What silly things irate you about your OH/ partner

amyloofoo

Oh, where to start!

• Mr Foo likes to fill the dishwasher, and is very good at doing this. Unfortunately I have NEVER known him to actually turn it on, meaning that when I come to take out the clean dishes I need for the meal I've just cooked - they're still dirty, albeit neatly arranged :mad:
• When he's had a drink (even just 1 beer) he has the LOUDEST snore I've ever heard, and despite his denials, he trumps A LOT! :rotfl:
• He seems to think I'm some sort of lost item finder / time teller extraordinaire... despite me being no more clued up than him (i.e. no watch, didn't have the item last) he will consistently ask me what time it is or where he's put such-and-such
• He leaves teaspoons on the side instead of rinsing them and putting them away - but then will accuse me of doing it! :rotfl:
• Every now and then on the rare occasions that he gets a little tipsy, he will decide that I'm going to leave him and demand long-winded reasons that I'm not. 'I love you' isn't a good enough response apparently, he needs to know EXACTLY what's making me stay and what will tip me over the edge... he once asked me if his lack of facial hair could be a factor No idea where that came from, although my ex did have an impressive beard :rotfl:

I'm sure there are more to come!

123louisa

Oh where do start!

Light switches. I like them to all be up or down the same way, he will just turn them on and off willy nilly.

Toilet Lid. He will put the seat down but not put the top lid down, picture me running across the landing shouting "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" as DD2 is poised to put phone, keys, wallet, toys (delete as appropriate) down there!

Snoring. Just gets louder and louder til I nudge him and then get huffed at "what did you hit me for"

He picks the rind off of a brie that we are eating. Wasting half the cheese!

Wakes me up if I fall asleep in the car. Even though its a chance for me to catch up on an hours sleep with a 16mth old who wont sleep at night time, will wake me up with stupid requests to write a list of things to do while we are out.

Mr_Toad

I'd get some totally random words from her with no idea what she was talking about, referring to or expecting an answer. She'd then get annoyed at my blank look or the obvious "what are you talking about" question.

She holds conversations in her head and and some point well into said conversation it will spill out into the real world.

For years she was angry at me! She would not accept that we'd not had the conversation and that it had been a mostly internal affair!

Then as the kids got older and started to do the same as me she finally realised that she was doing it.

Mr_Toad

I've never understood the toilet seat thing.

It's just as easy to put it down as it is to lift it up.

fashionlover10

Mr_Toad wrote: »

I'd get some totally random words from her with no idea what she was talking about, referring to or expecting an answer. She'd then get annoyed at my blank look or the obvious "what are you talking about" question.

She holds conversations in her head and and some point well into said conversation it will spill out into the real world.

My OH does this too and he'll argue until he's blue in the face that we'd had a conversation about such and such when he's clearly had the conversation with himself in his head.

The other things that annoy me are:

He never rinses his plate/bowl etc :mad:

He also leaves darn sock fluff everywhere despite my parents buying him really good quality socks for Christmas AND him wearing slippers at home.

He leaves toast crumbs over an entire worktop and not just the bit he had the toast near :eek: How?!

He comes in from work and leaves his work bag right inside the living room door so when I bring dinner in I trip over it. Every single day.

balletshoes

123louisa wrote: »

Light switches. I like them to all be up or down the same way, he will just turn them on and off willy nilly.

I don't even know what that means Louisa - isn't one way "on" and one way "off"? So if you want one room light one the switch in that room will be a different way up to the other room light switches, won't it? I've never looked at which way my light switches are, I just switch them on or off as needed .

Mr_Toad

balletshoes wrote: »

I don't even know what that means Louisa - isn't one way "on" and one way "off"? So if you want one room light one the switch in that room will be a different way up to the other room light switches, won't it? I've never looked at which way my light switches are, I just switch them on or off as needed .

Rooms where there are more than one switch, like the stairs. You can turn the light on and off either upstairs or downstairs.

I have two switches in the bedroom, one by the door and one by the bed.

Trying to make sure they are all the same way is very OCD though. :eek:

Justicia

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

[*]the way he puts barely enough water in the kettle - just because he's making two cups doesn't mean you only fill the kettle to the 2-cup level.

ilovebargains99 wrote: »

He fills the kettle right up, even if he's only making a drink for himself (not very MSE!).

^^ Evidence right there that whatever we do, we can't win... :P

sexylulubelle

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Simple to answer this one.

Pretty much everything he says and does!



I, on the other hand, am perfect.

me too:)
* He snores drives me batty as i suffer from acute insomnia ive been forced to peg his nose with my thumb and forefinger until he wakes up snuffeling and snorting as he wonders why he suddenly stopped breathing extreme yes i know but it works :cool:
* he picks his belly button looking for invisible fluff this seems to be a new habit he has adopted, very bizarre indeed.
* he lets of these smelly trumps but they are those silent but voilent ones and he does it everywhere:eek: im considering investing in a gas mask or more likely a biohazard suit.
*He picks he's finger nails all the time drives me dilly
*He picks his nose and rolls it into little balls with his fingers he thinks nobody notices but everyone does so i say nothing i just hand him a tissue, its blinking gross.
* he leaves the used teabags on the counter every morning
* I also have the sock fluff proplem
The list can go on but I will stop there for now :rotfl:............................................................................................

I love this thread its brilliant thank you

lollyb84

I also have a husband who thinks I know exactly what time it is (particularly when he wakes up in the middle of the night, and he wakes me to find out what the time is!).

It's always my fault when he can't find his keys/wallet/phone as he KNOWS he left them in the same place he always leaves them.

Another shout for sock balls too - really annoying. Another sock related one is when he leaves a 'trainer' sock inside a 'proper' work sock (don't ask!). Proper socks are black, trainer socks are white. If I don't notice when I wash them, the trainer sock ends up a funny colour, which is clearly my fault!

Oh, and shoes are left in a neat row in the hallway, so why walk through the door, kick them off and leave them smack bang in the middle of the walkway for everyone to trip over?

In the interests of fairness, I annoy him when I get up in the night to use the loo (I'm pregnant - it can't be helped!) and am incapable of getting back into bed without 'wafting' the duvet and making him cold!

I can drop asleep as soon as I get into bed, whereas it takes him a lot longer.

Differences in levels of acceptable tidiness - he's much tidier than I am!