First Date Problem: OCD

Posted on Author Donna Barstow

Maybe not a First World Problem…except to people suffering with OCD

This cartoon pointing to OCD-Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder- was a  popular relationship cartoon in my Psychology Today blog! I do love doing cartoons about dating and relationships, and when there’s food involved, even better…

man doesn't want his foods touching each other

 

 

How to Define OCD

I called my Psychcentral column on this subject, How Not to Sabotage a First Date. Obviously, the man’s request to the waitress “touches” on OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.) I had a good friend with this mindset, and I found it rather endearing – or at least funny– when she would recheck locked doors or check the spigots every time she left the house.

But I think OCD can be rather common, or sometimes even common sense. Just yesterday my neighbor asked me to check to see if her door was locked, even though she had locked it a few minutes ago. She’s a pediatrics nurse. (It was locked.)

couple from the fifties touch fingers

Photo is Brita Borg and Povel Ramel 1958, Sweden, from Wiki

This OCD cartoon is part of my weekly cartoon feature, Daily Special. Here’s how to get new restaurant cartoons delivered to you each week! And how to buy restaurant and food cartoons for restaurant newsletters, websites, hospitality magazines, and restaurant trade journals.

There’s a quiz here on OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and possibly this man has that. On the other hand, he just may not like stews or casseroles. :)

ID #1922703        Caption: (man on date tells waitress server he wants food served in a peculiar way, while his date considers a trip to the Ladies Room and never coming back) WHEN A FIRST DATE MIGHT BE A LAST DATE. No hand holding?

And check out my first book (chocolate) and my second book (dating)! (This cartoon is in that book.)

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Donna Barstow

Syndicated cartoonist in the New Yorker, LA Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, textbooks, papers. Columnist for 10 years in Psychology Today. Set painter in studio Art Depts. Member Scriptwriters Network, script analyst. Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.