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Sounds like what many people (perhaps your wife is one of them) subconsciously prefer and tend to, which as I've been informed on HN before (I am one of them, I'm aware I have such a preference but it's not consciously deliberate) is Zen's 'command position'.

I believe it came up before in the context of office desk arrangements. In office or restaurant, wherever, I find it very uncomfortable to have things going on behind me.

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I love learning a phrase for the obscure preferences that my wife always makes fun of.

Of course she also makes fun of my obscure phrases.

Zen Buddhism’s command position?

I confess I'm not really familiar, I was just trying to repeat what I'd been told after previously describing the feeling (and the position). Having searched briefly for more information, it seems I meant feng shui rather than zen.

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