Tell me what irritating shit your DH/DC/housemates do that boil your piss

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DH will do the dishes, but only the easy ones. If DD's sippy cups, deep glasses or fancy utensils are in there, he will literally drain the water and walk away leaving them there.

Tell me what your cohabitants do that pisses you off!

DH is pretty good, except that he never turns off a light. Our energy payments are £320 a month and he refuses to see the connection.

Pearsapiece, I do the same thing with tv series I have enjoyed. Not seen the last Line of Duty, Ashes to Ashes, Killing Eve series 2, Benidorm(!?).. loads of others. Partly because I don’t want their not to be the option to watch the last one ‘fresh’ and partly because any show where the ‘last episode’ is hyped up so much is usually a disappointment..

I wouldn’t stop my partner from watching though, you just crack on if he doesn’t want to!

It doesn't "boil my piss" but there are things that have me scratching my head : I've never seen him read a book , ever, but he'll study a technical manual in bed . He sleeps in the same position ever night, He has small and impossibly neat hand writing. Notes and lists are all written in perfect German but he's not German !. He loves to go fly fishing with my father and DS but he's never caught a fish. He has a habit of drawing a Teddy bear in indelible pen on my bottom when I'm asleep - he says I have the best bottom in London ( we don't live in London ) . We have a cleaner but he'll clean up before she gets here, he doesn't want her to think we are untidy !. I've never heard him raise his voice or lose his temper, he sings hymns in the shower at the top of his voice , has driven the same car for the last 25 years ( and it was 20 years old when he got it ). He has a working spitfire engine in the garage !!!!!! , and he owns a double decker London bus ( which the kids loved ) ........ But then he puts up with me so he can't be all that bad.

£320 a month? 😳

We have a 5 bedroom house plus I run a 2kw glass kiln 4/5 times a week and we only pay £40 a month!

Start carrying on with each other, when they’re supposed to be sleeping.

Or staying up late, when I just want to collapse into bed.

Then waking me up at stupid o’clock, because they’ve decide they’re hungry.

Spilling food on the floor and just leaving it for me to step in, usually in my bar feet. 🤢

Passing wind while I’m eating. 🤢

Being rude to any visitors.

Last but not least, shoring in the kitchen floor, this morning! Seriously! He is actually ‘potty’ trained!

Sometimes being a dog sitter is hard work.

*shiting on the kitchen floor

Wow the leaving things in to soak thing is common! I have found my people! Dh does this too and I don't get it. He does it just before he goes out so then I have either do it (when I wasn't planning on doing it yet) or waste the water, or I discover it later if I'm out too. Absolutely enrages me.

He also tumble dries his hoodie for 2 minutes every day to freshen it up. Not an issue. What is an issue is that he doesn't turn the drier off, just shuts the door back up. Cue drier after half an hour flashing and beeping. Every. Bloody. Time I think 'oh, what have I left in there?...' Go over, open it up.... it's empty! I have raised this and he can't understand why it's annoying

My DH is lovely and does loads but if I've had a 'big clean' and then he's cooking and makes a mess, he'll just leave it as 'he's cooking'. I.e. drops stuff on the floor.
Grr.

Oh and also wanders round the house pointing out the things which need fixing / cleaning / moving / putting away but not doing any of it

@VesperLynne that is the best list on this thread! Teddy bear on the bottom! I'm stealing that one

This thread has confirmed that I am far too selfish to live with anyone ever again (apart from my dogs). It is lovely coming back into the house knowing it will be exactly how I left it and that any and all mess is down to me alone.

Leaves stuff lying around

Puts stuff back in the wrong place so I can't find it. I have OCD (actual, not imagined) and this one actually makes my brain get scrambled so I hate it

Does things like coming to give me a kiss before he leaves for work even though he knows I can't get back to sleep. Then gets huffy when I tell him to leave me alone.

Generally he's great though.

Although...... I might want to borrow @VesperLynne's partner. He sounds fabulous.

This momentarily made me feel grateful then I realised that basic respect is nothing to be grateful for.

I STILL do more than DP despite being the only one working right now and I can only put it down to the fact women appear to be socialised to ‘notice’ and ‘put right’ what is out of place.

You end up having to choose ‘nagging’ (or asking for someone to pull their weight, as I call it) or doing it your bloody self.

Well I choose ‘nagging.’ At least this way our future potential sons may not be lazy oafs whose wives have to be ‘grateful’ they’ve ‘helped’.

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£320 a month? 😳

We have a 5 bedroom house plus I run a 2kw glass kiln 4/5 times a week and we only pay £40 a month!

I know, FallonsTeaRoom. I have tried to get a better quote from the site that keeps an eye on your contract and swaps you around if they can find one. They were very helpful but only take you on if they can save you more than £50 α year. Big house, big rooms. We also have a real fire in the sitting room during cooler months and that is about £200 for coal and wood.

Just had a look at the bank account, it is actually £328.01 per month. 😥

Good thread & has actually made me appreciate DH that bit more! He has his moments though. The drawing the curtains thing gets me - he only draws them so far back & I think “ Why not draw them completely?!” And there’s no talking to him when he’s cooking! The results are great though so I try to just leave him to it. He’s another one that loads the dishwasher, does the bits by hand but never wipes down the surfaces. He will sometimes say “I will do it for you” which I hate! It’s not for me!

Collect up glasses, plates etc. so far so good... but then leave them in a haphazard mess ON TOP of the dishwasher.. apparently putting them in there is a step too far.

Comes home from work and dumps his trousers, socks and jacket on the dining room table. Constantly shaves and leaves tiny annoying hairs in the sink. Loves sparkling water and will leave half empty bottles of san pallegrino's everywhere including under the bed. Loves fried food especially steak and king prawns and just decides to cook for himself even though dinner is about to be ready in 30 mins. Has the TV on loud! Opens and closes doors, drawers, cupboards really loud. I could go on...

Leaves half a wardrobe of clothes on the floor at his side of the bed. Or over the bannisters. Or all over the furniture in the spare room. Basically anywhere other than in the wardrobe he threw a strop to get when he moved in..Ditto shoes... He is a designer, and apparently being a ‘creative’ means you have no ability whatsoever to be practical on any level, ever... Says, oh leave the dishes/bin/laundry Purplecat, I will do it - then doesn’t...

• beard clippings in the bathroom sink
• blocking the kitchen sink with a chopping board laid horizontally
• leaving empty shampoo and shower gel bottles in bathroom
• ditto lav rolls
• throwing dirty socks and pants on the floor by the side of the laundry basket
• does 20 mins hoovering twice in 25 hrs of marriage and expects high praise afterwards

To be totally fair though he does work ridiculously long hours, he is willing to drive anywhere or run errands at the drop of a hat (work.allowing) , and he enjoys food shopping which I hate, and is a very good cook. Also he is eternally optimistic so I put up with the rest!

Teen son fries eggs as a snack before bed. Oil splattered everywhere. After nagging till the cows come home he sometimes remembers to wipe down the hob with a paper towel or instead uses the kitchen cloth so I find it all oily in the morning

Leaving drawers and cupboards open in the kitchen - sometimes it looks like we have a poltergeist!

oh god yes, forgot the scattered cables ... everywhere ...

My DH is allergic to wood touching wood. Therefore all drawers and cupboards are left open buy just an inch, chairs are tucked under the table not quite fully, doors are almost closed. That 1 inch is enough to drive me to murder.