Unanticipated OCD

[VertOlive]

After a month or so of diving into pens, I'm up to 8 pens with another on the way. At about pen#4, I started doing this thing:

It seems I must be sure where they all are before I go to bed. One cannot remain in my bag, it must be with the others in their cup.

This is normal for me with my dogs, but these are pens, fer crying' out loud.

Do you know where your fountain pens are right now?

[00Photo]

Yes. I check on mine several times a day. Less because of OCD and more because they cost a small fortune and I work in high crime areas.

[MisterBoll]

It all depends on how well you've trained them. Mine have to be tucked in at midnight - or suffer the consequences.

[fountainpenkid]

Lol. I certainly am very aware of where my pens are at all times, and look all around the second I notice one is missing, but I don't bring enough of my pens around with me to possibly misplace them.

[Jon Szanto]

[earthdawn]

LOL...

Mine are in the 2 cases I have, all face the same way and all are centered

[I like mango pudding]

yeah, that's a bit of ocd alright. Sometimes I have a bit of it but I never dwell on it. It is a quirk of mine, like having all the bills in my wallet facing the same direction, or the teeth on the keys in my keychain all facing the same direction, or having the zipper from my pen case close at the top of the case instead of the bottom, or having all my shoes lined up perfectly in the closet, or having the toilet paper unroll from the top only, or having . . . well, you know.

[Jeph]

Bah, I don't even know how many I am carrying with me. (It is 10, I just checked.) For that matter, I don't even know how many pens I own. Yesterday a pen showed up that I did not remember buying, although it did come back to me after I checked my records.

And the funny thing is that my office mates consider me to be CDO. That is OCD in alphabetical order, if you are wondering.

[snedwos]

I have that sort of incidental OCD, too. As in, I'll spend ages trying to work out how to cap my pens so the nib aligns with the clip. But then I'm a total slob.


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[MisterBoll]

After reading all these posts I am feeling good as I realize I don't have OCD but probably some form of OCD Jr.

For the rest of you - I would not feel bad as OCD is much better than having CRS.

[tandaina]

I have a puppy who can and will chew anything she can reach. So yes, all my pens must be in the pen chest, or in their wrap on top of the chest, well out of reach at all times I am not using them. I am obsessive about it cause I wouldn't forgive myself if I let her destroy one. (She wouldn't know any better!)


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[manoeuver]

in a cup?

my pens are all over the freaking house at all times.

[cwent2]

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Thanks for the laughs - I know where all my pens, quills, pads, paper and ink are. Now if I could only find my mind, I think I lost it!

[Laura N]

I am so far from OCD that I feel a little left out.

I am a good pen cleaner, though.

[Robert]

Mine are apt to be anywhere at any given time. Some go missing for a day or two, only to turn up again. (I guess it's a good thing I never had kids.)

[cwent2]

Mine are apt to be anywhere at any given time. Some go missing for a day or two, only to turn up again. (I guess it's a good thing I never had kids.)

So i assume you have to look in the mirror to find the guilty party?

[orfew]

I had to laugh at this one. I will walk by my pen display a few times per hour. If one is missing I will ask my wife if she has seen pen X. 99 times out of 100 she will say "How did you know it was missing, I just borrowed it from the rack 10 minutes ago". So yes, I keep a close eye on my pens. My wife puts up with the hobby because she loves to write out note cards for people and knows she will always have her choice of pens with which to do it.

[Goldfish]

I have some pens that I haven't seen since I moved two years ago. I know it's in one of those boxes in the crawl space...

[InvisibleMan]

I know exactly which house or car or office most of my pens probably are in. At all times.

[gentlyom]

I am quite guilty in this department. Yes, I am aware of all my pens whereabouts and would check my vintage pens at least twice a day to make sure they are getting some "fresh air". I also very keen to cleaning my pens completely inside and out, including the cap.