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I swear that is me.
When I wash my hair and set it with rollers for the dryer, I line them up in rows. One night I was doing that and Law & Order was on. On the episode they had a woman that lined up everything, even her green peas on her plate. My mother has been "concerned" about me ever since.
nycgirl said:
I swear that is me.
When I wash my hair and set it with rollers for the dryer, I line them up in rows. One night I was doing that and Law & Order was on. On the episode they had a woman that lined up everything, even her green peas on her plat. My mother has been "concerned" about me ever since.
My mom was anal about the way the wash cloths and towels were folded. It drove me nuts, and she would make me refold them if I didn't do them right. Well, you would know it, kinda stuck with me. After the first 5 years of marriage, driving my X crazy about it when he'd help with the laundry i had to force myself to change. It still makes my teeth clinch though.
I like to irritate fisty every now and again. It drives her crazy if any cabinet door in the kitchen is open. So I'll just go open one and walk away. Teehee
bigmann245
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Erzulie said:
thats mean... but i do that shit too...
i guess in some sort of way i could have ocd...my kids rooms have to be cleaned the way i want them to be.all the toys have specific places that they go.my food pantry has to be set up a certain way and the spaghettios cannot be near the vegtables.my bathroom towels have to be folded on the rack a certain way. maybe this is all normal stuff......
Oh you don't want to watch me at my desk working... 
I have to have all my piles of files (that I only can know what's in them because I only color code the file) in a certain place and order. My mechanical pencil, mirco tip pen in black blue and red, my scale ruler, mini hand calulator, highlighter and travel calender all have to be just right before I can start working and midday when everything is array - I have to organize and start over.
What is worse things like the printer, monitor, paper clip cup, pen cup, tape calculater, stapler and phone have to lined up as I like them or work will not proceed and I can't leave my office without everything being put away and the desktop spotless it will bother me in the next time I go to sit down at the desk.
Oddly enough - this behavior ONLY pertains to my desk and to how the dishes are put in the dishwasher.
AND I've said too much.
I have to have all my piles of files (that I only can know what's in them because I only color code the file) in a certain place and order. My mechanical pencil, mirco tip pen in black blue and red, my scale ruler, mini hand calulator, highlighter and travel calender all have to be just right before I can start working and midday when everything is array - I have to organize and start over.
What is worse things like the printer, monitor, paper clip cup, pen cup, tape calculater, stapler and phone have to lined up as I like them or work will not proceed and I can't leave my office without everything being put away and the desktop spotless it will bother me in the next time I go to sit down at the desk.
Oddly enough - this behavior ONLY pertains to my desk and to how the dishes are put in the dishwasher.
AND I've said too much.
HumorMe
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nycgirl said:
I swear that is me.
When I wash my hair and set it with rollers for the dryer, I line them up in rows. One night I was doing that and Law & Order was on. On the episode they had a woman that lined up everything, even her green peas on her plate. My mother has been "concerned" about me ever since.
Gawd! You sound like my wife. Miss Organization.
OCD about stuff like that.
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jenscats5
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Someone I know I think has OCD as he will go around doing little things to "fix" what's "wrong" but no big deal if it's left that way (ie the door into the laundry room being left a hair open).....almost funny to watch...
SublimeZM said:
lol
I blame it on the way I was raised. If you are programed to do something the exact way over and over again, it will stick with you. I've since lightened up alot. It got to the pt where i was getting ulcers over my compulsive behavior. Something had to give.
Now you can even walk in my house with shoes on.
silverbackn
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I used to do some strange routines and traditions, I was able to break myself of them. They were starting to bother me.
i like no shoes in the house rule. its an informal rule in my house, u dont have to but we ask u toErzulie said:lol
I blame it on the way I was raised. If you are programed to do something the exact way over and over again, it will stick with you. I've since lightened up alot. It got to the pt where i was getting ulcers over my compulsive behavior. Something had to give.
Now you can even walk in my house with shoes on.
If I'm loading plates on a barbell, if I put a York plate on one side, then it has to be matched by a York plate on the other side, not a Universal or Ivanko or Billard or whatever else they have laying around the gym. It's got to be symmetrical.
On flat bench or incline, or really any apparatus where I can see the ceiling when I'm laying there, if the bench is crooked with respect to the ceiling tiles, it drives me nuts. I'll get up and straighten the bench until the barbell is in line with the lines on the ceiling.
There's a microwave oven at work, and people are always stopping it before the timer finishes, to get their food out, and then leaving it with time left on the timer. I can't stand walking by and seeing it flash "0:07" "0:07" "0:07", I'll always reset the timer.
On flat bench or incline, or really any apparatus where I can see the ceiling when I'm laying there, if the bench is crooked with respect to the ceiling tiles, it drives me nuts. I'll get up and straighten the bench until the barbell is in line with the lines on the ceiling.
There's a microwave oven at work, and people are always stopping it before the timer finishes, to get their food out, and then leaving it with time left on the timer. I can't stand walking by and seeing it flash "0:07" "0:07" "0:07", I'll always reset the timer.
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silverbackn
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I do the same shit in the gym. I love it. I will never put different plates on.Mr. dB said:
I get so much grief from my wife & daughter about my dishwasher compulsion.velvett said:
Remember "Sleeping With the Enemy", with Julia Roberts, & her husbands soup can issues?
Every once in a while I'll go into the cupboard & do that to all the cans, just to freak the wife out.
nycgirl said:
Holy shit, you speak my words!!!
I can't enjoy a watching tv if the kitchen/living room is a mess. I must admit that I like to colour code my closet, and when I make my baby's food, the colour of the spoon must be the same as the bowl. My sister always tortures me and calls me OC because my lingerie drawers look like Victoria Secret drawers..everything is folded and lined up by colours.....LOL
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