What are your weird personal rules?

[Biffbaff]

I have a personal rule, and I don't know where it came from, but it's: No outside things can touch the inside of the bed.

For example, if I want to put a bag on the bed, I would put it on top of the duvet. Absolutely no way in hell could I put it on the bottom sheet, or if the duvet was rucked up or folded over on the inside of the duvet. It makes me on edge just thinking about it.

Please share your weird personal rules (lighthearted + no judgement here)!

I never set an alarm for a time that's a round number. For instance, they must be set for 6.32, 7.47, etc.

I know I have a few but the only ones that I can think of are, eggs have to have their weight evenly distributed in the carton when a few have been removed.
And I can not wear mix matched underwear EVER

Oh and only tea in the afternoon, but tea or coffee in the morning

Black ink only never blue
Wardrobe is sorted by item type and length of sleeve, going right to left getting longer.
Books are sorted in size order for children and topic, size and colour for adults
All word documents must be in times new roman unless it is for my pupils then is primary comic sans.
I have a few others but I can't think of them right now

Having a fry up breakfast in a hotel or cafe, I cannot BEAR it if the fried egg is touched by the baked beans sauce.

Spreading butter onto bread or toast, the butter MUST come right to the very ends of all four edges. So I hate it when a cafe cook butters the toast as it ends a good centimetre from the edge.

I cannot stand curtains on windows. My entire house is fitted with roller blinds.

If a cup or plate is chipped, it goes straight in the bin.

I hate people wiping their hands on the tea-towel instead of on the hand towel provided, which hangs next to it.

@HectorGloop

I have to put my left shoe on first. Just thinking about putting my right one on first makes my toes curl.

Me too! And my left sock! And I put my left leg into my trousers first!

I can’t eat or drink anything if the crockery is dark coloured.

Always check for cats before using the washing machine (I don't have a cat).
Never take the top biscuit in a packet (because they are fucking mouldy).

@Aneley

Have to eat gummy bears in pairs, matching colours. If they're mismatched not eaten in pairs - they'll be left out/alone :)

Nothing external touches the bed. Especially not DDs bed.

No socks in bed. Ever.

Yes, and eat them headfirst because that's more humane.

I also do the volumes on certain numbers.
8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32 all fine

And I don't finish drinks. Pachamama

Hangers have to all hang the same way as do the clothes on them.

My DH can't watch telly unless the volume is on an even number. Absolutely no other OCD traits whatsoever!

My television and car CD player must always have the volume set to a multiple of three. Twelve, 15 or 18: fine. Fourteen, 17 or 20: unlistenable.

I have most of these plus I can't stop a song halfway through -
I have to wait til it's finished to show respect! Also can't bare hair on the soles of my feet so I never walk barefoot even in my own home.

I'm part of the hot drinks in mugs/cold drinks in glasses team.

And, unlike my children, I cannot and will not use a device with a cracked screen. It makes me uneasy. The screen repair man in my town loves me

I cannot abide by plug sockets being switched on when there's nothing plugged into them! It just feels leaky. I have to turn them off, wherever I am (other people's houses, any public places, the GP waiting room.....)

Volumes on an even number is just good sense.

I don't like it when anyone messes with my placement of things, such as photos, cookbooks, vases on display etc.

So many ..

Washing, pegged out in sections by person, and within the section it has an order. All pants and socks at the end. Matching pegs.

I hate cold drinks out of beakers. Tea cups come in pairs - not necessarily matching, but twos that get used together. When DH mixes them up I have a coffee to get them back right.

If you have a cooked lunch, it's scrambled eggs or marmite toast for tea

Cloths for the bathroom are blue (b for blue, b for bathroom) No blue cloths anywhere else.

Flannels, towels, baby vests are all white

I have to do a weird origami that involves folding a crisp bag into a triangle so the crumbs don’t escape

Dishes above eye level must be checked for spiders on the way down to the counter. Because I was startled by a rogue spider in a dish...ONCE...over 30 years ago.

Strawberry jam is for afternoons only. I cannot eat it at breakfast.
My afternoon cuppa must be accompanied by a biscuit or cake (if anything!). My evening cuppa needs some chocolate. Can't switch them around

@AppleSouffle

I have to use bag clips which match the food packaging e.g. yellow for pasta, green for frozen peas, blue for oven chips (blue bag). The washing must be hung in groups of items for each person. If DH mixes it up when hanging it I can’t look. I can’t eat certain foods made if by other people, especially porridge, even though I really like them when I’ve cooked them.

* 'I have to use bag clips which match the food packaging e.g. yellow for pasta, green for frozen peas, blue for oven chips (blue bag).'*

Me too!

I couldn’t eat a takeaway Monday to Thursday.
I have to put my make up on before blow drying my hair.

@SoMuchForSummerLove

The volume on the TV must be set to a prime number. I feel like odd numbers don't get the love and appreciation they deserve

Just know, that somewhere, a complete stranger's heart beats as one with yours on this matter. I may be making this declaration for a friend.

I can't stand hot feet - they're always popped out of my covers at night.

I'm always last to get on an aeroplane (Or I try to be, obvs sometimes its out of my control!) but not in a wanker way, im just at the back of the queue.

Haha @Janedownourlane I’m the opposite - I have to get every last one in the pan, so they don’t feel like they’ve been left out!

@Mellonsprite

The washing must be hung out with matching pegs, and pegs the same colour of the item, or a colour that contrast nicely. So odd pegs on 1 item or a pink T-shirt with red pegs would be a complete no-no.

My late OH was like this, I bought new pegs when I was out without him and he wanted me to take them back becuase they were a different colour from the old ones!