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)!

Ice cream must be eaten before it shows any signs of melting.

Sheets and towels must be white. Brown is the invention of the devil.

Glasses and mugs should have the thinnest edges possible.

No nude coloured underwear, pants always on first.

When at a coffee shop, must have it in a paper takeaway cup - always tastes better.

Bit of OCD - if I pull one sock up, I have to pull the other as well, so they are “ equal “ LOL

I don’t go to bed on the same day I get up.

Digital clock display minutes & hours have to 'match' by being reducible to a single integer.

So 20:30 - fine, 2x0 is 0 & so is 3x0.
20:31 - fine, 2+0 = 3-1.
20:32 - NOT OK.
20:33 - fine, 2x0 = 3-3
20:34 - fine, 2+0 = 2, 3x4 = 12 then 1x2 = 2.

I've been doing it for 40 years, can tell you in a second if any combo is ok or not & can't take my eyes off a clock if it's WRONG until it's RIGHT again.

190190tnt, me too. Preferably with my back to the wall. I think they say its a sign of paranoic tendencies

@Autumn101

I can’t have a shower without brushing my teeth first - whatever time of day! I just can’t feel clean without doing it

I brush my teeth while still in the shower

After plates come out of dishwasher they must be placed under the other plates so they all get a turn.

I have a floor lamp with the on/off switch which sits flat on the floor. I use my foot to press it rather than bend down to reach it. Before I go to bed every night I switch it off (using aforementioned foot) but then I have to switch it on again before once again switching off.

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

@SecretWitch I love this

Any volume control must be set at a number divisible by 3 (3, 6 ... 24, 48 etc)

@FatOaf absolutely so

At home. Coffee drunk from a white mug, lemon tea from the yellow mug.

@SoMuchForSummerLove prime number 😀
Paying a restaurant bill, DH will add a tip so that the total is a prime number. I can't do that much maths in my head.

Just realized I'm quite normal compared to you lot. 🤪

I cannot go to bed without having a bath or shower first even if on the very rare occasion I come home having been out drinking I still shower even if it's 3am.

Omg plates taking turns

These really cracked me up.

I'm on the -

• no bathing without teeth brusing first ,
• I also take the bread from the 3rd,
• Sponges for washing plates are different from those for washing cups and different from those for wiping surfaces and each category of sponge has a labelled container and I replace every saturday.

No just wearing socks (on your feet), especially outside. You can be barefoot or in shoes but no ruining the socks.

No red & pink colour combos.

No San Serif fonts - if you give me a piece of work to check / send out, then it will magically change from Calibri (or worse Arial) to at the very least Tahoma. I want to be able to 1 from I from l! (Unlike here on Mumsnet).

Always shout Train or Tractor when you see one.

The door to the loo / bathroom is only to be shut whilst occupied, then you don't have to knock.

Children can only have fizzy drinks if the adults are drinking alcohol.

No shoes or hats on table
No shoes to be worn in house
Wash your hands as soon as you walk in before touching any handles/light switches (use elbow if needed)
Pjs not to be worn anywhere but in bed, if you sit in the sofa wearing pjs they then can’t be worn in bed
If you use public transport you have to change your clothes before sitting on the sofa
I need to use lip balm before I go to sleep
Can’t walk over three drains
If I drop a knofe on the floor I can’t pick it up or ask anyone to pick it up. It stays there until DH moves it..I then can’t thank him

Writing these I feel really sorry for DH..he sticks to most of them!

Gosh I’m worse than the frequent sponge replacement people. I use kitchen wipes for cleaning and wiping down and the dishwasher for ALL dishes. Totally uneconomical and I’m quite ashamed about it but I just can’t stop. I would feel anxious about preparing food if I didn’t do it.

@Nearly47

190190tnt, me too. Preferably with my back to the wall. I think they say its a sign of paranoic tendencies

That would be correct in my case

I can’t drink out of a tin can . I have to either drink it with a straw or pour it into a glass.
No cold drinks in a cup or mug . I won’t drink hot drinks from a Polystyrene cup but cold drinks are fine

@RUOKHon

Mine is that nothing used to do the washing up must be used to wipe a surface. I always see (or did before lockdown!) people using the asking up sponge to wipe down the kitchen surfaces and I think it grim - but am clearly in the minority

My variation on this rule is that washing up sponges and cloths must be changed every three days maximum, but usually every other day because they’re generally a bit minging.

I change my washing up cloth every day!

Oh I have a few:-
I don’t like to eat or drink from anything dried using a tea towel 🤮

I hate it when my DP yanks the curtains open and they aren’t sitting nicely and even on each side of the window as I think it looks scruffy from the outside.

Another one here for empty sockets needing to be turned off.

I always put the washing machine on a clean cycle with bleach in once I’ve washed anything of the dogs and do it once a week religiously.
I also like to soak my washing before washing them- I soak them in really hot water with soda crystals.... my mum always laughs and thinks it’s ridiculous that I wash my washing twice!

The bed must be made in the morning!

The top of the cutlery cannot be touched when unloading the dishwasher.... just the thought of someone’s hands being all over the fork that I’m going to eat with freaks me out.

Also can’t stand it if food touches my hands when scraping a plate... makes my skin crawl!

Have to drink tea from a mug which is white inside. Can have patterns on the outside but the interior must be white.

Volume on an even number too.

Grease with fluff on it, makes me nauseous.
Symmetrical ornaments looks like an altar

When people leave the windscreen wipers stopped halfway across. I have been known to avoid driving behind cars with the back wiper stuck halfway.

On the mug thing, my mum won't serve a clear hot drink (like herbal tea or lemsip) in a normal mug, only a glass one.