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to list petty annoyances (hormone-related intolerance alert!)

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Melanienm · 15/01/2014 15:21

I really just want to have a little rant as my intolerance seems to have rocketed to sky-high while pregnant; is it hormones? dealing with ongoing nausea at 22 weeks? who knows! But here is a little list of things that are really getting my goat at the moment - love to hear yours!

sniffing - one of my colleagues (actually a lovely guy) sniffs loudly every 25 seconds or so (yes, I have timed it!). I'm sure he's completely unaware but it's driving me round the bend. Get a tissue and blow for F sake!

whistling/humming/singing on public transport - why??! why do people think I want to hear their revolting attempts at noisily amusing themselves? How could they not realise that this is annoying?

Actually, I could write a WHOLE book on public transport annoyances; people taking the outside seat on a bus so that no one sits next to them although seats are sparse - ditto putting bags on seats. As a non-threatening, fairly small woman I am ALWAYS the first person that people will come and sit next to while other, ruder people, hogging the seats get to sit by themselves for the whole trip.

My boobs - ok, can't blame anyone for this but mother nature - but very soon after falling pregnant they shot up from a 32C/D to a 34D, then a DD and now a DDD or really an E and they are SORE! Even having a coat on hurts them and I dread showering as it's so uncomfortable. For anyone in similar situation I discovered Wacoal bras - unbelievably good and supportive, M&S are rubbish!

I think that's it for now - phew, I feel better getting that out :-)

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yourusername123456789 · 15/01/2014 15:32

I get a little annoyed when I come on here and seeing yet another thing I do listed as irritating :( I always like hearing people hum or sing to themselves, I find happy people infectious (with their happiness, not necessarily through whatever disease they are harbouring).

Beeyump · 15/01/2014 15:39

Grin at 'revolting attempts at noisily amusing themselves'.
I hate whistling especially, and don't particularly want to be infected with happiness on the morning commute. Mornings in general are a major annoyance.

Melanienm · 15/01/2014 15:40

oh, sorry yourusername123456789!
I guess each to their own ;-)
I probably do a hundred things that would drive others up the wall

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Beeyump · 15/01/2014 15:41

Also, one of my colleagues saying 'you know?' at the end of every sentence. Angry

Melanienm · 15/01/2014 15:44

oh no Beeyump - that would be incredibly annoying!
I bet they don't even know they're doing it

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Beeyump · 15/01/2014 15:46

True. I think I do quite a lot of unnecessary laughing when I speak, which is probably very annoying to those around me! I annoy myself Blush

Tulip26 · 15/01/2014 15:50

Yes, I too am very hormonal at the moment and all of those things and so much more get my goat.

OH left half a cooked turkey in the fridge, uncovered, before it was properly cooled last week. I'm a veggie. Everything smelled like death and was covered in grease. I genuinely could have killed him.

Melanienm · 15/01/2014 15:50

oh, ok - this one is really petty, but here goes:

when I slave away making dinner for an hour or more and tell DH (often more than once) "dinner will be ready in 20 mins" then he gets a 5 minute reminder and yet, even when I have plated it and it is on the table he keeps me waiting!
Is it too much to ask that after I have worked all day in a stressful job (pregnant no less) and taken the trouble to steam him some fish with soy and ginger and stir fried vegetables that he at least be ready to sit down and eat it when prompted before it is stone cold!

I mean to relate these with some humour and not just have a whingefest so I'm sorry if it's coming across that way!

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Melanienm · 15/01/2014 15:56

Oh I hear you Tulip26!
that would drive me to contemplate murder too...
In fact, when I was battling the dreaded hyperemesis and could not stand the smell of meat my DH would 'sneakily' heat up an M&S gastropub slow cooked venison dish before I got home and think I wouldn't notice!!! I was retching before I could even get the front door open.
Simple, heartless creatures...
I often fantasise about how things would be different if it were MEN who got pregnant and gave birth...

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TuckingFablet · 15/01/2014 17:03

ahh pregnancy hormones. aren't they just the best Grin

ShoeSmacking · 15/01/2014 17:11

The cold dinner thing is NOT petty! Drives me bonkers. When I was living with my parents a few years ago for a while, Dad and I would have dinner prepared and mum and DBrother would be nowhere to be seen. We started just eating ourselves and ignoring them. Made us both feel better and at least we got to enjoy a lovely warm meal, cooked the way we liked it.

tudorqueen · 15/01/2014 22:11

Not pregnant, in fact haven't been for the last 23 years, but absolutely agree with everything you say OP!!

Iwannalaylikethisforever · 15/01/2014 22:25

Ohhhh that's me on a good day,.., I. Not pregnant!
Hate noisy eaters also
Re the boobies, be glad they don't leak yet, that is crappy..... Awwww remember it well. Cold cabbage leaves whilst at home did wonders!

ShirazSavedMySanity · 15/01/2014 22:36

Tapping

Why? Why tap?

Tapping with a pen, drumming fingers on a table, why?

Makes me almost act out the violent finger breaking thoughts I have in my head.

MrsTerryPratchett · 16/01/2014 00:29

My BIL did the cold dinner thing at Christmas. I gave warnings at ever decreasing amounts of time until the dinner was going to be ready. He had one job; carve the prime rib. I finally said, 'dinner's ready' at which point he starts to SLOWLY carve and I watch my Yorkshires sag and collapse and my roasties get cold and soggy. I could have fucking killed him.

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