In Depth Fear: Shower Curtains

We all know I'm a bit quirky. OK, OK, very quirky. But you all love me, right? I feel like I'm talking to a brick...

HEY THERE.

Anyways! We all know that as a quirky person, it's only rational to have irrational fears. And I have several. In fact, I'm sure quite a few posts back, I've discussed several of these in list-form (because a Quirk loves to list things, right? 1. Why 2. Yes 3. Indeed). But today...today I wanna get up close and personal with a fear--The Fear of Shower Curtains.

I don't really know when this fear developed. Maybe after watching Haunting in Connecticut when the girl is getting strangled through the shower curtain. Maybe after watching Psycho. Maybe after The Grudge. All I know is, in horror movies? Bad stuff happens to chicks in the shower. Not dudes. GIRLS. What am I? A girl. Maybe this is why I'm a frequent bath-taker....

What do I do that makes me aware of my fear? Well, for one, I've always checked the curtain first whenever I enter the bathroom for any purpose. Cleaning, toilet-usage, washing hands--you name it, I'm looking behind the curtain. I also leave it partially open when I do take a shower, so that if any demonic presence wishes to strangle me, at least I'll see it in time to grab my shampoo bottle in fear.

The other thing I do is quite embarrassing. When a guest in others' homes, I like to check behind the curtains as well. And yesterday, for the first time, I was caught. This was extremely uncomfortable for several reasons, and because I'm a Quirk, I will list them.

1. I don't know if you know this, but I dress rather artsy. I exude the "I hate sports" vibe with my clothing. I was in a house full of the track team of my school.
2. I had always been looked at from an odd angle from all those present.
3. No one normal would ever check behind a shower curtain.

I usually check the curtain and say

"Oh! Hey! Nothing there!"

But yesterday, there was. And I freaked out. It turned out to be a vacuum cleaner (???) hidden in the bath tub. I was whispering to my friend about how this lady had a vacuum cleaner in her shower (once again--???) when my hostess overheard me.

Hostess: Jenna, did you check behind my shower curtain?

Me: Uh, yeah.

Hostess: What made you do that?

Me: I, uh, always check to see if there's someone in there trying to kill me.

*Whole room has nervous laughter*

On the plus side, one girl said she does that all the time....

Does anyone else? Comment :)

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