Originally Posted by
pulisa
So you want to have everything pristine and new all the time with selected items..
(Hopefully this won't include potential children..)
But it's not about contamination-just a sense of "perfection" which soothes you and makes you feel safe (from what?)
You have mentioned before about a need to impress others though..With your ability to buy bigger and better stuff than others?
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What is it about "newness" that you crave? The fact that nobody else has touched it (as far as you know?), The fact that it just feels "right" and if it feels right then nothing will go wrong and you will be in control of your life?
---------- Post added at 21:32 ---------- Previous post was at 21:28 ----------
But sometimes there are no answers and it just feels "right". I know how OCD can be very selective and illogical.
Does your partner know that you intend to get her to raise your children at her Mum's?