Oh, yes, of course....

The woman's house is, as near as I can tell, stuffed with food (but she's buying more because she doesn't want to go without). She's convinced her appliances are broken, and worried about how clean they are.

Whatever's going on here, it's not stupidity. In fact, in my extremely unprofessional opinion, I agree with every other person there saying "Yup, probably OCD" (or possibly the person saying early Alzheimer's).

But, while the replies from the OP indicate that it's not insensitive of us to mock this woman (her own relative!) for being stupid, it's terribly insensitive for us to suggest that she's not just "quirky" but might possibly have an actual problem! After all, she's seen professionals and gotten help and there's Just Nothing Wrong. (Isn't seeing professionals about what I can only imagine is this exact problem (though it's hard to tell with the vagueness) a sign that it's not sheer stupidity?)

I hate people.

(Not, of course, that I think it's proper to give people actual diagnoses over the internet, especially when you aren't in any way certified. However, really, in this case I'd say the symptoms just scream at you.)

Edit: Post's been deleted. I *think* it's been deleted by the OP, not by the maintainer-of-the-comm (who also is the moderator - I'm still not sure why she approved it.)

To clarify, *every* comment (except those replies by the OP, who was outraged that we thought her mother-in-law wasn't merely "mockably stupid") said that the woman had some sort of Absolutely Not Funny problem. Most people said OCD. One person said early Alzheimer's. One person started a small subthread on hunger-in-childhood (specifically growing up in the depression) leading to food hoarding in later life. That's how obvious it seemed to everyone.

Happy First Day of Spring!

I eschew the ridiculous convention of celebrating the first of spring on the Equinox. Midwinter should be the middle of winter, midsummer should be the middle of summer, and the two special dates in between are clearly the middles of spring and fall. Duh.

Oh, and forget that groundhog nonsense. If he sees his shadow, six more weeks til? If he doesn't, six more weeks of? IT'S THE SAME DAMN THING (coincidentally always landing on the equinox)! There's no "early spring" or "long winter" or any of it! It's the same amount of time!

This has been my yearly rant. Thank you.

Thoughts on Veronica Mars....

( I liked it more than last week's, that's for sure. )

Oooh! LJ Poetry week?

Using this link because it mentions MOI!

I'm in. I think.

I won a trophy for a poem once, in the third grade. I'm still irked, I don't think the teacher had any right to enter me in a contest without even telling me (much less asking my permission). I wouldn't've let her.

Still got the poem sitting by my bed. Well, I say "still", but really I only found it again a few months ago, and stuck it there because it was a place I knew it wouldn't get lost.

We were supposed to use metaphors, and I went a bit overboard. I was one morbid little kid!

I'd type it out for you, but it's all very embarassing. All about this poor, dead earthworm. *sniffles*

OOOH!

I've got to get this book. I don't care that it's hardcover, I'm picking it up this weekend.

Saw it at the Borders.

*makes list*

( Other books I *must* get As Soon As Possible )