Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Quirky Lady
I have many, what you might call "personality quirks." (AKA, weird things I do, that may cause great annoyance to others, namely my husband.) One of my quirks is having separate towels for different areas of my body. I'll explain what I mean. I have 3 different towels hanging on the towel rack by our shower. One is for my body, one is for my hair and one is for my face. Although, the one for my face is just a small hand towel. Some people might question why this is the case. Well, I will tell you why. I do not want my private regions coming into contact with the same area of a towel as my face would. I find it very gross! I also don't want my hair coming into contact with the same area as my private regions. I'm sorry if anyone reading this takes offense that I am writing about this to begin with, but I can't think of a more discreet way to put it. Call me a freak, but I just don't like the idea of it! The whole 3 towel thing has been going on for about 10 years now. Yet another personality quirk of mine, which I'm sure that many of you out there share, is that I hate my food to touch when I eat it. Sure if it's meant to touch (e.g. mashed potatoes and stuffing at Thanksgiving) then it's no problem. However, if it's not meant to touch (e.g. fruit salad and a hot dog at a BBQ) then it needs to stay segregated. I'm not a big fan of people saying, "It all goes to the same place!" (e.g. my Uncle Jim) That's fine if it all goes to the same place, but as long as it's in my mouth I don't want the flavor of fruit salad mingling with the flavor of hot dog. In fact if my fruit salad does touch my hot dog, I will not eat the part of the hot dog and/or hot dog bun that it touched. This quirk has been a life long one for me. I have never been fond of my food touching. Anyway, we all have our quirks, mine are just a little (okay, a lot!) more annoying than some other people's!
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So do you eat with a sectioned plate?
Well little Melissa, as you have proved through your blog that you are now a grown woman and not the 15 yr. old I believed you to be, you are entitled to your own little quirks.
I was certainly relieved that you used nothing more explicit than "private regions" for the comfort of your readers.
Also, my husband can't bare to let his food touch either. I never serve him his dinner all nicely on a plate like a sweet wife would because I know darn well he much prefers to only dish up one item at a time, and finish it completely before moving on to the next thing -- thereby allowing no touching of foods to take place.
P.S. My kids do have some of those cool sectioned plates your commentor above mentioned. You should give them a try.
I actually agree with everything that you just said. I do those same things so I guess I am a quirky lady too!
I need two towels for after my shower. One for hair and face and the other for body.
Same same on both quirks. Maybe they're not really quirks but just part of being a Jones girl.
I don't like my food touching either. I also eat one thing at a time. Like if I had corn, mashed potatoes and chicken I usually will eat one of them until it's gone and then move on to the next. I'm not sure why and didn't even realize it until Brad mentioned it while we were dating.
I love my wife's quirks, it's fun discovering them.
2 pieces of wisdom I've yet to convince Melissa of:
*Food tastes better when it's in a pile.
*One body, one towel.
I got a little worried when I first started reading about you having separate towels for different areas of your body. I thought it had progressed to the point where you have to use a different towel for each body part. So relieved to find out you're keeping it to only three! That's perfectly normal.
I have the same kinds of towels for the same exact reason. Who wants a "private's towel" wrapped around their head or wiping off their clean face? Not I!
I, of course, have many other "quirks" which I'm sure you do not have. All of my food in the pantry has to be tallest to shortest and the nutrition labels (even though I never really read them) have to be face outward. It's just fun to have OCD.
I'm with Ryan on this one, mostly because my privates are squeaky clean by the time I dry them.
Thanks for the back up Brad--squeaky clean is right.
Melissa also doesn't like when she can feel people's breathe--especially when it's my powerful nose-breathe pouring out upon her at night.
Oh Brad, that was more information about you then I ever wanted to know!
This makes me want a hot dog.
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