What minor things does your partner do that quietly annoy you?

[SandyY2K]

This is a lighthearted thread inspired by a similar topic on another forum. I found that I resonated with so many of them.

What things does your partner do that your find annoying, but not so much to make a big fuss about.

A couple of mine (there are more 😃) that DH does are washing his plate after a meal, but leaving the cutlery he used in the sink.

Another is talking to me from another room our upstairs.. and somehow getting upset when I say I can't hear him

Breathes. Loudly.
Snores even if sitting up.
If his obnoxious mate asks for help with diy (ie get dh to do it) he does it asap. If I want something doing it has to wait (& wait & wait).
It's more frustrating because I am now disabled & am not strong enough/steady enough to do the jobs.
Every time he cooks he leaves out all the herbs, spices, jars etc instead of putting them back in the cupboard.

Breathes

Announce he’s lost his wallet like it is anyone’s problem but his.
He’s never actually lost it by the way.

I was thinking about a thread like this the other day!

He’s crap at hanging clothes to dry, there’s always something bunched up that then doesn’t dry properly. He’s forever leaving the child safe clip on the kitchen cupboard with cleaning stuff in undone so I’ve got to be on it like a hawk locking it again before DS gets to it. Moving something from its usual place and then having literally no idea where he’s put it. Closing windows, it feels like every time I open a window to air the place out he’s 3 minutes behind me to close it. Treats water and electricity like they’re free. Leaving stray socks fucking EVERYWHERE. I found one lone sock in the car footwell the other day, WTF?

Other than all that he’s great 😉

Biting his nails I hate the noise it makes.

Oh and gets towels so sopping wet when he’s had a shower I can only assume he starts getting dry before he’s switched it off and got out.

Never ever puts anything away. Sauce bottles, mayo, honey, all get pushed to the back of the worktop and lined up rather than the two steps to the pantry.
Has the media volume up on his phone whilst scrolling social media. I keep getting random bursts of noise that scare me to death and then make me irrationally murderous
Never puts his seatbelt on when he gets in the care preferring to wait until we are 20 yards down the road and then does contortions with it.

Hangs clothes on the airer in clumps rather than spreading them out to actually dry
Takes his rank socks off and leaves them in a ball, I almost have to don a hazmat suit to unroll them for the washing machine

Rustles crisps bags in such a way that I would welcome the return of capital punishment
Throws egg shells and general rubbish in the sink when the bin is just to the left of him

Has no idea how to use technology of any kind, won't learn and then asks me, when for example ordering something online to 'plug that one in"
Throws whites in with darks because they "are all colour fast"

Spends hours on the bastard toilet and is obsessed by his bowels.

he has lots of good qualities I just can't think of any right now

Snores! Not just a wee snort now and again, oh no, full tilt while breathing in and out! The spare room is now my haven.
When cooking pasta ALWAYS over boils over the hob that I have to clean up! In fairness he does the majority of the cooking but it drives me mad!
Can never find anything, leaves everything at his hole then accuses me of hiding whatever hasnt jumped into his hand the minute he goes to find it!
He is very lucky I love him really and does actually have redeeming qualities, even if I struggle to remember them at times.

Another one who leaves the cupboard doors open. Just…. Why?

Funniest post of the day.😆

Every bloody time a flight we’re on is boarding he needs to go to the toilet.
He’s very particular, everything has a place in our house and he tidies my make up on my dressing table into the WRONG drawers. My underwear drawers would pass any military inspection, when he puts the washing away he colour co-ordinates my knickers and they’re folded into tiny balls. When we’re out and about you’d think he was on a yomp, I’m constantly saying “can we amble please”, the worst part is he insists on holding my hand and initially I’m half jogging to keep up, he does always slow down though. I’m the one that leaves crumbs, cupboard doors open and shoves things in the wrong cupboards.

Hangs clothes on the airer in clumps rather than spreading them out to actually dry

He’s crap at hanging clothes to dry, there’s always something bunched up that then doesn’t dry properly

Oh yes, I'd forgotten the clothes thing. I keep the airer in the garage and I swear he must stand at the door and hurl the clothes at the airer. I have a photo somewhere of his line drying efforts they are so laughable.

putting things on the bench above the bin to go in the bin

putting things on the stairs to go up when he goes up …..but never moving them

leaving things out to ‘remind him’. I left that letter out to remind me to put an appointment in the calendar. I left the empty tub to remind me to add more to the shopping list

not realising things need doing because ‘noone told me’ !

oh god how I could go on 😂

Makes conversation by asking me questions - ‘how do they do X?’, ‘Why don’t the council do X?’ Etc - I just end up saying ’I don’t know’ on repeat, feeling like an unsuccessful contestant on a quiz.

Also snores and makes an irritating ‘popping’ noise when asleep

Folds up crisp packets/ empty biscuit wrappers and then leaves them in his mug. Above the dishwasher. Which is next to the bin.

Also, he's just always standing in the wrong fecking place.
You know that saying, behind every successful man, is the cupboard or drawer that his wife needs to bloody get into.

If I wasn’t female and unmarried I’d think I might be some of these DHs!

I leave cupboard doors open, I annoy myself. I blame adhd. Sometimes it’s useful as later I come across an open door and remember what I was originally doing before I got distracted!

I also sweep crumbs in the floor sometimes. And I leave my cup by the sink to use later in the day.

Shuts the bathroom door but leaves the light on!
Switches on every light when he goes into a room, and doesn't switch any of them off when he leaves.
Fills the dish washer haphazardly. I always re-pack it and get twice as much in (he doesn't realise).
I am of course perfect 😇

Doesn't close the fridge properly
Uses every utensil cooking.
Doesn't give the little wave when other cars let him out.

In restaurants, he always asks the waitress a million questions before ordering… I used to be a waitress and know how busy they are. I just sit there thinking, ‘ I know you’re going to ask a million questions then you always order the bloody burger anyway!’ Also he loses everything. Multiple times a day. Grrrrrrr.

Oh fucking hell I forgot that one. Always in the fucking way. Tries to move out of the way by moving to the place I've got to go to😡 is there some manual for males that we are unaware of because it's ridiculous how many of them pull the exact same shit🤨

You know that saying, behind every successful man, is the cupboard or drawer that his wife needs to bloody get into.

😂😂😂

Puts the dishwasher on half full due to not filling it properly.
Never putting down the recliner chair when he goes to bed.
Leaving cupboard doors open (another one!)
Doing messy DIY jobs in his best clothes so they get stained.
Missing the kitchen bin when he throws in small items.

Leaves things out on kitchen worktop because he’ll be using them again the next day…
when drinking from a can picks up can swills it round in circular motion first then drinks it, why🤷🏼‍♀️

@JohnofWessex well yes quite, my DH is aware his existence is highly irritating too!

Says he is going to do - certain thing, task, chore, shop etc then faffs around for the next 20 mins doing something else.