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Upside down madness

What is one of your quirks? (Prompt courtesy: https://thecoffeemonsterzco.com/en-ca/blogs/midnight-blogging/journaling-prompts)

I’m not sure for how long I’ve been like this, maybe my whole life, but I can’t stand glasses or mugs put away in the cupboard upside down.

Like what is the point of that? Is dust actually going to accumulate inside of the cupboard doors in the twenty-four hours it takes to go through most of them?

My kids know that if they want to bug me, which they way too often do, when they unload the dishwasher, they put the glasses and cups away NOT right side up.

Each time I see it, it reminds me of that scene in Sleeping With the Enemy where Julia Roberts opens the cupboard door and sees her crazy abuser husband has been in the house because all of the canned goods are organized with labels facing front.

Except I’m not scared, I’m annoyed and I have to flip them all back over.

Sid this morning on our way to school
Cordelia & baby RR

21 responses to “Upside down madness”

  1. err… we’re all a bit picky sometimes. I remember the first time my ex-wife put the toilet paper backwards, so it unrolled towards the wall. I had never thought of it like that, and I thought, well, it is sort of cool, you just push the roll against the wall to tear some off. My mum also puts all the knives and forks and spoons in a certain place in the dishwasher, so taking them out you can do it in one grab. I suppose we keep our undies in a single drawer and not spread out. We have system! Live and learn 🙂

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    1. Oooh the cutlery in the dishwasher thing is smart!
      My dad was anal about the tp (no pun intended) so i try not to care which way it’s put on 🤷🏻‍♀️

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      1. Haha. Yeah, it seems weird what crosses our minds when we discover something different.

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  2. i like to label everything lol

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    1. Oh that’s interesting, you’re organized!

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  3. I love the job of holding a baby and letting them nap on me. Wish I was there to lend a hand!

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    1. Ikr?! He’s such a cute little bundle 🥰

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  4. I put the wrong type of forks together as I do with the spoons.

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    1. But why?!

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    Michael Williams

    that’s such a nice picture of Sid and Cordelia with RR. 🙂

    i guess i can imagine why cups placed like that would annoy you. in fact, the more i think about it, there is something strangely unsettling about that! Mike

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    1. Thanks Mike ☺️
      Lol yeah like why upside down?!

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  6. Pet peeves must be fed.

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    1. Lol 😂

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  7. Beautiful snow and perfect little angel! Totally get the cups thing lol

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    1. Thank you!!!

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  8. Yours is totally understandable. Come on, who does that? 😂 Mine is when people leave closet doors and drawers open, it drives me crazy. Well, that, and placing the toilet paper the wrong way. It’s common knowledge that the paper is supposed to hang over, in front. 🤣 Baby RR is just precious and chillin’, of course.

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    1. Oh interesting, my Dad made us hang it the opposite way lol, under!

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      1. Nooo…that’s the wrong way. 😂

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      2. 😂

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  9. I’ve never given this much thought until now. But I kinda don’t want to have the part of the glass that I’m going to place my mouth on to be on the dirty shelf.

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    1. This is true!

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