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.

"Does everything really fucking slowly. It takes him 5minutes to do what I can in 1. It's so frustrating to watch him snailing around."
Mine too. I get really frustrated watching him do anything. It's goes like this:
Gets a glass out and sees it down.
Takes a bottle of juice and puts it down.
Takes the lid off and puts it down.
Pours juice. Sets the bottle down again.
Puts lid on and puts back in the fridge.
Just open the bottle and pour it without putting it down!
The other day I needed him to open the living room door as I had hands full of shopping. Had to wait til he paused the tv, put his drink down, take his glasses off and unrecline the chair to walk 3 steps to open the fecking door.
Oooh that feels better

snailing around

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The expression I've been looking for!!

my kids do this rooting about in the fridge and cupboards for food - I call that raccooning

Oh you've got to listen to this. it's the best song ever! (no matter what song is on)

Debris. And jokes about it. He can't open anything without leaving the package or the corner cut off on the counter. I have tried to leave it without tidying but after a few days I cave. And if i mention it he'll say "well you're not perfect" and start listing my faults (of which I have none of course)

And so often thinks I'm angry if I ask him to do something, or respond to him. If I reply to a question and he doesn't hear me he'll say "what?" so I reply again a bit louder which gets me "well there's no need to shout".

And he rinses the dishes and calls it washing up. And if the plates have been stacked he rinses the top but not the bottom which means it just loads the draining board with food muck.

Starts a job like cleaning out hall cupboard..gets bored halfway through leaving crap all over the hall and a half empty cupboard. I just grown now when she tells me her plans If I'm working and she off...l know l will end up finishing a half started project.

Unfortunately everything

Puts stuff away in random places. The sieve was the latest one today, he decided to put it away in the cupboard with all the cleaning stuff instead of the one it actually lives in

When he's chewing a mouthful of food, he constantly touches other stuff on his plate with his fork. Not actually preparing the next forkful but just shuffling it all about. Late DM did this too and it drive me insane. When eating anything like risotto he has to return all the food into a round, slowly diminishing pile after each mouthful, scraping down the sides of the bowl to make a neat little pile each time. He also blows on food so hard to cool it it ruffles my hair over the other side of the table.

Thinks everything in town takes 5 minutes to get to when in reality it's usually closer to twenty minutes.

spirits unless hidden are consumed by the bottle, chocolates by the box

I'm afraid this sounds like addiction to me.

@HangingOver

spirits unless hidden are consumed by the bottle, chocolates by the box

I'm afraid this sounds like addiction to me.

Absolutely it is. At times it's under control and at others not. More visible to me over the last year since I have been wfh rather than in London in the week.

Poor you. I recommend SMART recovery when they're ready. I'm one year sober next week