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)!

@WhipperSnapperSteve

Gank every Alliance.

Computer & computer keyboard & mouse LED's have to be the same colour.

Funnily enough, mine is gank every horde

Also, a volume on even number and have to get dressed in the right order - pants, bra, socks, bottoms, top. Feel out of sorts all day if I don’t!

@Janedownourlane

Always leave a couple of beans in the tin after emptying into the pan to let them feel like they've escaped being eaten. Also no tins upside down in the cupboard in case the contents get a headache.

Noooo, I have to make sure I have all the beans otherwise they will feel unloved. 😁

The only one I have is that I don't like to eat similar food two days in a row - for example, if I have SF Chicken one day, I can't have chicken kievs the next day; if I have a beef casserole one day, I can't have beefburgers the next. The only exception is on a Monday when something is made from the leftover roast meat.

Glasses have to be in size order, not all piled in together. Duvet must be completely even both sided of the bed, and must not touch the floor. DH is obsessed with the fridge, everything needs to be in the right place, he cooks & puts away so I leave him to get on with it.

@ilovepixie don't worry there are few of us normal non-weirdos out there lol

Wet food like beans or scrambled egg must be with toast, not ON toast.

Wet floppy toast is an abomination

I share many of PPs.

No poo in the downstairs loo (what if someone comes to the door?!)

Volume, AC, heating, oven temp etc has to be on an even number or it makes me itchy.

Must put pants, trousers, socks etc on right leg first. Same goes for going up/down stairs. I’ve tried using the stairs left foot first just to see and it feels terrible. Completely wrong and scary.

Always put books/CDs anything with writing on the spine right way up on a shelf. Some people don’t and I can’t look at the shelf if I notice it because I want to put them right way up.

I have to hang the washing by person, so when I take it down it's easy to categorise.
I have to cover the tomatoes or carrots not yet being cut with a dish towel so they don't see the horrible fate awaiting them.
If I'm shaving my legs, the number of strokes can't be thirteen.
I count to eight an awful lot (like when exercising or brushing teeth). I don't know why!

All volume buttons (tv, radio, speakers etc) must be on an even number. All my family & friends are now in the gang with me too as I've infiltrated their minds!

Also, walking on 2 'drains' (otherwise known as nynex cable manhole covers in the ground) is good luck, 3 is bad luck & 1 means nothing. I follow this strictly and have been known to walk very strangely around the pavements to avoid 3 drains (including walking on the road).My husband thinks I'm mad but again family & friends follow me and do this too.

Most of these (not quite all ) seem perfectly normal to me.

I can't go downstairs until I'm showered and dressed unless in an extreme medical emergency. I can wear PJs downstairs after getting ready for bed in the evening, but never before getting dressed in the morning.

Can't drink alcohol in the house on an evening unless I'm bathed and in clean loungewear

There is a cinder trail around a housing estate that I sometimes jog round as part of my run. I have to run it clockwise otherwise something awful will happen. I have never run it in the opposite direction once, even for a tiny section.

I also have a knicker hierarchy. I wear my best knickers for fun days like weekends and going out etc as a very mild from of celebration, and my boring ones for sitting in the house. It doesn't matter if no one else is going to see them, it's not a sex thing, I just don't like to "waste" good knickers on a Monday.

@Janedownourlane

Always leave a couple of beans in the tin after emptying into the pan to let them feel like they've escaped being eaten. Also no tins upside down in the cupboard in case the contents get a headache.

🤣 Love this!

Those of you who put your clothes on in a certain order: do you have to take them OFF in the same order ???

@Janedownourlane

Always leave a couple of beans in the tin after emptying into the pan to let them feel like they've escaped being eaten. Also no tins upside down in the cupboard in case the contents get a headache.

But aren't you then leaving them to the (arguably worse) fate of a very slow and painful decomposition, rotting away in the bin?

Those poor, poor beans.

Cats on beds. No. Think about where they have been, and where they have dug.

If I push a door gently to close it and it doesn’t close properly, this is a personal insult to me by the door and it must now be slammed to teach it a lesson

When pegging out the washing on the line the pegs have to match. Same style and colour, my peg bag has many many pegs and it does take extra time.

Every so often I'll bulk buy new pegs to rebalance the bag

Black tea only in a white china cup and poured from a teapot .I hate tea made in a coloured cup or mug with a tea bag dangling out .

My bed has to be made every day and blinds and shutters opened no matter how early I get up.

@HollowTalk

I'm the same about drinking something cold from a mug - it's just wrong!

Similar: Milk can't be drunk from a glass. A milkshake is different (just)

No clothes laid out on a unmade bed, this is a pet hate of mine DH doesn't make the bed but puts his work clothes out on it. I can't stand the crumpled duvet being under crisp fresh clothes!

No dogs. Their icky smell gets on clothes and furniture and makes everything feel dirty.

I can't think of one
off to ask dh

@Janedownourlane

Always leave a couple of beans in the tin after emptying into the pan to let them feel like they've escaped being eaten. Also no tins upside down in the cupboard in case the contents get a headache.

BKed beans have to be stored upside down so the sauce isn't at the top. Needs the sauce at the bottom to help the beans on their way.

Never drink water out of a mug. Tastes wrong. DH only made this mistake once .

Always wear odd socks. I put them away as they come out of the pile, rotated along with all my underwear, and once I had to take the next sock as wasn't in a pair of socks wearing day.

When buying petrol, both numbers of the £ amount have to be even, so £19.01 very bad £22.02 very good. I don't look at the amount while I'm filling up but if it clicks off on an odd number, I have to add in a bit more petrol to get to an even one or certain death will follow. I will also always buy a dented tin over a perfect one because otherwise it will end up being rejected for life .