LOL! I have a PCA like that. She will not touch a doorknob or
anything else that has been touched by other people like an elevator
button, refrigerator handle etc. She always uses a tissue or paper
towel to touch such objects. Even then she washes her hands. And not
just wash but really scrub. It drives me crazy. And the weirdest part
is she's a constant nose picker -- and flicker. I keep telling her
"would you like a spoon?" She says she washes her hands so much
because she doesn't want to get sick. However, she is sick more than I am.
I had another PCA that always wore gloves when she touched me -
including doing such things as buttoning up my shirt or handling
anything that had touched my body in any way! Now that made me paranoid.
Dan
At 06:36 PM 11/29/2011, [email protected] said something that
elicited my response:
Does anyone here live with a germaphobe - or are you one? My son,
whom I love to death, is living with us for a few years now and
washes his hands incessantly. After he touches me, a paper, the
dog, a dirty dish...... he washes his hands. When he cooks, he
spends nearly half his time (ok maybe a third) washing his hands. I
know that cleanliness is next to godliness, but sometimes he makes
me feel like a rolling germ-bomb. He's a great kid, and I know this
is better than the opposite but...... is it just me?
AZDAVE
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet,
isn't much better than tedious
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George Dennison Prentice
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a
friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.
- Franklin Jones
