You know you live with an ad/hder when... | ADHD Information
You know you live with an ad/hder when you are home alone and the cordless phone rings, and you stub your toe on trash, trip over clothing, and nearly kill yourself looking under the bed, and under covers and under furniture trying to find the thing before it stops ringing because the caller hung up thinking that you must not be home. sonya_h38502.6359606481oh, and when you find it and look at the caller ID you discover it was a bill-collector trying to collect an old overdue bill anyway, so you never even answer it anyhow. sonya_h38502.6381944444I don't bother answering it unless it's my cell phone :)[QUOTE=missinglink]
You know when you live with a add'er when you walk around the house and you find different types of their clothing throughout the house that they were wearing for that day. And all that they can say is that they got upset.
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are you implying that I like to sit in the house naked?
You know when you live with an adhd person when you go and try talking to them about something and they never and they never get the point of what you are talking about.
And you know when you have adhd when you are typing and you totally forget what you are talking about or what you wanted to write like me.
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yeah I have no shame in my body or nudity.... I SO want to live in a nudist resort.....
only problem is that I'm small and get cold fast!
While I was reading this, I realized that I haven't stirred the stew since I put it on. Yep -- burnt to the bottom.
you know you live with an ad/hder cook when you are in the kitchen and whenenver you want to know what time it is you attempt to look at the microwave clock...you are never successful getting the time this way, on account of the fact that the microwave door is ALWAYS left open, and the last setting is NEVER cleared off, and hence the time is NEVER showing.
if you wanna know what time it is, you have to get up from your meal, shut the microwave door and press "clear".....THEN you can see what time it is...
I DO do the icon thing, I have to have them in MY order. My computer desk is a bomb site.
I have a massive collection of clowns.
I have three half full tubes of Pringles and two cakes in my fridge in the office, nowhere near in date.
I only check this forum when I remember it exists. I changed it to my home site but got bored of it popping up everytime I wanted to go online.
My wife is always going in to the kitchen to clean up, (After I have done it), when I actually DO clean pots.
When I make a cup of tea, I always leave the tea bag by the kettle, the trash can is by the kettle too.
GOD I FEEL SORRY FOR MY WIFE.....WHEN YOU READ THIS BABY, IM SORRY.
Zach
When your in a hurry and forget what you were in the hurry for.
When half of the dishes are done and half of the laungrt is done...but the kitchen is moped and swept.
you know you live with an ad/hd cook when you find piles of trash--egg shells, empty butter wrapers, aluminum foil, onion peelings, etc, sitting neatly in the sink instead of in the trash can......which is sitting right next to the sink, empty.
You know you live with an ad/hd cook when you find yourself having to shell out extra money for another pack of raw chicken, on account of the fact that, the first pack was sat outside of the freezer to thaw, and then totally forgotten about, and ended up sitting there about a week and eventually went bad.
You know you live with an ad/hder when you walk into the kitchen, and unexpectedly find the dishes and the kitchen are clean, so you start to wonder to yourself, "i wonder whose coming over today?".....
You know you live with an ad/hd cook when you are pregnant and afraid to look in the oven first thing in the morning.....the last time you did this, you found some unidentified, forgotten, rotten food left in there, and the smell and sight of it sent you and your pregnant morning-queasy stomach running and spewing...
welcome to my life everyone....with my husband the cook.
sonya_h38497.7936458333ha ha, you need to check this forum first too?
ha ha ha ha....I forgot that one....
When you find a lunch from last week still in the car because they forgot to put it in the fridge at work and keep forgetting(or not wanting to waste it) to throw the food in the garbage.....
When for some reason, they don't care what their cutlery looks like as long as it's identical and throw out anything that doesn't match......
When you have funny collections of things like Gargantuan flashlights......
When organizing Icons on the computer is CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT but organizing the desk it sits on or even cleaning the food around the computer that's starting to stink can wait another week....
You know you live with and ADHD'er when you find socks EVERYWHERE...behind the toilet, under the couch, on the couch, tied to the dog.... EVERYWHERE.... maybe that's just me...When on random mornings, you see a smiley in your breakfast.....carved into a watermelon....
Somehow without any sort of schedule your life is always full and always slightly late....
You know you live with an ADHD'er when you get the worlds BEST and BIGGEST collection of things and events for your birthday.....or at least you were supposed to because they tried REALLY hard and what you do get is always a little strange or brokenish, but they tried really hard and spent alot of time making sure everything was right.......when everything seems to be going wrong..... and just by them being there ya end up with the BEST birthday anyways....
You know you live with an ADHD'er when you have to remind them to go to the bathroom after driving like a maniac to get home to do just that.
[QUOTE=arbiterxero]You know you live with and ADHD'er when you find socks EVERYWHERE...behind the toilet, under the couch, on the couch, tied to the dog.... EVERYWHERE.... maybe that's just me...
...You know you live with an ADHD'er when you have to remind them to go to the bathroom after driving like a maniac to get home to do just that.
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LOL! Well, in my experience with my husband, that would be underwear AND socks.....dirty, grimed in, dark, DISGUSTING socks...
and yes, my husband would tell you about reminding me to go to bathroom after he rushed me home...
I"M SORRY, but the first order of business when I get home, which takes merit over ALL OTHER activities, INCLUDING PEEING, is to check this forum!!
You know you live with an AD/HD'er when you have an entire laundry basket dedicated to clean unmatched socks because she says she doesn't do socks. (Matching them drives me nuts, I'd rather watch grass grow.)
When there are piles around the house of stuff, but if you try to clean it up she freaks out because now she can't find anything. They were her piles and she knew what was in each one.
When she goes out and buys a ton of baskets, tubs, and organizers and they are sitting next to the piles of stuff.
She wants to buy new socks because she "doesn't have any," because they are all in a basket unmatched
When you look up at 5:30pm and that's when you start to wonder what's for dinner.
That is our house pieces of clothing everywhere by both the husband and child. I found a starter from a car on my kitchen table before. Car parts and tools are everywhere. You know your husband has ADD when he starts to tear a spare room apart to re-do for a new baby and does not finish it and leaves a shop vac and tools all over the house that you need a trail to get around. It was not funny at the time, i was 8 months pregnant and terrified. My brothers came over the help him finish after hearing my tears. Although at that time we did not know he had it and my brothers did not think to much of him at that time. You know you have an ADHD child when you see toys everywhere and she gets upset because she lost one and you find it 1-2 weeks later. She takes things around and forgets them. [QUOTE=sonya_h]you know you live with an ad/hd cook when you find piles of trash--egg shells, empty butter wrapers, aluminum foil, onion peelings, etc, sitting neatly in the sink instead of in the trash can......which is sitting right next to the sink, empty.
You know you live with an ad/hd cook when you find yourself having to shell out extra money for another pack of raw chicken, on account of the fact that, the first pack was sat outside of the freezer to thaw, and then totally forgotten about, and ended up sitting there about a week and eventually went bad.
You know you live with an ad/hder when you walk into the kitchen, and unexpectedly find the dishes and the kitchen are clean, so you start to wonder to yourself, "i wonder whose coming over today?".....
You know you live with an ad/hd cook when you are pregnant and afraid to look in the oven first thing in the morning.....the last time you did this, you found some unidentified, forgotten, rotten food left in there, and the smell and sight of it sent you and your pregnant morning-queasy stomach running and spewing...
welcome to my life everyone....with my husband the cook.
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You know when you live with an add'er when your cleaning up the kitchen once in a blue moon I may add. And someone comes in to create do some type of experiment with something and it does not work out and everything that they had out is left out.
You know when you live with a add'er when you walk around the house and you find different types of their clothing throughout the house that they were wearing for that day. And all that they can say is that they got upset.
I posted a similar topic in the other forum, and no one answered. Maybe you guys here would find it amusing...just a few things I find myself doing...or thinking about..
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In the course of a conversation (any topic) with a small group
of people (like during a smoke break at work), someone makes
the comment: "It's mind boggling!". An you reply in a somewhat
superior, almost boasting kind of tone: "Man, You don't know
the HALF of it!!"
Peace,
Mark
You know you live with an ad/hder when you have gotten used walking back and forth to the tv to change the channel...because the remote is lost.....AGAIN....
or either, you have your own person remote control for the TV hidden somewhere...
I posted a similar topic in the other forum, and no one answered. Maybe you guys here would find it amusing...just a few things I find myself doing...or thinking about..
sonya_h38496.7690277778You find yourself cleaning toothpaste spittle out of the sink that did not originate from you...
You have rush to pick up some one else's dirty underwear out of the middle of the living room floor before unexpected visitors walk into the room...
you have a smile on your face all day because this week, the trash was actually out on time for the trash truck...usually it is late and has to sit another whole week until pickup day comes round again.....
...you know where EVERYTHING is and are considered the household expert on finding lost things, and backtrackin OTHER PEOPLE'S steps...
The big one for our non-ad/hd husbands and fathers...and other important gentlemen:
You know you live with an ad/hd young woman when you realize you are more knowledgable about pads, tampons, and pantyliners than you ever wanted to be, and know more about them than your other guy friends do....
feel free to add to this list, everyone!!
sonya_h38496.7729976852[QUOTE=sonya_h]You know you live with an ad/hder when you have gotten used walking back and forth to the tv to change the channel...because the remote is lost.....AGAIN....
or either, you have your own person remote control for the TV hidden somewhere...
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OH! that is so true, we never have the remote. everybody has to stop and search till it's found, I am not about to go back to the cable company again. The TV remotes are long gone
[QUOTE=sonya_h]You know you live with an ad/hder when you are home alone and the cordless phone rings, and you stub your toe on trash, trip over clothing, and nearly kill yourself looking under the bed, and under covers and under furniture trying to find the thing before it stops ringing because the caller hung up thinking that you must not be home. [/QUOTE]
geez, I do this several times a day!!! My dad gets so frustrated calling me. I have two lines, both cordless and a cell and I never know where any of them are!
[QUOTE=sonya_h]oh, and when you find it and look at the caller ID you discover it was a bill-collector trying to collect an old overdue bill anyway, so you never even answer it anyhow. [/QUOTE]
ROFL!!! I'm beginning to believe I'm in very good company here!
[QUOTE=sonya_h]are you implying that I like to sit in the house naked?
[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=sonya_h]...you know where EVERYTHING is and are considered the household expert on finding lost things, and backtrackin OTHER PEOPLE'S steps...
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Teehee, I know about that one!
The toilet is not flushing but you can't call the super to fix it til you pop a pill and do some massive cleaning for a week for fear you will get EVICTED or sent to a LOONY BIN if he sees the state you live in!
OR
You watch a talk show episode or one of those makeover 911 shows about someone's disgusting apartment..or even on animal cops, where there is a hoarder with hundreds of animals crapping all over the place- where the entire audience is revolted, and the host can't even walk into the place or he/she will gag from the stench, and you look at the place and think- hmm, that house doesn't look too bad....I wonder what everyone's freaking out about... LOL!!
