The most irritating thing my partner does is ...

[FatCatThinCat]

Just for fun, what is the most irritating thing your partner does? Just one thing, which isn't easy if they're like mine as I could fill the thread by myself. Thankfully the none irritating things are even more plentiful. And for balance, what would they say about you?

My DP still drives like he's just passed his driving test. He believes that test level driving is the pinacle of good driving rather than the minimum standard. And it drives me up the bloody wall so much that I'll only go in the car with him driving if I need to sleep so I can't see what he's doing. Other drivers think he's a learners without L plates on.

If you asked him he'd say my most irritating behaviour is opening windows when the heating's on. He thinks I'm happy for him to pay to heat the whole of northern Europe.

yes @Justmuddlingalong

Any time we have somewhere to be/something important to do - he pisses around on his phone/makes multiple coffees/goes for a 300 hour pooh, generally wastes time, then at the 11th hour he will leap into action and its all very rushed and he will act stroppily because he's having to rush, meanwhile I become increasingly annoyed at how not only am I having to get myself and the kids ready while he fucks around in this way but yet again he makes a situation stressful when it needn't be, for absolutely no reason.
Yeah, it does really piss me off actually.

My dh isn't really irritating at all but I know I drive him mad 😬
I sneeze loud, pick my toenails, pick my dry skin, huff and puff a lot, breath loud (I don't realise I'm doing it) I'm sure I chomp loudly (I try not to) I'm generally loud anyway... he's really sweet to me though and complements me a lot for my good traits... Let's face it I'm no catch 😬

Adding butter to everything. I’m on a really strict diet, feel free to add it to your portion, but not mine.

Dishes on top of the dishwasher which I then have to put IN the dishwasher. Just why?

He hates me fiddling with my hair. I twiddle strands and it’s insanely curly, I never brush it, so strands tend to come out which I just drop. He thinks it’s awful, particularly if we’re out of the house.

he spent half an hour the other night rambling on about how he won't eat bean sprouts because they're too squeaky.

How on earth could he talk about it for more than 30 seconds?!

It's making me laugh to see all the mentions of empty toilet rolls and drawers not properly closed. I've given up on both of these things..
Perhaps my main irritation is the way he picks his dry scaly feet (or nails) on the sofa.. always adamant that hes not doing it! I frequently find bits of nail on the floor. Grim.
For me I guess there are a few things too. One would be my habit of putting things away in funny places and forgetting where I've put them. But I've got much better with this since having DD and now know where things are at least 6o% of the time :) I also like to point out that he never clears up any household clutter and if he did he wouldn't always know where he had put things!

@FuckyouCovid21

Rubbed his lower legs and feet together, All. The. Time. Constant bloody rustling. And the way he cleared his throat, horrendous

Is he a grasshopper?

Should have known any light/just for fun thread would be ignored and it turn into a slagging match of spouses. See the majority of posters forgot to add their own faults too.

Asks constant questions even when he knows I can’t possibly know the answer - drives me potty! This gets worse when he is anxious.
Sometimes uses his finger to wipe sauce off his plate and eat it, which makes me feel sick.
Mine: I am super clumsy and break everything I touch, when I open a bag of coffee it somehow splits and goes everywhere, I trip and fall etc.

Updates/ resets his phone & laptop at least once a week

It's an extensive list. I'm not sure I could pick one!

@JackieTheFart that's my partner as well.

He just starts conversations mid way through or totally out of context because something in his brain made the next conversation flow.

Yesterday just out of the blue "yeah so the panel that fits that is really straightforward"

My replies seem to be non stop "wait what panel, what house, where?"

And then he'll get slightly puzzled with me like I'm the idiot that doesn't live in his brain.

He starts story's about people I don't know, non stop as well "so yeh David said .... on and on and on" and I'm "ok sorry who's David?"

@omgwhy I would love to see the two of them have a conversation

But I see most posters are avoiding confessing to their own most annoying traits. grin

How very dare you!

If he coughs, he then sneezes twice. Every time. It's so weird and it drives me mad! He also sneezes so loud that I'm sure it can be heard 3 streets away!

Puts ketchup on steak

Is he Greek? Because that's perfectly normal there, according to DH. 🤨

He takes SO LONG to do Anything!

I left him making packed lunches the other day, and 10-15 minutes later he had only made 2 sandwiches?!? Wtf are you doing????

He is constantly amazed when I can complete a task in a short amount of time, because I don't bloody dawdle.

He would probably say either that I am always losing things or that I start having a conversation in my head (for example, about doing something on the weekend) and then start talking to him like we've been discussing it together. So I'll just say to him 'so shall we leave at 10 then?' And he will have no idea what I'm on about. I do this a Lot.

@JackieTheFart ha, I just wrote that 'having a conversation in brain' is what my OH would find annoying about me 😂

Just one?
DH emails me interesting (to him) links or even worse, brandishes his iPad at me to hear this song, read that article, see that photo.
It wouldn't be at all a bad thing, if he did not interrupt whatever I am doing at the time, including wanting me to switch off music, pause tv programmes, break off in the middle of anything.
He also questions me to make sure I have read whatever it is he sent me.

He would say about me that I lose everything constantly and have no interest in the real world, including meals at specific times and staying up half the night, especially since wfh. He would be absolutely correct.

@Giggorata mine does that too. When he can see I’m reading or watching something. It drives me mad!!

He turns up the sound on the tv to 100 (yes, 100) and then plays music unexpectedly so I jump out of my skin.

Then when there's a program with dialogue, something that helps when you're watching a film! he's turned the sound back to 5. It's like watching a silent movie!

He would say about me that I'm always listening to an audiobook while I'm doing housework. It really makes the most mundane chores better!

@NeedCoffeeToSurvive

Hardly says a word all day but always starts babbling about nonsense just as we get into bed to sleep, he spent half an hour the other night rambling on about how he won't eat bean sprouts because they're too squeaky.

This has had me cracked up 😂

When it's raining he manually flicks the wipers on rather than setting them to move automatically. Don't know why it annoys me but it does.

Hands on hips all the time. He has pointy elbows

Where to start!

He's a big movie buff. Everything we watch he says 'ohh that's 'blah blah' they were in 'such and such' y'know that film we watched 3 years ago 🙄 I struggle to remember what day we are on let alone what I watched 3 years ago!

He's fussy about the dishwasher, insisting that he tidies the kitchen every night, but leaves the pans and doesn't wipe the counters down.

He moans when I don't change gear quickly enough.

There are hundreds more, but I must say that I do love him even though he drives me insane!

Eats everything in the bloody house. He is like a human dustbin. It gets so bad that if I have anything in the house I don't want him to eat I have to hide it and eat it whilst he's not there. He's just so greedy! Even more infuriatingly, he never puts on a single pound, all I have to do is sniff a bar of chocolate and I'm a stone heavier.