GreenEyedWitch wrote:So I was thinking (dangerous, I know), I’ve never been diagnosed with or claimed to have been diagnosed with OCD and I am not a germaphobe. But if someone was really OCD and a germaphobe, would they really be able to eat out all the time (even order take out), be willing to stay in hotels, go to a public swimming pool, or even a gym?
Wouldn’t all those trigger his OCD since he’s not in control of the situation? And I couldn’t imagine a real germaphobe being able to do a lot in public at all.
I have OCD and while germs are not a problem for me, general cleanliness is.
Eating out is a nightmare to the point where I rarely do it. The table has to be immaculately clean. I inspect the seats - not obviously, but I do it - and it wouldn’t be unusual for me to swap seats with whoever I’m with until I find one I’m happy with. Sometimes my husband would clean my seat. Sometimes I even ask for a different table. My family all quietly wait for me to choose my seat before they sit.
I don’t really like to touch menus, and I will check the cutlery out pretty thoroughly. I don’t drink to the bottom of a glass so I can be sure any residue that might have been in the glass doesn’t pass to me. I know that’s not necessarily going to work but it’s my routine and I do it. I’m also really weird about things like dust on surfaces in restaurants, or people sitting around me. I would die if the Gardners were sitting next to me!
It generally causes me such stress that I avoid doing it.
As for staying over in hotels or Air BnBs etc - that’s a complete no go atm. In the past I have taken all my own crockery, plates, cups, anti-bacterial wipes, pillow cases etc. I won’t sit on the seats unless they are covered with clean sheets or towels. If we were somewhere warm, eating on the balcony was preferable to eating indoors. I won’t put things in or take them out of hotel or apartment fridges. I won’t cook a meal in the oven. I can reluctantly drink something from the fridge in my own cup or glass, as long as I don’t see the inside of the fridge.
I am lucky in recent years that my sister has lived in a variety of different countries, so before I became ill I always stayed with her. I still took my own cup etc and don’t put it in her cupboard. I won’t even have a cup of tea in my mother’s house which is spotlessly clean because her cups are quite old!
When I was very ill in hospital last year, I nearly went mad because the nurses in ICU put all of my stuff in the bedside locker. My family had to take it all away and bring new stuff and the staff put a sign on the locker to say nothing had to be put in it unless it was double-bagged first, because it was causing me so much anxiety. They really were very understanding.
They talk about Tyson and his need for cleanliness but I don’t see any real signs of it with him - even the way he eats the girls food. I never could have done that, even though I love my children.
I couldn’t stand how dirty their house appears to be and I don’t even really class cleanliness as one of my major issues. If you asked me if it was a problem for me, I’d probably say it wasn’t. It’s only when I write it down that I realise it is.
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She’s such a dumb bitch. Hey Asswipe, you grew up in Utah. You know it snows a lot. If you don’t like it, then move. Oh that’s right, you can’t. Then you wouldn’t have #notarealnanny raising your children you wanted so much or all the other help you get from your family because you can’t do a fucking thing by yourself when it comes to your children, house, business, etc. You really are an immature and useless person. You can’t even take your own child to the ER by yourself or get your children ready for church or school. How pathetic. Why did you have children again? Oh yeah, so you and Porkster don’t have to work real jobs. It’s easy money, remember? Hod, she’s such a rag. No wonder she has no friends. 
. Nobody works out in a fleece jacket without breaking a sweat. Especially a bloated blubber blob like him 
