Comments on: Does Being A Type-A Personality Make Me OCD? http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/ Sweat the Small Stuff: Ranting about the little peeves in life Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ali http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Ali Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:28:56 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-178 Pamela if you say you do windows can I adopt you? Pamela if you say you do windows can I adopt you?

]]> By: Pamela http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Pamela Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:44:44 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-176 Jeremy I am a type A. And that TP roll hast to come from the top and towards me. And all the canned food the labels have to be turned with the name facing to the front. Also all the coat hangers in my walk in closet have to be plastic all the same color (white) and facing all the same way. All the junk mail is sorted before I get in the house and thrown out or shredded. Also before I get in the house. Jeremy I am a type A. And that TP roll hast to come
from the top and towards me. And all the canned food
the labels have to be turned with the name facing to the front. Also all the coat hangers in my walk in
closet have to be plastic all the same color (white)
and facing all the same way. All the junk mail is sorted before I get in the house and thrown out or shredded. Also before I get in the house.

]]> By: Ali http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Ali Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:21:28 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-145 Jane, Oh no saint here just willing to do my part as I never have to worry about directions, hiring a handyman (hubby can fix just about anything as read every manual), never need to worry about the cars or computer! And he cooks too! So there are perks... Jane,
Oh no saint here just willing to do my part as I never have to worry about directions, hiring a handyman (hubby can fix just about anything as read every manual), never need to worry about the cars or computer! And he cooks too! So there are perks…

]]> By: Lezhai http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Lezhai Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:47:27 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-144 Never thought of myself as anal...erm, Type A. I would have described my husband as that, but after reviewing previous posts...I AM GUILTY!!! OMW, it bugs me to death if the TP is going the wrong way, and don't even mention a cupboard door left open! I absolutely cannot leave it open! Then there is my little issue with loose hair. ICK, loose hair on anything or anyone drives me bonkers. I have been known to pick loose hairs off complete strangers!! (Sorry to anyone that I may have done that to) Since I don't work outside of the home I haven't had to worry about my route to work, so it isn't something I mull over, but I used to spend no less than an hour setting up my schedule for the day. Thank heavens for my Palm PDA, without it I would waste an hour a day just going over my lists and schedule. I am the queen of lists! Oh no....perhaps I have issues...perhaps I am ANAL!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Never thought of myself as anal…erm, Type A. I would have described my husband as that, but after reviewing previous posts…I AM GUILTY!!! OMW, it bugs me to death if the TP is going the wrong way, and don’t even mention a cupboard door left open! I absolutely cannot leave it open! Then there is my little issue with loose hair. ICK, loose hair on anything or anyone drives me bonkers. I have been known to pick loose hairs off complete strangers!! (Sorry to anyone that I may have done that to) Since I don’t work outside of the home I haven’t had to worry about my route to work, so it isn’t something I mull over, but I used to spend no less than an hour setting up my schedule for the day. Thank heavens for my Palm PDA, without it I would waste an hour a day just going over my lists and schedule. I am the queen of lists! Oh no….perhaps I have issues…perhaps I am ANAL!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

]]> By: jane hodges http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-141 jane hodges Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:16:38 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-141 Whats the opposite of Type A? Crikey you lot would drive me nuts. I'm totally scatter-brained, my life and my flat are both totally dis-organised. I don't give a fig what side the toilet paper hangs from. Rather then work out a route to a place i've never driven to before, i'll try and figure it out in my head until i'm lost, then decide to look at the map. And don't even ask about the finances, i don't even get a receipt when i go the ATM. OK My life's a mess, but i like it that way. Ali, you're a saint..i could never live with a man who wants his shirts hung the right way or his socks paired up in little rings...lol I just don't have the patience for all that. Whats the opposite of Type A? Crikey you lot would drive me nuts. I’m totally scatter-brained, my life and my flat are both totally dis-organised. I don’t give a fig what side the toilet paper hangs from. Rather then work out a route to a place i’ve never driven to before, i’ll try and figure it out in my head until i’m lost, then decide to look at the map. And don’t even ask about the finances, i don’t even get a receipt when i go the ATM. OK My life’s a mess, but i like it that way. Ali, you’re a saint..i could never live with a man who wants his shirts hung the right way or his socks paired up in little rings…lol I just don’t have the patience for all that.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Debbie Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:42:11 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-138 Hmmm... I think perhaps for that virgin pina colada you mentioned in another post you should add a splash of rum :-D I do have to agree with you on the bathroom tissue roll facing in one direction all the time - but for me it's under and not over - and I will take the time to change it as well! I do have a definite routine when I go to bed at night, and I can't fall asleep unless I do this entire routine. So yeah I am a little OCD, and my vote is so are you! Hmmm… I think perhaps for that virgin pina colada you mentioned in another post you should add a splash of rum :-D

I do have to agree with you on the bathroom tissue roll facing in one direction all the time – but for me it’s under and not over – and I will take the time to change it as well!

I do have a definite routine when I go to bed at night, and I can’t fall asleep unless I do this entire routine. So yeah I am a little OCD, and my vote is so are you!

]]> By: Ali http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Ali Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:27:56 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-137 Ok….since I didn’t put fine print on my rants that only women or people with teens could respond I will jump right in. LOL! I do not see me as Type A but I am married to one and gave birth to another…so I do feel my thoughts on the topic have credence. There are things to be said as a positive for a Type A personality. My husband who is an Architect is about as anal…excuse me Type A as they come.  (Sorry sweetheart)… I can relate to you with your driving scenario…he will sit a read maps like most people sit and read the newspaper on a Sunday. I believe he has every known route to anyplace we have ever been or ever even thought to go all plotted out in detail. He knows distance traveled and gas consumption to most locations. And I as a non-Type A have come to rely on his expertise in travel planning as I get lost in my own home…no sense of direction. And before all trips he checks tires/oil/window washing fluid and map supply in the car (which I find overkill as he has them all set to memory). Tooth past tube…he’s a bottom I’m like your wife…solution…two tubes. We’ve been married 21 years…believe me it’s the answer.  Toilet paper roll…as it never EVER dawned on me which way the TP pulled off a roll before I married my hubby I go his way...over to keep him happy…it takes so little.  Sorting bills…yep my hubby. He also wants his clothing in the closet hung all facing the same way and by color. Again I do this to keep him level…if mine are on a hanger it’s a good day. His socks all matched with little plastic rings as pairs…I’m lucky if mine match. His record collections are alphabetized…ok…you get the idea. And my daughter is the same…I knew I had another one when at 18 months she was sorting her toys and needed to put everything back into the original containers. She is now attending a Science and Math Academy High School with hopes of Engineering in her future. Would I trade my two Type A for Bs, Cs or Zs…nope. I love them and their graphs and lists and oddities. It’s all about compromise…after all I’m no prize myself! Ok….since I didn’t put fine print on my rants that only women or people with teens could respond I will jump right in. LOL! I do not see me as Type A but I am married to one and gave birth to another…so I do feel my thoughts on the topic have credence. There are things to be said as a positive for a Type A personality. My husband who is an Architect is about as anal…excuse me Type A as they come.  (Sorry sweetheart)…
I can relate to you with your driving scenario…he will sit a read maps like most people sit and read the newspaper on a Sunday. I believe he has every known route to anyplace we have ever been or ever even thought to go all plotted out in detail. He knows distance traveled and gas consumption to most locations. And I as a non-Type A have come to rely on his expertise in travel planning as I get lost in my own home…no sense of direction. And before all trips he checks tires/oil/window washing fluid and map supply in the car (which I find overkill as he has them all set to memory).

Tooth past tube…he’s a bottom I’m like your wife…solution…two tubes. We’ve been married 21 years…believe me it’s the answer. 

Toilet paper roll…as it never EVER dawned on me which way the TP pulled off a roll before I married my hubby I go his way…over to keep him happy…it takes so little. 

Sorting bills…yep my hubby. He also wants his clothing in the closet hung all facing the same way and by color. Again I do this to keep him level…if mine are on a hanger it’s a good day. His socks all matched with little plastic rings as pairs…I’m lucky if mine match. His record collections are alphabetized…ok…you get the idea.

And my daughter is the same…I knew I had another one when at 18 months she was sorting her toys and needed to put everything back into the original containers. She is now attending a Science and Math Academy High School with hopes of Engineering in her future.

Would I trade my two Type A for Bs, Cs or Zs…nope. I love them and their graphs and lists and oddities. It’s all about compromise…after all I’m no prize myself!

]]> By: Terri http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Terri Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:54 +0000 http://www.whatsgottago.com/2006/11/21/does-being-a-type-a-personality-make-me-ocd/#comment-135 Jeremy, No, being a Type A does not make you OCD, however, after reading your post and with absolutely no education in psychology, my friend, I can, with no dent to my conscious say, you are definitely OCD! :D I too am a Type A, but I couldn't care less about the tread on my tires. For me, Type A means that there's a place for everything, and it also means that if I'm not learning something or teaching someone something, I'm wasting my life. I become "creeped out" if I feel like there is something I should be learning about, and I'm either not learning it or don't have time to. I almost become OCDish if a project I'm tackling is not perfect. That is my Type A personality. I couldn't care less if you squeeze the box of raisins in the wrong place and brush your teeth with them. I also do not care about money, and it drives my husband insane. Jeremy, if you were married to me, I'm afraid my head might be in the shape of an iron frying pain, if you get my meaning. :) If I were married to you, your larynx would probably need either to be repaired or replaced. No one ever said I was patient. :) Jeremy,

No, being a Type A does not make you OCD, however, after reading your post and with absolutely no education in psychology, my friend, I can, with no dent to my conscious say, you are definitely OCD! :D

I too am a Type A, but I couldn’t care less about the tread on my tires.

For me, Type A means that there’s a place for everything, and it also means that if I’m not learning something or teaching someone something, I’m wasting my life. I become “creeped out” if I feel like there is something I should be learning about, and I’m either not learning it or don’t have time to. I almost become OCDish if a project I’m tackling is not perfect. That is my Type A personality. I couldn’t care less if you squeeze the box of raisins in the wrong place and brush your teeth with them. I also do not care about money, and it drives my husband insane. Jeremy, if you were married to me, I’m afraid my head might be in the shape of an iron frying pain, if you get my meaning. :) If I were married to you, your larynx would probably need either to be repaired or replaced. No one ever said I was patient. :)

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