That's Just Weird

I’ve been tagged again. This time I was tagged by Kidzmama over at Not a Spare Minute. I am supposed to list 6 randomly weird things about me. When I told my husband about this he said that shouldn’t be hard at all. So, I put him on the job. After much discussion, here is what we came up with.

1. Knives. I have a love/hate relationship with knives. I have a love of all kitchen tools and enjoy having a good sharp knife to work with. However, when I make the unfortunate mistake of cutting my finger I go a little overboard. As my husband put it; “Nobody likes getting their finger cut but not everyone goes into a coma.” I hyperventilate. I have to put my head between my knees to keep from passing out. I get a little nutso.

2. Teeth – I discovered when MA was 4 years old that I had this problem. I went to her preschool for a parent lunch and got sat by this little boy with a loose tooth. He was quite proud of it and started showing me. Eeew. I got the heeby-geebies! I can’t stand to see the loose tooth and will NOT be the excavator! Unfortunately, I’m number one assistant for the tooth fairy in this house and although I do my job, it is not with joy. You will not find any stashes of teeth around here. The tooth fairy takes them with her I don’t care what she is doing with them as long as I don’t have to touch them again.

3. Dog germs – I referenced this aversion here. I’m a cat person. How I ended up with a dog is beyond me. I was caught in one of my softy moments. I cannot stand for a dog to lick me or anyone else. I almost vomit when I see someone kissing a dog on t.v. or letting it lick their face. Did anyone see Saturday Night Live this week? They had a mock commercial for the once a year period pill. If you saw it, you know what I’m talking about.

4. Snakes – Yes, a snake phobia is pretty common, but the extent that mine goes is a little weird. As I write this my feet are up off the floor and I have this feeling of snakes crawling around my ankles. I will not touch a picture of a snake, even a cartoon one. I will not touch a toy snake. I went to the zoo in St. Louis one time and I couldn’t open the door to the reptile house because the handles were snakes. Someone else had to open it for me. Finally, part of the reason I do not eat Braunschweiger is because when I was a kid I had a dream about snakes and somehow I got it in my head that Braunschweiger tastes like snakes. (That and the stuff is just plain gross.)

5. Scary Movies – I can’t watch them. Even the most mild of scary movies and if I do watch them, I have to have a pillow handy. I hug the pillow. I hide behind it and I peek over the top of it to see a very small corner of the screen. My husband did not know how much I hated scary movies when we first started dating. This is not something you share with someone you are trying to impress. So when he came to visit me with a mutual friend of ours and they wanted to go see Pet Cemetery I went along without saying a word. To this day he cannot believe I saw that movie with him.

6. Whistling – I’ve already discussed this oddity here. I don’t think I really have anything to add.

So there you have it. I hope you’ll still be my friend after you read this. :) I’m supposed to tag someone, but I can’t remember who has done this one. I’ll just tag AZ over at Life and Times of a Teenager with Disabilities.