SO annoyances ?

check, check, check....

Clothes all over the floor. Clean and dirty. I've given up. He does keep them separated, so he doesn't wear the dirty clothes by accident. At least it stays on his side of the bed.

Lights - always on. I'm not sure if he knows that the light switches go down.

Trash. Can't take it out. Can't even take the bag out of the can. Just balance things precariously on top, and if that doesn't work, just put packaging on the counters... (It's not gross stuff he does this with, just things like bags, cardboard cartons, and cheese wrappers.).

Mostly "guy" things, really. When we first moved in together I learned more about my father than I had ever known! I would call Mom and complain about stuff, and she would just laugh and tell me that Dad did the same things. She did train Dad really well, though. And I'm working on Earl. It only took 2 years to get him to close the shower curtain after a shower.

Even though my Mother does it too - drinking out of the milk bottle. It's not that hard to get a cup right?

Is there anyone here that is in perfect alignment with their SO? I had a 10 year, train wreck of a relationship, that ended when I had enough, I filed for divorce.

I met my current, future, and forever, soulmate at work, of all things. We waited 5 years to marry and finally did. His ex, abandoned him and his kids. He is a workaholic, wanting to provide and also allows me to have my many furkids. I love my husband more than anything on this planet and will continue to do so forever..

Originally Posted by RoseHawke

WHAT does your Significant Other do that annoys you? You know what I'm talking about, not the relationship breaking types of things, but the sorts of things that you just grit your teeth and say "I wish s/he would/would not do _____" (fill in the blank) and then get past it as you roll your eyes and sigh *sigh*

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For me, it's WHY is it so hard to CLOSE the darn medicine cabinet??? and WHY is it so HARD to pick up the clothes you just took off and put them in the clothes hamper? I really could do without picking them up OFF THE FLOOR and putting them in there for you, yes?

Just wondering

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What doesn't annoy me???

It's me, my kitties & the TV remote. Life is good.

Originally Posted by marie-p

Keep up with this thread. It's making me really happy to be living by myself!

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Yesterday we waited for 2 hours at the DMV for him to get a new drivers license as we have moved to another state. We had been unable to do it last week because the DMV had "computer problems", but could take care of mine and the car registration. He could have gone by himself to do this, but he told me he needed me in case he got lost! Keep in mind he is out of work and I work full time. So we get there, and he is singing under his breath on and off the whole time. I was ready to smack him!

Just the fact that he's breathing some days, lol!!!!


Lets see.......gotta agree with the laundry thing...

Overbooking what we're physically able to do and deliver at the bakery

Puttering around when we need to be hustling (mind you, he always fusses about his mom, sister and brother puttering, lol!)

Telling me to do something, then when I do it like he said, telling me that wasn't how he wanted it.....

LOL my hubby just came in and read this thread. He's like, frowning, "what has this got to do with cats?!"

I see I'm far from alone. The hair in the sink after shaving, his idea of doing dishes (he refuses to wear dish gloves so only uses lukewarm water), the procrastinating, back seat driving, and of course NEVER PUTTING THINGS AWAY!!! "Well you're always reorganizing everything so I don't know where it goes anyway, so why bother?"
Gotta love him though - after all, he puts up with me!

My biggest complaints....

Not talking clearly. Half the time I have no idea what he says.

He leaves things laying around for weeks and only picks them up when I ask him to.

He has no sense of time. Makes me late all the time for things.

He forgets things. Where he put his phone, his wallet, his shoes...etc.

That's about it here. Could be worse. I don't expect him to be perfect. God knows I'm not.

Its gotta be male genetics with the dirty laundry. He walks PAST the hamper to deposit the dirty clothes on the edge of the bathtub. Or yesterday a pair of dirty socks laying my the washer just INCHES from a laundry basket of dirty clothes.
Leaving "used" dental floss on end tables.
I think he doesn't remember we have a automatic dishwasher (not me!!) forgets to fill with dirty dishes and empty the clean. I try to hold out to see who is going to do this!!
Not tossing apple cores away.
USING A KITCHEN TOWEL AS A NAPKIN ANDTHEN HE WIPES HIS FACE WITH IT!!!!!
He was the baby of the family and even though he 49 is still shows.

On the other hand he always mows the lawn!!

Oh geez... you guys are cracking me up!!

It is sooo nice not to have a SO to clean up after anymore.

Just thought of another...
He cant remember important dates, what he ate for lunch etc. but by golly when it comes to his "interest" he remembers every date and detail..i just dont get it...he definatly has selective memory!

He never pulls the trash bag out of the trash can. Ever.

He "can't make tea and would I make it for him I make it so much better," this despite the fact that a) he drinks the vast majority of the tea, b) it's a very simple process, c) I've explained it to him, and d) he is generally much better in the kitchen than I am.

He has inherited his father's packrat tendencies. I can't even count the number of "useful containers" I've thrown away behind his back. Boxes, jars, plastic containers with lids ...

But, as someone else said, he puts up with me, and I KNOW I have annoying habits.

Ewwww.....he brushes his teeth and then does not wash with toothpaste out of the bathroom sink. I go up there and see globs of toothpaste laying in the sink Also, he will lift the lid to put something in the garbage can or fill the birdfeeder outside and not wash his hands right away. I feel like I have a five yr old in the house. "HANDS!" I yell , and then he trots off to the sink. Maybe I should smell his hands after he is done to make sure he used soap

Wow, I am very lucky to have Jake! He cooks, cleans, puts his laundry in all the right places, he is tidy, he is well groomed. He puts the shower curtain back - something I dont do You would hate me Heidi!

The only thing he does is when he wants something, thats all he talks about. On and on. But to me, hes perfect and I love him to death. I miss him soooo much with me on the other side of the world.

This is a pretty funny thread! It's also a great "don't" list. It seriously makes me wonder what women would find annoying about living with me. I've never lived with any of my past girlfriends.

I think everyone has missed the most important of all...NOT PUTTING THE TOILET SEAT DOWN!!!

I mean, come on - The toilet came with a seat, so use it!!! Its not our problem, that even though you have something to aim with, you still can't use it!!

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Not putting stuff back where it belongs, always leaving the lights on, shavings in the sink, bread crumbs on the floor... Are they the same everywhere?

My husband has this really annoying habit of pretending he can't do something when he just doesn't want to. Like, when it's he's turn to vacuum, he uses the age old "leave all the corners and other difficult places alone, so your wife will get frustrated and never make you do it again, because she thinks you're blind or stupid" -technique.

He's a great cook, better than me (I'm better at anything involving baking though), but somehow incapable of cleanig after him in the kitchen.
Still, can't do anything but love him.

I love my hubby very much but now that I am pregnant things that used to just annoy make me contemplate screaming

He is with all the other guys on laundry, shavings, crumbs, loo paper and such. He also is a good cook but uses every pot in the house for some reason and the spice jars end up in the weirdest places. Luckily he does put the seat down but he grew up with a sister and a mom that wouldn't let him get away with that lol But my all time pet peeve is when I do the few dishes that can't go into the dishwasher and he is busy cooking he will stick whatever he has just used into the water even if there is a "system" to it.

But oh well lol

Hmm... I've lived with my guy for just a couple of weeks, here and there.

At the hotel in San Diego, he left his clothes everywhere! I felt so bad for the maids, but I did try to confine the clothing pile to just a chair when we were out.

And at the first apartment I had with a bathroom of my own, he wouldn't put the toilet seat down. Even after I asked him. He's been rooming with male roommates way too long. Occupational hazard.

Edit: And snoring. He only snores when he's lying on his back, but when I wake him up to tell him to roll over, he gets all huffy. I mean, it's only fair that if he wakes me, I get to wake him, but whatever. He says that he's comfortable sleeping in any position (and I've seen him sleeping in some pretty weird positions, so I know it's true), but if we're lying in bed, going to sleep, and I suggest that he start out in any position but on his back, he gets all bent out of shape. I'm just attempting to get both of us a good night's sleep, so I don't see what the deal is.



And I'm sure that several things I do annoy him. Like how I leave books lying around, and insist that I'm reading them all (which I am), so they can't go on the bookshelf, because I'll forget I was reading them. And how I'm always 'in the middle' of a sewing project, so my sewing machine needs to be sitting out. And how I'm all sappy and romantic.