my way not to walk over them, always feel like I am going to end up on top of a train. 3. Hate corn mixed in my food but I really like corn, just seperatly. 4. OK this is a really gross one, but I am a nut case when it comes to chicken. Before I put it in that oven it probally got a better bath then any of my kids ever did and (ok this is the gross part) I have to burn the hairs off it and I try to devein it. Cleanest chicken you'll ever eat! 5. Hate closed in shoes, I like sandles or at the very least opened heels. Does not work well in NY winters. 6. OK this is probally my quirkyist?, but I just get chills going up my spine if people fold paper. When they take the paper between their fingers and go acrosss real fast when they fold it. I was at an important meeting at a lawyers office one day and he took a paper to fold and I had to stand up and reach across the desk to stop him. He thought I was nuts. I told him about my "problem", and how it just makes my skin crawl and he said to me " oh, you mean like peach fuzz, ewwwwwww, I hate peach fuzz". So I guess we were equally nuts!!!

 

[Meezers]

Boy do we all have alot in common including the Dis.

Didn't used to like my food touching...then went to US Army basic training....weighed 110 going in and 92 coming out...ate everything in sight....knew the meaning of hunger...

Can't sleep without a cat on my head...take a stuffed animal on vacation or I can't sleep!

That snake under the car thing...got that too

Always have a bite of meat last for dinner

Tea in a small cup...yep me too

No feet off the bed....something might grab you...

 

[kc73]

I can't turn in the shower opposite of my usual routine. If by chance it ever happens, I have to "unscrew" myself by turning in the opposite direction again.

Oh, and I can't stand to touch cotton balls - or watching other people handle cotton.

 

[Donny Baker]

the food on my plate can't touch, and I begin with the meat and end with the sides.

 

[florida-again]

I always eat my food in preference order, starting with the food I like least, eating my favourite part of the meal last.

I CAN'T have anything touching the backs of my hands or wrists, it makes me itch. So long sleeves have to be rolled up and I couldn't even think about wearing gloves! (no one believes me that this is actually true, but I'm itching just thinking about it!)

I can live in an absolute pigsty but I have to make the bed every day!

 

[PneumaticTransit]

I systematically eat food. I eat my least favorite first. I eat the crust of the bread first, I eat the beans out of chili first... and it bothers me to mix colors/flavors even if it's two different color M&Ms that taste the same. Nope... gotta group them by color.

I live in Florida, but will not go anywhere without my jacket. Even if it's 100 degrees outside.

I am a book snob. I love reading, but I'm really picky on what I read. People try to give me their used books, but there is a slim chance I will ever read them. I only like certain subjects, usually non-fiction. If I find a book I like, I will read all the books by that author.

I refuse to open ketchup bottles that didn't directly come out of my kitchen. The crusty ketchup ring gives me the heebie-jeebies... God forbid it ever flakes off in my hand.... I might have to amputate.

I must have the TV on when I'm home. Even if I'm not watching it I need the noise. It's like always have a friend close by. Wow, that's sad.

 

[christinadei]

We all have them!! You know you do.

I have several but one of them is I cannot sleep with my feet hanging over the bed. I'm scared something, don't know what though , will reach up and grab my toes. And I cannot sleep with socks on no matter how cold it is.

I have both of these too.

Also, I can't stand to hear people crunching or chewing on stuff. DH chews on everything and the sound drives me crazy. DS does it too. Or them chewing their nails absolutely drives me crazy.

I too am scared of running over snakes. DH ran over one once and backed back up and it was gone. We thought it crawled up in the rim and under the car. I was scared to get in and out of my car for the next 2 weeks!

 

[smilie]

I hate clowns. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. I don't think they are funny, I don't think they are neat. I want them all to leave me alone.

I feel EXACTLY the same way with clowns AND grasshoppers. I am petrified of grasshoppers.

I type everything I hear like I'm on a keyboard. Always have ever since typing class in high school (over 8 years ago).

I count stairs everywhere. If I've been there I know how many stairs there are.

Did you know it takes 32 steps to get from my parents back door to their garage? Well it does! ANNOYING! But I can't stop.

If I chew one piece of candy on the left side I have to chew the next piece on the right side. Otherwise it feels weird.

ETA: forgot these. I cannot open a can of biscuits, when it opens it scares the crap outta me.
I cannot sleep with blankets over my head. Regardless of what you think there is absolutely NO oxygen under a blanket!

 

[CheshireVal]

When I was single, I wouldn't sleep with my back facing any door.

In a hotel, I won't take the bed (or the side of the bed) closest to the door of the room.

I won't eat a piece of cake or a cookie unless I have a glass of milk to drink it with.

I won't eat popcorn unless I have a soda (diet coke) to go along with it. You can't wash popcorn down with water! Blech!

I can't stand paper napkins-- touching them with dry hands gives me the heebie jeebies.

 

[WNDMom]

I can't leave the hair dryer or iron plugged in. Begin turned off isn't enough, they have to be unplugged.

I check my alarm settings about 20 times before bed.

I have to check the locks right before bed, twenty minutes earlier isn't sufficient.

Closet doors have to be shut before bed.

Only short gowns.

No hair around my neck.

I have many more (especially regarding sleep), but I'm too embarassed to list them all.

 

[VSL]

I have violent hiccups. Really.. I must have this really strong diaphragm(sp?)! They exhaust me when I get them (which is often).

I have to smell the pages of any book I pick up.

I can put my feet behind my head.

I can do various squinty things with my eyes (squint them both, squint one at a time, and shake them).

I will slip or trip at least once every day.

If someone is eating something in a film, I want (have to have!) it too.
Examples (all Disney, because I know you'll all be familiar with them!):
- 'Sleeping Beauty' = tea and biscuits (the Good Fairies eat them)
- 'Snow White' and 'Aladdin' = red apples (I don't even like red apples!)
- 'Beauty and the Beast' = Porridge/ReadyBrek w/ lots of sugar (they're eating something that looks like porridge at one point)
- '101 Dalmatians' = milk (because of when the pups are drinking the cows' milk)
- 'The Aristocats' = milk and cookies (from where the cats are eating the food that Edgar has poisoned with sleeping pills)
etc.

 

[mommaU4]

I don't like being "dressed" to just sit around the house, I don't sit around naked- I were pajamas or shorts & t-shirts until it is time to go then I get dressed.

Thank-you for admitting this!! I was too embarrassed to say anything but no I know I'm not alone.

Hello, my name is Beth and I hate to be dressed around the house.

I will wear sweats and a tee or a loungwear type outfit. But the "street clothes" come off the second I walk in the door!

 

[hemispheredancer]

I think my biggest quirk is having my feet get wet on the beach. I don't mind walking barefoot in the sand, but heaven forbid my feet get wet! All h*** will break loose!! I have vivid memories as a child walking on the beach in Miami and having a temper tantrum right when my feet got wet and then caked with sand. No temper tantrums today at 36, but just a major dislike of wet, sandy feet. Another quirk ....maybe TMI....wearing underwear to bed. Just don't like that feeling! Flies in the house annoy me. I will hunt them down and kill them or trap them in the window and let them die a slow death!

 

[mommaU4]

Okay this is weird!!

Katon: I also have to have everything unplugged not just off. Toasters, toaster oven, iron, etc. And yes, the closet doors MUST all be shut before bed.

florida-again: I am physically incapable of leaving the house without making the bed. I have been late for appointments because of this.

CheshireVal: I won't eat popcorn either unless I have a diet Pepsi to go with it. And I won't go to the movies unless I can have popcorn. (Or if it's already dark in the theater)

SDFgirl: I hate, hate, hate it when I see X-mas lights on after New Years Day. Turn em off people!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please.

Two more I thought of:
1. Thanks to the movie Psycho I cannot shower with my back to the shower door and am always peeking out to make sure no one's there!

2. When I am writing a post I have to check and re-check my spelling to make sure I have it all right and if I post it and then see a mistake I get really upset. Funny thing though, it doesn't bother me when others make spelling errors.

 

[CheshireVal]

Thank-you for admitting this!! I was too embarrassed to say anything but no I know I'm not alone.

Hello, my name is Beth and I hate to be dressed around the house.

I will wear sweats and a tee or a loungwear type outfit. But the "street clothes" come off the second I walk in the door!

Hey, that's me too. I hate wearing my "real clothes" when I'm just sitting at home. The minute I get home from work or wherever, I put on "pajamas" (usually men's boxers and old tee-shirts... flannel pants in the winter).

My DH hates it.

 

[MamaLema]

OP, I am the opposite. I sleep with my feet hanging out of the bed.

I think it's because I'm tall, and when I was little, my mom wouldn't buy me a bigger bed and I got used to sleeping this way.

 

[mom2rb]

I wear pajamas until it is time to leave the house. I am such a slob, I will spill something if I get dressed early. I will not back into a parking space ever. I will not parallel park. If that is the only way to park to get into a store, I will not shop there. I will not go outside without sunscreen.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

I have to take a shower every morning first thing - right after I brush my teeth. I can't eat breakfast in my PJs or lounge around. Ick. I want my shower ASAP!

I cant wear socks when I sleep. My feet get too hot.

I pull the covers up just under my arms then put a small blanket on just my arms.

I can't leave any appliance plugged in - can opener, hair dryer, iron, etc... even if it is turned off.

I have to watch TV or read before I fall asleep. I cant just get in bed and go right to sleep no matter how tired I am.

I have to sit by the window over the wing on an airplane (unless I am upgraded to First Class - then I just deal with it!).

I smell everything before I eat or drink it.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

Hey, that's me too. I hate wearing my "real clothes" when I'm just sitting at home. The minute I get home from work or wherever, I put on "pajamas" (usually men's boxers and old tee-shirts... flannel pants in the winter).

My DH hates it.

I do this too!