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)!

@Blackopal

pinkdohnut out of interest what would happen if you had the bottom slice of toast in your hand and then were interrupted? If you had put it back on the plate and didn't know which was bottom slice, would you be ok or have to remake it?

If I had 2 slices of toast & had started 1 slice, I'd have started eating from the bottom of that slice so making my way up to the top of the slice where the top crust is so it would be very easy to see what is the bottom as I'd have eated it & the top half of the slice would still be there!

When I worked in a newsagent I used to move the top paper to about third in the pile whenever the shop was empty

@SwimBaby

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

That's normal isn't it??

Keys have to be in my hand as I leave the house. Even if DH is with me and says he has his - in that case I will have mine in my pocket and put my hand on them in case he thinks I am mad.

@HectorGloop

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

I'm the same, and also with trousers or leggings. If I put the right one in first I feel like I'm tripping over when I move fo the left 😂

Tea towels are not for wiping any floors or surfaces.

Yes this one! I was HORRIFIED when my friend was round and spilled red wine and before I could say anything grabbed my tea towel, mopped it up and threw it on the side??! This was years ago and I still think about it

Omg it's taken me a while to catch up but I am glad I did. Special mentions for the no egg/chicken on the same plate - very thoughtful - and the royal mail van one! I've never heard of that.

Even if our rules disagree I think you're all geniuses.

Does anyone else say "thank you" to lifts and cash machines? I try not to, but the best I can manage is to only thank them quietly under my breath.
I am also compelled to say "bless you" whenever I hear a sneeze. Even in public. Even if it's a stranger. Even if I can't see who's sneezing. If the sneeze is repeated, I say "bless you again", and a third sneeze gets "bless you once more". I do not bless fourth or subsequent sneezes.

I use Gmail in my web browser and it has to be the first tab or else I feel all off.
Also, things like tables need to be straight/at right angles or else it's like fingernails down a blackboard. DH frequently puts his feet on the coffee table and pushes one end out and it really bugs me. I've also been known to make people pick their drinks up in the pub while I straighten the table.
Also the toilet roll has to hang over, not under.

This thread is very reassuring
I have a couple of the ones already listed. Every morning I turn down the quilt to air the bed, open the window and shut the door so the cat can't lie on the inside part of the bed. 2 or 3 hours later is fine once the bed is made and the window closed.
I always save my favourite food on the plate until last (so veg first, meat last). This probably contributed to weight problems in later life as it means I always clear my plate
I can't relax and watch tv if the doors to other rooms leading off the lounge are open.
I can't sleep unless the curtains are fully closed and like them properly open in the morning.
My Dh explains that we're all on the spectrum - then looks at me before adding - some are further along it than others...

SausageCrush you are my weird personal rules twin!

I have a coffee mug for each season. They can never be used interchangeably, so no drinking from the Snowman mug in July.

At the end of every YouTube exercise video I always say “ Thank you” to the teacher even when the video is 5 years old

My cats are fed their dinner in order, senior to youngest cat. They understand the rule and line up accordingly

I am in a relationship with a certain ancient oak tree. I greet it affectionately ever time I pass by.

@kiksta

I also don't finish a cup of tea. No idea why. Any other drink will be finished but a cuppa, I have to leave a drop in the bottom

I used to be the same but now force myself to finish it. I think it dates back to loose tea leaves being in the bottom of the cup/mug.

If a clock is a few minutes fast or the battery dies I have to reset it going clockwise only,even if it is only fast by a couple of minutes.

Each time we go out, we take shower as soon as we enter home. Each of us. Was this way pre-pandemic too. Always. And all cloths go to the laundry basket to be washed. Including underwear.

@littlelove84

Never take the top biscuit, or first slice of bread (the one after the crust).

I do this too!! 🤣

I can’t drink coffee unless the inside of the mug is black. It just tastes different. Yes I know it sounds bonkers.

Anything I use in the bathroom I have to put straight in the bin

Always read a magazine from back to front!

Milk in tea first

I was married to a soldier and such luxuries can’t exist when they’re at work so all my quirks had to go. Had quite a few of these tho

@DustyMaiden

Apparently, according to DH I have many. He is home since furlough and keeps breaking them.

Plates are stacked evenly in two piles of 6 , not any other combination. If you remove two you take one from each pile. If you remove one you take it from the right. If the right has one less than the left you take it from the left. The same in reverse for emptying dish washer.

You will perfectly understand why our coffee mugs all have to be used fairly, so none of them gets left on the shelf unused and feels unloved or unwanted . I love all my mugs and there's no way I'd ever let the duller plainer ones suspect I have a secret favourite.

Lok'tar ogar!

Don't whistle when it's dark outside

Teddies and soft toys are never left alone obviously so they don’t get lonely

I can eat cold baked beans from a tin but once put on a plate I go off then

Fruit bowl has odd random items from Lego figures to buttons

No outside items on a bed