OCD or plain bonkers!

I'm not OCD I just like things done in an organised manner, I like my washing put out in a certain way and most things in my life organised, I put it down to coming from a home that was always in chaos, until I was old enough to sort it out, my dad loved it my mum hated it, but was happy for me to do her housework so she didn't have to.

Gran EdI agree.

OK......I think I have to rephrase my original post to .....Bonkers but Happy!
Now I realise that in fact I do pin the socks on the line all happily marching in the same direction and my mug handles do face the same way and I definitely rearrange the dishwasher after OH has stacked it so illogically. My pants are folded and stacked in little piles of the same colour (never black and white sitting on top of each other) and pillow cases would never be in the same wash as socks (yuk!) whatever the colour.
So there you have it......I'm really quite normal .

Juggernaut, you made me laugh, I too used to match peg colours to the clothes....drove my family mad. Also if my husband or daughter hang washing on the line, they wait and have bets as to how long it will be before I go out and re-hang them, the way I THINK they should be. Same with if clothes are hung on the maiden to dry, I re-arrange them all too. OCD me.....NEVER x

NotAGran55
Oh dear!
Are we in trouble for straying too far off point?
I think we're all educated enough to know that we are talking about repetitive/habitual behaviour and not belittling those who have OCD.
Loosen up...we're just chatting, not having an earnest conference.

lemongrove

Oh! Im so sorry. I forgot to change threads. I hope it didn't offend anyone.

I have to say I do agree with NotAGran55 as none of these things are actually OCD and for people that do suffer with that terrible disorder I think they'd be quite happy to have the little foibles that most of us have.

I am another that hangs their laundry out in a certain way, I won't use the same colour pegs on one item, so everything is pegged up with non matching pegs. All the underwear is together and even if I have to put things to dry inside the house I still arrange them in a way that is the same each time.

My kitchen cupboards have all the tins rotated when I buy new things and the labels face the front and my herbs and spices are all arranged alphabetically.

To me it's just common sense!

Agreed, NotAGran

Dear NotAGran, it's a lighthearted thread. Not meant to be taken too seriously. Not meant to offend anyone with actual, diagnosed OCD.

None of this has ANYTHING to do with OCD . With respect please can I ask you all to do a little reading up on the subject and educate yourselves .

That makes me smile Juggernaut - I was once told by an Irish colleague that you must put your money in your purse so that the Queen's head is on display - so that 'fortune always smiles upon you.'

Has anyone ever thought of buying some really sexy undies and hanging them out on the line/whirlygig for all to see?
I don’t mean wearing them then washing them, just buy them to peg out for show.

Gabriella....put that on the Russian thread?

It's much quicker to wash dishes thsn hsve the faff of stacking them properly, waiting to fill the machine, arguing about the correct way to fill it and then waiting till the following day to empty and sort the contents back into cupboards. A waste of time and money in my book.

Uh-oh...just had a message saying that a Russian exile (a friend of the late Boris Berezovsky sp? who was found dead in his ex wife's bath) has been found dead at his home in London.

I consider myself to be just very slightly OCD. But Juggernaught I'm afraid I now realise I'm worse than I thought. Yes all tins in product groups, labels facing, spices by alphabet in a large wall rack. All dry goods decanted into tubs, labelled, stored in product groups. Washing definitely hung on line in groups, especially socks by pairs. Yes there is a strict routine at supermarket conveyor and again into the bags etc, etc. Can't bear towels in bathroom and kitchen to look squiffy. You can imagine what my wa4drobe is like

I separate whites and colours to keep the whites white. However, I hang the larger items closer to the pole on the rotary dryer, so that sun and air can reach more surfaces. Don't care if anyone sees my undies, on the line, of course.

I have a (very clean and tidy) friend who stopped her neighbour from mowing her lawn for her because the lines weren't straight enough. I said 'send her round to me, she can mow it in spirals as long as I don't have to do it! She didn't think it was funny!

I like things hung straight and taut on the line and tee shirts pegged at the armpit . Droopy washing leads to ironing! I'm not bothered about which order they go in or peg colours, though.

How do you find the time, stop sweating the little things and love life and all its richness more. Bizarre

I also like to stack the dishwasher in a certain way which seems very logical to me. DH however, will put things in ‘any old how’ even flat against each other so that water cannot circulate between them. I have tried to educate him pointing out the reason, but he either doesn’t listen or just completely ignores the explanation. He now refuses to put things in and leaves them all stacked on the counter above the machine! ? As a result of this outcome, I now bite my tongue when he hangs washing: socks by their tops; pants by the crutch; in any order all around the line and as for packing shopping - don’t go there ?

It's other homes with me. How can they not hang things straight ? And ornaments... oh dear... and flower arrangements... I sit there itching to rearrange them !!

I organise our Remembrance Day Service, and up until recently the village had two colours of chairs... red and black. Often people give me a hand to put them out.... but I always rearrange them afterwards to make sure the colours either side of the pathway match !

Hmmmm.... reading this, even I think I'm weird !!

Silverlining 47
You and me both. I am sure it takes longer for me to hang out my washing than it takes my machine to wash them . I also have a selection of pegs. One sort for towels another for tea towels etc. How

You’ve just described me to a tee, I’ve always done that it’s just easier for the ironing then as I do exactly the same then... sorry if I’m weird.

My house is chaotic but my washing line is Olympic Gold medal winning standard. Sometimes I just stare at my lovely work. I don't peg socks out though, I have one of those oval plastic hanger things (Lakeland Soft Grip Peg Smalls Dryer) where I peg the socks on, then hook it on the line.
Sadly my washing machine door lock is broke yesterday & it's a great drying day today...argh.....