Weird things your DH does (lighthearted!)

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I love my DH dearly but sometimes I do shake my head a bit at things he does that I find completely baffling.

The most recent one I've found this week- he takes his wedding ring off to do a poo.

What odd but totally harmless things does your DH do?

Not checked back on this thread in a day or so - these are hilarious! Mumsnet at its finest

@TheFuckfaceWhisperer Re putting bins out, my DH says that putting the handle round the way yours does makes it easier for the binmen to do their cursory check inside at the contents.

Not a DH one, but similar to some of those here: I knew someone at university who made a point of "killing his pudding" before eating it, by stabbing it repeatedly with a fork.

He insists on this ritual on his birthday: while I make his cake (which I enjoy doing), he's in the room, able to hear and smell the action, and very importantly, he's blindfolded to maintain the surprise and anticipation. He says someone in his family did this once, and he's loved it ever since. If I'm generous, I'll feed him cake mix. I've tried to put him off by taking a really long time over it, even nipping out to buy ingredients while he can't see, but this only seemed to make him love the ritual all the more!

He doesn't take his shoes off. Unless he's in bed, he's wearing shoes. Saturday, chilling on the sofa with a takeaway and a film, I'm in PJs and he's fully dressed with shoes on.

Mine cuts crumpets in half. He’s a monster and I’ve told him so.

Following the crumpet theme.....I have several times caught my hubby eating raw crumpets!!!!

He never ever does toast anything and will eat stale bread rather than toast it!! I have taught him to toast crumpets as I worry about his digestion other wise but he does it for bare minimum time!!! I'm intrigued by frying them.....

He heats his milk before adding cereal.

He's another one who DESTROYS cereal packets when opening.

Also wears shoes to go to bed.....and still has ice cold feet!

Adds sugar to pasta water!?!?

This blindfolding stuff is really weird

Cutting crumpets in half is surely correct?

Shoes on whilst chilling on the sofa though! I can’t even...

@bakewellpath it's all a bit fifty shades isn't it!

Butters the base of croissants, hot cross buns, scones etc instead of slicing them. Does not toast anything designed to be toasted.

cricketmum84 Yes!

He closes every single curtain before coming to bed.
...Maybe this isn't odd, but I grew up in a very disorganised household in the countryside where this type of small daily routine never existed.

@letsgomaths - your husband sounds wonderful!

Two things

He has a long hot shower then gets out and washes his face in the sink.

He puts his belt onto his trousers then puts the trousers on. He says everyone does this so who knows, maybe I'm the belt deviant?

Mine has a soak in the bath and then gets in the shower to wash

My DH looks at his watch, if you ask him if he's hungry? It makes me laugh every time. His excuse is that he's checking the time to see if it's meal time

I do that too. I know whether I’m hungry or not without checking the time 🤣 but I need to know how far away the next meal is before deciding whether to eat something or wait. I might be hungry at 5, but if we are having dinner at 7/8 I will not want my dinner. Then I’ll want something at 10/11. I do this to try to fit in with everyone else. When it's just me, I just eat when I’m hungry without planning ahead but that doesn’t fit in too well with others, especially children...who I’m apt to forget need feeding when I’m not hungry!! 🤣

Mine has a soak in the bath and then gets in the shower to wash

I do too. Soaking in the bath can be nice but I don’t feel clean and it’s hard work washing my long hair, much easier to have a shower

I do lots of these...I’m starting to wonder if I’m more suited to being a DH than a DW 🤣😂🤣😂

Never finishes the last brownie or slice of whatever size in the fridge. He’ll cut it in half, then half again, then half again...

I asked him why once, thinking he’d say he didn’t want to take it all in case I wanted some... he said “So I don’t have to deal with the empty container”.

Not DH, but DP for me
Mine takes 50minute (I'm not joking) poo's every morning. Seems to time it when I need the bathroom too!

He likes everything to be tidy CONSTANTLY and I'm always finding my things piled up or furniture pushed back against the walls so it looks organised 😂 he even 'organises' messes up my private desk! Drives me nuts.

He gets the dog out and play fights with it constantly even though I've told him it winds the poor thing up.

Sorry... this has turned into my 'what annoying things does your DP do each day'

@bakewellpath and @cricketmum84 We were doing it long before fifty shades was thought of, never mind written. Yes, I know. Everyone who knows about it tells us it's as weird as hell, but we love it. Mind you, I think a lot of traditional birthday activities are weird - pin the tail, hit the pot, blind man's buff, but lots of people do them!

Will only eat a yoghurt with his little finger as a spoon, and eats cereal with a teaspoon 🤷🏻‍♀️

BricksInTheWall No no nooooooooo!

@BricksInTheWall I eat cereal/porridge/ ice cream with a tea spoon makes it last longer!

The little finger thing though is atrocious.

I know! Drives me fucking insane, all the sucking finger noises and it takes him an absolute age to finish cereal! It also extends to any desserts too, and soup. 😦

he's in the room, able to hear and smell the action, and very importantly, he's blindfolded to maintain the surprise and anticipation. He says someone in his family did this once, and he's loved it ever since. If I'm generous, I'll feed him cake mix

Now that's the kind of kink I could get on board with

My DH picks up litter when out and about, giving himself bonus points for recyclables such as cans and bottles, and putting them in suitable recycling bins!

With jigsaws, he doesn't do the edges first. Someone gave us a special jigsaw where every piece has an edge (so many of the pieces in the middle are simply edge to edge, rather than interlocking); he was delighted!