I'm not Howard Hughes but
Mrs Nimrodihnio has her doubts..

I avoid having to use public toilets and scrub my hands should I have touched anything, I always have a tissue spare for the door handle that will be contaminated by others. If not I use my crook of my pinkie finger on the very top of the door
If I should in an emergency need to do a number 2, I line the seat with toilet paper and use tissues to lock and unlock the door.
I have to straighten a picture, wherever it may be, Mrs N bought be a level, a tiny little key ring size one to take the piss but it has saved me on numerous occasions to check without having to back and judge on eye line alone. She also winds me up by putting a few very slightly off line just to see my reaction and when I did all the wall fixings and hung the plasma tv on the wall she kept commenting ‘are you sure that’s straight?’

When I hang pictures on the wall at home it can take me several hours to measure and make sure the perspectives are correct and it can also be a particular challenge with the alignment of several pictures. Blutac is very helpful to keep them in place, I once lived in a 17th century house in Canterbury which had crooked walls and ceiling and was a fucking nightmare and ended up taking all the pictures off the walls.

At a client meeting in a boardroom a few weeks back as I was waiting, I noticed a picture off centre and straightened a picture using the level, if I hadn’t I would have been able to concentrate fully. Just as I was finishing the sales director who I’d had never met before walked in. what could have been embarrassing situation turned out fine as he also hates to see pictures not hanging straight.

In emails that are sent to me I have to correct any spelling mistakes and grammar first before I can read it properly. texting and stuff online I can correct in my head or ignore as I have no control over it to change.

The dishwasher is my domain and has been mentioned by others before. I have unloaded it when other have attempted to fill it incorrectly. There is a priority if all dishes can’t be fitted in and are left out according to size and how soiled.

Rugs have to be straight and correctly aligned relative to the furniture around it.

Ironing shirts have to be done in order, collar up then down, sleeves, left front, right front, back then hung, never folded.

I am very aware the above and other little rituals and habits point toward a mild OCD behavioural traits, but we all have them to a greater or lesser degree and in other areas I can be messy like my desk even though I notice, it can be ignored.
(nimrodihnio making gravy for one., Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:34, 5 replies)

Mild?
You have a funny definition of mild.
( hulver is wrist-deep in his own hoop, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:53, closed)

Agreed!
"I am very aware the above and other little rituals and habits point toward a mild OCD behavioural traits".

You, and I mean this in a nice cuddly way, sound like a fucking nightmare
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Fri 2 Jul 2010, 14:15, closed)

I bet you don't get ill very often
The only bit of advice the old man has given me, (apart from the usual, if someone is going to hit you hit them first malarky)was to not touch door handles if you can possibly help it. Since I have taken his advice, i rarely get colds but do get strange looks from colleagues when pulling up my shirt to use as a glove to open the bog door. If I have to wear a smart shirt that can't be pulled up I use my pinky....i guess it's a bit OCD'ish but not as bad as the old man, who carries round anti bac gel and washes his hands after every meeting he attends. Must be the shaking other peoples hands thing...
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 13:55, closed)

yup
no stomach upset or sickness, apart from very occasionaly self inflicted through drink.
I only go to places that have 4 food hygene stars or above, if I see any staff do anything like wipe their noses with their hands without cleaning after or coughing, I send the food back or point it out. Yes my mild is a fucking nightmare for Mrs N when we go out. Minor hygene transgressions i overlook and drinking in pubs is fine though if the glass is dirty back it goes.
(nimrodihnio making gravy for one., Fri 2 Jul 2010, 19:09, closed)

Only problem
With our behaviour, a mucky ex housemate once told me , is that our immune systems are probably not as good as a slobs because they have much more tolerence variety. Great excuse to be a slob....at least that was his anyway. The ficker gave me two colds back to back, having moved in with him from a freakishly clean OCD house (my mum's)
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 17:17, closed)