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Things that make you irrationally angry?

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Startofsomethingnew20 · 05/08/2020 15:54

Does anyone else have things that make them really, irrationally angry??

I am generally not an angry person and generally pretty chill most of the time, but recently, certain things make me get the rage (things that really shouldn’t) like a family member swallowing their drink really loudly or eating loudly. It annoys me so much I would have to leave the room or turn the rub up really loudly to drown them out.

I don’t remember feeling this way pre-lockdown. Wtf has changed? Is it just that I’ve spend so long in the house with people during lockdown? How do I fix it?

Please tell me I’m not alone!!

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labyrinthloafer · 05/08/2020 17:36

Getting wet socks because some lazy fucker spilt their drink and didn't bother to clear it up Angry

Mrsjayy · 05/08/2020 17:40

DH rewinding the TV to show me something I wasn't watching in the first place, drives me nuts.

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 05/08/2020 17:42

Hiccups! I literally get the right arse if I have hiccups.

Mrsjayy · 05/08/2020 17:42

My DD. Nibbles like a hamster on EVERY Thing

SquirrelFan · 05/08/2020 17:43

My teenagers phubbing.

Or not listening.

Or not cleaning up after themselves.

Or not doing, or doing a rubbish job of anything they're asked to do.

Or not caring about their future, the environment, their grades, my feelings...

My teenagers generally!

Mrsjayy · 05/08/2020 17:45

Teen-agers are. Arseholes !

SpanishFly · 05/08/2020 17:45

People being referred to as a Karen.

Boredbumhead · 05/08/2020 17:47

When my kids fight.
Anyone slamming doors whether they are are cupboards or actual doors.

Tlollj · 05/08/2020 17:48

People who drag the pump nozzle over to fill their cars up. Just get in the right lane.

BearSoFair · 05/08/2020 17:51

People tapping their foot or drumming their fingers on their leg or arm of furniture etc. Weirdly it's not the noise that annoys me, but the tiny repetetive motion out of the corner of my eye! DH does it and I know I can ask him to stop but when it's someone on public transport I have to look away or I can feel the anger growing!

midsomermurderess · 05/08/2020 18:14

Bear, I get that too, the most annoying one for me is when people jiggle their feet, eg if they cross their legs. It makes me feel quite murderois.

EatsShootsAndRuns · 05/08/2020 18:17

DH rewinding the TV to show me something I wasn't watching in the first place, drives me nuts

Oh God, this. And then mansplaining it before he presses play. He helpfully explained ”Karen” to me today. I was Hmm

goingtotown · 05/08/2020 18:18

Litter.

TimelyManor · 05/08/2020 18:22

The smell of mint.

Gatehouse77 · 05/08/2020 18:30

DS blowing his nose - sounds like a herd of high-pitched elephants.
DH when he's got a cough - so dramatic!

Sainsbury's trolleys where the scan & go holder is placed where I can't put my hands evenly on the handle - thankfully, they are changing them.

If I bang myself on a doorway - it's not like I couldn't see it 🙄

Companies that don't put their phone number correctly on vans, etc.

The80sweregreat · 05/08/2020 18:31

Dh tends to pick at his nails and although the sound isn't loud it's enough to make me want to start screaming ! I usually just say ' please stop ' and he does. Till the next day! 😀 grr!
Cups and glasses left laying around or in half inch of water.

Dirty sport socks as they are so hard to get clean and white again even with vanish type products.

AuntMasha · 05/08/2020 18:35

When you are emptying a can of beans into a saucepan and there’s always about 4 or 5 beans that refuse to come out of the can.

My husband sneezing.

Finger licking.

TheChosenTwo · 05/08/2020 18:36

When people finish up things in the cupboards and then don’t bother telling me so I don’t add It to the shopping and then we have to go to a shop, queue up, don a mask, dance about the shop doing the two step avoiding getting close to people...
It’s not hard! Just fucking tell me you’ve used the last of the bloody marmite Angry

MarkRuffaloCrumble · 05/08/2020 18:40

This thread is reminding me of a

The80sweregreat · 05/08/2020 18:42

The products that end up clinging to the bottle or cans is a faff and blooming annoying : it's so true!
'Squeezy ' bottles of sauces are a rip off unless you want to risk your fingers trying to cut the bottles up to get to the bottom of them!
Tea bags that split and ones that are joined together annoy me so much even though it takes seconds to tear them apart. Same with 'joined up ' sausages and packets and jars I can't open easily. Which are most of them.

iklboo · 05/08/2020 18:43

'Baby daddy'
Getting my sleeve caught on a door handle
DH lobbing things into the recycling bin from across the kitchen. It's four fucking feet, just walk round the table
DH biting his nails then chewing the part he's bitten off
People clicking pens on and off

user1465335180 · 05/08/2020 18:50

Everything my DP eats is crunchy, really crunchy, I cringe before he even starts eating.
Today my neighbour had a bonfire in the middle of the day, wanker.

The80sweregreat · 05/08/2020 18:53

My dh slurps his tea. It isn't a nice sound.

HaudMaDug · 05/08/2020 19:26

@Tlollj

People who drag the pump nozzle over to fill their cars up. Just get in the right lane.
People who clog up the forecourt waiting for the pump on their side rather than using the free pump and pulling out the retractable the pump nozzle over to the other side. Grin
sorryforswearing · 05/08/2020 19:27

Drivers not acknowledging that I’ve given them priority for example, when I’ve let them out at a junction or held back to so they can change lanes. It makes me feel furious.