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What do you do that you think is normal but others think is weird?

127 replies

ymemanresu · 05/05/2023 11:14

I write notes to myself on my left hand like 'to dos' abbreviated. Eg 'chem' for chemist.,

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TheYearOfSmallThings · 05/05/2023 14:14

I put peanut butter on everything. I am banned from eating peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches at work - also peanut butter and celery sandwiches, peanut butter and olive sandwiches, peanut butter and carrot sandwiches...

Susurrar · 05/05/2023 14:16

I drink everything from a cup - juice, water, fizzy drinks, not just tea and coffee like normal people. I have to remind myself not to do it in public settings.

I also like cereal served in a large cup, not in a bowl.

I am also a lucid dreamer and I absolutely love it.

UnDruidlyWords · 05/05/2023 14:22

MaMisled · 05/05/2023 13:37

DH, dogs and I sneak into dense, local woodland with a tent, cook on a campfire then snuggle up to sleep at about 9pm. We're around 60 years old.

That sounds lovely 😀

UnDruidlyWords · 05/05/2023 14:25

Every meal, I manage to portion each fork or spoonful just right so there is the same sized mouthful each time.

Tiredmum100 · 05/05/2023 14:44

ComtesseDeSpair · 05/05/2023 11:33

We hang wet laundry on the clothes horse in an order based on how much we like each item and things we don’t like as much can’t go next to our favourite items. I’ve always had this foible whereas I think DH only absorbed it through living with me. It gives me a bit of a twitch if I watch somebody hanging their laundry any old way, but they’re usually baffled at the concept of having a special order.

I think I do this, but hadn't realised I do until now! My favourite stuff always goes in the best drying spot.

Tiredmum100 · 05/05/2023 14:51

Spidey66 · 05/05/2023 13:48

When I’m eating a meal, I leave my favourite part till last. Like if I’m eating roast beef, I’ll eat the meat and veg before the roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding.

I do this too!

mondaytosunday · 05/05/2023 14:51

No @nicslackey it's not weird - my father spent his childhood in India and when my mother started making curry he said it was normal (and we also had red onion and grated coconut as sides).

slowquickstep · 05/05/2023 15:38

nicslackey · 05/05/2023 11:29

Slice bananas on my curry. I am advised this is disgusting

A very nice restaurant in our area does the most delicious pork and banana curry.

Precipice · 05/05/2023 16:04

I've been told by one relative that it's odd that when I have a basket of shopping and I'm laying it out on the conveyer belt at a till, I lift up the basket and hold it propped up, between the outside plastic of the till/belt area and my own hip. This makes it much more comfortable to transfer the items and is also quicker, but apparently I should be placing it on the floor and bending down all the time instead.

UnDruidlyWords · 05/05/2023 16:19

Precipice, you're not the odd one here!

dizzydizzydizzy · 05/05/2023 16:29

I'm autistic so I think others think most of what I do is weird.

I don't drive. (Find it too scary).
I have the same breakfast and lunch every day
I enjoy flicking myself with an elastic band
I like Lego (some people think that's great)

whirlyhead · 05/05/2023 16:33

I also upend my basket at the checkout and tip the contents onto the conveyer belt.

So far I haven’t broken any eggs.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 05/05/2023 16:47

Many of the (not really) inanimate objects in my household have personalities, and are addressed as Mr. : as in ‘ Mr Soup Spoon ‘ ; not all of them though, and I’m not sure how they qualify. ( None of them are ‘ Mrs ‘ though, now I think about it, and that really is odd, for do where the teaspoons come from if there are no females?) .

The combi microwave is above all of these, though , and has a proper name which is always used in the third person as well as the second (unlike the Karcher vacuum cleaner, whom I just think of as ‘that bastard’).

whatcanidotobelieve · 05/05/2023 16:49

I count everything. So if I'm running the tap I will count for how long it's on for. I'm mentally counting everything all the time. I don't know I'm doing it half the time, but when I realise I'm doing it I feel mentally exhausted...

Not sure if that makes sense? Does anyone else do this?

TheNecessaryWoman · 05/05/2023 16:51

When I'm out walking my dog, over hill and down dale, if it's raining I use a large umbrella, if it's sunny I use a large umbrella. I rarely see other walkers using umbrellas if it's raining and I never see other walkers using umbrellas/parasols if it's sunny. It just seems sensible to me. I've been to China and everyone uses a parasol there to protect from the sun, in fact I bought mine there.

TheNecessaryWoman · 05/05/2023 16:52

whatcanidotobelieve · 05/05/2023 16:49

I count everything. So if I'm running the tap I will count for how long it's on for. I'm mentally counting everything all the time. I don't know I'm doing it half the time, but when I realise I'm doing it I feel mentally exhausted...

Not sure if that makes sense? Does anyone else do this?

Yes I do that all the time and have done since I was a child.

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 05/05/2023 16:54

HoldingTheDoor · 05/05/2023 11:21

I eat burgers in layers.

Same here! I went to a nice Italian restaurant the other week and had to cut my burger with my knife and fork and eat it that way cos I didn't want to show myself up by eating it layer by layer

beeskipa · 05/05/2023 16:56

whirlyhead · 05/05/2023 16:33

I also upend my basket at the checkout and tip the contents onto the conveyer belt.

So far I haven’t broken any eggs.

This has shaken me to my core. Can't decide if you're a devil-may-care genius or a monster.

GeraltsBathtub · 05/05/2023 16:57

HoldingTheDoor · 05/05/2023 11:34

I have to arrange the eggs in the egg box in a symmetrical pattern.

I walk up and down when I'm excited.

I bounce when I’m excited 😆

beeskipa · 05/05/2023 16:57

whatcanidotobelieve · 05/05/2023 16:49

I count everything. So if I'm running the tap I will count for how long it's on for. I'm mentally counting everything all the time. I don't know I'm doing it half the time, but when I realise I'm doing it I feel mentally exhausted...

Not sure if that makes sense? Does anyone else do this?

Not to diagnose over someone the internet, but that sounds very much like a symptom of OCD (I do it too, and I have OCD).

SisterAgatha · 05/05/2023 16:57

Weetabix made with water not milk (grew up v poor, we rarely had milk!)

SisterAgatha · 05/05/2023 17:00

Tiredmum100 · 05/05/2023 14:51

I do this too!

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Yes and me. I sometimes have to decide between what my last bite should be. Apparently it’s a sign of a delayed gratification nature. People who prefer instant gratification eat their best bit first!

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 05/05/2023 17:00

DRS1970 · 05/05/2023 12:48

I have conversations with my cats. That's normal right...

Totally normal

beeskipa · 05/05/2023 17:02

Eating tuna mayo with strawberries (and spring onions, but that's not weird) in.

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 05/05/2023 17:07

TheYearOfSmallThings · 05/05/2023 14:14

I put peanut butter on everything. I am banned from eating peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches at work - also peanut butter and celery sandwiches, peanut butter and olive sandwiches, peanut butter and carrot sandwiches...

Try peanut butter, cheese and Branson pickle. Its amazing.