Something odd about me....

Kay, now something odd about me.  I don't like anyone else folding my laundry.  It drives me crazy because i have to have it folded a certain way.  I will go and fold it all again if it isn't right. 

ME TOO! I hate when anyone even tries to help. Im pretty anal about the way i fold clothes. All the towels have to be the exact same size and folded totally straight for example.

Gosshhh, Pebbles - are you my roomie???  She is SOOOO much the same way, I don't even bother to fold towels anymore, as she just does it over the RIGHT way!

This only occurred to me a few weeks ago, and it is odd.  I hate being touched by things, in water, that I can't see. 

For example, I cannot go swimming in a yucky lake or at a NY beach.  I am too freaked-out by the fact that there could be things under the icky green water that I can't see.  I have gone snorkeling in the Caribbean, and I've been in the midst of schools of tiny fish brushing against me as they swim past.  That's no problem, because I can see them.

Perhaps even more odd, though, is that I think this leads to my utter loathing of doing the dishes.  I knew I hated doing the dishes, but I wasn't sure why.  I think I figured it out; I don't like putting my hands in the sudsy dishwater because I can't see what's in there.  A few weeks ago, I decided to test this theory, and I bought myself rubber dish gloves.  No problem doing the dishes now.

As for baths, I know there's nothing in there with me, so I'm pretty relaxed.  But you can bet that if I feel anything touch me, like a hair, I will jump out of the tub.

Yeah, pretty odd.   

This only occurred to me a few weeks ago, and it is odd.  I hate being touched by things, in water, that I can't see. 

For example, I cannot go swimming in a yucky lake or at a NY beach.  I am too freaked-out by the fact that there could be things under the icky green water that I can't see. 

That is not odd to me... I thought that was just me. Try swimming in Mississippi rivers. I did but only becasue I love swimming.

Eek, just the thought makes me cringe. 

I also hate being in rowboats, canoes, and sailboats in icky water.  I feel like they're too much of a liability to flip over, living me helplessly stranded to be assaulted by underwater-dwelling thingies.  (And I'm a really strong swimmer too--former swimteam material.)

Jetskis and sailboats in crystal clear, blue-green water = no problem for me.

to be assaulted by underwater-dwelling thingies. 

so we can assume skinny-dipping has never been on your agenda?   

As long as the water is not yucky, I have no problem with that.

I also hate being in rowboats, canoes, and sailboats in icky water.  I feel like they're too much of a liability to flip over, living me helplessly stranded to be assaulted by underwater-dwelling thingies.  (And I'm a really strong swimmer too--former swimteam material.)

I also hate boats.  I have a real fear of drowning.  I have never or will never see the movie Titanic.  I have recurring nightmares about driving off a road into a lake.  Last summer we were at the lake and dd and my brother were sailing in our teeny sailboat.  It took on a lot of water and I was flipping out.  Both had life jackets on, both are very good swimmers and the lake was small so it would have taken me no time to go and get them in a boat, but I was having an anxiety attack on the beach.  I love to swim though (also former swimteam material) and loved surfing when I lived in SoCal.  I think it goes with my other fear, a horrible fear of places with no escape routes.  Hence the reason you'll never get me backpacking in the back country.

For the past couple years, I've had a reoccuring dream of being a passenger in a car that drove off a bridge into the water . I am convinced this is how I will die and each time I'm in a car driving over a bridge I am so nervous and I clinch the seat

For the past couple years, I've had a reoccuring dream of being a passenger in a car that drove off a bridge into the water . I am convinced this is how I will die and each time I'm in a car driving over a bridge I am so nervous and I clinch the seat

I'd be clinching more than the seat.

For the past couple years, I've had a reoccuring dream of being a passenger in a car that drove off a bridge into the water . I am convinced this is how I will die and each time I'm in a car driving over a bridge I am so nervous and I clinch the seat

OMG that is one of my biggest phobia's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't go over bridges...hardley at all........the one in Corpus Christie it is HUGE it seems like it goes straight up in the air and then down again........just remembering it makes me sick!!!


That and SNAKES!

Being underwater in anything other than a pool, I freak out!

I hate being in long tunnels, in particular those that are underwater.  I'm not claustrophobic but I keep thinking about what would happen if the tunnel breaks!  I just hate the feeling like I'm stuck in there.  I think part of my fear stems from the movie Independence Day.

Bridges? Better not go across Lake Ponchatrain then think it is/was 23 miles and close to the water.

I have a fear of being stpped beneath overpasses ever since that earthquake in CA. If I am in my car and the traffic is moving slowly, I try and wait so I can go under in one go. It annoys other drivers because I have left a gap and they toot toot or try and jump in

Gawd..........we are a bunch of freakes!!!! (jk#ing)