Idiosyncrasies, foibles and aversions.

tea_lover

I think I've found my spiritual home on this thread!

Just a few that spring to mind...
- I have to have the volume on an even number
- my clothes are put away the same way round and in colour order (my underwear drawer is a rainbow of beauty!)
- cutlery has to be facing the same way in the drawer (although surely this is just normal? People don't really put cutlery in differently do they??)
- I can't have more than one email window open at once at work. Which drives me mad as I often end up opening and closing the same thing about 10 times as I need to re-check things, but I just cannot leave it open if I need to look at something else.
- I have to finish reading on an even number, and preferably the end of a chapter.

Probably loads more too!

System

My biggest thing is colour co-ordination in the wardrobe. Everything has to be grouped according to what it is and what colour it is from light to dark.

I don't have that problem as you can see. As you can see, all but a handful of long cardigans in jewel colours, my wardrobe consists of black, black and a bit of grey.:D





Note the cream coat hangers

Katem

So pleased other people have "life rules" that don't particularly matter but NEED to be done!

I like beans but can't have the juice touching any food. Ditto any "juicy" food.

Round numbers, I can't get up if the clock isn't a 5 or a 0 (i.e. 8.35 would be ok, 8.36 not ok!)

I like the dishwasher stacked a certain way.

I can't go out if the kitchen is untidy, and certainly not if there were dishes in the sink or water droplets on the drainer.

Can't bear two tea towels out at the same time.

Towels have to be put on the towel warmers in a certain way - the kids are appalling for mixing up the bathmat and hand towel order!

Underwear is in drawers according to where it's worn on the body, so bras in the top drawer, knickers in the middle and socks in the bottom. DH thinks this is hilarious.

My need for order stems from growing up in a chaotic household, where there were bundles of papers dotted around and various piles of junk everywhere. All my cupboards are tidy and ordered because it just grates otherwise!

tea_lover

Katem wrote: »

I like beans but can't have the juice touching any food. Ditto any "juicy" food.

Totally! I love 'wet' food, but I can't stand it if it touches anything else. OH mixes everything up when he eats and it makes me feel a bit sick .

his_missus

I always leave some coffee in my cup, I never completely finish a cup. This is because as a kid I used to leave a tiny bit for the dog to lap up out of the mug (bad I know) Not given any to a dog in almost 30yrs but I still leave a bit anyway!

I also have a system for hanging up wet washing that my Hubby does not seem to understand, don't know why as it's simply obvious!

When I leave cutlery to drain, knives always go handle up but spoons and forks go handle down.

Faith177

My wardrobe is a big one for me. All my short sleeve t-shirts have to be together in colour order black & white first then order of the rainbow so red, orange, yellow ect.

All my DVD's are in age cert order and then alpha order so all U rated together all 12's ect.

I always order the same thing when we go to a resturant and I get really annoyed if they change the menu.

I always eat my favourite food of my meal last. So meat on a roast is always last or mushrooms if there are mushroom.

If something comes with pickles/gerkins I HAVE to have extra.

Marmite has to be in squeezy pots NOT jars if it is coming into my house as the thought of it spilling down the edges of the jar makes me feel ill. If OH eats marmite he HAS to brush his teeth & wash his handsstraight after and the plate and knife or anything the marmite has been in contact with must be washed as soon as it has finished being used. Yet I eat twiglets

I cannot stand mint chocolate yet love after eights because their not mint choclate their mint wrapped in chocolate there is a difference.

I cant eat anything with orange flavouring but eat oranges.

If I'm on the bus to work I have to sit on the right side or the way home the left preferably on the back seats downstairs.

I have to be at the airport an hour before the check in opens or I'm climbing the walls. I am nearly always the first to be checked in.

If I'm not 5 minutes early I am 5 minutes late in my opinion (this is left over from the cadets)

I cannot handle any light in the bedroom at night it has to be pitch black. If I can see a light on a charger I have to cover it.

My curtains must be pleated and folded along the windowsil when open (again this is from the cadets)

If I can't watch Casualty live on a Sat night I have to watch it asap.

Oh my GOD i'm a freak

Mr_Toad

Katem wrote: »

Underwear is in drawers according to where it's worn on the body, so bras in the top drawer, knickers in the middle and socks in the bottom. DH thinks this is hilarious.

Good grief! Universities could start a whole new branch of research based on this one alone! :rotfl:

No wonder men have problems with women. Who'd a thunk that you were contemplating stabbing us in the head with a fork because we used the wrong cup, put a coat hanger in the wardrobe the wrong way round, set the TV volume on the wrong number or let the tomato sauce from the beans touch something else.

Some homes aren't homes, they're minefields and I'm surprised we ever get out alive! :eek:

I thought that the "Does my bum look big in this?" question was a no win nightmare but it barely scratches the surface of what really goes on in some peoples heads.

And to think that when I'm on the train/bus/tube I've been keeping an eye on the dodgy looking hoodies and smak heads when all along it's the butter wouldn't melt woman in her matching underware in the next seat who's contemplating ripping your brain out through your nose with teaspoon just because you put your right shoe on first!

Note to self. Must write to PM and tell him he needs to build more secure mental hospitals!

catkins

I've thought of a couple more! Hangers must hang the same way in the wardrobes and all tops hung the same way round. Clothes in drawers must all be folded the same way and put in the drawers the same way.


I like food in the freezer drawers to have an order and all veg in the top drawer. OH will put things anywhere in the freezer.


Also when reading I am another one that prefers to stop at the end of a chapter. I hate it when the chapters are really long and I am struggling to stay awake to get to the end of one. I also always use a bookmark - can't stand the corners of pages being turned over.

Domayne

Faith177 wrote: »

My wardrobe is a big one for me. All my short sleeve t-shirts have to be together in colour order black & white first then order of the rainbow so red, orange, yellow ect.

All my DVD's are in age cert order and then alpha order so all U rated together all 12's ect.

I always order the same thing when we go to a resturant and I get really annoyed if they change the menu.

I always eat my favourite food of my meal last. So meat on a roast is always last or mushrooms if there are mushroom.

If something comes with pickles/gerkins I HAVE to have extra.

Marmite has to be in squeezy pots NOT jars if it is coming into my house as the thought of it spilling down the edges of the jar makes me feel ill. If OH eats marmite he HAS to brush his teeth & wash his handsstraight after and the plate and knife or anything the marmite has been in contact with must be washed as soon as it has finished being used. Yet I eat twiglets

I cannot stand mint chocolate yet love after eights because their not mint choclate their mint wrapped in chocolate there is a difference.

I cant eat anything with orange flavouring but eat oranges.

If I'm on the bus to work I have to sit on the right side or the way home the left preferably on the back seats downstairs.

I have to be at the airport an hour before the check in opens or I'm climbing the walls. I am nearly always the first to be checked in.

If I'm not 5 minutes early I am 5 minutes late in my opinion (this is left over from the cadets)

I cannot handle any light in the bedroom at night it has to be pitch black. If I can see a light on a charger I have to cover it.

My curtains must be pleated and folded along the windowsil when open (again this is from the cadets)

If I can't watch Casualty live on a Sat night I have to watch it asap.

Oh my GOD i'm a freak

lol this made me laugh, especially the bit about the mint chocolate
The bit about the oranges is familiar as well...I absolutely HATE bananas! ! The texture of them makes me gag...so horrible and slimy but I love the banana sweet, banana bread, banoffee pie and banana milkshake is my favourite flavour!
Same way I love chocolate and can eat it all day...but I hate chocolate ice cream amd chocolate milkshake!!

Saturnalia

Dry sponges. I cannot touch one, although I can use a wet soapy one to wash up. It's just difficult to get the new one out of the packet! And I couldn't use a sponge in the bath or shower either. It's one of those puffy things or bare hands all the way.

And I can't stand it when someone uses the dish sponge and leaves it with soap suds in it. Rinse the minging thing out!

Foods on a plate cannot touch and seeing people cutting everything into bitesize bits before they start eating with a fork only makes me cringe.