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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 09:31 PM
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I am sooo anal retentive, I can't STAND to walk around the house without socks on.
I even sleep with socks on. I can't STAND the thought of getting up in the night to go to the biffy in bare feet. Ewwwww! I also change my socks a couple times a day.

But otherwise, my desk is cluttered, so is the coffee table where I sort my mail, and I'm not especially a neat freak about house cleaning.

Do you have any anal retentive habits, idiosyncrasies or peccadilloes like that?

And BTW, I don't think being anal retentive about some things is all that bad.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:21 PM
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1. Am I the only person with idiosyncrasies like this on DU?
:shrug: :cry:

Maybe I should check into the loony bin ASAP. But they'd better give me some socks!
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:24 PM
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2. the toilet paper has to be hanging from the back of the roll
absolutely has to. i will change the roll at my house if someone else does in incorrectly.

and the dishwasher...oh gods...the dishwasher. bowls on on the bottom, mugs and cups go on the top. i will reload the damn thing if i find it to be done the 'wrong' way.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:31 PM
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4. On noes! The TP thang is another one!
Mine has to hang from the front of the roll. Easier to tear off that way.

I also insist on the lids down on the toilet. But that is mostly because my pets are, ... well ... uhm .... disgusting.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:15 PM
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19. the tolitet lid!
mine has to be down as well, but more because i have a cabinet above my toilet and don't want my stuff to fall in
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unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:27 PM
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3. I'm bad to leave my work clothes and shoes on until I get ready for bed.
I pretty much hate dress clothes and shoes so I have no idea why I've started doing it.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:35 PM
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5. Saves on extra laundry to wash.
That's efficient, in an anal retentive way. :D

:hi:
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:37 PM
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6. I am the opposite, but have to wear shoes
I have a dog.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:42 PM
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7. I usually wear slippers too.
Edited on Tue May-13-08 11:30 PM by Lil Missy
What does having a dog have to do with it? Mine doesn't poop in the house.

But sometimes kitty barf or hairballs are an issue. YUK!
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Gore1FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:46 PM
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9. Mine has two issues
1> he's sadly getting really old.

2> I rented my house out when I was married and moved back afterwards... they had 14 cats and two dogs, so scents are running rampant.

I am going to rip up the carpet when I get the chance and put things right, but I haven;t gotten there yet.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:43 PM
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8. I can't stand wearing socks.
They make my feet too hot.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:49 PM
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10. And you live in MN???
I have to wear two pair at a time when I visit relatives there!
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 10:50 PM
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11. Even in the middle of winter I'll still go barefoot.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 12:13 AM
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12. I'm the exact same, but with me it's pants, and "off" instead of "on" /nt
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:03 AM
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16. You prevert!
:D
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 12:22 AM
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13. I can't sleep wearing socks
Can't even doze off wearing shoes.

Oh, and I flick my toes when I'm aggrevated, which amuses Mrs. BlueDog immensely!
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:10 AM
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17. Thankfully, I can't sleep wearing shoes either.
I just have to have clean socks on.
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 12:47 AM
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14. i can't sleep with clothes on...
can't do it.. clothes suffocate me in bed.. in fact, i'm in me skivvies right now, and ready to head to bed.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:01 AM
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15. We already had a lounge thread or two about my weird sock obsession.
iirc, it mostly consisted of billyskank and flvegan laughing at my hosiery related OCD.

LM's various sock-related rules:

1. If I'm not in bed, I have socks on.

2. I only wear one style of socks. I will go all over town to find them if I have to. The upside is that this makes mating clean socks a breeze.

3. I change them at the slightest hint of dampness, because warm, moist socks are gross and generally puke inducing.

4. I have tons of them, so that I don't run the risk of running out. A whole drawer, full to bursting, of one style of athletic sock.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:17 AM
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18. Now you're talking!
I can't stand damp or sweaty socks either! I have a plentiful supply of socks, and probably change my socks more often than my underwear.

And I have to wear socks to bed, in case I have to run to the biffy at night. I can't stand bare feet on the carpet or bathroom floor. YUK!
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:19 PM
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20. There must be reading material at the toilet.
Even if I don't have to go, if I see there is no reading material on the toilet, I will go find some and place it there.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:26 PM
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23. My dad is like that. He calls the bathroom "the library".
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 01:28 PM
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21. i never go barefoot, i always either have on socks or flip flops.
i also sleep with socks on, summer, winter, spring and fall.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 02:01 PM
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22. a-heh, a-heh, she said peccadilloes....
Beavis: "That's nasty, right?"

Butthead: "Yeah I think so."

Both: "A-heh, a-heh!"




I HATE sleeping without an open window, and I keep my house much colder than most people are comfortable with. I live in coastal northern california where it's always pretty cool anyway, so that works out well for me.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:31 PM
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24. If the socks are what makes you anal retentive, you might be wearing them wrong.
They go on the feet, Missy.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-14-08 06:53 PM
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25. Wait, ... what?
:P
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