What's your quirk?

JackiSto
JackiSto Posts: 56 Member
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Looking for a conversation that's something besides rating, voting, dating, or whatever else about the person above or below you. Instead, share a funny, interesting, or oddball quirk about yourself. People are fun(ny) and I love to hear their stories.

One of my quirks: it stresses me out to see something get broken, ruined, destroyed, etc., even if it's just in a cartoon.

:-D

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  • SimoneBee12
    SimoneBee12 Posts: 268 Member
    Great topic!

    I love sharing my knowledge. To an extreme extent.

    Haha, so in other words, I'm kind of a Know-It-All. People do not enjoy it, but I can't help it!
  • WuTanquerayClan
    WuTanquerayClan Posts: 132
    Whenever I am sitting in a building, I have to face the entrance. I will be extremly uncomfortable the entire time otherwise.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I love baths, to the point that I find it difficult to travel and spend the night in places that only have a shower. I don't mind staying in cheap dive motels to save money but I will usually call ahead and request a room with tub.

    Every morning of life, pretty much, I get up and take about a 40 minute soak in hot water (I also wash my face, hair, shave legs, etc, while in the tub) and I think it makes me a nicer, happier person.

    I can't even IMAGINE showering every day instead of a bath. I would be miserable. The only time I shower is if I do a full body scrub and want to rinse more fully and spray out the bath tub too. Or when I color my hair at home. I kind of feel like the shower stream is "attacking me" and I get a TINY BIT freaked out right before I turn it on, even... (I guess that could be considered a separate quirk)
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    Spilled water bothers me as much as anything else spilled.
  • EllieForAChange
    EllieForAChange Posts: 237
    I can't eat a whole piece of gum. I have to break it into bits before chewing the whole thing...
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    I cannot leave one cookie or cracker (or other food item) in a package. if there are two left but I only want one, I will either eat both or neither. Similarly, if I am pouring cereal into a bowl and I drop one Cheerio (or whatever) on the floor, I cannot throw just one Cheerio in the trash. I will have to drop another Cheerio to keep it company.

    If I am walking down the street and sort of scuff one foot on the sidewalk, I have to scuff the other one to be even. Likewise, if I am at the gym I have to be certain I do the same number of reps on both sides. Drives me crazy if I am in a class and the instructor leads us in more leg lifts on one side than the other, and I will have to make up the balance later.

    I cannot have the thermostat set on odd number temperatures. If my husband wants to annoy me, he well set the temp to 73 degrees, which is even worse, because it is a prime number.

    Listing these makes me look very OCD, but I am really not about most things.
  • Carly_2014
    Carly_2014 Posts: 37
    Whenever I am sitting in a building, I have to face the entrance. I will be extremly uncomfortable the entire time otherwise.

    Me too
  • ParamoreAddict
    ParamoreAddict Posts: 839 Member
    When I'm drinking out of a cup, I have to finish every drop. If there's still a little bit left, I have to finish it or else it doesn't feel right. Totally weird, right?
  • SilverLotusGirl
    SilverLotusGirl Posts: 537 Member
    I'm just weird
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Pretty much everything I do is a quirk...

    Volume has to be an even number or end in a 5 or 0. So 57 is out but 55 is ok.

    M&Ms must be eaten in a certain color order.

    99% of the time I have to eat all of one food before moving on to the next, ie eat all my veggies, then starch and then meat. And god forbid those items touch.

    Just a few examples.
  • Carly_2014
    Carly_2014 Posts: 37
    When I'm drinking out of a cup, I have to finish every drop. If there's still a little bit left, I have to finish it or else it doesn't feel right. Totally weird, right?

    Lol, oh you'd hate me- I always have to leave the last mouthful. Didn't even notice I did it until it was pointed out to me.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    If I am walking down the street and sort of scuff one foot on the sidewalk, I have to scuff the other one to be even.
    Oh wow - I do that too, never even thought about it until now!
  • Ms_Hiit
    Ms_Hiit Posts: 488
    99% of breakfasts I eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich...when I don't I can't stop thinking about them and feel like I am going to have a bad day...I usually wind up having to eat one at some point during the day to relax.

    When I fill up the car with gas the meter must end on a 0 or a 5.
  • wanna_b_there
    wanna_b_there Posts: 295 Member
    whenever I throw something out, I later find that I needed it.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    lol. most of these just sound like OCD traits. i always thought of myself as kind of quirky, but i guess not so much OCD about things. i think i'm pretty laid back. I'm much, much happier in a regular, predictable routine - but i'm also relatively adaptable.
  • willrun4bagels
    willrun4bagels Posts: 838 Member
    The volume on the car stereo, the TV, the thermostat, alarm clock, etc. must ALWAYS be an even number or end in 5. I've found myself doing this in other peoples cars when I ride as a passenger lol!

    I've been a vegetarian since I was little because I hate the TEXTURE of cooked meat. I can't even chew it.
  • EplusThree
    EplusThree Posts: 47 Member
    I have to talk during movies. I can't help it. It's not because I'm intentional about interrupting, it's because I will forget half the movie by the time it's over!

    Btw, super idea about this post :)
  • _Fenrir_
    _Fenrir_ Posts: 471
    i have an obsession with marks left on the skin.

    Ie if you sleep in a t-shirt, wake up in the morning and you have indented marks on your arms from where the fabric has scoosched up, i have to sit and feel the dents and ridges, if i don't, i get similar feelings to nicotine withdrawal.

    And the above, i have never told ANYONE before!
  • KBjimAZ
    KBjimAZ Posts: 369 Member
    I cannot leave one cookie or cracker (or other food item) in a package. if there are two left but I only want one, I will either eat both or neither. Similarly, if I am pouring cereal into a bowl and I drop one Cheerio (or whatever) on the floor, I cannot throw just one Cheerio in the trash. I will have to drop another Cheerio to keep it company.

    If I am walking down the street and sort of scuff one foot on the sidewalk, I have to scuff the other one to be even. Likewise, if I am at the gym I have to be certain I do the same number of reps on both sides. Drives me crazy if I am in a class and the instructor leads us in more leg lifts on one side than the other, and I will have to make up the balance later.

    I cannot have the thermostat set on odd number temperatures. If my husband wants to annoy me, he well set the temp to 73 degrees, which is even worse, because it is a prime number.

    Listing these makes me look very OCD, but I am really not about most things.

    This

    And add the fact that I am a counter. If there is nothing else to keep my mind busy, then I count. Anything and everything, I count it. If I can't find something to count, then I just do math in my head.

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