Annoying Habits I have,do you ?

Sassycakes

Sassycakes

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I annoy myself with such weird things I do all the time. I know almost everyone repeats doing the same thing everyday,like checking the stove ,making sure the doors are locked etc. before going to bed at night. But now I am doing more crazy things everyday. I will not go to bed at certain times. If the clock's numbers match any family members birthday then I wait a minute before getting in bed.For instance if it is 10:31 I won't get in bed because it's the same date as my son's birthday.In the last few weeks I have become obsessed with addresses. My Parent's address added up to 13. I just realized so does my sister and my brother's address add up to 13. I went further and out of my Parent's 9 Grandchildren,8 of them have address's that add up to 13. I have other quirks too ,do you ? Please say yes so I don't feel all alone and crazy.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 

I count things. Don't ask me why.

I count commercial minutes on the TV. I count the spokes in the wheels of the car next to me at a traffic light.
I count the number of ice cubes in my evening cocktail.

I wish you hadn't started this thread.

(Shali, What's my problem?)
 
I analyze things to the nth degree and always have. I HAVE to know how things work. When I was 3yrs old, I found a screwdriver and took all the door handles off, including the door to the room my mom was in... She didn't know how to open the door without a knob, so I was free for about 3hrs..... and suddenly not her favorite child...
 

I'm so happy I'm not the only one that has crazy things to live with. I just remembered a friend my Mother had when I was young. She would sit outside and count all the bricks on the houses on our block. She also would never go outside on the 20th day of any month because her Dad had passed away on the 20th of January. So she hated all days of the 20th.
 
Like Falcon, I count things also. I know darn well there are a dozen eggs in a carton but I count them as I put them away in the refrigerator tray. I count slices as I cut a banana. If I eat pound cake I cut it into little squares before I eat it. I've done this even as a child. If I am eating hard candy I need two pieces, one for each side of my mouth. I like things to be even numbered for some reason.
 
Not really odd. It's a sense of order in an otherwise disorderly world. I count the pills that I put in the container for the week even though I know that there are seven compartments. I'm putting one in each slot.
 
Sassycakes said:
I annoy myself with such weird things I do all the time. I know almost everyone repeats doing the same thing everyday,like checking the stove ,making sure the doors are locked etc. before going to bed at night. But now I am doing more crazy things everyday. I will not go to bed at certain times. If the clock's numbers match any family members birthday then I wait a minute before getting in bed.For instance if it is 10:31 I won't get in bed because it's the same date as my son's birthday.In the last few weeks I have become obsessed with addresses. My Parent's address added up to 13. I just realized so does my sister and my brother's address add up to 13. I went further and out of my Parent's 9 Grandchildren,8 of them have address's that add up to 13. I have other quirks too ,do you ? Please say yes so I don't feel all alone and crazy.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
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If it wasn't for a red light on the stove that comes on when a burner is hot (but not hot enough to have turned red) I'd forget I'd turned the burner on. Locked doors? Sometimes when I just settled down in bed, quite tired, I wonder if I left any apartment doors unlocked. And if I just don't want to drag my tired self out of bed to check I ask, "Lord, please don't let any bad person get in. Thankyou. Amen." :) I then fall asleep. Actually, I usually have all doors locked all day.

The number 13? In my rebelliousness, I refused to be spooked by it and turnned 13 into a good news number. lol

But I'm kinda spooked every year by the month of May. I married in May (misery), had two emergency surgeries in that month over the years, BUT one saved my life, the other improved my life. Still, I feel very relieved when May ends.
 
Elsie said:
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But I'm kinda spooked every year by the month of May. I married in May (misery), had two emergency surgeries in that month over the years, BUT one saved my life, the other improved my life. Still, I feel very relieved when May ends.
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For me, it's the month of March. Way too many family deaths and bad things have happened in March for me, and I just feel uneasy all month long. ... like a big cloud lifts when April gets here.
 
i also count things and if i have to wait anywheres like in the drs office i make words ouut of words that are posted in the office
 
I forgot to mention that I have a minor habit of counting just about anything around when I'm alone and waiting for whatever.

Sometimes I'll think to myself ways the design of various things around could be changed to make them more appealing. LOL
 
Not so much now, but years ago when we left the house, I would check the lock several times to make sure it was locked. Same thing at bedtime. We had an electric stove and, this is real stupid, I would put my hand on burners to make sure it wasn't on. :confused: One time is was left on. I didn't do this after that.
When I was young, I use to look under my bed several times before I shut off my light. I'm sure there's more, but I don't want the white coats knocking at my door.
 
Pappy said:
Not so much now, but years ago when we left the house, I would check the lock several times to make sure it was locked. Same thing at bedtime. We had an electric stove and, this is real stupid, I would put my hand on burners to make sure it wasn't on. :confused: One time is was left on. I didn't do this after that.
When I was young, I use to look under my bed several times before I shut off my light. I'm sure there's more, but I don't want the white coats knocking at my door.
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LOL! I can relate (almost) to putting my hand on a burner to make sure it wasn't on, but when I reached for one, I thought, "This is nuts! What if it IS hot?" lol As a child, I never thought to look under my bed for monsters, but now as an adult I sometimes get a creepy feeling about what scary thing might be under there, other than dust bunnies. lol
 
The electric range that I previously had and I don't know why this is not carried forward to modern ranges.

One of the elements was timed. You just set it for half an hour or whatever you needed and if you forgot it turned itself off.

My new range doesn't do that. I have to set an alarm because I like to do other stuff while the pot is boiling or cooking.
 
A couple of times, while I was using my computer, I forgot I had kidney beans cooking on the stove, until I smelled them burning. groannn. I ate the first burned batch, but I just couldn't go through suffering eating the second batch I'd burnt months later.
 
I take insulin, so I keep boxes of M&Ms in the fridge, for when I forget to eat. They are in two piles. I HAVE to have the same number in each pile. So when I use a box, the piles are uneven. Just can't have that. So I'll eat a box instead of having a meal. The house could be on fire, but I wouldn't leave if my end table looked messy. I could be a murdering, crack dealer; but God forbid, anybody would think I have a messy end table. Go figure.
 
Elsie said:
A couple of times, while I was using my computer, I forgot I had kidney beans cooking on the stove, until I smelled them burning. groannn. I ate the first burned batch, but I just couldn't go through suffering eating the second batch I'd burnt months later.
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I did that with some burgers that I was cooking on a George Foreman Grill out on our back patio. I left then cooking for about an hour. When I finally remembered them and opened up the grill they were like charcoal briquettes. I tried to eat one but I couldn't hack it.
 
Annoying habits of other people.

My friend. When I give him a ride to a doctor's appointment. He constantly points his finger at things and I tell him not to because it distracts me and I have to look in that direction.

Do you think he will stop?
 
Camper6 said:
Annoying habits of other people.

My friend. When I give him a ride to a doctor's appointment. He constantly points his finger at things and I tell him not to because it distracts me and I have to look in that direction.

Do you think he will stop?
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Give him a Polaroid camera. lol
 
I once left the keys hanging in the door overnight, until the next morning when a neighbor knocked on the door to let me know. Since then, I always check to make sure those keys are in the house, before going to bed.
 
I play games with myself at times. I say to myself "if such and such happens I will die in the next 10 years." Then at times I will tell myself "if such and such happens I won't die in the next 10 years" and it goes on and on. In the underlined words spot I put many different things and sometimes counting things, too. Do I sound nutty?:)
 

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