domestic, um, something or other

[jazzfish]

uilos: And that's why I make you cook lima beans. Because you are capable of putting them on to cook and leaving them there.
Me: Well, yes. That's what the directions say to do.
uilos: But how do you know they're cooking if you don't poke at them and stir them?
Me: Because the directions SAY they're cooking.
uilos: You don't know that! You have to DO THINGS to make them cook!
Me: No, the DIRECTIONS SAY... how did we end up with duelling OCDs[1]?
uilos: I don't know about you but I don't have OCD.
Me: ... I am totally telling LJ about this.

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[1] "Neuroses" would have been a better (more accurate, less potentially hurtful) term to have used, here.

Comments

[jazzfish]

Yeah, there was definitely muffled (at least) laughter during all parts of that conversation. And I'm with you on the CDO thing, myself.

And, that's actually a very good point. For me it isn't even close to OCD; it's more like an overdeveloped instinct to follow Authority, such as a written recipe, which in some situations can end up looking like OCD from the outside. uilos has her own stuff, which may or not be anything like actual diagnosable OCD. Thank you for pointing that out; I've updated the post accordingly. (Footnote because editing a transcript seems Wrong, to me.)