I do not believe in the supernatural, magic, ghosts or anything like that. However, I can be very superstitious about tempting fate and won't make jokes or flippant remarks that could be interpretted as such.

For example, my partner made a dark joke about how she'd rather have cancer than such and such. I begged her not to say such things, not because the thought of her having cancer upset me (although it did), but because it feels as if saying stuff like that could make it happen.

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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I have something that I would call a superstition. Sometimes, when I'm preparing for something (like going somewhere, preparing for a test, etc) and I have a weird thought about how something could go wrong, I have to make sure at least 3 times that I have covered against said possibility. So whether it be taking a particular thing with me, or like locking all my windows, or having my phone charged, or whatever, I make sure 3 or more times that I have done what needs to be done.

Surprisingly when I have overrode that feeling, even if I made sure once, I have 100% missed it somehow later on. So I just don't take chances now.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Same. I push the door and jiggle the door knob of every exterior door of the house 3 times before going to bed. I also hit the lock button of my car fob 3 times. It’s actually annoying that I can’t pull on the door knob anymore because it automatically unlocks if the fob is nearby. My old late 2000s car didn’t have that so I checked all doors before walking away.

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