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

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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

I feel your pain 🫤 ....DH does the second one..crumbs on the worktop. Very visible crumbs, so he can't say he didn't see them.

Does he know you need to wash your hands before he washes his though?

Leaves round plastic foily top on milk container instead of pulling it off, so the milk can't possibly pour straight and it's always me who has to actually pull it off and dispose of it when I come to use the milk next.

Won't actually screw lids on to jars but just plops the lid on top. Murder when you try to take a jar out of the cupboard by gripping the lid. So many spills, so many broken jars of jam and condiments. Will not be told.

Touches all the surfaces everywhere. Loves to cook, gets really messy, and doesn't think twice about opening cupboards and the oven door, flicking switches, pulling out drawers with his doughy, dressingy, stewy hands. An afternoon in the flowerbeds or tinkering under the bonnet? Grimy, muddy fingers grip door handles and cord-pulls, trace the bannisters, lean on doorframes and chair-backs. Doesn't stop him from noticing, wide-eyed, when I don't bother wiping it off. Can't seem to make the connection between clean hands and clean surfaces. Thinks I'm a nutter for rinsing my hands frequently while preparing food.

I think I'm the recycling police in my house. DH continues to our tin foil in the recycling bin, along with single use plastic, crisp packets and things with food remnants.

Sometimes thinks that running hot water on them gets pots and pans clean........ IT DOESN'T!

Doesn't say please or thank you then, when reminded, says 'stop treating me like a toddler'!

Two things - one is that he doesn't turn off the tap in our downstairs loo properly (it is a bit awkward as the tap needs to be left in a certain position but it's not THAT hard and it's really annoying if it's been left on all night dripping hot water!)

Two is that we have a bowl with a plug in it (a plastic bowl in the sink) and he doesn't leave the plug closed so I start to fill it with water and it just runs out. I don't want to put my hand in amongst dirty plates to see if the plug is closed! I just want a normal bowl that you simply tip to empty (and I do tip it to empty it).

In the interests of balance, he gets annoyed with me because I don't put my toothbrush on a tile in the bathroom so the counter gets toothpaste stains (however I think they come off easily) and because I put the top on the cereal box on the wrong way round so the "handle" bit is on the wrong side.

Says he is going to some thing in a minute, tells me he is going to do it now, then tells me he is doing it and then tell me afterwards he has done it. I don’t know if he wants to just chat to me or be given a medal for doing it but either way I just I wish he would fucking stop.

Obviously I’m perfect 😇

I know I’m terrible for moaning about that one 😂 and I cannot confirm nor deny if sometimes tin foil also ends up in my recycling

He speak at 15 million decibels on work calls.

it’s completely fucking unnecessary.

My husband and both my adult sons do it too .Kitchen doors , wardrobe doors bathroom cabinet doors all left open.

The way he packs the dishwasher, omg I could scream, it’s the way a toddler would stack it, no rhyme or reason to it!

He leaves the lights on even though I just turned them off

Whines about being tired all the time

Everything 😩

My Dh is pretty good at doing domestic shit but never QUITE finishes the job…
Eg hoovers but then leaves the hoover out.
See above but substitute hoover for mop/ironing board/washing liquid etc etc
Doesn't take his toothbrush head off the electric toothbrush and rinse it so it has his toothpasty dribbly slime running down the side when I come to use it.
Leaves the milk out on the counter
Uses the bread knife to spread peanut butter after cutting a slice of bread. For some reason this inappropriate knife usage gives me the absolute rage!

Forgets all the fecking time that I am not a night owl and really need to wind down in the evenings. The number of times he's unintentionally jump started my brain.... grrrr

Doesn’t check the best before / use by date when buying bread or milk and buys stuff going out of date that day.

Drawers open. When putting away the shopping he’ll leave one random thing sitting out. Never, ever clears up as he goes along when cooking. 😂

Our bathroom door lock has broken, he keeps shutting the door. Family wide agreement to leave the door ajar when not in use, 5 people have stuck to it. I've got the bladder of a toddler too. In the old house he would leave the door wide open and not open the window despite being asked repeatedly, he has a stoma and let me tell you, it's bloody potent.

He plays fucking annoying loud videos on his phone.

Leaves his slippers right in doorways.

Seems to line up all his belongings around things I use, I have essential tremor so it invariably causes a domino effect of all his stuff falling over.

Makes shit scrambled eggs!!!

Mine too. Also kitchen drawers just slightly open. Also, leaves lights on upstairs when he comes down, and claims it uses more power to turn them off than leaving them on. 🙄

I've always put tin foil in the recycling bin. Its on the list of ok things.

DW just can’t not have the tv on, soon as we up on a morning, whenever we are in during the day, half the time it plays to itself, but switch it off!!!!

that is very unhygienic

The list is endless….
Forgets to use the breadboard when making toast and leaves crumbs on worktop
Crunches food loudly
Drinks tea really slowly in the mornings claiming it’s too hot to drink any quicker (when I’m waiting to get going) but then slurps it while it’s red hot in the evenings, when we are in no rush to go anywhere
Drives around nearly empty car parks choosing a space, when they’re all the same
Mixes up different size plates/bowls when he puts them away so we end up with teetering towers of crockery (dinner plate on top of soup bowl, with a pasta bowl on top of that)
Fills sink with water to wash a couple of items
Hangs washing out without making sure seams are straight and sleeves are untangled

Sniffs, repeatedly. Get a bloody tissue.

Comes home, opens the window as he thinks it’s too hot without asking, then disappears upstairs.

Opens bedroom window to air the room but then forgets and leaves it open all day, so the radiators come on.

Makes pff pff pff noises with his lips at night because he sleeps with his mouth shut but breathes through his mouth anyway.

Disappears upstairs right before we have to go anywhere.

Disappears mid conversation without explaining why.

Mentions every domestic task he completes, like he wants praise.

When we are getting ready to leave, he will open the front door and stand in the front garden when he is ready. Meanwhile I have to chase the kids while trying to get ready myself. Also makes the house cold and risks letting the cat out. It’s like a really passive aggressive and unhelpful way of telling us to hurry up.

Has no to-do list. If I ask him to do something and he doesn’t do it right then, I know he will forget and need reminding. This is definitely the most infuriating.

Oh dear.