For example, I hate when people text with bad grammar. I know, I should get over it, right? I mean, it saves space if you say "lol" instead of "laugh out loud" - but really, are you going to say that anyway? I think that my English degree is ruining me.
Save the Animals commercials also kill me. But I don't hate the animals! In fact, I loved my childhood pets. However, what about the starving children? Not that animals aren't awesome... I would just make sure my own children were fed before my dogs. I think we should keep that same mindset with the world. (Alright, I'll get off of my soapbox...)
I also fold my trash. I don't like when our trash is all crumpled. Folded trash takes up less space. It's ok if you think I'm crazy. I am just a little bit.
I looked up symptoms for OCD and I definitely qualify for some of them... But I think most people would! Some of you must identify with at least one of these symptoms:
- Doubts that you've locked the door or turned off the stove.
- Counting in certain patterns.
- Making sure all your canned goods face the same way.
- Repeatedly checking in on loved ones to make sure they’re safe.
- Spending a lot of time washing or cleaning.
- Unfounded fears that 1 failed to complete a routine task correctly, such as filling out a form, paying a bill, posting a letter.
- Excessive List- Making. (This one points the finger at me immediately!)
Am I the only one? Are we all just a little certifiably weird?
Please tell me you have some weird pet peeves and oddities, too...
No, you are not the only one :) Between hubby and myself, we make up that entire list! My boss says the only "normal" people are the ones you don't know very well. I think he's right - haha!
ReplyDeleteOh no you are not alone sister.... I would call myself an emerging OBC.. hehehe
ReplyDeleteHaha...the folding trash thing. hmmmm-I break down/fold up boxes, but are with talking chip bags and wrappers too? :-)
ReplyDeleteTexting-lol is just way easier...you should try it one day. It might shave seconds off your texting time:-)
Save the Animals-my mom says the same thing!
According to that list, you're not alone. I count the steps when I go up and down them, I always get my hubby to go downstairs and check doors at night. However, I wish I spent more time cleaning:-) haha!
Have a lovely day!
Heather
Yes, we are all weird, just in different ways. In one of my early college classes we did a study on "pet peeves" and "idiosyncrasies" I think you've got a good list compiled there of you own. We all have them. I don't like to eat cheese some one else touched for example because one time when I was little my dad cut me a slice of cheese to eat and I saw his finger print on it and I've never been able to since. :)
ReplyDeletei am completely with you with the lol thing. i know sometime people say it to lighten the mood or to make things a little less awkward but there's not point in it at all!!
ReplyDeleteand trust me, i think everyone is weird in their own way :)
hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI cannot stand when people text or type with bad grammar. I don't mind abbreviations as much but when they are ridiculous ones they drive me crazy...like shld instead of should. It just makes you look unintelligent! : )
And I definitely have some of those 'symptoms.' Every night I ask my husband if he locked the door. If he's not 100% certain I make him go down and check/lock it. And doesn't EVERYONE have all of their canned goods facing the same way?? I can't imagine NOT doing that!
hahaha I'm the same way about some things! I can't stand to watch those Save the Animals commercials, I always doubt that I shut the garage door, and I make lists for just about everything!
ReplyDeleteI think we are soul sisters! Minus the trash folding thing. I would say I easily identify with more than half on the OCD list! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI am right there with you about the save the animals commercials. Dear Sarah McLachlan, please go sing about feeding a hungry child instead of trying to make me cry (unsuccessfully) as I listen to "In the Arms of An Angel" and watch pictures of sad dogs and cats. Yes, it's sad and we should help, but I think people take priority!
I'm a little OCD myself! Never fear!
ReplyDeleteI totally hear ya on the "Save the Animals" issue. I'm definitely an animal lover, but I think if they gave child poverty equal airtime, the wold wide hunger crisis wouldn't be as bad as it is...so sad.
ReplyDeleteI say the same thing when I see the "adopt our sad looking pet" clips on the news and whatnot..I'm like- let's focus on people who need help instead! (although I'm like you- I love animals!)
ReplyDeleteBad grammar is a biggie for me... or misspelled words
this drives me nuts: "their going to the park." Dont ya mean they're... they- are.. ugh. haha!
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ReplyDeleteI make lists...can't function without them..and I even decorate and doodle on them and sometimes even colour them! so that they're pretty!
and my cupboard dishes need to be neat, like in a store..on display...and so do my canned goods....labels facing out....
I like to think of myself as certifiably 'distinguished'!
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I am completely OCD (CDO, in alphabetical order like it should be ;)) Seriously though, I am AWFUL.
ReplyDeleteI will immediately admit that I'm quite weird too. My closet is color coordinated. I have rules about what covers in the bed you're allowed to be under depending on the time of day. I can tell if you've moved a pen more than an inch from its original spot. And I FULLY agree about bad grammar and spelling; it makes me cringe. But folding trash? That's a new one...that I might have to try.
ReplyDeletei hate bad grammar in texting too! and i have to spell everything out, not just abbreviate. it takes me forever. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the whole "folding the trash" thing...but everything else seems pretty normal to me! :) My hubby is way more OCD than I am, but I think most people are at least to some degree. No worries -- it takes all types to make the world go round!:)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the bad grammar. I don't capitalize in texting or on the Internet, but I always make sure my grammar's correct. I think it's an English major thing - my friend Carla and I are both majoring in English and we are super OCD about grammar.
ReplyDeleteYou are so not alone. I am super OCD. Almost all of the things on your list are things that I also do!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness, you're not the only one. I can check off everything in that list! Oh man....especially the compulsive list making. I'll make the same list five different times. Yikes.
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