Textures

Last week I was laying on some pea gravel rubbing my bare-feet through it. At least twice a friend asked what I was doing with a tone that said she thought I was crazy. Then she did it and admitted it felt pretty good. I've been known to do the same thing with mud.
I hate lotion. The slimy feel of it makes me cringe, but my two year old niece brings her mom lotion and cries if she doesn't put it on.
I like al dente noodles and toast and crunchy things... in fact squishy things, or even a large quantity of non-crunchy foods with a homogeneous texture make me gag. Texture is a huge thing for me in regards to eating.
So, overall I dislike squishy things (eating or feeling...unless it's mud apparently.... I don't get it) solely because they are squishy.
My mom hates "weird fabrics," I think this means shiny smooth ones or spandex like with a stretch, because she hates the feel of them. However, she has no problem with eating squishy foods.
It is just interesting to me that it seems like many people (I won't generalize to "all") have very distinct reactions to textures, but not always in the same category. Food is the primary category that texture is an issue for for me but for my mom it is cloth. So maybe different body parts are more susceptible to being picky about texture for different people. Or maybe it is something else... I guess I will have to ask more people about this.