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October 2013 Moms
tashad18
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Weird Quirks
tashad18
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DH and I were discussing this last night so I thought I would share our weird quirks and see if you and your DH have any...
DH thinks it is weird that I can't look at ketchup without gagging, have to have all my food not touching (unless I mix it), and that I pour milk into my ice cream bowl/cup whenever I eat ice cream.
I find it very weird that my DH cannot buy socks, underwear, or undershirts because he is freaked out by that aisle. I have to buy these things for him. He says it makes him feel weird that men in their underwear are staring at him while he tries to look! He is a weirdo.
DH thinks it is weird that I can't look at ketchup without gagging, have to have all my food not touching (unless I mix it), and that I pour milk into my ice cream bowl/cup whenever I eat ice cream.
I find it very weird that my DH cannot buy socks, underwear, or undershirts because he is freaked out by that aisle. I have to buy these things for him. He says it makes him feel weird that men in their underwear are staring at him while he tries to look! He is a weirdo.
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Re: Weird Quirks
My DH does this weird thing when he drinks liquid. He swishes it around in his mouth before he swallows it. He says it's so he can taste it better. So strange!
He also wears his crocs like they are slippers. He will strip down to his undies in our closet before bed, put his crocs back on, walk across the bedroom to the bed and then take them off and get into bed. This is a new quirk and it drives me nuts because its so senseless.
I love milk on icecream occasionally, not weird.
Camies are thebom.com. I literally wear one everyday. I, too, feel naked without one.
I can't stand being late, either. When I was in school, if I was going to be late to class (usually because the parking situation at school was impossible), I'd just turn around and leave. I'd break down into tears in the parking lot while waiting for a space to open up. I actually took a year off from school because that anxiety was causing me to fail my classes. I couldn't bring myself to walk into the classroom after the class had started, because I didn't want to disrupt the class for that moment. When I went back, I registered for the first classes of the day, then showed up nearly an hour early when the parking lot was still empty.
Other weird quirks- when I'm stopped at a train, I have to count the number of engines and the number of cars. I don't dot my i's, that floating dot really bothers me. When I carry cash, the bills have to be neatly arranged, sorted by denomination, series, and serial number. I love counting change, and almost never spend it because I like to wait until I have at least $70 worth saved up so I can count it all.
My DH will not do anything outside once he takes his shoes off. So if he has to now the lawn it's done the minute he gets home. Same with shoveling or snow blowing. If he has to go outside after his shows are off I.E. Forgot the trash he will go out barefoot. Except in the dead of winter he will wear his slip on sandals. The same goes for his gum shorts once they are I even if it's -60 he will take the garbage out in his shorts.
#lazy&stubbornmanproblems
ETA - I put ketchup on scrambled eggs. My DH and his friends say that is "weird".
I brush my teeth with warm water as well, my dentist told me it would help soften the bristles of my tooth brush just a little bit and that it was better for my teeth to not have a "hard" brush.
Its kind of ocd but I need the microwave to be on the clock time and not any time remaining. At home, at work, doesn't matter if it isn't on, the clock should be.
I can't do repetitive noises - blinkers, clicky pens, fingers tapping. I know it's OCD/anxiety related because it's worse if I'm feeling stressed.
Can't stand hearing people whistle. It's what the serial killers do before they kill. At least in my mind. Although, I have started whistling since I had dd so maybe I'm over that.
I seriously want to get a cardboard cut out of Michael Jordan in his Hanes in life size and put it in our bedroom as a prank for DH. It is the most ridiculous thing ever.
And I cannot sit and listen to anybody eat a banana... I have to leave the room. No joke.
I also brush with warm water!
DH takes his socks off by shuffling his feet across the floor. I hate it!!
I can't stand being late, either. When I was in school, if I was going to be late to class (usually because the parking situation at school was impossible), I'd just turn around and leave. I'd break down into tears in the parking lot while waiting for a space to open up. I actually took a year off from school because that anxiety was causing me to fail my classes. I couldn't bring myself to walk into the classroom after the class had started, because I didn't want to disrupt the class for that moment. When I went back, I registered for the first classes of the day, then showed up nearly an hour early when the parking lot was still empty.
Other weird quirks- when I'm stopped at a train, I have to count the number of engines and the number of cars. I don't dot my i's, that floating dot really bothers me. When I carry cash, the bills have to be neatly arranged, sorted by denomination, series, and serial number. I love counting change, and almost never spend it because I like to wait until I have at least $70 worth saved up so I can count it all.
I'm pretty sure that is called ocd, not a quirk.9/13/12 BFP 9/25/12 M/C at 6.5 weeks
***All AL'ers Welcome***
I know I'm far from normal myself. I also always wear a cami under everything. I cannot sleep next to a window (I'm a scaredy cat). My OCD habit is I MUST load the dishwasher because I have a certain pattern for all the things.
Also, I don't like cheese on sandwiches unless it's a warm sandwich (grilled cheese is ok, for example).
Also, no tomatoes on sandwiches. It makes them soggy and gross. Yuck!
I have a Saturday & Sunday mug that can't be used on any other day or for anything other than coffee.
I buy kitchen towels according to task so I have hand towels, counter top wiping ones and dish drying ones. If someone mixes them up I freak out.
There are a lot of 'rules' at my house. I could go on forever. But I come by it honestly- my mom was an insane OCD sahm.
As for oddities: while pregnant I would make noises when I ate and didn't even realize it. It's gone away since.
I can't sleep next to a window when at a hotel or at someone's home/cottage, but at home I sleep next to one because the bathroom door is on the other side and I can't sleep next to a toilet.
I have to be the one to load the dishwasher and unload it, even though I hate doing it. Dirty water in the sick will make me puke. My food cannot touch and I have to eat it one thing at a time and clockwise. I always wear camis under my shirt.
I HATE Valentines day. Like, I refuse to even go out and eat the day of or the weekend before or after. I have never had a bad experience or anything, I just think it is stupid. DH never buys me anything and we do not even mention it at our house.
DH thinks he is allergic to bleach and green bell peppers, but he isn't. I ALWAYS wash whites in bleach, but he thinks I only wash mine in bleach and do his seperate and I put green bell peppers cut up really small in EVERYTHING (it is a game of mine). He has never had a reaction in 10 years (and sadly my crazy MIL thinks he is allergic too, even though he never had any kind of a reaction in his life).
I also have to make up names for my food so DH will eat it. For example, he will not eat my meatloaf or cheese cake because his mom makes meat loaf and cheese cake and he only likes hers... BUT, he loves my meat ROLL and cheese CUSTARD (same recipe different name). He even says he likes meat rolls better than meat loaf and he would rather have cheese custard than cheese cake. I swear he is a head case.