Does it bother you to walk on the cracks/joins on a footpath?

It does bother me to walk on the joins on the footpath sometimes.

Sometimes I will avoid actually putting my foot on a crack or join, in fact I mostly will, though sometimes when I am deep in thought I will forget about it, so it is not a phobia.

by Finy

I just walk, not much to worry about with cracks or joins.

I won't walk over 'grates' on the ground that you can see down to the next floor!
I will take the stairs or any other means.

by jonaja

Not any more, but I did try not to step on them as a child - that was only after I read that poem about bears grabbing you if you stepped on a line.

by Bryony Harrison

I don't even think about it.

by Claire Winlow

I don't even think about it - it doesn't bother me at all

by AJ

No don't really think about it, probably avoid grates however...maybe I shouldn't as it could turn into a 'Marilyn Monroe' moment (if you get my drift)

by Fran

No, but I use to play a game when I was on my way to school as a kid - avoid the cracks. By the time I lifted my head, I had arrived. Helped the time pass.

by Vee

It doesn't bother me at all!! When I was a kid though,we would make a game of trying to avoid the cracks as there was a fabulous poem by A.A.Milne,called Lines and Squares in his book When We Were Very Young,about being causght by bears ,and we LOVED this so much!! I have always thought back on those days with utter joy and happiness!!

by Jules

No! Good heavens', that's taking an OCD to the nth degree!

Although, if in an area subject to sinkhole activity, even I would be wary! Lol!

by donjo