I do these things as well, and one of my friends just told me yesterday that I have OCD, go figure. I don't think so. I just have a thing with germs.

Oh something else that I do is, I keep Lysol at work for when people sneeze or have a cold that is in my area.....and they better not use my phone at all.:p

ME TOO!!

I usually freeze my husband to death!!

I must have my pillow that I have had since highschool. This pillow is about 10 years old and I have to have it to sleep good. I have washed it probably about 1000 times.

I have to change my sheets every Monday night. There is nothing nastier than dirty, funky sheets.

I have to brush my teeth before I go to sleep.

I have to have it pich black before I can go to sleep.

I have to have organization at work. I cannot work in chaos.

My children have to have shoes and socks on when they step foot out of my house.

I forgot about those.

When I use a public restroom, I will get a papertowel to turn the water on and I wash my hands, get another paper towel and dry my hands, turn the water off with the tissue, then I save it to open the door with. Usually there's a trash can near the door so before it closes I drop the paper in the trash.

Also when I use public restrooms, I unroll the top sheets of the toilet paper and throw it away. I never use the exposed sheets.

At a buffet, I will not take the top plate.

At Piccadilly's or any cafeteria, I will not take the glasses or desserts that are right up front. I feel like all the people going through the serving line are breathing on everything that is placed up front.

I have to take my socks off before I go to sleep. I can't stand sleeping in socks.

Some of y'all are a little Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs.

I have to drive fast where ever I am going even it is work just because.

I have to sleep with a blanket even if it is the hottest day of the year.

If my feet are cold, I have to put socks on other wise I cannot sleep.

Sharp pencils for me too.

Funny story about Lysol: My old roommate from college was germophobic but she was pre-med:rolleyes: . Anyway whenever you coughed or sneezed in her presence, she would spray Lysol. One day I went to visit her room and was getting over a cold. I started coughing and sneezing and she got to spraying. The more she sprayed the more I coughed. She finally asked me why was I coughing so much and I said cuz you are spraying all that Lysol DA**IT!!! We LOAO about that for a minute.

Oh, yea...

Lysol...I have this thing about someone using my office phone, so I keep a little can of Lysol in my desk drawer and everytime someone uses my phone, I spray the receiver down. The people I work with think that I am crazy. I also look at the phone to see if the receiver is dirty. Some people don't ever clean their receiver.

We Have a lot In Common
 

I only buy magazines and newspapers from the middle of the stack, too.

I can only use sharp pencils.

I write in black ink only. I get upset if I have to use blue.

I kept cleaning supplies at my desk as well.

I only drink out of straws in restaruants, too.

At a buffet, I don't use the top plate either.

At public restrooms, I use a paper towel to turn the faucet on and off and to open the door or use my pinky.

When I enter public doors with handles, I don't touch the middle where everyone else will touch. I grab the top or the bottom.

I clean my house, strip the sheets, wash my hair, do laundry, etc. on the same day every week. I have to have a mental schedule for everything I do.

My closet is organized according to the seasons. All my winter sweaters, skirts, dresses, then pants, etc. are in a specific order and
color- coded.
It just makes things so much easier to find.

My Abnormalities...
 

Since I see all of you are as weird as me, I'll tell you that I do the following:

1. Sleep with the fan on my face or my balcony window open, b/c I need air on my face (even if I get a cold as a result of it). If I don't have it, I'm not a happy camper!!!
2. I HAVE to sleep with a blanket (or AT LEAST 2 sheets), even if it is 100 degree weather (I see I'm not alone on this one). ;)
3. I PREFER to wash my utensils, cups, plates, etc. before I use them--I never take a dish out of the cabinet and use it w/out washing it first, even if I am at home--and don't let me be at someone else's house... (if I'm not able to b/c I'm at a restaurant I will wipe them off with a napkin).
4. I also never take the plate or bowl that is on the top of the pile (someone could have sneezed in it)...
5. If the food doesn't "LOOK RIGHT" to me, I will not eat it...
6. I open public restroom doors with a towel (Welcome to Dorm Life!!). :mad: If there's not a trash can by the door, then the paper GOES ON THE FLOOR (this is like at the mall, I would never do that in the dorms b/c I had to live there)...
7. I WILL CLEAN the counter in the Girl's Restroom in the dorms b/c they leave it FILTHY (dry toothpaste water stains, soap, etc everywhere!!) :eek:
8. I WILL also CLEAN the knobs and faucet of the sinkwith soap and a paper towel in the Girl's Restroom, b/c I do not want to get other people's germs. :eek: I know--I'm a neat-freak AND a germ-phobe...:o

I told y'all I was weird...and believe me, there's more I can't remember right now, I'll bet!!!

I'm not a weirdo after all!!!
 

This is a really good topic!!! I'll start at the top of my day, lol

- I have to lay in bed and remember my dream from the night before. If I can't remember it, I get mad.
- The first thing I do in the morning is blow my nose. Can not STAND a nasty nose.
- I have to squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom of the tube.
- I have to have 2 inner shower curtains, one clear, and one the same color as the outer curtain. I don't know why.
- I lather 3 times in the shower, once with the cloth (for the special areas, lol), once with the gloves, and once with the poof. If I'm in a rush, I leave out the gloves, but I don't feel as clean.
- I have to dry off completely in the shower. Yall already know why, lol.
- I have to spray the shower with Tilex when I'm done. I tell guests to do the same. When they don't, I get perturbed.
- I have to have my CD's right-side-up in the case, too.
- I have to have something on my lips at all times. I have LL syndrome, too. The last thing you want is for somebody to think you are licking your lips at them!!
- I have to have music on in the car. I never drive in silence.
- I have my CD's alphabetized (sp?) in the CD rack.
- I take my gum from the same end until the pack is finished. I hate when I offer someone a piece of gum, and they take it from the wrong end!
- I always open chip bags right-side-up. If someone opens it upside down, I'm ticked.
- I have to set all of my clocks fast, and at different times.
- I have to have a sheet to sleep, too, even if it's hot. I can't sleep uncovered.
- I have to have my Wizard, my pillow that I've had since 2nd grade. It has the Wizard of Oz on it, that's how it got it's name.
- I can't have the unfitted sheet on my bed. It gets in the way. I don't even buy full sheet sets anymore.
- I take notes on anything I need to remember. I suffer from CRS (Can't Remember $#!t).
- I, too, I have to sleep on the cold side of the pillow.
- If I sleep on my back, I have to have my knees bent, I can't sleep flat on my back.
- I have to fall asleep, on my left side, with something between my legs (Gosh, that sounded bad, lol), like at the knee. Man's leg if available, if not, a pillow.
- I keep cuticle clippers in my purse at all times. You never know when you'll need them. (emery boards, too, thanks, CT4! ;))

I guess that's it for now... if I think of more, I'll be back...

Re: I'm not a weirdo after all!!!
 

Yes she really does on that gum tip.

Whatchoo talking about Willis? -- emery boards:confused:

I think we all are weirdos
 

I forgot about these also. Thanks Ideal08.

You know how you think to yourself that you're the only one that does such and such. Well I see why we're addicted to GC, we all have that "special" syndrome :p

Haven't you noticed the men stayed away from this topic?

Just Because.....
 

Oh my gosh, Tickledpink. I'm also one who has to sleep with a fan on (no matter what the season). But for me it's not feeling the air. I usually turn the fan away from me during the cold seasons. What does it for me is the SOUND of the fan. Girl, I haveto hear it. It's like a lullaby to me.

I have to have more than one bar of soap in the bathtub. It's just something about the lather (one that you can't get from liquid soaps). I spend NO LESS than one hour in the tub and I actually WASH the entire time that I'm in there. I've got this thing about being clean.

Whenever I get out of my car, things haveto be turned off (like the air, radio, windshield wipers). That really urks me if it's not. I've gotten on my husband's case many time about this.


I know that this may sound like obsessive-compulsive behavior, but I put my currency( dollars, fives, tens, twenties, etc.) in order by the serial numbers. And when paying for something, I actually take the time to make sure that the bills are in order.

I do this same thing. Once I was at a co-workers desk and I had to use her phone. Well out of habit I looked at the receiver once I was finished with the call. I was repulsed at how dirty the receiver was. Mind you I wouldn't have even used her phone if she had not call me over to speak to someone that I knew, and this is another black female and I'm looking at her now like you nasty.:eek:

Re: We Have a lot In Common
 

Good I'm not the only one like this. At work, if I'm away from my desk, and I have to write something down, and someone hands me a pen that is not black, (and it has to be medium point, I can't write with fine point) I explain that I can't use that. My co-workers already think that I am crazy, and lets not talk about me, them, and germs.

I don't have to have my currency in serial number order, but my bills must all be faced the same way, and the bills must be in order from high to low, or low to high.