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)!

Same about the bed, also outside worn clothes been on or in the bed🤢
I would change the sheets before getting in

Despise anyone trying to touch my face, gives me the hebeegebees

Anything like volume/heat in the car must be on an even number

Shoes in the house gives me the rage

Can’t drink out of stained or chipped cup/glass

After a shower/bath, l wander around the house with a towel wrapped round me until I’m completely dry.

I have different mugs/cups for tea, coffee and fruit tea.
Fruit tea has to have the spoon left in (and the tea bag)
No new shoes (or any shoes) on the table, even coffee tables. Thats definitely an old superstition.
I cannot bear anyone else having hiccups! If they have hiccups in my house (I'm talking about family really) it really gives me the rage 😤!! They have to address the issue ASAP.
I have to sit in the same place at my dinner table.
I also sit in the same place on the sofa.
I have a dressing routine too.
Slight OCD maybe 🤔

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

Yuck! Yes I also have separate cloths for seperate jobs, thought it was standard.

Also yes to workout clothes in a seperate wash.

@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 have this rule but I worked out the origin. After some thought and conversations with my naughty 2 younger brothers.... when we were younger they used to put things in my drinks so I took to not drinking the last sip. That way I never found out what gross thing they put in it and they didn’t ‘win’ by grossing me out. 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣 I still do it to this day even though I know there is no possibility of anything gross in the bottom.

No new shoes on the table -MIL put DDs expensive christening shoes on the table. She didn't wear them

I cannot walk back the way i came, so i have a route to work in the morning, different way home.

If i put an item of clothing on inside out, i have to wear something else. If i absolutely have to wear said item i have to put something else on, correct the item and then i can put ut on.

Gin in a gin glass/tumbler - never a straight glass. Wine in wine glass. Tea from mug - but not thick one. Coffee preferably thick mug or coffee cup. Not weird, it makes drinks taste different. If its a glass bottle coke must be drunk from a paper straw (predates plastic issues).

No mirror facing the bed

Crossing the road: i have to be on the pavement before any cars go past

Yuck! Yes I also have separate cloths for seperate jobs, thought it was standard.

Agreed. I remember years ago being outraged when my sweet old mum came to visit and was absentmindedly using the same cloth to wipe a glass, wipe a spill off the floor, give the counter top a bit of a rub etc. She said in her mild-mannered way: "Well, you know, I've always felt that's what your immune system's there for."

To be fair, my immune system HAS turned out pretty robust 😆

@BatleyTownswomensGuild

No walking and eating. I can't bear the idea of chomping on a burger or something whilst wandering down the road. I have to sit down to eat.

My mum would never let us eat in the street, not even an ice cream!

I have to empty & refill the dishwasher shelf by shelf, starting at the bottom. Remove & put away items & replace with dirty ones then pull out next basket & do the same etc. I have a particular way I like it loaded too. It drives my husband & kids batty.

@Naz2009

Surely I'm not the only one who has the volume at an odd number. I can't have things in even numbers.

I was thinking that too. Always odd numbers for me. Glad I'm not the only one!

@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.

I have so many of these quirks but this one is the most frustrating because when DH hangs washing out I have to change the pegs. It gives me the same feeling as nails on a chalk board, it's hard to explain. I have a thing for counting fives or threes when I am doing tasks. I don't know if this counts as a rule but I am forever turning off lights, I only use the lights when there's not enough natural light to see by. DH turns lights on in Broad daylight it drives me mad.

@LEMtheoriginal - A mirror facing the bed can be quite fun! I have mirror wardrobe doors!

Things I've worn outside never go on my bed.

If I have to turn 90 degrees in the kitchen to get something, I then have to turn back the same way so I don't get tangled in the invisible string around my ankles. Just me?

Agree with all the hygiene ones (bed, surfaces, floor and loo). Also no residents of my house are allowed to pile their coats on the bannister pole, but visitors are welcome to. Also no discarded shoes are allowed to live in the hallway! Instead all coats and shoes have a home in the utility room...

I can't have things in odd numbers, if I'm buying loose fruit or veg I have to get an even number. 3 for the price of 2 offers freak me out.

I prefer even numbers for volume etc but can tolerate certain odd numbers if they're "triangular" - so I can stack them in my head to make a triangle such as 15

**

*
***

My old cooker had settings on the op up to 15 so I only used multiples of 3 (apart from 1 if I needed very low) yes my brain is weird

how annoying I was trying to make a triangle using lots of *

x
xx
xxx
xxxx
xxxxx

=15

No one should ever eat crisps before midday

I absolutely cannot put a bra on before knickers.
My DH has a rule about no pants before socks! We're a perfect match 😂

There's no way I could put a bra on first either, MummyMayo - that'd be too weird

But my choice of top, reflects my choice of bra. My choice of bra then helps to decide which knickers. Bra first on, first off, always.

If I’m wearing a skirt or dress, l put those on before knickers.

We were never allowed to eat outside unless on a picnic
People who talk with a mouth their mouth full
gulping drinks or making sipping noises

All you need even number people would hate me. I need everything left on an odd number - preferably 5 but 7 or 3 is also acceptable (9 and 1 are still ok but not my favourite).

I have a favourite knife and fork that I like to eat with at home - they don’t match at all l. I will go wash them to eat some if they are dirty in the sink rather than using one of the 20 odd other knives or forks we have in the drawer.

I also can only ever sleep on the side of the bed furthest away from the door.