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Annoying DH habits...

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25kilopumpkin · 02/11/2011 20:45

Love DH but I swear if he keeps blowing on EVERY single fork/spoon of food to cool it down I am going to have words! He even blew on ice cream earlier... Tell me AIBU and share your DHs annoying habits....

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eurochick · 02/11/2011 22:20

Puts not recyclable stuff in the recycling bin. He is educated to post-graduate level. Surely he should be able to understand the simple picture leaflet telling you what can and can't be recycled in this area?

Never moves loo rolls from the store in the downstairs cloakroom to the other 3 loos (whoever built this place had a loo obsession - there are 4 in a 3 bed house). I am sure he thinks the loo roll fairy does it. We have lived together for three and a hall years and he hasn't done it yet.

Never throwing away his finished toiletries. Occasionally I notice that the bathroom shelves are completely overloaded and go to tidy them only to find out that most of his bottles are empty or have a tiny bit left in them and he has moved on to using the new one.

pointythings · 02/11/2011 22:36

Washes pots and pans before sitting down to have his dinner

Always seems to think I will have brilliant ideas about what to have for dinner

Spends years on the loo if it is a no.2

Never remembers what can go in the dryer and what can't.

A pretty pathetic list really, isn't it? I guess my DH is perfect. He also has Gulf War syndrome, hence the memory issues. I'm much worse than he is in terms of annoyingness.

twinklingfairy · 03/11/2011 00:02

Wakes the children up at 6.30 with a resounding fart and refuses to sit down to pee (in the morning) so that his first long and loud pee doesn't wake us. Though I guess it doesn't matter cos the Fart never fails.

Washes dishes but generally has to rewash them cos he does it badly.
And the bleeding huge protein shakers always left for me in the morning, not to mention the bowl of something with peanut butter mixed in. The smell!! gaaaag!! Always waiting for me Every morning.

Says 'oh yeah, I was meant to do that.' When what he means is 'I meant to do that'
Like he was meant to deal with his shakers 'oh yeah I wiz meant to do that before I went to bed'
Yes, I know you were Meant to, the point is that you Did Not.

Refuses to learn how to fold tops and literally rolls them in a ball then looks up proudly.

Hates gardening, or anything to do with the garden. I would just like him to cut the grass without whining and taking a strop.

Talking if strops, he takes whoppers when he is hungry. I have to throw some chocolate at him to buy me some time.

Balls his socks up when he pulls them off, then I have to unball them before putting them in the machine.

And he is another one for leaving the empty loo roll on the floor and also not refilling the basket so I always find that there is absolutely none left in the room, when I really need some.

But, I am another one that loves him really. There is plenty of good to outweigh the bad.

PigletJohn · 03/11/2011 00:08

Keeps breathing. Never stops. Every day. I mean, I'm a tolerant man, but... all the time!

LoopyLiz88 · 03/11/2011 01:52

refuses to but the loo roll on the holder...he insists on leaving it on the counter

ZonkedOut · 03/11/2011 06:25

Mine takes his shoes off wherever he feels like and leaves them there. Then later on, asks if I've seen them. Likewise keys, wallet, phone. And I usually do have a better idea where they are than he does, too.

He also refuses to use washing up liquid, insisting that running stuff under a very hot tap is good enough. At least we have a dishwasher.

He will come upstairs to help with bath time, play with DD1 in the bath, but when it comes to stuff like drying her, there's always something he needs to do downstairs for a few minutes.

I have almost got him trained in recycling stuff, but he often still puts things in the regular bin if he's busy. He still won't always recycle if it's any extra hassle for him, like washing yogurt pots, for example - they go straight in the main bin unless I get to them first.

SnapesMistress · 03/11/2011 09:27

Never wraps up the cheese Angry wastes perfectly good cheese by drying it out. Cheese is expensive as well.

Moominsarescary · 03/11/2011 09:36

Here goes
Never puts CDs away
Never wraps up bread, cheese ham properly
Snores
Never puts clothes in basket
If he doesn't know where something goes he just lobs it in the cupboard under the stairs

He does have alot more positives than negatives though

Moominsarescary · 03/11/2011 09:38

Oh and he's colour blind and when the bins are empty he's forever putting black bags of rubbish in the recycling bin

Moominsarescary · 03/11/2011 09:40

Oh and pretty much everything else all you other posters have mentioned

MumblingAndBloodyRagDoll · 03/11/2011 09:43

He leaves his MASSIVE enormous boots in the hallway and I constantly stub my toe on them. He empties the bin and leaes it with no new bag in the misddle of the floor.

ThingsThatGoFlumpInTheNight · 03/11/2011 09:47

He is the love of my life, but...

He always starts asking me things when I'm brushing my teeth or am in the shower and can't hear him, then thinks I'm in a huff when I don't answer him.

When we're in bed (am I'm usually asleep) he always has to poke me in the back with his willy if it's happy - like I need to know?

He watches crappy football at the other end of the house but I still know exactly what's happening because he constantly shouts at the tv.

Um can't think of anything else, which worries me a bit. If the list was about me, I'm sure it would be a lot longer Blush

beararse · 03/11/2011 09:59

He takes the handtowel off the hook to use it then turns all the way around in order to carefully deposit it over the side of the bath. It takes effort to do this.

On the rare occasions he washes up, he always leaves half of it "to soak".

He leaves stubble in the sink.

He leaves shoes on the living room floor every single fucking night.

He is incapable of doing a household job after promising to do it, unless I nag lots or in extreme cases buy the kit and start making a shit job of it myself. If I make a decent job he let's me get on with it.

How come I just adore this man?!

Annpan88 · 03/11/2011 14:52

Thank goodness need a rant!

Comes home from work and sheds his various work clothes around this house.

Picks his nose and feet when I'm trying to talk to him

Doesn't see crumbs on the side

Toenails left places

He is lovely though

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