When I worked I wore scrubs, so no brain power needed.
Now, I get my husband’s clothes ready the night before. He wears uniforms, but If I didn’t lay them out for him he’d just pick one out of the dirty clothes hamper. Since he works 24 hour shifts, I pack a small bag with extra everything in case he gets into something bad. So two days at a time.
He only works 9 days a month, so it’s not that bad. No OCD needed.
I also shave his head the night before. He showers and shaves his face, too. So, mornings are pee, brush teeth, take AM pills with iced coffee and race out the door. The whole process takes 15 minutes from alarm to back to bed for me.
I work at a Japanese company with a lot of Japanese expats. I know tattoos are sometimes a taboo topic in Japanese culture, so I wish not to show my ink.
However, I think they would be fine with it if I did and sometimes it does peek out a bit if I don’t wear a scarf.
I’ve gotten to like wearing scarfs actually, they make my outfits a little more colourful!
I don’t do this but it makes perfect sense to me that under certain circumstances it is a logical approach.
Before I gave birth, I planned an entire month’s worth of menus for after the baby was born, using cookbooks that focused on prepping and freezing meals in advance. I posted a calendar on the pantry door with the schedule, and followed it pretty closely.
This might be considered … odd … in some settings, but I was living in Mozambique where our grocery stores/access to particular ingredients were unreliable (and there were no take-out or decent restaurant choices), and I had visiting parents/in-laws for most of the first month after my son was born. So while it might have seemed a bit over-controlling/obsessive to outsiders, it worked out very well for me and made the first month of being a parent at the same time I was hosting family much less stressful.
In short: you do what you need to do in order to maintain sanity/save time/get the job done under particular circumstances. And even if it’s a bit OCD, so what? It works for you. Explain to your BF that you have more energy for sex when you implement these techniques that save you time, and by extension free up your emotional/physical energy.
