Trivial things your DH does that drives you nuts

[Femalefootyfan]

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.

Yep, my DH does this too

He also wipes the worktops over with a damp cloth but never goes over it with a microfibre one, which means the worktops look really smeary.

He never wipes the hob over either, it’s an induction one so can be wiped over straight after turning off.

Turns the heating off seconds after I put it on leaving me wondering why I’m still cold.

takes washing off the airer WHILE IT IS STILL WET and starts folding it up.

if he were to answer this question he’d probably say “she chases me out of the utility room screaming that I’m more hindrance than help”

If I’m getting changed in our bedroom (with the door shut) he’ll come in and then when he leaves he leaves the door wide open even when I’m only half dressed (I’m sure our grown up kids don’t want to see that!).

Leaving every single kitchen cupboard door open. Think the Sixth Sense scene 😂

Um, I haven’t said any of those things, where on earth does that come from?

We’ve been married for nearly 40 years and even though we’re both retired, we do like each others company, we do quite a bit together and we love each other dearly.

Yes he does things that drive me nuts and I’m certain I do things that drive him nuts and now and then, I take myself off out for the day because being together 24/7 can be hard and sometimes we both just need a break from each other. Nothing wrong in that, it’s healthy to do that.

We are both enjoying our retirement and pretty much have what we want from it with plenty more to come.

He watches football so I sit reading my kindle as I'm not interested. He provides his own running commentary so I can't concentrate.

Yes!!! This!!! Hahaha

Brilliant.

I'm the meth addict raccoon.

Seriously, reading this thread I do pretty much all these things. I'm the annoying husband.

Leaves lights on and doors open absolutely everywhere.

Doesn’t hang up the bath mat after a shower and leaves his deodorant out every. single. day.
Gets water everywhere when doing the washing up.
Scrapes his yogurt pot rapidly and repeatedly until every little bit is gone.

Constantly moans about the weather.
whatever the weather happens to be like.

Dh is highly annoying in many ways. If the doorbell rings he’ll look at me and say Who’s that?’ Like I’m magic and can see through walls. Sometimes even when the dc are in the ACTUAL room he’ll say something like ‘Do you think ds1 would like to go paddle boarding?’ He’s right there dh. Right bloody there

Picks his eye bogies and eats them !

He talks to me at his normal volume from three rooms away and then I constantly have to say 'what? I can’t hear you!'. Drives me crazy.

Mine also does exactly what your does with the veg, @Femalefootyfan. And the doors.

Oh, just thought of another one. He stands and watches me when I’m serving up dinner. As though I’m incapable of doing it without his scrutiny. I have to shoo him out of the way because he invariably parks himself in front of wherever I want to go.

He constantly moans about the pets, and says he used to like cats, but he doesn’t like ours because I’ve spoilt them. I, very patiently, explain that you can’t spoil cats

He says he’s had a terrible night’s sleep, but he’s woken me up loads by snoring like a bloody warthog

Takes my towel, leaves lights on switches only go one way apparently. Leaves coffee stains on the benches and furniture doesn't turn the charger off after using it

The food thing is a timing thing op- I can’t coordinate either!!!

Leaves little piles of washers/screws/nuts everywhere. Theres one in the bathroom at the moment.

I find them in such strange places. In the edge of one of the stairs, nestled next to the sink, a small collection under the tv. I go round and collect them all up, but more just appear.

I go and sit somewhere else.

Will not use a plate for his morning toast and wanders round dripping butter, crumbs and jam everywhere. Also rarely wipes the crumbs off the bread board.
Cannot wash up without singing, humming or chuntering. It's like he can't just be quiet and do a job. It's constant.
Spreads the tea towel and kitchen towel across the work tops to "dry out"?!
(Also does the hot toast and cold beans, or vice versa! He can't have things ready together at all!)
Has to talk through anything we're trying to watch together - if I utter a word when he's watching something on his own, he eye rolls himself into next week!
Same with wrappers, he'll take ages making a noise unwrapping something (mini rolls usually!) while I'm trying to watch something, yet if I do it for the shortest amount of time, he complains.
Drinks his tea basically straight out of the kettle. Told him that's not good for him.
Sits on the loo scrolling on his phone for up to 2 hours at a time. I've explained the dangers of sitting that long, but he thinks I'm exaggerating! 🙄
We've been together 36 years next August, married for 31 in January, it's a wonder I haven't killed him. But, he's kind and generous, doesn't moan very much and is patient with me, which I have to give him massive credit for!

Not so much with my DH, I used to think it was that but I’ve now realised that he doesn’t put a lid on a pan once he’s taken it off the hob when say, the peas are finishing off. Let’s say he’s made mashed potatoes with runner beans and peas. The peas will still be going round in the microwave but the mash and beans are ready and are either still in the pan with the lid off, or on the plate waiting for the peas. So yeah, a bit of a timing issue and no bloody pan lid on keeping things warm.

He also loads the dishwasher when the food is on the plates ready to be taken to the table. which is ok but I always put the pans etc on the worktop above the dishwasher ready to go in after we’ve eaten because I like to eat my food when it’s hot.

Leave his wardrobe door open, every fucking time he uses it.

Starts nearly every sentence with "Right".
I pull him up on it almost every day. There is a big age difference between us and this feels as if he was to give a lesson.
Now he started making fun of it as well, but seriously, twenty years....😁

He is a hopeless dishwasher stacker. He'd have it full with about three or four items which would all be falling over each other.

He sits for ages playing sudoku on his phone. I don't get sudoku at all, he loves it though and is always engrossed in the "wicked" or "evil" levels, to the exclusion of most other things.

I can find it all both slightly irritating and mildly amusing in equal measure. 🙄😃

Mine does this. Also doesn’t remove the dry dishes from the rack, just illogically adds more then gives up half way through as no more will fit 🙄

Oh yep, I’ve got one of those.