TMI: Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive
- By Tracy Ames
- Published January 17, 2012
Tracy Ames
Mrs. Ames is an international bestselling author of interracial erotic fiction and a former columnist for several newsletters and magazines.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy currently split time between CT & New York City with her husband, children and a host of pets.
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Those who have been hanging around IRE,net are painfully aware of my phobias and OCD tendencies.
For example:
~I shower at least three times a day.
~I don’t like words containing “wurst” and “urd” such as bratwurst and curd.
~I’m afraid of giraffes.
~My pantry is arranged by height, color, and country.
~I use paper towels to touch surfaces in public restrooms.
~I’d lick a tramp’s balls before I’d stop reading a story on an odd numbered page.
A little odd, yes. But I’m not alone. My hubby and Daniel have their neurosis as well. Birds of a feather, right?
Daniel alleges my repugnance of “wurst” words boils down to anal-retentiveness.
Okay fine! His summation is marginally accurate - but it's still pretty rich coming from a man who won't eat turkey ala king given its close visual and textural affinity to cat vomit.
I digress.
While searching for evidence to debunk his claims, I stumbled across this article written by Matt Cutts which consequently further cemented them. I don’t reset our clocks but everything else is spot on. Enjoy!
Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive:
1. You keep large redundant amounts of all your sundries such as laundry detergent so that you never risk running out.
2. You don’t just sort the money in your wallet by $1, $5, $10, or $20, but also sort the bills by wear-and-tear so that you get rid of the bills in the worst shape first.
3. You look up anal-retentive to see whether it needs a hyphen.
4. You don’t just keep a grocery list, you micro-optimize order of the items on the grocery list so that you only make one pass through the grocery store.
5. After a power outage or when Daylight Savings Time starts or ends, you feel the need to set all your clocks to the same minute and second.
6. It really irritates you when someone says a list has 5 items and you count six.
Turns out I’m anal-retentive. Who knew?!
For example:
~I shower at least three times a day.
~I don’t like words containing “wurst” and “urd” such as bratwurst and curd.
~I’m afraid of giraffes.
~My pantry is arranged by height, color, and country.
~I use paper towels to touch surfaces in public restrooms.
~I’d lick a tramp’s balls before I’d stop reading a story on an odd numbered page.
A little odd, yes. But I’m not alone. My hubby and Daniel have their neurosis as well. Birds of a feather, right?
Daniel alleges my repugnance of “wurst” words boils down to anal-retentiveness.
Okay fine! His summation is marginally accurate - but it's still pretty rich coming from a man who won't eat turkey ala king given its close visual and textural affinity to cat vomit.
I digress.
While searching for evidence to debunk his claims, I stumbled across this article written by Matt Cutts which consequently further cemented them. I don’t reset our clocks but everything else is spot on. Enjoy!
Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive:
1. You keep large redundant amounts of all your sundries such as laundry detergent so that you never risk running out.
2. You don’t just sort the money in your wallet by $1, $5, $10, or $20, but also sort the bills by wear-and-tear so that you get rid of the bills in the worst shape first.
3. You look up anal-retentive to see whether it needs a hyphen.
4. You don’t just keep a grocery list, you micro-optimize order of the items on the grocery list so that you only make one pass through the grocery store.
5. After a power outage or when Daylight Savings Time starts or ends, you feel the need to set all your clocks to the same minute and second.
6. It really irritates you when someone says a list has 5 items and you count six.
Turns out I’m anal-retentive. Who knew?!
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4 Responses to "TMI: Top 5 signs you are anal-retentive"
said this on 17 Jan 2012 10:20:33 AM CDT
Anal-retentive is so much better than anal-relaxed, particularly when it's your turn to do the laundry....IJS
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said this on 17 Jan 2012 12:22:43 PM CDT
I'd like to say that sign #1 is just good sense. When you know you're getting low, save yourself an unnecessary trip.
Two more things. Doesn't it annoy you that there was only one thing? |
said this on 17 Jan 2012 5:03:35 PM CDT
I always believed I was anal-retentive. This article proves me right.
I had to laugh out loud at number 2! That is so me! I can't help it! Dirty, ugly dollars must go! Tracy I too use a paper towel to touch surfaces in public restrooms, that is IF I go into one. I have a HUGE public restroom phobia! No odd numbers for me either. I'm obsessive to the point to that if i'm changing the volume on the TV it has to be on an even number. I won't take a piece of cookie if my taking one causes an odd number of cookies afterward. I could go on and on with my list of idiosyncrasies, but I don't want you guys to know how crazy I really am. Lol! I really think I'm the female version of Howard Hughes! |
said this on 18 Jan 2012 10:07:44 PM CDT
Not anal-retentive, just special rules because I say so!
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