Compulsions we have...
 

I was wondering about how anal I appear over certain things in my home and wondered if anyone else shares the same as me or has other interesting compulsions?

1.
My towels. Towels must be folded a certain way. They must be folded in half lengthwise so that the right side is out, then folded once more in half, then starting on one side, folded in thirds so the border shows on the outside. then they need to be placed in the cabinet with the folded edges showing, not the loose edges.
2.
The dishwasher. My plates, salad plates, cups and glasses all have a particular place. If I open the dishwasher to add a dirty something, I have to redo the dirty dishes if they are not in the right places.
3.
Toothpaste. It must be closed after using. Hubby could care less, so to relieve the stress of constantly finding the cap open after his use...we have our OWN toothpaste dispensers.
4.
Movies and books in shelves are alphabetized. (I was a librarian.)

I am with you on all four - also the dishes and utensils haver to be in their proper order otherwise I have to redo them all. My g/f tells me I am OC.

Does having your toothpaste stop you from buggin' over his open one?

Actually, it does. His toothpaste dispenser can get as dry and crusty as all-get-out and I don't care, because mine is just fine.

That is pretty good, very healthy. Good on ya'.

Oh yeah, I'm a bit of a freak...

Same on the dishwasher stacking and the towels

I hang the washing out using matching coloured pegs.

I have to clean a floor if its dirty!!!

I compulsively clean at friends houses (they love it!)

If I drink out of a can, I have to twist the little thingie at the top to the left, or I cant drink out of it.

Is my craziness showing much??

Not anymore than mine...

Ticks me off to sit on the crapper and there's only 2 sheets of TP on the roll, it never fails. I have at least a years supply of TP.

My bed has to be made a certain way, sheets and bedspread have to be even all the way around the bed and ends tucked in.

I hang my wash out too, all undies in one place, all socks together, etc. Makes it easier to fold and put away...DH says I'm crazy. :D

If my son manages to put the banana peel in the garbage before bed I'm good. I just left it there. It's Turning brown. I'm waiting.:handball:

My place is 'picked up' looking. I don't get too bent about anything.
The only quirk I can think of is I don't like stepping in wetness in stocking feet. Barefeet is a good standby. :)

I sometimes have a compulsion to shoot some of the members here, but then I remember I'm a pacifist. :)

When I used to play Trivial Pursuit:

Once I got two "pie" pieces, they had to be opposite. When I got the third, I removed one of the previous ones so I could space them one apart each. At four, I removed one so I could have two sets of two next to each other with one space between each set. I was SOL on 1 and 5.

I have a thing about symmetry. I kept my married name because I have four letters each in my first, middle, and last names (plus it's much easier to spell and pronounce than my maiden name.)

I wish I had the tidy-compulsions....

One of mine has become defunct now, unless I'm shopping at a small independent store: I always remove price stickers. I would unpack my shopping onto the kitchen counter and remove each sticker as I put the item away. I didn't have a problem with the stickers, but it just felt right to take them off. I take promotional stickers off things as well (Buy One Get One Free or Nominated for the Booker Prize etc)

I also don't like the way chocolate bars have a flap sticking out at the top if you tear them down the centre to open. Taling about bars like Mars, Snickers etc, not chocolate that come in foil and paper. If I am at home or at work I have to get scissors and cut them open crosswise. I just won't enjoy it otherwise. Probably just as well I rarely eat chocolate.

when it becomes an obsession, it might be something to worry about, otherwise, surely its just a quirk or trait?

You guys need to lighten up. Have you ever seen "Sleeping With The Enemy"?

I'm with you on that one. Everything's got it's place(s). My wife usually does the unload. You'd think she'd be familiar with where things go IN the dishwasher, but...

Kinda extends to the entire kitchen. Even if my wife is cooking (which she doesn't do very often) I find myself cleaning up the kitchen as she's cooking and finishing using things. (She'd prefer to clean up after dinner. We ot a kinda small kitchen and less counterspace.) Drives me crazy to have stuff on the counter. Unless I'm just about to use it.

Not to be confused with this thread (aka Sleeping with the Enema.)

lol - good one

My trivial pursuit thing is that I have to place the wedges into the pie in the same orientation that they appear on the board.

My friends won't play Trivial Pursuit with me anymore. They gave up after I beat a team of four or five of them playing one pie against me.

They really should have known what they were up against when I showed up with a set of gold-plated pies and wedges.

Awesome, Wolf!

I always liked the original Trivial Pursuit, with a separate Arts category. That was always my best one.

My mom kills at history (but my brother said that's because she lived through most of it. )

You crack me up, you nipple countin' mama.

Whoa, where was that posted? I missed it. Oh, you know you need to change the thingie under your name now to "Nipple countin' mama", right? :lol:

Oh, found it. Ha!

LOL :lol:

I would just arrange them so that the wedges in my piece would be in the same relative positions as the spaces on the board.

If I'm expecting a package, I will obsessively check the tracking. I mean, I know my UPS Ground package from California hasn't gone anywhere (at least not anywhere that will show up on the tracking) in the last hour, and I know it's not going to be delivered for another three days. So why should I check again?

Because you can.

Wait, are you talking about nipples? :p

No.

i have to fold crisp packets and tie them in a knot before i put them in a bin.

I could have saved LJ the trouble couldn't I?
Ah well, at least this way I fit in with the current theme...

kitchen things...... the wicked stepchild continually leaves the cutlery drawer open just an inch....

.... and always loads the dishwasher from the front, so when you have to pull the tray out to fill the back, it over-balances....

..... not to mention hanging her tack from the cup-hooks....

as for the Current Wife...... she files CD's and books in colour order....