What rituals or habits do you have which may seem odd to others?

I think many people have mild OCD traits. I always put my mugs back in the cupboard in the same place. No idea why.

It's odd, because I hadn't really thought about my 'habits', but reading the thread on MN made me realise I have a few!

I just made a list...

Oh dear, I must use matching pegs, washing, ironing has to go on the correct hangers, food in cupboards are always in same place as is the fridge.

Clothes in my wardrobe and drawers are grouped together (jumpers, shirts, tops, trousers, dresses etc and by colours)

I use certain mugs for tea, herbal tea and coffees different ones for Christmas...

OK I need to get out more

I do squats as I brush my teeth!

When I water the garden, I talk to the plants (in my head) and tell them not to worry it will be their turn soon

NotSpaghetti
So do I. And tendon stretches.

Oh yes, I forgot about matching pegs! Standing on one leg while brushing your teeth was recommended by my chiropractor.

How long have you got?

Matching clothes pegs until I bought a set all the same colour.
Tops in wardrobe in rainbow colour order, pale to dark left to right.
When dishing up a meal I always put the protein, carbs, veg etc. on the same part of the plate.
When eating a food on toast, each slice has to be accurately cut into 9 with the covering evenly distributed. Couldn't cut a corner off!
I like everything in its place but don't care if thick in dust !
Only use even numbers on volume buttons.
Count the bathroom tiles every morning while in the bath.

I could go on and on!

shysal I too dish up food in the same arrangement.
I let my toast cool before buttering it.
When showering I wash myself in the same order each time.

I have a morning mug - Christmas drawing done by DGS at Primary school
An afternoon mug - Bluebirds from M&S
And a nighttime mug - Pink with a sort of lacy pattern.

Heaven forbid if DH makes me a cuppa in the wrong mug. Also, I am totally unable to drink out of a mug with a coloured interior.
I am a Virgo and have my funny little ways

MerylStreep

NotSpaghetti
So do I. And tendon stretches.

I do those when waiting for the kettle to boil!

I have a wardrobe grouping ritual too. Trousers, joggers and the occasional dress on the left, tops and blouses on the right. And they all have to "face" the centre. So clothes on the left face right, and clothes on the right face left! No idea why, but I think it makes the clothes easier to see, I think

Sorry, too many "I think"s, maybe I think too much!

I make porridge with water let it go lumpy and cold then add sugar and milk over the top of it. I make tapioca and rice pudding lumpy too. If I use eggs I have to remove all the stringy bits etc before I cook with them. I never eat an egg cooked by anyone else. When I cook sausages I have to slice them lengthways so inside is cooked through.
I check the gas stove taps doors etc all the time. I am clean but can be untidy and sort washing etc when the mood takes me. I am not OCD about housework that is for sure.

I almost forgot I am an expert at hanging washing so it keeps the ironing down to virtually none.

Like mrswoo, I don't like coloured interior mugs or Pyrex mugs either.
When I peg out socks they have to be pegged singularly but have the matching sock next to it AND have matching pegs.
I won't strip the bed on a Sunday or New Years Day.

I don't get out of bed before I've decided exactly what I am going to wear.

New Year’s Day I wouldn’t be capable of stripping a bed.

Different cups for drinks----coffee, hot choc, tea. a glass for water, never a cup.
I'm not the only one using the same colour pegs nice to know.
I also arrange dinners the same, meat draped on the edge, then roast pots, then veggies----not all dumped in the middle of the plate any old how.

I don't like tea from a mug with a coloured inside.
I plan the evening meal before I get out of bed in the morning.
My really embarrassing and weird one ? If I drop a piece of carrot or potato on the floor when making a casserole I have to wash it and put it back in the dish because I feel sorry for it !!

Light switches... when there are two switches on separate sides of the room, I will ensure up is on, and down is off, even if I have to cross the room to use the other switch.

DH is an electrician, so we have switches everywhere! I do understand the clothes peg thing. I don't hang my wash often, but my pegs are all wooden.

Before we return to bed with our early morning tea, the bed has to be tidied up and the duvet smoothed.

I can only drink out of a white insided mug, and the rim must be thin.
Most of my clothes don’t make it into the wardrobe - they get draped on a big wicker chair - jumpers on the back, tee shirts on the seat, jeans and trousers on the arms, but I must have my next day socks out.

Going to sleep I must lay on my right side first ( my worrying side, meaning if I am worrying about something I can only do it when laid on this side).
After ten minutes, I turn over and lay on my non worrying side and usually go straight to sleep.

I decide what I am going to wear before I get up. I always run the cold tap for a while first thing in the morning so as not to use the water that has been sitting in the pipes. I never leave any baked beans in the tin as I feel they have gone through so much before being put in the tin - growing, cooking, canning- it doesn't seem right to not use them I am sure I will think of more things .......... !!