A friend of mine saty me down last night. He told me I had a serious problem. He told me that I keep my home too clean, everything has its place, my entire home is neat and organized.

I told him, "it's called neatness not OCD."
He disagreed with me, "you need to get help -- your just too organized"


He actually took issue and was upset that I am a clean person. During our conversation he actually raised his vioce a few times. So, I asked him too leave. I will never speak to him again.

I could not believe that someone would get that mad over a trait that I think is a positive one?

I don't get it, I take pride in my home, but sometimes I do clean too much.

Are you a neat freak, do people get get upset about it?

no i'm not a neat freak, actually i'm quite messy , i wish i was like that. i welcome all neat freaks to come and clean my house!!!

i think there's a difference between having OCD and being organized. i used to be a big ol' slob until i moved in to my own apartment, and now i'm a complete neat freak. everything is in its place, and i stress out when i'm too busy to clean up every day. it just makes me feel better to come home from a crappy day at work and walk into a well put-together and clean apartment. it makes a difference.

also, i think what maya angelou said is true: there's no way you can have what it takes to change the world if you can't at least make your bed every morning (paraphrased miserably, i'm sure). i take that to heart - i have a rule that if i don't get anything else done in a given day, at least i made my damn bed in the morning.

I think to be able to assess this situation properly, you need to spend the day at my house

Only after 5 or 6 hours of watching you make my house sparkle will I be able to pass judgement

*Remember folks - I am not a real doctor

Anxiety said:[quote]i think there's a difference between having OCD and being organized. i used to be a big ol' slob until i moved in to my own apartment, and now i'm a complete neat freak. everything is in its place, and i stress out when i'm too busy to clean up every day. it just makes me feel better to come home from a crappy day at work and walk into a well put-together and clean apartment. it makes a difference.



That is exactly what I told my friend last night and he told me that I shouldn't think that way.

i'm down with OCD
yeah, you know me

My appartment is like hair. If I leave it un-kempt for long enough, then the natural decay of rats faeces and goat carcasses starts to clean itself

Taureau said:

Anxiety said:

Me too

RocknRollisalive said:

Where do you live?

I wish i was a neat freak

I'm a mess, i'm terrible.

teach me how to be neat and tidy

i could do that for you lolly i am a total control freak.my house is like a museum so i'm told.maybe that's because i'm never in it!always out always pissed...so i'm told.how are you anyway girl?

cammille said:

I'm ok thanks



lets skip the lesson and you can just tidy up for me

lollyp0p said:

all's ya gotta do is go room by room. get rid of stuff you don't want or need, straighten the stuff that's left over, then get out the cleaning supplies and wipe the dust off yer surfaces and clean the floors. and when ya clean out your closets, don't be afraid of making a mess. ya can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs. there ya go.

lollyp0p said:

1. Throw out things that have no use to you.
2. Sort through things that you have not used in 6 months, donate them to charity

Anxiety said:

...and what he said

can't you lot do it for me?



i'm just lazy

lollyp0p said:

yeah, i guess i left out the part about getting off yer butt.

slm4m said:

Birmingham UK.... If you give me a couple of days notice, I can really mess things up for ya!

Usually, the people who call me OCD Neat freak are the type of people who have not cleaned their bathtub and toilet for over a year.

RocknRollisalive said:

Well, I'm in Ontario, Canada... will you pay Airfare?

Anxiety said:

yeah you'll come and clean for me?

slm4m said:

Canada eh....?

*checks map

lollyp0p said:

why did you bold 'yeah'?

RocknRollisalive said:

A Few hundred kilometers northest of Toronto.

Canada eh....? I actually know people who say that on a daily basis. No matter what, it's far from proper english.

Anxiety said:

because i can



so will you please

slm4m said:

If it's good enough for Homer Simpson, then it's good enough for me

RocknRollisalive said:

I love Homer. He would never be OCD neat freak... but I think Marge is.

Maybe your friend is OCD, and is fixated on your cleanliness vs. his lack thereof.

Some of my friends are complete slobs. Their idea of doing laundry is spraying their clothes with Febreeze. Their apartments look like a cave, with junk piled everywhere, the place reeks, filthy carpets, the dust is so thick on the shelves you can't even tell what color they really are, and don't get me started on the bathrooms.

There's nothing wrong with keeping a clean place. If anything, its admirable and can set a good example for others.

Tom said:

That's what I think.