OK, so I have some quirks — but isn’t it true we all do?
Have you ever been accused of being anal — as in anal retentive?
Perhaps you have what others may feel is an irritating habit. Or you
Perhaps your attention to detail is so meticulous that it borders on obsessive.
Do you have your medicine cabinet in perfect order, and they must stay that way always?
Do you play the role of “grammar police” — correcting someone who says “Me and him” for instance?
When shopping and you see a shirt that is an extra large in the space where the Mediums are, do you move it?
These are all examples of being anal retentive and folks, we all have our own.
Here are a couple of mine:
I tend to open a closet door or a drawer and when finished, I close it — almost. I always leave it open a crack. Why? No clue. Perhaps in the recesses of my mind I am giving my socks an opportunity to escape captivity.
Like my mother, I leave one bite each of whatever is on my plate to eat at the end. I strategically eat until there is one bite of chicken, one bite of mashed potatoes and one bite of corn. Then I eat it all together. Why? I give up.
When taking a plate out of the cabinet, I often take the smallest one I can as if that will alleviate some dishwashing.
So yes, I have my quirks.
But before you make fun of me — your quirks are probably worse, no doubt.
You probably arrange your bills in your wallet or purse by value.
After eating at a restaurant, you probably put all your dishes and napkins on one plate. You do this not because you are helping the server, you just hate a mess.
Your brain explodes when you hear every time I hear people say “jewlery” instead of “jewelry, or “chimeny” instead of “chimney.
You always gas up your car on Thursdays.
You have a system for everything even the amount of ice you put in your drink — two cubes — not one, not three … two.
All these things are what makes each of us unique and life interesting.
Yes, we are all a bit odd.
Of course, you’re crazier than I am.