GTKY: Does that make me crazy?

AppleGrapeMSTK

I have crunch issues.  I cannot eat chips, croutons, pretzels, packaged cookies, etc. unless I have something to dip them in.  Except croutons.  I will never be able to eat those.  Ugh.  

I feel like my socks get crunchy if they get washed inside out.  I have been known to rewash a single pair of socks 3+ times just to get the crunchiness out.

Pintobean39

BlckRoses said:

My biggest one is that I like things to be neat and orderly.  I prefer to eat my M&Ms only after I can pour them out of the bag and line them up by color, with the most prevalent color at the bottom, then I eat the longest line until it matches the next longest line.  I'm capable of eating them right out of the bag, so I don't think it's an issue.  I do that with other things, but that's the best example.

I can't mix colors when I'm eating skittles or m&m's. I pour a handful out and eat two at a time but they have to be the same color.

When my boys were babied their bottles had to match bottoms with rings and tops by color.

I could never wear socks that don't match.


I'm starting to think I have a color issue.

neilsixx

Ladybug622 said:

My food can not touch on my plate, AT ALL. I've been known to use three plates on Thanksgiving.

Edit: Spelling.

Me too! It drives me nuts because then your food doesn't taste like what it's supposed to taste like. Who wants cranberry sauce all over their mashed potatoes and green bean casserole? Yuck! lol. But I do it at every meal. DH thinks it's hysetrical.

liladelphia215

Pintobean39 said:

Peanut butter and pickles ..... That's just a little cray!!!

Don't knock it til ya try it! Most people like it with the bread and butter kind. I'm a dill person. I dislike bread and butter pickles...a lot.

liladelphia215

chaci said:

Pintobean39 said:

I CANNOT eat or touch mayonnaise, mustard or salad dressing. The idea of it makes me feel squidgy. If my salad is too shiny, I'm convinced it has dressing on it. Restaurants love me.

I mix mayonnaise and ketchup and dip my fries in it. I also dip my hamburger, that of course in cut in half, in this mixture too.

Me too!  I love ketchup and mayo mixed

@BPaws, DH doesn't like any condiments either.  Only thing he'll add to food is hot sauce, soy sauce, or oil & vinegar.  He says he doesn't like "white creamy things." Ha.

Three votes for ketchup and mayo mixed!

Do you ladies not have Fry Sauce where you live?!

NO?! So this is a real thing? I usually get mayo on the side of my sandwiches - and the left over I mix with ketchup to dip my fries. I thought I was a genius. Apparently not!

samantha1477

tealowl said:

Most nights I change my underwear and put on perfume before I go to bed.

 

I do that too! I wear thongs during the day, but I cant sleep in them, so I put on panties at night. I ALWAYS wear perfume to bed. And even when I work out! But I work out outside, running, walking, or hiking. I would never wear perfume to the gym. That seems rude.

jcsumm0

jessa8907 said:

I just thought of one, though most of us with fur children probably do the same thing.

I talk for my pets all the time. Like... what I think they would be saying if they talked. DH even does it now too. We think we are hilarious.

Edit: I also freely admit that I will probably do the same thing for my children before they can talk for themselves.

@jess8907 that was going to be mine!  DH and I both talk for and to our cat so we have whole conversations.  And when we had 2 cats then they each had different voices.  Then when DD was born we started doing it for her and she had her own "voice".  Now she can speak for herself though....

mmb248

Pintobean39 said:

Miracle Whip is NOT mayonnaise! You have to have Blue plate MAYONNAISE.

The bolded is so true.  However, Blue Plate is a distant (faaaaarrrrrrrrr distant) second to Duke's.  If it's not Duke's, it's not mayo.

jcsumm0

funnibunni80 said:

I don't need to call in. I'm crazy. I'd make a list, but I'd be here all day. So I'll just list the craziest thing I do, and we'll go with that. I eat fire. It's fun. I've missed it since I started TTC.

  What does that even mean????

amberhoothoot

Socks On - I'm on board with the socks. DH makes fun of me all the time for wearing socks everywhere. If I wear really long work pants, I try to sneak black socks on with flats or heels. I get away with it until my BF at work calls me out in front of everyone. I don't know, socks are just so comforting.

Laundry - I LOVE doing the laundry. I like that it can be so precise. All the towels folded a certain way. Separate wash cloths for separate uses (like 5 different piles). Hand towels mustbe allocated to the correct bathroom. Sheets and blankets washed a certain way. DH's stuff folded, me and DS's stuff hung and put away. It gives me an OCD orgasm when it's all completed and put away. And I always think of Monica when she is talking about how many categories of guest towels she has (17).

Pintobean39

mmb248 said:

Pintobean39 said:

Miracle Whip is NOT mayonnaise!

You have to have Blue plate MAYONNAISE.

The bolded is so true.  However, Blue Plate is a distant (faaaaarrrrrrrrr distant) second to Duke's.  If it's not Duke's, it's not mayo.


Actually I don't think I've ever had Dukes. I was bottle fed Blue Plate. Right after Katrina I stocked up my pantry because the plant was damaged and I was afraid I would run out.

jnnfrrose6

TheAnne said:

Things that happened:

Why is it yellow?  Is it just the picture? 

Pintobean39

DarcyHermione said:

funnibunni80 said:

I don't need to call in. I'm crazy. I'd make a list, but I'd be here all day. So I'll just list the craziest thing I do, and we'll go with that. I eat fire. It's fun. I've missed it since I started TTC.

How does one eat fire? 


I saw this in the 2WW ..... @funnibunni is definitely CRAZY!!

Turtle0806

My biggest one is that I like things to be neat and orderly.  I prefer to eat my M&Ms only after I can pour them out of the bag and line them up by color, with the most prevalent color at the bottom, then I eat the longest line until it matches the next longest line.  I'm capable of eating them right out of the bag, so I don't think it's an issue.  I do that with other things, but that's the best example.

I can't mix colors when I'm eating skittles or m&m's. I pour a handful out and eat two at a time but they have to be the same color.

 @Pintobean39 I thought my little brother was the only person who does this. I may now to refrain from making fun of him for it.

Eta: the iPad screwed up the quote tree....

Lola825

Well I feel a lot less crazy now that I've read through this and noticed that you guys do weird things like me. I'll have to show this to DH because he thinks my eating habits are insane. The colored candies separated and I eat two at a time, always. Nothing on my plate touching the other foods, I eat pickles skin first, always. No soggy bread, ever. I take apart sandwiches and grinders when I order them out and remake them so every bite has equal amounts of meats/cheeses/veggies. I hate when the edge has no meat!!

My closet is organized by color and sleeve length. For example, long sleeves, 3/4 sleeves, tshirts, etc. All the way to strapless tops. And all facing the same way. Its just easier to find things that way!!

Theres more too but we would be here all day... I am really curious how one eats fire though.

linnae939

DarcyHermione said:

I have OCD, a lot of my patterns and things I do probably seem crazy to other people. Heck, sometimes they seem crazy to me.
As far as quirks go I have a thing for crazy socks, I'm actually allowed to wear them at work. My socks rarely match my outfit, so I'm sure there are people who come in who think it's crazy. I need a little whimsy in my day.

I always have crazy socks, no two pairs are alike...and i never match pairs...BUT they must be the same style, like thicknes, cuff tightness etc. so sometimes I'll find a brand I like and buy a bunch in different colors, patterns, animals etc. and then they never match but FEEL the same...OCD? no just crazy sock practicality...OK...maybe OCD.

heart_of_virginia

Pintobean39 said:

chaci said:

GrahamSchneider said:

jnnfrrose6 said:

Pintobean39 said:

BPaws said:

I CANNOT eat or touch mayonnaise, mustard or salad dressing. The idea of it makes me feel squidgy. If my salad is too shiny, I'm convinced it has dressing on it. Restaurants love me.

I mix mayonnaise and ketchup and dip my fries in it. I also dip my hamburger, that of course in cut in half, in this mixture too.

Me too!  I love ketchup and mayo mixed

@BPaws, DH doesn't like any condiments either.  Only thing he'll add to food is hot sauce, soy sauce, or oil & vinegar.  He says he doesn't like "white creamy things." Ha.

Three votes for ketchup and mayo mixed!

Do you ladies not have Fry Sauce where you live?!

We have canes sauce ... Buts it's only at a particular chain.


In Utah they have fry sauce everywhere you go. Thats the biggest thing I missed when we lived in California!

heart_of_virginia

GrahamSchneider said:

chaci said:

GrahamSchneider said:

jnnfrrose6 said:

Pintobean39 said:

BPaws said:

I CANNOT eat or touch mayonnaise, mustard or salad dressing. The idea of it makes me feel squidgy. If my salad is too shiny, I'm convinced it has dressing on it. Restaurants love me.

I mix mayonnaise and ketchup and dip my fries in it. I also dip my hamburger, that of course in cut in half, in this mixture too.

Me too!  I love ketchup and mayo mixed

@BPaws, DH doesn't like any condiments either.  Only thing he'll add to food is hot sauce, soy sauce, or oil & vinegar.  He says he doesn't like "white creamy things." Ha.

Three votes for ketchup and mayo mixed!

Do you ladies not have Fry Sauce where you live?!

NO?! So this is a real thing? I usually get mayo on the side of my sandwiches - and the left over I mix with ketchup to dip my fries. I thought I was a genius. Apparently not!

Real thing! You can order bottles (like ketchup bottles) online. Fry sauce is everywhere in Utah.

heart_of_virginia

Fry sauce is the only reason I like fries.

Spookster

I have to have 3 pillows and clean pillow cases every night.

Kyselova

  I try to be organized. I love being organized. Sit me in from of 300 pages of names and dates all jumbled up, and tell me to put them in chronological and alphabetical order, and I'll be one happy duck. And I love writing lists (I have my entire day, every day, planned hour by hour from 6am- 10pm). So, if a hobby includes writing of any kind, I'm there, just so I can write. I almost spent $20 on a awesome recipe binder just so I can search recipes that look good, and write them out and organize them. I don't even cook. I hate cooking.

   So I guess if it's not crazy, it's something other people would roll their eyes at. 

Also, I hate public bathroom toilet flushes. When I flush a public bathrooms toilet (and I assure you I do, even though they scare me), I push the lever, turn around really quick, squeeze me eyes shut and plug my ears. And sometimes I jump up and down.

Others think it's weird. I prefer to think of myself as quirky and cute (hehe).

lebradford

Ladies, I've never heard of fry sauce, but it sounds amazing.

I have a lot of issues with texture. Like someone else said, I also hate to touch newspaper or coins.

My weirdest one is that I can't get only one hand wet. For example, if I'm brushing my teeth and I get one hand wet, I automatically get the other hand wet right at the end before I dry them both off.

Pintobean39

chaci said:

Fry sauce is the only reason I like fries.

I'd totally be as big as my house if we had that here.


@lebradford .... Yeah the wet hands might just be a little crazy. Lol

mmb248

I have lots of crazy.

Food texture - I hate the texture of onions, peppers, and coconut.  I'm fine with the taste (except raw onion) but if I bite into those foods, I gag.  Do you know how hard it is to not eat onion?  It's in everything!  Also, I can't stand the texture of cooked tomato.  No chunky sauce or salsa for me.

Food can't touch on the plate.  When I'm at my mom's, I still get the ABC divided plate.  But only if it's just me and her. I don't let anyone else see that crazy.

When I shower, I wash everything in a certain order.  If I get out of order, I have to start over, because I'll feel unwashed all day.

When I eat skittles, I have to have two of the same flavor, one for each side of my mouth.

I alphabetize everything.  Even playing cards.  Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades.  I wish I could do alternating black and red, but I can't because they're not in alphabetical order, and that makes me itch.

Every day at work, I open all my applications in the same order.  If the tabs at the bottom of the screen get out of order, I close everything and open them in the correct order.

pjaimeal

Anytime someone makes something and brings it into work, potluck, whatever, I will base whether or not I will eat it on their personal upkeep. If someone is just gross and sneezes all over people or doesn't clean under their nails, I won't eat it. Same if I have been to their house and their kitchen isn't clean. 

I cannot and will not do buffets. It just creeps me out to think people are breathing on the food. 

I love sweeping. I live in a neighborhood with a lot of eucalyptus trees so most homeowners use a blower, but I use a standard size broom. It is literally the difference between 30 seconds and 30 minutes. My neighbors probably think I am crazy, but IDGAF. 

And for your viewing pleasure....unicorn conception....

Edit: spelling issues

littleboyermoose

I consume all meals in order from least favorite item on the plate to most favorite. Veggies are always first, carbs are always last. My plate is always clean at the end... :P

jnnfrrose6

chaci said:

Fry sauce is the only reason I like fries.

This won't cut it for me.  I've got to be the one to mix the ketchup and mayo so I can be sure it's go the right ratio...

sister13

catmagick said:

...  And anything to do with shit and especially the word poop. Gross!!! I get grossed out very easily and hate bathroom humor.

Ahh, @catmagick, me too!  Seriously, I DO NOT understand the fascination!

Also, I hate hate hate soggy cereal.  When I eat cereal, I carry the milk bottle and the cereal box with me and add just a little of each for about 6-7 bites worth - then add more when that is gone.  That way, every bite is perfectly crispy!    

ksuRN09

jessa8907 said:

I just thought of one, though most of us with fur children probably do the same thing.

I talk for my pets all the time. Like... what I think they would be saying if they talked. DH even does it now too. We think we are hilarious.

Edit: I also freely admit that I will probably do the same thing for my children before they can talk for themselves.

Oh yeah. We do this, too. I'm glad we aren't the only ones. I'm also guilty of telling my cats "you just wait til your father gets home" when they're being bad. Yes, I know it's weird.

britneyfaye

macylynn27 said:

I never make the bed in the morning, but I can't go to sleep unless the bed is made. So I make the bed right before I get in it for the night.

Does that make me crazy?

I love that bit, too!

No, not crazy at all! I do the same thing! I work late nights and sometimes if H is in bed before me, he has to get up or I make the bed over him.....just so I can sleep.

britneyfaye

My food can't touch on the plate, not even in the slightest bit. 

I eat one thing at a time. If I am eating a sandwich and chips, I eat the chips first then my sandwich.

Also, everything in my pantry has to be label facing forward. My H doesn't put groceries up anymore.

nannabee21

First off, I still miss Kidd! I still love the show, but he is definitely missed.

Ok.. this may seem odd.. but I watch alot of Law and Order SVU... Whenever I see large debris or objects on the side of the road, the thought crosses my mind that it could be a body. I always take a close look and see if the debris is body-shaped so that I can call the police if needed.

This sounds worse than I thought.. lol

Does that make me crazy?

Pintobean39

Elbug said:

Spookster said:

I have to have 3 pillows and clean pillow cases every night.

Oh my goodness @spookster - you either own A LOT of pillow cases or you do a lot of laundry. Only pillow cases? Not sheets?

How did I miss this yesterday? Seriously I'd hate to do your laundry.

I have battenburg lace pillow cases that I sleep on my pillow that I put my head on and it has to be ironed but I don't change it daily. I also have a pillow that I hold onto every night that's 21 years old ( I do wash it). It's pitiful looking, when my youngest was little he would try to crawl in my bed and take it to sleep with it. I'd yank it from his arms every time. It's MY pillow!!!