Fussy folks. The everyday things that make us insane.

QueenofQueens · 12-09-2009, 02:04 AM

I just needed to carve a little confessional booth...dig a little hole in the ground behind the house...have some little niche where I can put these things. I thought it might benefit others who, like me, live a life rife with tiny torments.

Here's one:

I hate it when the ends of my sleeves get wet when I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt. IT FUCKING DRIVES ME NUTS.
When this horrible thing happens, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and change my shirt. Elsewise, I might spin aimlessly in a circle clawing at the offensively moistened cuffs, as if I'd been doused with flames.

Thanks for letting me share.

Gemme · 12-09-2009, 03:03 AM

I agree. Moistened sleeves irritate me endlessly too.

However, today it was the teeny bits of lint and dust on my dark green work shirt and black pants that got my and nearly made me fall down as I twisted and turned with my hand held lint roller.

I was not amused.

Selenay · 12-09-2009, 03:58 AM

I am less obsessively concerned about wet sleeves as I am about wet pant legs.

I have been known to wear bermudas in November rain so I will not have to face them.

NJFemmie · 12-09-2009, 05:07 AM

Wet sleeves/pant legs definitely drive me crazy.

I have a compulsion to make shiny things shiny. It drives me nuts when they're not... for example - faucets. (But it's not limited to faucets). If it was meant to shine, it NEEDS to shine.

I don't know what I was thinking when we got the LG Shine cellphones.

NJFemmie · 12-09-2009, 06:38 AM

Speaking of wet pant cuffs - the rain here has reached biblical proportions - so guess who took off her shoes and has her feeties by the space heater at work???

I think I need to invest in a pair of those fisherman boots.

I feel like one of these ---->

christie · 12-09-2009, 07:26 AM

My food touching on a plate... drives me nuts. Call us the House of Many Tiny Bowls... so much for Chef Jess' lovely creations... "composed" if you would... nope... not happenin... not on my plate.

NJFemmie · 12-09-2009, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christie0918

My food touching on a plate... drives me nuts. Call us the House of Many Tiny Bowls... so much for Chef Jess' lovely creations... "composed" if you would... nope... not happenin... not on my plate.

I may have an extremely "mild" case of this ... I particularly don't like sauces or gravies touching my other food unless I put it there or mix it myself.

I do have a meat on the bone disorder (with the exception of spare ribs). I cannot eat meat off of a bone (I have to yank, cut or tear it off). Mare is a bone eater, so it works out well in our house.

For some reason, I can eat the meat off of a spare rib. Go figure.

TeaPartyTart · 12-09-2009, 07:42 AM

Waiting or making people wait.

For instance, if I'm going through a toll booth, I have my money ready (exact change) so when it's my turn, it's a smooth transaction.

I HATE it when people pull up, dig in their purse or wallet or fish around for money. They know the toll is approaching yet they stop and make the entire line of people wait. The irriation octive increases when it's the "Exact change" lane and there are no attendants.

The same thing when we order delivery food. I get the total and have the money ready by the door when the buzzer rings.

Is it sad that I can feel irritated just typing this? Arghhh

SuperFemme · 12-09-2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QueenofQueens

I just needed to carve a little confessional booth...dig a little hole in the ground behind the house...have some little niche where I can put these things. I thought it might benefit others who, like me, live a life rife with tiny torments.

Here's one:

I hate it when the ends of my sleeves get wet when I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt. IT FUCKING DRIVES ME NUTS.
When this horrible thing happens, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and change my shirt. Elsewise, I might spin aimlessly in a circle clawing at the offensively moistened cuffs, as if I'd been doused with flames.

Thanks for letting me share.

OMG! I hate that too. I suffer MCS (moist cuff syndrome) and it usually strikes when I am in the kitchen or brushing my teeth. Don't even get me started on my ill fitting pants! When it rains and I have MCS and MSS (moist sock syndrome) I may or may not blow dry my arms and legs.

I also get very stressed after meals (usually the ones that include greens of some sort) because in my mind this might be happening.

and I run my tongue across my teeth until it is bleeding if there is no mirror around. If I am with someone who revels in my freakishness I may ask...do I have something in my teeth?

Phew! I feel better already.

Apocalipstic · 12-09-2009, 09:18 AM

I hate moist sock syndrome to the point that unless snow is deep enough to cover my shoes, I will not wear socks.

The sleeve thing has forced me to own lots of 3/4 lenth sleeves.

NJFemmie · 12-09-2009, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

I hate moist sock syndrome to the point that unless snow is deep enough to cover my shoes, I will not wear socks.

The sleeve thing has forced me to own lots of 3/4 lenth sleeves.

I can't STAND 3/4 length sleeves. lol ... I'd rather roll up my sleeves and take a chance than wear clothing that looks like it shrunk only in the arms.

Lynn · 12-09-2009, 09:29 AM

Pantyhose or tights with a sagging crotch are unacceptable. I can't wear them, no matter what.

Wearing wool is very difficult--it itches, feels weird, and just skeeves me out. I might wear cashmere (were I to have any cashmere...), but only with something underneath to buffer me from the itchiness which, apparently, only I experience. I absolutely cannot wear any kind of wool if it gets wet. I have a wool dress coat that I wear with the sleeves rolled up so I can't feel the wool on my wrists. I have to wear gloves, too, so I can't feel the wool on my hands when I touch the coat. I'm getting chills just thinking about it.

Apocalipstic · 12-09-2009, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynn

Pantyhose or tights with a sagging crotch are unacceptable. I can't wear them, no matter what.

Wearing wool is very difficult--it itches, feels weird, and just skeeves me out. I might wear cashmere (were I to have any cashmere...), but only with something underneath to buffer me from the itchiness which, apparently, only I experience. I absolutely cannot wear any kind of wool if it gets wet. I have a wool dress coat that I wear with the sleeves rolled up so I can't feel the wool on my wrists. I have to wear gloves, too, so I can't feel the wool on my hands when I touch the coat. I'm getting chills just thinking about it.

I am allergic to wool, makes winter difficult.

Andrew, Jr. · 12-09-2009, 09:40 AM

I have ocd very badly. I no longer can wear long sleeved shirts because of it. When I was wearing l/s, if I got anything on the cuffs, I would have to roll them up. And if they got wet, it freaked me out. I would change shirts. I could change shirts 2-3 times a day.

If I get anything on my sportshirt or even my undershirt, off it goes. Laundry is done every single day in my house. That is just how bad my ocd is.

Other things I do...

*I count

*I check and recheck doors, stove & oven, coffee maker, car door locks, car windows

*Saying someone's name in a certain order and 3x's...everything is done in 3's

*I very rarely wear socks. Socks are just one more thing to bother me.

Apocalipstic · 12-09-2009, 10:16 AM

OK back to socks.

Where do they come from...the little mounds of them everywhere? Behind the couch, under the bed, in the bathroom corner, in a cabinet????????????? How do they get there?

Where do they go? I have long suspected a link between missing socks and the Bermuda Triangle, Jimmy Hoffa and the Polar Ice Cap. I wonder if when the ice cap melts, a huge sea of lost socks will emerge.

*hrummph*

SuperFemme · 12-09-2009, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

OK back to socks.

Where do they come from...the little mounds of them everywhere? Behind the couch, under the bed, in the bathroom corner, in a cabinet????????????? How do they get there?

Where do they go? I have long suspected a link between missing socks and the Bermuda Triangle, Jimmy Hoffa and the Polar Ice Cap. I wonder if when the ice cap melts, a huge sea of lost socks will emerge.

*hrummph*

I think there is a Sock Monster (much in the same manner of the Tooth Fairy) that lives in my dryer. It gobbles up my socks but doesn't find matching pairs tasty.

I also have three mini sock monsters with a total of twelve legs. They like to grab and run to the backyard, kennel or under the couch with the prize.

christie · 12-09-2009, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

OK back to socks.

Where do they come from...the little mounds of them everywhere? Behind the couch, under the bed, in the bathroom corner, in a cabinet????????????? How do they get there?

Where do they go? I have long suspected a link between missing socks and the Bermuda Triangle, Jimmy Hoffa and the Polar Ice Cap. I wonder if when the ice cap melts, a huge sea of lost socks will emerge.

*hrummph*

I often think that MIA socks are reincarnated in plastic clothes hangers. Seems like the more missing socks, the more hangers we have...

Kinda like "Everytime you hear bells ring, an angel gets its wings"...

Isadora · 12-09-2009, 10:39 AM

Drives me nuts: alot there is NO such word. A lot. A lot. A lot. Now write it five million times on the chalkboard.

Sock: non-consensual foot bondage...hate them. I wear them only when I deem it necessary. "You are cold, put on some damn socks." NO! Drives people crazy, a lot.

Apocalipstic · 12-09-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperFemme

I think there is a Sock Monster (much in the same manner of the Tooth Fairy) that lives in my dryer. It gobbles up my socks but doesn't find matching pairs tasty.

I also have three mini sock monsters with a total of twelve legs. They like to grab and run to the backyard, kennel or under the couch with the prize.

I have long suspected mini sock monsters, however I have never actually seen them with a sock. Maybe while I am sleeping?

Quote:

Originally Posted by christie0918

I often think that MIA socks are reincarnated in plastic clothes hangers. Seems like the more missing socks, the more hangers we have...

Kinda like "Everytime you hear bells ring, an angel gets its wings"...

Indeed.....hmmmm....maybe ours turn into tumbleweeds of animal hair? *ponders*

Diva · 12-09-2009, 10:42 AM

I, too, have a Sock Monster.

Her name is Lucy. I have seen her climb into a sock~wearing visitor's suitcase and run off with one of their socks in seconds. She has it down to a science!

She has a basket of socks, and occasionally, she will bring me one to play tug-of-war with and such fond memories are evoked......"Oh Boo! It's your Unkie Dylan's sock when he came to paint the girl room 2 years ago!"

It's a fun game.

Wait.
What was the subject of this thread again?

12-09-2009, 02:04 AM	#1
QueenofQueens Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Seerauber, Centaurita Bonita, QoQonut, Volupté Suprême Preferred Pronoun?: Lux, Ms. Lisbon if you're nasty. Relationship Status: Left of Centaur and blissfully betrothed. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Happily swooning by the big, blue sea. Posts: 171 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 50 Thanked 375 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 0	Fussy folks. The everyday things that make us insane. I just needed to carve a little confessional booth...dig a little hole in the ground behind the house...have some little niche where I can put these things. I thought it might benefit others who, like me, live a life rife with tiny torments. Here's one: I hate it when the ends of my sleeves get wet when I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt. IT FUCKING DRIVES ME NUTS. When this horrible thing happens, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and change my shirt. Elsewise, I might spin aimlessly in a circle clawing at the offensively moistened cuffs, as if I'd been doused with flames. Thanks for letting me share.

12-09-2009, 03:03 AM	#2
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,631 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,498 Thanked 107,972 Times in 25,664 Posts Rep Power: 21474888	I agree. Moistened sleeves irritate me endlessly too. However, today it was the teeny bits of lint and dust on my dark green work shirt and black pants that got my and nearly made me fall down as I twisted and turned with my hand held lint roller. I was not amused. __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

12-09-2009, 03:58 AM	#3
Selenay Member How Do You Identify?: A soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings. Preferred Pronoun?: All I ask of living is to have no chains on me. Relationship Status: All I own are the strides I spend to the finish line. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Somewhere in between here and gone. Posts: 662 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 110 Thanked 1,447 Times in 369 Posts Rep Power: 6344715	I am less obsessively concerned about wet sleeves as I am about wet pant legs. I have been known to wear bermudas in November rain so I will not have to face them. __________________ Two or three things I know for sure, And one is that I would rather go naked Than wear the coat the world has made for me.

12-09-2009, 05:07 AM	#4
NJFemmie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: The original lime-twisted femme Preferred Pronoun?: I answer to most things, especially lesbian. Relationship Status: Still loving my Mare ;) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,683 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 11,420 Times in 2,976 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Wet sleeves/pant legs definitely drive me crazy. I have a compulsion to make shiny things shiny. It drives me nuts when they're not... for example - faucets. (But it's not limited to faucets). If it was meant to shine, it NEEDS to shine. I don't know what I was thinking when we got the LG Shine cellphones. __________________

12-09-2009, 06:38 AM	#5
NJFemmie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: The original lime-twisted femme Preferred Pronoun?: I answer to most things, especially lesbian. Relationship Status: Still loving my Mare ;) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,683 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 11,420 Times in 2,976 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Speaking of wet pant cuffs - the rain here has reached biblical proportions - so guess who took off her shoes and has her feeties by the space heater at work??? I think I need to invest in a pair of those fisherman boots. I feel like one of these ----> __________________

12-09-2009, 07:26 AM	#6
christie Member How Do You Identify?: A Force with which to be reckoned Preferred Pronoun?: just be nice... Relationship Status: I call her Mine Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Transplanted to the PNW Posts: 1,246 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,552 Thanked 2,476 Times in 706 Posts Rep Power: 14753262	My food touching on a plate... drives me nuts. Call us the House of Many Tiny Bowls... so much for Chef Jess' lovely creations... "composed" if you would... nope... not happenin... not on my plate.

12-09-2009, 07:42 AM	#8
TeaPartyTart Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: I think "cupcake" has a nice ring to it Relationship Status: shackin' up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 65 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13 Thanked 40 Times in 20 Posts Rep Power: 185	Waiting or making people wait. For instance, if I'm going through a toll booth, I have my money ready (exact change) so when it's my turn, it's a smooth transaction. I HATE it when people pull up, dig in their purse or wallet or fish around for money. They know the toll is approaching yet they stop and make the entire line of people wait. The irriation octive increases when it's the "Exact change" lane and there are no attendants. The same thing when we order delivery food. I get the total and have the money ready by the door when the buzzer rings. Is it sad that I can feel irritated just typing this? Arghhh

12-09-2009, 09:18 AM	#10
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,362 Times in 2,838 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I hate moist sock syndrome to the point that unless snow is deep enough to cover my shoes, I will not wear socks. The sleeve thing has forced me to own lots of 3/4 lenth sleeves. __________________

12-09-2009, 09:29 AM	#12
Lynn Member How Do You Identify?: Unabashed Feminine Lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: Her, She Relationship Status: Married! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 689 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,499 Thanked 2,413 Times in 504 Posts Rep Power: 9668975	Pantyhose or tights with a sagging crotch are unacceptable. I can't wear them, no matter what. Wearing wool is very difficult--it itches, feels weird, and just skeeves me out. I might wear cashmere (were I to have any cashmere...), but only with something underneath to buffer me from the itchiness which, apparently, only I experience. I absolutely cannot wear any kind of wool if it gets wet. I have a wool dress coat that I wear with the sleeves rolled up so I can't feel the wool on my wrists. I have to wear gloves, too, so I can't feel the wool on my hands when I touch the coat. I'm getting chills just thinking about it. __________________ In the flush of love's light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. Maya Angelou Wedding Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=22b092b98c

12-09-2009, 09:40 AM	#14
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	I have ocd very badly. I no longer can wear long sleeved shirts because of it. When I was wearing l/s, if I got anything on the cuffs, I would have to roll them up. And if they got wet, it freaked me out. I would change shirts. I could change shirts 2-3 times a day. If I get anything on my sportshirt or even my undershirt, off it goes. Laundry is done every single day in my house. That is just how bad my ocd is. Other things I do... I count I check and recheck doors, stove & oven, coffee maker, car door locks, car windows Saying someone's name in a certain order and 3x's...everything is done in 3's I very rarely wear socks. Socks are just one more thing to bother me.

12-09-2009, 10:16 AM	#15
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,362 Times in 2,838 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	OK back to socks. Where do they come from...the little mounds of them everywhere? Behind the couch, under the bed, in the bathroom corner, in a cabinet????????????? How do they get there? Where do they go? I have long suspected a link between missing socks and the Bermuda Triangle, Jimmy Hoffa and the Polar Ice Cap. I wonder if when the ice cap melts, a huge sea of lost socks will emerge. hrummph __________________

12-09-2009, 10:39 AM	#18
Isadora Member How Do You Identify?: Momma, Ma'am Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Relationship Status: I am in love. Truly Madly Deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California Posts: 997 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 502 Thanked 2,126 Times in 559 Posts Rep Power: 2369288	A LOT Drives me nuts: alot there is NO such word. A lot. A lot. A lot. Now write it five million times on the chalkboard. Sock: non-consensual foot bondage...hate them. I wear them only when I deem it necessary. "You are cold, put on some damn socks." NO! Drives people crazy, a lot. __________________ "I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like." Margaret Mead Read me! www.leatherati.com

12-09-2009, 10:42 AM	#20
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	I, too, have a Sock Monster. Her name is Lucy. I have seen her climb into a sock~wearing visitor's suitcase and run off with one of their socks in seconds. She has it down to a science! She has a basket of socks, and occasionally, she will bring me one to play tug-of-war with and such fond memories are evoked......"Oh Boo! It's your Unkie Dylan's sock when he came to paint the girl room 2 years ago!" It's a fun game. Wait. What was the subject of this thread again?