I feel the same way about certain civility rules. I can blather about the Celtic Code of Hospitality all I like, but when you get right down to it, the way I treat people is just another OCD thing about me. And I agree, we're all OCD to an extent, me and various friends have reached that conclusion more than once.
For your entertainment: A brief and incomplete list of my rules- -The left shoe MUST go on first. My day will be filled with a sense of foreboding otherwise. -Cuffs and hems are NEVER to be turned up. Don't MAKE me turn them down for you. -I cannot, cannot, CANNOT eat in the dark. Or with fans on. Especially not both. -People may not walk behind me. I will pull an Orpheus and look back constantly, convinced they are no longer there. And it just makes me really nervous. -I can't listen to music that isn't on random. I also can't skip a song once it's started playing. Any song playing should ideally be allowed to finish, and I should never know what the next song is. -I must sleep with my feet towards the door. Any other way just feels weird. Actually all bedrooms are oriented this way that I've ever seen, I think it's universal. -I can't sleep without being under blankets, no matter how hot it is (and summer in Arkansas in a metal trailer with bad A/C, is HOT) but I will feel exposed otherwise.
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For your entertainment:
A brief and incomplete list of my rules-
-The left shoe MUST go on first. My day will be filled with a sense of foreboding otherwise.
-Cuffs and hems are NEVER to be turned up. Don't MAKE me turn them down for you.
-I cannot, cannot, CANNOT eat in the dark. Or with fans on. Especially not both.
-People may not walk behind me. I will pull an Orpheus and look back constantly, convinced they are no longer there. And it just makes me really nervous.
-I can't listen to music that isn't on random. I also can't skip a song once it's started playing. Any song playing should ideally be allowed to finish, and I should never know what the next song is.
-I must sleep with my feet towards the door. Any other way just feels weird. Actually all bedrooms are oriented this way that I've ever seen, I think it's universal.
-I can't sleep without being under blankets, no matter how hot it is (and summer in Arkansas in a metal trailer with bad A/C, is HOT) but I will feel exposed otherwise.