I'm driving myself mad with my pedantry!

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I find the pegs with the best grip on my retracting narrow line are the ones with the spring between the 'ears' like this. These came from Asda but they don't often have this type.

I'm not worried about the colour of the pegs, more about the strength of the spring. So many modern pegs just don't grip like they used to. Anyone recommend some good strong ones?

Previous poster mentioned Julia Roberts in the movie 'Sleepng with the Enemy' and how she was OCD about keeping jars/towels perfectly aligned.

I think it was her abusive husband who had the OCD. When she escaped him and lived somewhere else, that is how she knew he had found her..... the jars in her cupboard had been lined up and her towels straightened.

Glad you found a solution, nanasam!

But if this pedantry/ocd/whatever-it-is becomes a problem in other parts of your life, then I think professional help is in order. If not, then ok.

pegs! lifes too short ,get a grip on reality.

Thank you, you lovely lot. You've given me a lot of laughs and made me realise I'm not the only one with 'problems'!

instagran I did look up the meaning of pedantry before I wrote as I didn't want to use the wrong word -

pedantry
ˈpɛd(ə)ntri/Submit
noun
excessive concern with minor details and rules.
"to object to this is not mere pedantry"

Haha, I must have OCD after all!

baggs, you're right, I am pegantic!

Anyway, the upshot is I'm going to give all the coloured pegs to my daughter, who doesn't give a fig which peg to use, and buy myself some more wooden ones. I just hope they are the same colour as my existing ones

I'm not really bothered about the colour of the pegs, but I do have to match up the washing when I put it on the line. All the socks are paired up, the shirts together and underwear sorted, knickers together, DH's boxers together etc. I also have a home for everything but might as well not bother as DH rarely puts anything back in the 'right' place. However he does all the cooking so I forgive him even though I have to search the kitchen to find the things I need when I'm doing my baking.
Never mind, there are much worse things to worry about so I just pass myself off as OCD and DH as totally unconcerned about the whereabouts of anything at all!!

I am exactly the same with the pegs and washing but I'm not a Virgo. Perhaps I have Aspergers tendencies ......

I like my tea towels to match, dh got two out the airing cupboard and I said they don't match have to be the same, looked at me as if I was bonkers.

My DH is a Virgo and nothing like what you describe.
Are you really "driving yourself mad?" Or are you rather proud of this obsession?
Easy enough to amend unless it really is a symptom of OCD.

I like my coloured pegs but they do have to be in a certain order on the washing.....

Thanks Shysal, IWhat a good idea. I'll have a look.

When I hang washing out on the line, pyjama tops have to be next to their matching tops, socks have to be next to each other and all types of tshirts go next to each other, when oh hangs clothes out he doesn't care, they get hing any old way, I then go along the washing line and match everything up , am I a bit crackers!!!?

Couldn't care about the pegs, but I do have rules about filling up the rotary line with so many on each quarter, not sure why!

I don't hang my washing out, too many trees and bird poo. I hang it in the utility and workshop and am not bothered about the colour of my clothes pegs. But I am disgusted that a new neighbour two doors down leaves her multi coloured pegs out on the line, how common (haughty look).

I dry my undies out of sight in the airing cupboard. Well one does have standards you know.

I am also disgusted about people in our street leaving their bins out until a couple of days before the next collection. What do they do with their rubbish in the meantime?

insistence, even!

This is absolutely nothing to do with pedantry - which means insistance on the correct spelling, word or grammar. You have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as other poster has said. Don't worry there are self-help books on the subject. Good luck.

Oh my goodness how sad are you lot!

Oh I am a Virgo too, but my problem is correcting English and also the written word especially texts!! When I text I text in long hand no U R its you are, no tomoz its tomorrow etc. etc. When I get texts from people or people talk to me and say things like cartridge instead of cartilage, I just have to correct them. EEK I am a nightmare and the worst thing is I know I'm doing it but cannot stop. Apostrophes are my nemesis! If I receive a letter from a business and there is incorrect grammar and spelling mistakes, which I might add is frequently I want to ring them and tell them. Not quite so bad with the pegs though, I don't seem to mind different coloured pegs, not colored pegs you see. When did we start to use Americanisms!!!

Definitely OCD.

You need professional help.

I am also a Virgo, but couldn't care less about the colour of pegs.

Anything else to worry about ?.

Um... small point... but, shouldn't it be "pegantry"?

pollyperkins, I have a shoulder bag for my pegs, wouldn't have any other sort now.
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Bebe47 You are a girl after my own heart.....surely washing is what picket fences and patio furniture are for? I can't stretch up at all now and have discovered the delights of improvising drying spaces.

I do have a retractable line about 2 ft above my patios fence, and four well placed pairs of pants on there, can ensure that the people at the end of my garden have to have their lights on indoors.

Life is so short why waste a moment on pegs?

Definitely touching on OCD!...I do exactly the same thing..... with everything!! I have to line up my coasters on the coffee table in the right order. I have made lids for my waste bins around the house...I almost colour code my ironing!! I move my ornaments almost on a daily basis..heeeeeelp!!

Go buy new pegs - throw out these coloured ones that are ruining your life - then you are bound to find something else in your life to fret over! Poor you - what challenges you face!