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luvsterriers
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I like to have things clean and organized. For example, I like to organize my clothes in my closet by the store I went to. For instance tops I got from Ann Taylor are in one section, then I sub divide them by long or short sleeve. I also clean from time to time the rail that hangs the clothes. I clean my bathroom once a week and vacuum the carpet in my bedroom and hallway once a week. I polish my furniture once a week. I clean my dog's crate pad and blankets once a week. She gets a bath every 2 weeks and a haircut every 8 weeks. I brush her teeth and brush her coat every other day. Just wondering if being this organized (maybe too extreme?) is a trait of aspergers?? I found out I had aspergers 4 years ago. I grew up just knowing that I just had learning disability. I was diagnosed with LD at age 5.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:07 am Post subject: Organized |
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Most of what you list is just very organized, and good cleaning schedule--better than mine. Wanna come over here and do my place?  The sorting of clothes by store brand is a little strange, but hey, it's your closet, and your clothes, and doesn't sound too extreme. However, I would not bath the dog more than once a month unless it gets really dirty, or smells stinky, as bathing dogs or cats too often dries out their skin. This leads to skin problems that can get serious. One of the dogs we had when I was growing up was a miniature poodle. She got a bath at the groomer's every 6-8 weeks, along with her hair cut. Another dog we had later on, a border collie/lab mix needed to be taken to the groomers on about the same sched as the poodle, for both the bath and cut, as his coat grew very thick and long, and really needed cutting. He occasionally needed baths in between times at home too, as he sometimes managed to get pretty dirty. But hey, getting dirty was fun! Our other dogs just got baths as needed. A lab we had once earned two baths in one day! After the first bath, and before she had a chance to get thoroughly dry someone let her outside. She bolted for a neighbors yard, where they had recently put their garden bed to rest for the winter. It was covered in mulch. Once there, our lab rolled all over the garden bed in her still damp coat, so naturally, she got really, really dirty again, and needed another bath. |
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luvsterriers
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There have been houses that I have been to that I wanted to grab Pine Sol at least to mop up the floor! Or get some Tilex and get rid of the mold and mildew in bathroom. I don't know where I got this wanting things to be cleaned and organized from. OCD?
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Your post caught my attention because I'm a neat-nick too 
Since always, I seem to take pleasure in organising and cleaning. I moved to a new flat about 5 weeks ago (stressful) and hence had to take 4 days off. With great determination I totally organised my new flat. I almost cannot stand chaos in my personal space.
This is just anecdotal, but from my experience Aspies tend to be either one extreme or another! I know lots here who are, well, sloppy (you know who you are ) and then the opposite extreme. I almost think that my neatness can be disadvantageous though. By this I mean that if something is in disarray, then I can be really nervous/uneasy, more than a another.
luvsterriers, I doubt it's OCD - - - instead, it's just a trait. I understand the 'neatness-to-sloppiness' personality trait is established when one is very very young (i.e. baby to toddler) and remains constant throughout one's life. I believe this is true. I guess the only case it's OCD (at either extreme!) is when it becomes intrusive into one's life or too pre-occupying.
Neatness is a virtue. We've got the neat-gene 
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I remember at age 10 polishing furniture in our townhome which was small. Mom cleaned the bathrooms and dad vacuumed. We did this every other weekend. My bed was made so good too because mom told me how to do it. My closet was always clean and organized. I never put socks, undies, pants, shirts on the floor. If they needed to be cleaned I put them in the hamper. I know someone who's 13 and she can't make her bed look nice like I did when I was 10! UGH! Her bed looks like it was made by a toddler! I just can't stand laziness.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Being organized |
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| luvsterriers wrote: | | I like to have things clean and organized. For example, I like to organize my clothes in my closet by the store I went to. For instance tops I got from Ann Taylor are in one section, then I sub divide them by long or short sleeve. I also clean from time to time the rail that hangs the clothes. I clean my bathroom once a week and vacuum the carpet in my bedroom and hallway once a week. I polish my furniture once a week. I clean my dog's crate pad and blankets once a week. She gets a bath every 2 weeks and a haircut every 8 weeks. I brush her teeth and brush her coat every other day. Just wondering if being this organized (maybe too extreme?) is a trait of aspergers?? I found out I had aspergers 4 years ago. I grew up just knowing that I just had learning disability. I was diagnosed with LD at age 5. |
Sounds to me like as if you are being pretty anal.
The cleaning the house part is good, but worrying which piece of clothing came from where and if it is long or short sleeve is pretty much a total waste of your time.
Brushing a dogs teeth is really going over the line.
My friends dog drinks out of the toilet - what does it matter if its teeth are clean or not.
I seen dogs that would eat their own turds. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Being organized |
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| Looneytunes wrote: |
Sounds to me like as if you are being pretty anal. |
And you are being pretty rude. 
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The cleaning the house part is good, but worrying which piece of clothing came from where and if it is long or short sleeve is pretty much a total waste of your time.
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That is your opinion and you're entitled to it, but you shouldn't state it as though it were fact. It may be a waste of time to you to organise things, but it isn't a waste of time to those of us who like to be tidy.
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Brushing a dogs teeth is really going over the line.
My friends dog drinks out of the toilet - what does it matter if its teeth are clean or not.
I seen dogs that would eat their own turds.
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You're missing the point. You don't clean a dog's teeth to get rid of germs. You clean them for the same reason you clean humans' teeth - to get rid of plaque. Vets recommend that dogs and cats have their teeth cleaned to avoid gum disease and cavities. Perhaps you didn't know that. I would clean my dog's teeth if only he would let me. He tears my hands to pieces if I try, and putting his muzzle on defeats the purpose. When he's muzzled, I can't get at his teeth. 
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Being organized |
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| Looneytunes wrote: | | luvsterriers wrote: | | I like to have things clean and organized. For example, I like to organize my clothes in my closet by the store I went to. For instance tops I got from Ann Taylor are in one section, then I sub divide them by long or short sleeve. I also clean from time to time the rail that hangs the clothes. I clean my bathroom once a week and vacuum the carpet in my bedroom and hallway once a week. I polish my furniture once a week. I clean my dog's crate pad and blankets once a week. She gets a bath every 2 weeks and a haircut every 8 weeks. I brush her teeth and brush her coat every other day. Just wondering if being this organized (maybe too extreme?) is a trait of aspergers?? I found out I had aspergers 4 years ago. I grew up just knowing that I just had learning disability. I was diagnosed with LD at age 5. |
Sounds to me like as if you are being pretty anal.
The cleaning the house part is good, but worrying which piece of clothing came from where and if it is long or short sleeve is pretty much a total waste of your time.
Brushing a dogs teeth is really going over the line.
My friends dog drinks out of the toilet - what does it matter if its teeth are clean or not.
I seen dogs that would eat their own turds. |
Brushing cats' and dogs' teeth is recommended by the experts. It prevents decay and disease just as it does in us. Whether the critter reintroduces germs is irrelevant.
And while I'm chiming in on the thread anyway: baths every two weeks could work for some breeds, all depends on the breed, shampoo & conditioner, and the individual dog in question. On average, breeds that get clipped every 2 months would benefit from more frequent baths than breeds that don't require haircuts. Whatever the groomer or vet recommends is probably the best bet.
imho, the original poster sounds like aspie organization and ritual without the executive dysfunctions that plague so many of us. |
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If Aspies are either organised or disorganised then how organised or disorganised are NTs?
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| Joe90 wrote: | | If Aspies are either organised or disorganised then how organised or disorganised are NTs? |
They are probably more in the middle.
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This thread is reminding me to vacuum...and brush the cat. I usually do that once a week.
I'm cleaned and organised to a degree. My bedroom is kept pretty clean, the rest of the house...depends if I'm in a cleaning mood.
My coat rack is pretty well organised. I have plaid shirts ranging from biggest pattern to smallest. If I bought the majority of my shirts from Cream I'd line them up next to each other. Then I line the hoodies up by lightest and darkest colour. The heavier coats are at the end. And my pants hang up at the front. My long sleeve shirts are usually with jumpers and shorts because I have few pairs and I'm running out of space.
I dust my sci-fi collectibles occasionally.
I'm clean and organised but get occasionally messy. I'm kind of scatterbrained, meh feeling today.
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