Quirks :)

Desmond79 said:

I rarely use the same mug; for tea. At the moment, I have six mugs; in total. (I used to have thirteen 6/7 years ago)

I have too many mugs to fit in the cupboard. I have loved them all and don't want to get rid of them because it seems unkind and unfair to them. I only ever use one mug at a time and I've just got a new one. It may be months or years before I get another one. 

I rarely use the same mug; for tea. At the moment, I have six mugs; in total. (I used to have thirteen 6/7 years ago)

I'm one of those people who has strong opinions on how to load a dishwasher and loads it up very precisely and efficiently like I'm building a rocket for NASA.

We also have some cutlery in our house with chunky handles and some with thin handles. I can't use a chunky knife with a thin fork (or vice versa) because it makes me feel lopsided.

You're right about the bowls, by the way. One type for cereal, another type for pasta. It just feels wrong to use them for different things.

I love this list of Quirks Autumn Trees. 

Does the not wearing underwear link with the pandemic, or a coincidence? 

I guess mine is, i can only use certain cutlery. If it is wrong i wont use it. 

I have to use alternating pens on alternating days. Blue/Black/Blue/Black. When one runs out i keep the empty shell and replace it with two, until my pencil case cant fit any more in. Then i have to deplete it until empty and start again. The whole process takes years. 

Cups have to match if someone is having tea with me. 

People cant use my pens. If they do i must wash them with soap. My colleagues know my pens are marked and to stay away. I even have decoy pens on my desk for those tea leafs in the office. 

My food cant touch. 

I cant open new socks until my old ones have 'run out'. 

Oh my. I have just realised there are many. I could go on but i'll stop now!!!!

I do a little dance when I'm happy. That's the only quirk I can think of right now.

I always try to be prepared. It was useful I didn't have to buy a lot.

Same for me.

I say (mostly in my head) certain words or phrases when I'm doing some things. Like my house keys are on an astronaut keyring so when I'm checking that I have them (after coming in or going out the front door mostly) I'll feel for their outline in my pocket and say "spacegirl... and her key". Or before I go to bed when I'm checking that everything is turned off and where it should be I do "that's off, that's off, that's off, stuff is up there, remotes and controllers, that's off".

I also don't leave the house for more than an hour without enough water and snacks and medication to last a day if something goes wrong (like if I get hit by a car and taken to hospital or trapped in a lift for hours, I'll be okay physically at least). 

-I horde supplies.

-Always eat at the same time each day.

-Buy the same foods and drinks.

-Wear leather gloves in and out the house. Have dinner since I was in my teens.

Barrack said:

I horde things I buy - soup, bottles of water, toilet paper, batteries

Yep, me too. If I need or like something I have a compulsion to horde it. 

I'm old enough to have had to deal with actual physical maps and having to ask people where things are, I much prefer now with a phone that does everything.

Yep to the matching pegs, and rather annoyingly my peg basket came with mixed colours, so I have to use all the colours in order, i.e. pink, grey, light blue, dark blue. If there's one of a colour left I have to take it out of the basket before I can move onto the next colour.

I do this too! So I know what shops or landmarks to look for. My ideal situation though, in a new city, is just to hail a cab and get them to take me where I want. Then I don't have to worry about directions :)

I use Google Maps to plan out going to unfamiliar places, both from the side of sorting out the route, but also to look at Street View so it's not completely unfamiliar to me.

Wow you sound like you're prepared for anything! That must have been so handy during covid.

I also have a nothing on the floor rule. 

I do the week planning too - makes me feel a bit less anxious.

I'm the same with Google maps, I'd hate to get lost somewhere so I try and memorise as much as I can. 

There's nothing better than finding a nice short cut using the back roads, love it. 

I horde things I buy - soup, bottles of water, toilet paper, batteries. I did this before Covid and didn't run out of anything during the height of the pandemic. 

I never touch anything outside of my house with my hands. I always use tissues and then bin them.

I have three glasses of water a day. One in the morning. One after lunch and one after tea. 

I bath every day at 7pm.

In no particular order. I hang clothes out with matching pegs. Anything that goes on the floor has to be washed. I get up at 7.20 every day. I don't open my curtains. Avoid right turns into main roads when planning a journey. I could go on and on ....