My daughter's friend told her that he's been reading my blog, but can't go on doing so because he doesn't support my viewpoint. I say live and let live as long as you keep your hands off my doorknob. He went on to tell Lexi that his mother participated in a study focused on curing people of their obsessions. They were successful with some. Got nowhere with another. To my delight, the one obsession they weren't able to rid people of was cleanliness. That means you're stuck with me.
Three verifiable things about me. One. I am an only child. The concept of sharing, therefore, is foreign to me. Two. I am a Virgo. The sign regarded as a perfectionist. Three. My mother raised me to be meticulously clean; compulsively tidy. According to my mother, "You have taken this clean thing way too far." I disagree. Apologies to my mother.
Nature or nurture? Who knows? Who cares? I have not been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Nor would I label myself a Cleanaholic. Or a Germaphobe. My world though, is definitely a unique place. One where doors open magically. Hotel mattresses are pristine. And estheticians never double dip.
I live in this world without a bubble or a honeycomb mask. About 15 years ago I got tired of catching the flu du jour and became ever more so hygienically vigilant -- perhaps obsessively so.
Ha ha. You go, Eva.
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