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To ask if you have any weird quirks

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PenguinCuddler300 · 16/01/2018 21:51

I'm here publicly admitting (although with name change) that I'm 27, married and a mother of one and I like to sleep cuddling my jelly cat penguin my hubby bought me when I was 18 Blush

Anyone else a bit random?

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Tisgrand · 17/01/2018 01:34

As a PP said, I have to walk on the left of people. But its because if I walk on their right, I'll wobble into them. No idea why but it always happens.

I rub the end of my nose when I'm reading, I feel it helps me to concentrate.

LondonLassInTheCountry · 17/01/2018 01:42

I walk past a big mirror when i pee at night. Never thought about the murderer behind me :( Thank you Shock

AngeloMysterioso · 17/01/2018 01:48

I sleep with the bear I’ve had since I was 4, and the build a bear minion (Bob) DH bought me 2 and a half years ago. Bob is chief cuddle buddy as he is just the right size and shape, the bear is a bit flat after 28 years of me using his bum as an extra pillow!

Khaleesi0 · 17/01/2018 01:54

Another who does the same as @Glumglowworm thank god it's not just me!

Also have to put the tv/radio volume on an even number.

Can't think of anything else right now but I'll be back if I think of another!

AmaraSas · 17/01/2018 02:29

I wont drink the bottom half an inch of my coffee, regardless of the size of the cup

Ppl have tried giving me less coffee and even with expresso, i leave a proportionate amount in the bottom of the cup/mug/barrel

hodgeheg92 · 17/01/2018 03:12

My Teddy bear got removed from the bed when DH and I moved in together. Hearing all these stories of people who remained loyal to their stuffed friends makes me feel very guilty for abandoning mine so easily!

The butter/marge has to be level in the tub - no digging allowed!
My cutlery has to match - we have several sets of different ones and I can't eat if I don't have a knife and fork from the same set.

chocolatestrawberries · 17/01/2018 03:27

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LondonLassInTheCountry · 17/01/2018 04:09

Tv volume has to be on a even number.

Partner has bad OCD... So pressing windows, doors, checking and re checking handles and locks etc...

Alot of these on here arent quirks, they are OCD traits

TillyMint81 · 17/01/2018 11:31

I am a thumb sucker too. I'm 36 and when I'm really tired I do it without realising. I also run the bridge of my nose with the first finger of the thumb sucking hand.
I sleep with one ear plug in. I used to sleep with two in until the youngest came along. I couldn't use two with a small baby but couldn't manage without. Sometimes I forget they are in and I think I've gone deaf in one ear Blush
In bed, at night, if I think about the fact my legs are due a shave or my toenails are due a trim I can't leave it till the morning. I always try and I always fail, regardless of the hour.

lurkingnotlurking · 17/01/2018 11:37

I can't leave a jagged bit of toilet roll after I've pulled some off. I'll pick at it until there's a straight line. It embarrasses me to think that someone else will know I've been there and left it scruffy.

PenguinCuddler300 · 17/01/2018 13:43

I am loving all my fellow teddy cuddlers!

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PenguinCuddler300 · 17/01/2018 13:44

@AmaraSas I'm like that with juice bottles! I never drink the bottom of them ever!!

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CrashBangWollop · 17/01/2018 20:29

I'm sorry, but that made me giggle like a schoolgirl.

@Mimsy123 I know, I thought that as I wrote it because I nearly put "the top of his helmet" which is probably worse Grin

CrashBangWollop · 17/01/2018 20:41

hen I do this clucky clear my throat thing at the same time. I know it gross and annoying but it’s so satisfying. I dont know anyone else that does this and my husband finds it disgusting.

Slightly worried that you're my MIL.... Confused

PidgeonSpray · 17/01/2018 20:49

Most of mine revolve around little songs that I've made up. Whimsical i guess.

Wish I'd written them all down as I do forget them as go through phases

Exampes)

"I've got a poooop coming out the hooooop"

"Maaaaaake me'go to work... I don't wantttto, make me cut yo'hair.... I don't wanttttto"

"Ya ya... ya hurrrrrtttiiiiing"

DollyLlama · 17/01/2018 21:05

I count down in my head from 20 when I don’t want to move from bed / settee / go anywhere I can’t be bothered to.

Sometimes I’ll get to three and start back at 20 like I’m tricking myself.

It doesn’t help, I just ignore my countdown but it’s a weird habit I’ve got 😂

OlafLovesAnna · 17/01/2018 21:17

If asked for a pen I tap my cleavage (I wear scrubs at work and hook it in the neck hem).

If asked for keys or the time I tap my left hip then left boob (work uniform again).

If asked for scissors I tap my right bum cheek.

If I'm not at work it's very confusing for people!

SameWitches · 17/01/2018 21:20

I'm making a documentary. Usually it's about winning a huge amount on the lottery and although I'm glad and grateful I'm afraid it will ruin us, DH and I will divorce, the DC's will not be able to cope with the changes to private schools and won't fit in etc. I talk a lot about the charities I'm setting up (there are 2) and about the new cars and the potential houses we might buy- whether we leave London and live somewhere we can have rescue goats, chickens and a donkey etc. Otherwise it's about what's going on in my life and how I feel/ what I think about it, DD starting school, expecting second baby etc. I mouth it now instead of saying it out loud because once DH came home and could hear me talking, I'd have been MORTIFIED if he heard what I was doing.
The plus side to this is that I know if I ever do win the lottery I mustn't ever, ever be involved in a documentary about it because no matter how hard I try to be cool for my viewers I'm David Brent!

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 17/01/2018 21:23

I can't walk over 3 drains! That was a thing when I was a teenager and I'm the only one still doing it!!

Still take my bear to bed 😶

Can't sleep with my arms outside of the covers as worry something will touch them 😂

youvegottobekidding · 17/01/2018 21:25

I had a blankie when I was very small and have never outgrown the habit of snuggling something woollen/knitted at bedtime, it's been a scarf for the last several years. I'm coming up to 45 soon!!!

IcingSausage · 17/01/2018 21:27

I do weird writing in my head. I’ve done it for years and years.

I’ll isolate a random word or phrase from a conversation I’m having or something off tv (I’m doing it right now with the phrase ‘back of the net’ - DH is watching football), and then write it in my head but with each letter sort of, wrapped neatly around/affected by, the letter that precedes it. So the ‘b’ of ‘back’ is normal, the ‘a’ indents to fit around the curve of the b, the ‘c’ has a straight edge as it’s flattened against the ‘a’ and the ‘k’ is normal...

I’m so used to doing it now I can do it almost instantly.

Browntile · 17/01/2018 21:34

Still sleep with the teddy (barely recognisable as such) I was given my by grandma at birth - I'm 42, married with 3 children. My husband throws it out the bed before I get in every night 'for fun' ShockHmmGrin

Fluffiest · 17/01/2018 21:36

calmandbright I also have to imagine things to fall asleep, and I also imagine that I am trapped in a log cabin. But mine is in a snowstorm... And wolverine from X-men is there.

I have to tuck my pyjama legs into my socks, otherwise they ride up in the night and my ankles will get cold.

I have to pee before I go to bed, but I has to be the very last thing I do. So if I pee, brush my teeth and then go to bed, I will not feel right and have to go back to the bathroom and pee again. That's a fairly recent one and I don't know why I do it.

Bubblysqueak · 17/01/2018 21:37

Girliefriendlikesflowers I thought i was the only one who still did the stupid drain thing! 2 drains fine but 1is bad 3 is even worse!

GrumpyOldMare · 17/01/2018 21:44

I have to pee before I get into bed.
My pillows have got to be in a v shape,the bottom pillows have to be straight.
Washing up HAS to be done before I go to bed/go out.
Only one curtain closed in the lounge - the one over the back door,never the other one.
Rinsing my hair in the shower,I have to rinse the shampoo/conditioner off my hands before my hair.

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