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.

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[jazzfish]

I still do that at times, actually, because I had (and still have, depending on the type of pasta) a very poor grasp of how much dried pasta it takes to make a "meal," especially when pouring it into boiling water.

Now, I'll own up to having formerly measured out the amount of /water/ to boil it in. That, I'll admit, was rather neurotic.

Partly that's because I cheat, by importing comments from LJ to DW. Ideally the comments at DW will always be a superset of the LJ comments. But yeah. I'm happy to see discussion going on over there. (It has a "Preview Comment" button! What's not to love?)