Inconsequential but HIGHLY irritating things your DH does

soggy, greasy sponge, left to languish in bacteria ridden juices in the sink post washing up

Ugh yes, this!

In the kitchen - always leaning against whatever cupboard or drawer I need to go in. Usually lounging with his arms folded telling me stuff while I'm dashing about trying doing five things at once trying to get dinner ready.

He "takes the bin out". He tells me he's taken the bin out, he even stops me doing it and says "don't worry I'll do the bins" . But my version of taking the bin out involves actually getting the rubbish/recycling etc out of the house into the outside bins. His version is moving the wheelie bin a meter and a half across the drive, to the pavement.
So we have an empty bin waiting for the dustbin men!

Say ‘Do you want me to…’ (pick up child, drive, unload dishwasher etc). Like it’s my job and he’s doing me a favour. Irritating.

My ex also did this - is it a macho thing maybe or saving the car battery or what? Whatever it is I agree - enraging!

One of many annoyances, I have a 2 sided A4 sheet of them:-

Giving the cat food from his plate. For example chicken for dinner, the cat sits on the windowsill next to the table and during eating he will cut a bit off for the cat with his fingers. The cat gets all excited that "Daddy" is giving him a treat and he is given it on the windowsill. My cat is fat and on diet food. It annoys me that

1. I've paid for and cooked said chicken
2. The cat doesn't need it
3. He gets up to wash the sauce off the bit of chicken before giving it to the cat
4. He never cleans the fucking windowsill which has food smeared on it and cat lick.

My DH would say this is he, esp w the other calling. My spatial awareness is terrible!!

He doesn’t rinse and shake dry his electric toothbrush so there is constantly a white chalky puddle on our bathroom bench.

Also puts his socks in the washing machine all scrunched up so they never get washed or dried properly.

Makes the bed by putting the duvet on sideways. Why?!!!

Does the laundry and then drys it inside the house. I check the weather forecast and do it when it can be dried outside.
Loud, performative sneezing. I could stab him and put his body under the patio when he does it. If only the ground were soft enough…….

I need this trait. Mine is also a very nice person but, as long as he's had a run (bit like a dog or small child in that respect) then he will sit completely still on the sofa for hours, happy in his state of procrastination.
Fancy a swap for a couple of weeks?!

Mine blows his nose every morning like an elephant, absolutely no need to that level of noise at 6am.

Preface - he is wonderful and does so much around the house / with the kids. But yet when he does the following, I am offended to some deep core level that’s quite primal.

• soggy, greasy sponge, left to languish in bacteria ridden juices in the sink post washing up
• putting lids on cups/bottles after washing them and putting them in the cupboard without letting the parts air by not being attached so that when you open them again they are mouldy and musty inside (recently it was two opaque kids plates stacked together, when I took them out during the heat wave it was literally a pétri dish of thick, black, mould between the two. He finally understood what is going on when he does that but it still doesn’t stop him
• mixing fecking dark colours with white washing, his mum does the same and actually this is the worst offender; I don’t think they can see grey

Oh yes, same here. It must be a man thing as my son has inherited the earthquake inducing sneeze gene.

Mine does this too. Half opened packets of olives or bacon. Drives me bonkers.

Ah yes, the Swooper! Did I ask for help? No, I did not so please bugger off!

So many of these resonate with me.

Another one who is secretly prolific on MN, then...

He can’t hang washing out on the line for some reason, he just sort of throws it on so it doesn’t dry properly and gets crumpled.

Often leaves his dirty washing including towels on our bed.

For some reason cannot throw contact lens packets in the bathroom bin so there’s always a collection on the side of the bath.

Mine is brilliant and does 80% of the washing up but would always leave one thing: the stovetop coffee pot. Only he drinks coffee.

After years of washing up the little bastard I did solve it by telling him I was never going to wash it again in my life so if he wanted to use it ever again it was his job. He always washes it now 😂

Mine doesn't squeeze tea bags as he takes them out of mugs so they drip over the counter and then sit in a soggy puddle on the tea bag saucer. I haven't brought it up as it seems quite petty but it does give me the rage.

Always has to have the last word and can never be humble enough to be wrong about anything.

That would more than likely be Rain-X. More needless expensive shite for a car. They invented wipers for a reason.

anything from my top shelf of dishwasher isn’t dry so I also leave it for an hour or so near the cupboard before putting away. I cba drying them and don’t want to put them in wet.

I’ve got one of these, a contrarian. Many days are ok but on others, I want to bury him under the patio. He’s right some of the time but that’s not the bloody poin!

Takes his socks off as soon as he gets home and then leaves them on the bottom of the stairs or the corner of the room until he goes upstairs to the laundry basket.

Tissues in pockets. Always.

Falls asleep instantly and sleeps through then asks how come I’m tired/ dozing off on the couch at 8pm. He knows I have fibromyalgia and insomnia and have probably been awake since 4am after a broken night.

Leaves drawers open 1/2”. Drives me ocd demented 😂