I think I am officially anal....

Ohhh ok. I thought it was a giant warehouse of nothing but cheese.

 

Freud's Anal Stage of development.

I'm more Oral myself.

 

I'm oral as well. I was potty trained at 18 onths so no real explanation for it I'm just a control freak in terms of certain things.

 

Sounds like you've got things down pat! It took me a while to be organized when it came to grocery shopping, cooking, and the like. But after having the kids, things changed, and the only way to sanity is organization! It's no picnic toting three young children with you to the grocery store and not knowing what the heck you even came to the store for in the first place, so lists it is, otherwise, I'd be totally lost.

But yes, I make lists for everything. I make lists on instructions and little tricks of the trade on how to care for the kids if I'm not home for a length of time (for my mother-in-law and mother if they babysit) and at first I thought they'd be offended by the lists, but they said they loved them and that they were such a life-saver when I was gone! They said all they had to do was look at the lists and they knew exactly what was going on, knew how to handle certain behaviors, what to feed them and when, and stuff like that. I figure it makes things easier on them, and also makes me feel more relaxed when leaving them (which rarely ever happens, but this month I've got two socials I have to attend with my hubby, one in which we'll be gone overnight)

I like making lists. I enjoy it because it makes me feel like I've got my act together, know what I mean?

Yes, whoever marries you is definitely going to be lucky! You've already got the organization skills to a "T"!

 

Oh, I can admit that I tend to be a control freak. But I've relaxed my ways in the past few years so I'm not as bad as I used to be.

 

hehe I have to do lists for my aides for each kid at work each day -ie-please remember to brush rachels hair and put in her favorite headband as long as it matches her outfit.

Please remember that Johhny prefers goldfish cracker to wheat thins.
besides all the boring psychological stuff...lol but yeah they had to tell me that I need to simply supervise and no longer interact with the kids because I am too 'mothering' and am hindering their progress.
and I have to do lists and myplanner is planned out fir each half hour even my huipforums time lol...it's sick

 

Heheheh, I'm a parent volunteer in my oldest son's kindergarten class and I have to stop myself from doing too much for the kids. It's hard though sometimes! I'm just in the mothering role and I do things out of habit, like picking up after them or helping them more than they really need. I tend to baby my own kids a lot (my husband prefers to say that I "spoil" them) and I have to remind myself to let them do things for themselves that they are more than capable of doing.


Don't worry lynsey, it's not sick. Well, if it is, than I'm sick too, but I'm the one in denial.

 

I guessed as much.
It usual hits those afflicted w/the white habit. *g*

Got lists of lists of lists?
Shhhhh......you Know who does.
Bypasses the keyboard - handwriting looks very similar to this.
Brain does the sorting/organizing...

 

The white habit? Are you cracking on me and the milk again?

No, I don't have lists of lists of lists. Just lists.

 

Good.
There's still Hope for you.


Lists of lists of lists of lists is w/o a doubt anal...

 

You're being mean to me today.

 

heheh I love you but am a bit jealous of your life in a lot of ways. I almost got married at 18 but couldn't do it. I didn't love him but now I'm at that age where I want a family and it's tough expecially working with kids and next year I'll be 25 so I'll be old enough to adopt and I am scared shitless that I'm going to be addicted to kids like I am dogs.

 

I think that when the time is right, that you will make a wonderful mother. And 25, that's still quite young yet. You've got plenty of time.

You're going to make someone a great wife one day too, I'm sure of it. True love happens when you least expect it.

{{{Hugs}}}