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i know that most of us have an obsession involving numbers. mine is 25. i have to wash my hands for 25 seconds, pack cigarettes 25 times, i will only wash 25 dishes at a time, stuff like that. it gets kinda time consuming. what is your number?
Posted on 07/17/08, 03:07 pm
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Reply #1 - 07/17/08  5:55pm
" I never had too big of a thing with numbers. I didn't like the number 4 or 6 & still don't really but I've gotten better about that. "
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Reply #2 - 07/17/08  6:21pm
" I don't have a set number. I tend to count until something like a door-handle or a threshold or something interferes with my walking or the activity that I am repeating. "
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Reply #3 - 07/17/08  8:40pm
" My number is 3 or multiples of 3 or any number with 3 in it. Like where I used to live had 5 steps leading up to the door and I was extremely uncomfortable going up or down them. Now, I live in an apartment and there are 13 steps up to my door and I don't have a problem. I wash my hands 3 times, rinse my hair 3 times, check things 3 times or more, read things 3 times. I don't know what the deal is with 3, but if I do something that does not have to do with 3, then I am extremely uncomfortable and I have to modify it until I have 3 or a multiple of it. "
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Reply #4 - 07/17/08  10:37pm
" 4! "
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Reply #5 - 07/17/08  11:32pm
" 5 "
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Reply #6 - 07/18/08  8:36am
" No specific number, but I do like even things. Though oddly enough, I don't mind 3s. Kind of avoid 13. "
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Reply #7 - 07/18/08  9:40am
" My fav. # is 12. But I usually collect items in 2's, 5's, 10', 25's, etc. EX: pencils & pens. Or when I buy something, I would buy 5 of them, instead of 1. "
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Reply #8 - 07/18/08  3:57pm
" 7 and 3 (or mulitiples of 3) "
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Reply #9 - 07/18/08  4:38pm
" my number is usually 4, though sometimes 2. odd numbers make me uncomfortable. :) "
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Reply #10 - 07/18/08  6:34pm
" My number is 12!!! "
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