MarkM 
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I have OCD when it comes to: checking doors/windows etc are closed or locked…checking the iron is unplugged…the George Foreman is switched off....car door is locked…etc etc 
 
Once I have the slightest doubt in my mind…I have to check it. Otherwise I sit there wondering if (a) I am being burgled (b) the flat is burning down. 
 
I have just done a 1hr 45 min roundtrip by train (using up 1hr of lunchtime) from work to the flat and back to work to check a window (1st floor - which is accessible via a flat roof extension) was closed...as I couldnt remember closing it this morning... 
 
I have become a lot worse the last 2-3 years... 
 
  
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Nath 
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Jesus   
 
I'm a bit funny when it comes to stuff being symmetrical, but nothing like that.
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Hammer 
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I'd rather my house got robbed than have to do a 1 and 3/4 hour train journey to check if i had shut a window tbh  
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Aaron 
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One of my ex's had this....which is why she's an ex. 
 
It took her 15 minutes to check everything was switched off in her 1 bedroom flat     before she could leave. Then she checked outside her door (inside the building this is) to make sure she hadn't dropped anything     
 
Edit - at first i laughed it it....then it just pissed me off and i used to get mad with her for it  
 
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Aaron]
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fir3vip3r 
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quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
One of my ex's had this....which is why she's an ex. 
 
It took her 15 minutes to check everything was switched off in her 1 bedroom flat     before she could leave. Then she checked outside her door (inside the building this is) to make sure she hadn't dropped anything     
 
Edit - at first i laughed it it....then it just pissed me off and i used to get mad with her for it  
 
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Aaron] 
   
 
how can you get mad at someone for that  
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Aaron 
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Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old
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Ben G 
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weirdo    
 
i couldn't car eless if a window was left open, that's why you have home/contents insurance    
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Aaron 
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She had a routine she went through every time. I used to say "i'll wait in the car while you do your pre-flight checks"     i'm such a badger sometimes/all the time  
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I do, doors mainly. If i leave the house and get half way down the road and get the slightest amount of doubt i didnt shut the front door i have to go back. Used to happen when i was at school and i'd shit myself as i didnt have the chance to get home to check it. 
 
At night as im always the last one in i shut and lock the front door, but sometimes i get to the top of the stairs and have to check. And even once i have checked i have to check again.  
 
If i hear a noise when im in bed i will go downstairs and look and look and look until i know no one is down there.  
 
I worry more than i thought  
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MarkM 
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quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
 
 
It took her 15 minutes to check everything was switched off in her 1 bedroom flat     before she could leave.  
 
 
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Aaron] 
   
 
I wouldnt say I am as bad as that as I probably only normally check things are locked twice. Thats it. 
 
Its more the once I have a doubt in my mind I did something...I need to check... 
 
Here are more things I have: 
 
- The order I get ready in of a morning: Open curtains, switch TV on, Iron shirt, Shave, shower, hair stuff, get dressed, brush teeth, breakfast then leave flat…If I break this order it takes me twice as long. 
- TV volume has to be an even number 
- SKY has to be left on BB1 when I go to bed (TV is switched off etc)... 
- The orange cordial jug in the fridge always has to be topped up even if it’s full and I only take a glass out of it.... 
 
 
 
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MarkM 
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G 
weirdo    
 
i couldn't car eless if a window was left open, that's why you have home/contents insurance     
   
 
Cant see them paying out if you have left a window open whilst the house was empty... 
 
Also it more than the contents going missing...its having someone in your home...
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sand-eel 
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cool can i come and rob your house then?
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little_duke 
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i got ocd when it comes to cleaning my room etc.has to be spotless and everything has to have a place
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Aaron 
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Heres some of the things she checked EVERY time she left the flat... 
 
 
 
EVERY plug on the wall, even if nothing was plugged in it 
 
The oven, even if she hadn't used it for days  
 
Every window (fair enough) 
 
The shower   
 
Behind every door   
 
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Aaron]
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fir3vip3r 
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quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old 
   
 
so... its a quirk lol. i couldnt get mad at someone for something like that lol
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Aaron 
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quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r 
quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old 
   
 
so... its a quirk lol. i couldnt get mad at someone for something like that lol 
   
 
Ever been with someone who does this?
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quote: Originally posted by little_duke 
i got ocd when it comes to cleaning my room etc.has to be spotless and everything has to have a place [/quote 
 
Is this contagious? Think I could do with a dose of that strain /\   
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fir3vip3r 
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quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r 
quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old 
   
 
so... its a quirk lol. i couldnt get mad at someone for something like that lol 
   
 
Ever been with someone who does this? 
   
 
yep, i just laughed!
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Tom 
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quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r 
quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old 
   
 
so... its a quirk lol. i couldnt get mad at someone for something like that lol 
   
 
I would probably have killed her if I was him   
 
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Tom]
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Aaron 
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quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r 
quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r 
quote: Originally posted by Aaron 
Did you not see the part where it said it took her 15 minutes to check her 1 bedroom flat   
 
After 6 months it gets a tad old 
   
 
so... its a quirk lol. i couldnt get mad at someone for something like that lol 
   
 
Ever been with someone who does this? 
   
 
yep, i just laughed! 
   
 
Then me and you are very different.
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fazza 
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i have an ocd for volume on tv or stereos etc. 
 
must be on an even number  
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Ben G 
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quote: Originally posted by little_duke 
i got ocd when it comes to cleaning my room etc.has to be spotless and everything has to have a place 
   
 
shame it doesn't work when you get a haircut though eh  
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150£corsa 
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I dont have any real ocd's... i have to keep my socks on during happy time... 
other than that nout~!  
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fazza 
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quote: Originally posted by 150£corsa 
I dont have any real ocd's... i have to keep my socks on during happy time... 
other than that nout~!   
   
 
a girl with her socks on during sex is a big turn off though. especially if she is wearing stockings..... 
 
 
omg i just lol'd out loud
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Ben G 
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quote: Originally posted by corsagsi16vplym 
quote: Originally posted by 150£corsa 
I dont have any real ocd's... i have to keep my socks on during happy time... 
other than that nout~!   
   
 
a girl with her socks on during sex is a big turn off though. especially if she is wearing stockings..... 
 
 
omg i just lol'd out loud 
   
 
stocking is the ultimate turn on  
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