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Trivial things your DH does that drives you nuts

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Femalefootyfan · 30/11/2025 18:46

I was thinking about this while eating my dinner earlier because my runner beans were cold; DH had cooked and a lot of the time when he cooks something with veg, at least one of them is tepid or cold. That got me thinking about other things that, on the surface are quite trivial, but really bloody bug me.

He doesn’t rinse off the shower when he’s finished so there’s always a few stray hairs in the tray.

He leaves doors open; our house is quite cold until the heating has been on for about an hour, we also have two rooms that open off the kitchen, one doesn’t have a radiator and the other one has the radiator turned off. He’ll go into either or both rooms and leave the bloody doors open, making the kitchen even colder than it already is.

He says things like ‘yeah, I’ll do that’ then he doesn’t. When I remind him that X needs to be done, I’m nagging apparently 🙄

He’ll take my car without asking (he has his own car)

He agrees to things without checking with me that I’m ok to do it

He’ll switch the telly over the minute I’ve finished watching something even though we have a second telly that he can watch.

I can’t think of anymore right now and like I said, they’re trivial things but they are all regular occurrences and at times, drive me nuts but I generally don’t say anything because they seem so trivial and also, in so many ways, he’s a great DH.

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therewasafishinthepercolator · 30/11/2025 19:35

Tbf I'm by far the more irritating out of the pair of us.

I do a lot of the stuff on this thread. Poor DH. 😳

amber763 · 30/11/2025 19:37

Many many things haha.

Annoyingly me recently is he says things are fascinating. Like he'll tell me about something hes read about or learned somewhere or seen online and once hes finished, he'll say "thats fascinating!!" Most of the time its totally not.

Also takes fucking aaaaaages telling the story.

UnalliterativeGeorge · 30/11/2025 19:38

He dishes everything up with a slotted spoon. We had curry tonight and I know he'll have cooked it using a wooden spatula but instead of dishing up with that he'll have used the slotted spoon even though it will have dripped everywhere because of the sauce.

whistlesandbells · 30/11/2025 19:39

Completes a task at snail’s pace -
dithers.
Serves up food like it is slop slapped on the plate.

landlordhell · 30/11/2025 19:41

Doesn’t quite close the drawers in our chest of drawers properly. When he makes the bed he throws the cushions on haphazardly- it’s just one extra step and he can’t manage it. Grrrrrr

StartupRepair · 30/11/2025 19:42

Can't control notifications or sound level on his phone so it is endlessly beeping and pinging.
Crunches and slurps and talks when eating an apple which nearly made me kill him in lockdown.
Doesn't seem to grasp the concept of spoilers in books or films so has to be firmly stopped from describing anything I haven't read or seen.
A very kind man who is making me a cup of tea at this very moment.

therewasafishinthepercolator · 30/11/2025 19:44

amber763 · 30/11/2025 19:37

Many many things haha.

Annoyingly me recently is he says things are fascinating. Like he'll tell me about something hes read about or learned somewhere or seen online and once hes finished, he'll say "thats fascinating!!" Most of the time its totally not.

Also takes fucking aaaaaages telling the story.

Well, I think he sounds delightful. And probably a little bit fascinating.

BankfieldForever · 30/11/2025 19:45

Cuts his food with the the fork stuck in the ‘big’ bit so he then has to use his knife to pry the fork out and stab the bite size bit to put it in his mouth.

When I’ve queried the efficiency of this he said I’m lucky he doesn’t put his knife down after every cut and swap his fork over to his right hand to stab the food and eat it, then swap it back to his left and and pick up the knife to do it all again.

I suppose he’s not wrong….

landlordhell · 30/11/2025 19:46

Leaves lights on. I have been trained by my DF to turn a light off when leavi g the room. DH leaves every feckin light on. He also leaves the front door/ garage door open on a freezing day!!! Another thing my DF trained me not to do. He gets funny if I pick him up in it.

sugarandcyanide · 30/11/2025 19:49

Actually my friends are the same after living in London. They never drove anywhere as you don't need to in London so they didn't have a car each until they moved out.

SirChenjins · 30/11/2025 19:50

So many things, but the one that really winds me up is leaving a butter covered knife on the butter tub lid. His refusal to chuck stuff out is also a real pita - the amount of stuff he has accumulated over our 30 year marriage is mind blowing.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 30/11/2025 19:50

Femalefootyfan · 30/11/2025 19:09

Plays videos on his phone with the sound on, which he’s doing right now and tuts if I do the same thing.

I have his clone. Fucking pokemon go being the worst.
Also performative sneezing.

foodlovefood · 30/11/2025 19:50

currently has a cold. Means he will huff and puff lots. Said helps him breath but I feel it’s for attention.

Immediately starts clearing up after he has finished eating dinner, even though I am still eating. can’t put all the dishes in the dishwasher - or doesn’t look for dishes. I now have to put them on the counter above

goudacheese · 30/11/2025 19:52

Flicks through the TV channels one at a time rather than use the TV guide. The flicking over of the programmes really grates on me for some reason. I always say to look at the guide but it falls on deaf ears.

TheMAFSfan · 30/11/2025 19:53

OriginalUsername2 · 30/11/2025 19:06

Every time I go to use a tea towel he’s left it folded in quarters and soaking wet.

And he uses so many bath towels and then denies any of them were his.

Other than these, I can’t fault the guy!

Omg!! Mine does the tea towel thing too. So frustrating, why not just hang it up and give it chance to dry!?

he does the same with bath towels 😡 will fold them and put them on the radiator and then if mine is dry will use that for his next shower! unforgivable

snoopythebeagle · 30/11/2025 19:54

Doesn't wipe crumbs up when he makes sandwiches

RoseyK · 30/11/2025 19:56

He waits until things are properly dirty before cleaning them. Then he cleans really thoroughly. I much prefer a little and sometimes often approach ...

pavementangel · 30/11/2025 19:56

Leaves a trail of water behind him from the bathroom to the bedroom after a shower, it drives me mental I've no idea why he's incapable of drying off even just slightly before leaving the bathroom.

gamerchick · 30/11/2025 19:57

Cricket feet. It's just as bad with socks on as no socks on. Noise goes right through me and cushions get thrown at them.

SwordToFlamethrower · 30/11/2025 19:57

Mine hums when he is thinking. Fast hums, not slow, pondering hums.

Abracadabrador · 30/11/2025 20:06

You're both retired and don't like each others company.
He calls you a misogynistic name ('nag') and you have paragraphs about how you don't like him. Is this all you want from your retirement?
(Sorry if the thread is meant to be light-hearted, but it doesn't seem like it)

rogueone · 30/11/2025 20:10

Chews gum like a cow chewing cud

OneMoreProfiterole · 30/11/2025 20:17

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 30/11/2025 19:18

Mine won't shut doors.
He doesn't put lights out either.
Sometimes he does shut a door - the bathroom door, but leaves the light on!
And don't get me started on how he arranges stuff in the dishwasher!!! I have to sort it out, every time.

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Dishwashers… a blessing and a curse 🤣

Trivial things your DH does that drives you nuts
Clearinguptheclutter · 30/11/2025 20:21

Doesn’t clean up properly after trimming his stubble

will fairly happily go to Sainsbury’s to do the weekly shop birthday takes such an absolute age I wonder how on earth he does it so slowly

plays computer games with the kids far too late on a school night

amber763 · 30/11/2025 20:28

Abracadabrador · 30/11/2025 20:06

You're both retired and don't like each others company.
He calls you a misogynistic name ('nag') and you have paragraphs about how you don't like him. Is this all you want from your retirement?
(Sorry if the thread is meant to be light-hearted, but it doesn't seem like it)

Haha everyone is irritating. Doesn't your OH or anyone else you love have any annoying habits? It doesn't mean you dont enjoy their company or they you love them any less