What's your uptight behaviour?

[~Hestia~]

I'm another who has to increase/decrease the TV volume in lots of 5!

[MrsBexie]

I am an evens person too... volumes, lollies, etc. Everything is even.
Colour coding washing while hanging it up, with DD's MCN's I have all the boosters with the same type, all the shells in colour order (like a rainbow).
the way dirty dishes have to be stacked next to the sink, DH just plonks his dishes down wherever he wants and it DOES MY HEAD IN... how hard is it to stack??

Everything I do has a particular way it has to be done... my whole life is obsessive! lol

[Pandora]

For someone who's obsessive compulsive, it managed to miss DHs stacking ability.
It's nothing for him to put a side plate on top of a coffee mug, and keep stacking.
It's like the cat in the hat in our kitchen sometimes

[MrsBexie]

Pandora I would lose my Sh*t if that was my kitchen!! I struggle sooo much with DH and as soon as there is a dish ready to be stacked I do it right away to prevent me going nuts lol

[buffy1]

This thread is hilarious. I do most of these!

Though my biggest are:

People walking in front who stop in your path with no warning. Instant, irrational rage.

The sound of my brother's jaw clicking when he chews.

My DH being dreamy while looking for a car park. For god's sake, we have a purpose, just cut in and get the one near the door.

Dishwasher stacking. My way is the only way & I can't bear not seeing it all fit properly. I always, always re-stack.

[~MummaBear~]

this is funny!

my biggest thing is the little balls you get on sheets... cant stand them or anything for that matter on my bed i have to get up and shake what ever it is out and the sheets have to be straight and flat no bumps.. DH thinks it is hilarious and i swear he puts sand/ crumbs in there just to **** me off lol i make him get out of bed to let me fix it now though so it kind of annoys him too lol

I cant poop in public unless it is urgent lol and i hate Weeing when other people can hear me even DH

i cant stand people touching my feet.. or restricting them at all.. and i hate really tight socks/ shoes my feet need to be out in the open lol

[Bathsheba]

MummaBear: oooh yes, I hate those little balls (pilling) on anything. They are the by product of synthetic material. To avoid getting them only buy natural fibres. 100% cotton etc. You NEVER get the little balls on 100% cotton sheets. If I see pilling on any of our clothes I fetch a disposable razor and remove them pronto. I would rather my kids wore clothes with patches or small holes than clothes with pilling on them.

[LionsandBears]

MammaBear: I recently discovered some of my old cotton sheets had started pilling - losts of tiny bumps. That was it. Buy new sheets and they can go to the op shop. They were probably 10 years old, though so that's fine.

I also hate people touching my feet and I hate touching other people's feet as well.

[mumma_lion]

I hate dirt or sand on my feet, I am always washing my feet. And i can't stand chalk I look it and it gives me the creeps, worse if i have to touch it. If i do I put gloves on but it still makes my skin feel funny even talking about it gives me goose bumps.

[helle]

I hate dirt or sand on my feet, I am always washing my feet. And i can't stand chalk I look it and it gives me the creeps, worse if i have to touch it. If i do I put gloves on but it still makes my skin feel funny even talking about it gives me goose bumps.

Oh!! I hate dirt on floors which then sticks to your feet. Drives me nuts!!

[nickle730]

I can't set an alarm for a time divisible by 5. So if I need to wake up at 7am I set the alarm for 6.58am or maybe 7.03am. Don't know why, but I've always done it.

[Mich83]

i hate it when i'm standing in line (i.e. at the supermarket) and the person behind me stands really close. ewwwww. i try and move forward to make more space but then they move up too. I mean, do you really have to stand THAT close to me?

[StrawberryFields]

When people can't control their kids in quiet places, like medicare, the bank, places like that. I just like get this super awkward smile on my face and find myself compulsively staring at them like I'm in a trance - I just can't help it!

It happened yesterday in Medicare, this couple and their 5 hyper kids came in, and the kids kept pressing buttons and getting tickets that take precedence over the common ones (like regular claims) and the parents were just whinging at them to stop...I don't get why one of them just didn't take the kids outside to the empty courtyard to play, but apparently that didn't occur to them! If I was more like my mother I would've cracked at them but I just kept smiling awkwardly like a freak and staring at them because I felt a) sorry for them for being so clearly bogan, and b) feeling bad that if I did it would make me look like a ***** who didn't appreciate how hard having 5 kids would be!

[Danielle_NZ]

Nickle - Me too lol I thought I was the only one lol

Strawberryfields - not just quiet places bug me... I was at lollipops (kids indoor playground) and this mother wasn't watching her son at all, he climbed up on the counter to get cupcakes, I counted atleast 3 times and when the ladies moved them to another counter he climbed over the front one to try and get them ARGH

[StrawberryFields]

God people like that **** me! And people who let their kids wander all over the place in the shopping centre...like...if I did that when I was a kid my mother would've flogged me into the middle of next week!

On that note - teenagers (13-16yo) who hang out at Hungry Jacks on a Thursday night, wandering around the car park like browns cows, miraculously not getting hit, smoking, making out, getting in everyone else's way - WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS???

[Phteven]

I have been known to use my out of control children as a weapon. On one occasion a bank teller refused to give me a statement for our business so I sat down with my children and rang DH while they went nuts. DH rang the bank manager who said 'are they your children tearing up my bank?' DH said 'yes, and they are staying there until you hand over the statement'
Two minutes later I was walking out the door with the statement *cue evil laugh*.

[phebee]

Oh this is a good thread! I am also a toilet freak. On my very first date with DH (which was also my very first date) I sat through a 2 hour movie absolutely BUSTING cause I had this fear of leaving my date alone for a bit, lol. I was in pain by the end. For the next 6-12 months whenever I was at his parents' house to see him I didn't go at all. I held. For hours! Lol I didn't accept many drinks back then, but I got over it after a while. When we visit them now I still don't like to poo there though and when I wee it's gotta be while everyone else is watching loud TV or at the other end of the house, lol.

I also HATE people standing too close behind me in a line or stopping randomly in front of me for no reason. I believe the 'keep left' driving rule should also apply for walking around pretty much any public space, especially shopping centres and stair cases.

Don't get me started on driving... I have a MILLION different traffic pet hates it's not funny.

I always try to park to the right hand side so I don't have to swing out to get a good turning circle. I never park next to 4 wheel drives if I can help it cause I can never see when reversing if I do!

I too am an even numbers person - except when it comes to footy tipping. For some reason I HAVE to make the first game margin an odd number.

If I'm on holidays I can't stay in PJs all day. Just feel gross and grotty, even if I had a shower. Yuck!

I'm sure there are heaps more but that's all for now. I could start a whole new thread about driving/traffic though.


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[Mak]

Oh dear, where to start....

Some familiar ones - also like my own loo. Hate other's standing too close and eating in public.

I also - like all the blinds either up or down.
Have to make the beds and clean up the sink/kitchen before I leave.
Hang matching stuff togther on the line- so socks etc
Need clean surfaces
Prefer to go to the loo on my own with the door shut

Uptight much?? Would you believe I am much better since I have had kids?? I no longer iron undies or have set cleaning tasks per day.....