Do you do this too?

[or JusRollWithIt]

Please tell me you clear the microwave timer if you take something out early. Because only monsters leave time on after removing their food.

But I pay my bills and credit card off down to the exact change and not a penny more. They all get enough money out of me!

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Ahh, I like it loose at the end. I hate it at hotels when they tuck the end of the bedding in. I do however, cocoon myself at the top... I love my face being between duvet and pillow

I have to have the sheet at the foot of my bed tucked in. Need to make sure no "scary monsters" can grab my feet in the middle of the night (a phobia I had when I was a kid, and still lingers 20 years on )

 

[Chablis1]

Volume must be set to an even number.

Another one here. I’m sure I get a twitchy eye if my daughter leaves it on an odd number.

 

[SamBamford]

I have to buy everything in even numbers, loose carrots, sprouts etc. all have to be counted. Volumes on remote and in car has to be even as well. A manager at the office used to call in with a button missing making that an odd number. Bothered me so much I took a needle and thread in and sewed one on for him.

 

[coconochanel]

I have to do a spider check every night before I go in bed eg look behind the bed, and chest of drawers to see if there are any spiders lurking.

 

[Atc20]

Have to get into my pyjamas the minute I get home. Cannot function in the house otherwise

 

[Glamourelle]

Have to get into my pyjamas the minute I get home. Cannot function in the house otherwise

Bra comes straight off too

 

[2xblended]

Switch everything off at the mains at night (always paranoid of a fire breaking out)

I do this! Not just at night but I'll switch the mains to the cooker off after I've finished cooking at any point in the day. Been in 3 fires due to housemates cooking whilst drunk and leaving the hob on. Now I'm paranoid about it.

I also have to lock my doors and windows all the time. Twice when living in London, someone has tried to break into my flat whilst I was in. Terrifying.

I have to do a spider check every night before I go in bed eg look behind the bed, and chest of drawers to see if there are any spiders lurking.

Yes!

 

[Ohflogoff]

Two wees before I go to sleep

 

[Mulholland Drive]

All the digital clocks in my home in England, have to be set to the right time!

I have about 8 digital clocks, including the microwave, washing machine, oven, bedside, bathroom and car, to name but a few. I get very anxious if they don't say the same time, and when starts to gain - usually the oven - it has to be corrected.

My anxiety is ramped up higher when its the start/end of BST and the clocks go back/forward an hour. I know full well none of my digital clocks will be in perfect synch due to the distance and time involved to do each one. But that still doesn't stop me getting my nix in a twist about it.

 

[Pinkblush]

At the shops whether its clothes, underwear, food, drink, magazine etc I never take from the front of the shelf. I feel those items at the forefront are probably more germy because they've probably been picked up to be looked at then put back umpteen times. This use to drive mr pinkblush nuts but since covid he's shut up about me doing it.

 

[Mulholland Drive]

At the shops whether its clothes, underwear, food, drink, magazine etc I never take from the front of the shelf. I feel those items at the forefront are probably more germy because they've probably been picked up to be looked at then put back umpteen times. This use to drive mr pinkblush nuts but since covid he's shut up about me doing it.

You and I must be related, because that is exactly what I do

 

[AnnaLee]

Switch everything off at the mains at night (always paranoid of a fire breaking out). Also can’t stand to see the switch on and nothing plugged in, I have to switch it off.

Sleep with a pillow between my legs. Have done it since I was pregnant with my first child and had terrible SPD. I get sciatica and lower back aches and pains in general due to the physical aspect of my job over the years, and I find it more comfortable.

I tend to switch things off at the wall too - appliances in the kitchen, Christmas lights, etc. However my husband rips everything out of the wall. Drives me nuts - that’s what the switch is for!

 

[Glamourelle]

Start over a song again because I didn’t appreciate “the feeling” on the first time

 

[Mulholland Drive]

I have a 4 or 5 plastic tubes that are intentionally used for saving loose change - one for £1 coins, 1 for 50p and so on.

However, every single coin is dropped into the tubes Queen's head face-up

Same with my cash notes - they're all folded in my purse with the Queen's head facing me

 

[calmyourritas]

I can only get out of bed in 5 minute intervals. So if I look at the clock at it’s 6:32 I have to wait until 6:35. I don’t know why.

 

[LucilleBluth]

Start over a song again because I didn’t appreciate “the feeling” on the first time

Me toooooo! The sadder or more emosh the better. Or a nice powerful key change. Goosebumps.

I’m the same with plugs. If I’m away longer than a few days and unplug everything and take a photo of the empty plugs (as well as of me locking windows) so that I can refer back to said photos when I’m away and panic that I forgot one and that my flat will burn down, taking the entire street with it. @AnnaLee, I’m like your husband - I don’t trust the switch (But if anyone knows that the switches definitely work I’ll gladly be corrected!)

 

[Patsy Stone]

I have to catch up on Tattle when I go to bed. Always

 

[Meh]

When I’m going to sleep I tuck my duvet under my feet at the bottom

Volume at an even number or a multiple of 5

Okay, the feet tucking is clearly a safety issue. I mean, the monsters may grab them! Yes, I’m a feet tucker.

I get really overwhelmed with strange things. Like, if I see that someone has shut their car off and their window wiper has stopped halfway a up their window. Makes me want to claw my skin off.

Must make my bed every morning. MUST.

Opening blinds/curtains is another.

If I’m in someone’s house who has an overhead light on I have to fight the NEED to switch it off. (Never use them in my gaff)

this makes me sound really anal and house proud. I’m not, my place is chaotic generally I just have weird things that bug me.

 

[Girlinabubble]

I always a few leave beans in the can if I’m having beans on toast - I like to feel that some have escaped! If I feel that there isn’t enough left I’ll put a few back from the saucepan!