Things that close family members do that aggravate you but for no good reason (lighthearted)

[badonkydonk]

Mine is my mum. I do love her dearly but the one thing that irritates me is the half inch of tea left in a cup. I know her reasoning - back in the day, when tea was made from tea leaves, if you finished the drink, you would get a mouthful of groggy tea leaf sediment.

However, its 2016 and (as a non tea drinker) I would go on oath to state my tea has no grubby leaves at the bottom (I use a bag). Why it annoys me, I have no idea......but finish your bloody drink!

In my defense, I've never raised he subject, just walked away with the cup inwardly seething.

Any other stories of mid annoyances?

[NeopreneMermaid]

DM talks through anything we're watching.

DH every morning shakes the teabags out of the teapot into the (white) sink, splattering tea up the sides and not cleaning it until the whole sink is brown.

DH and DCs (6 and 4) never flush after a wee.

DCs leave dirty socks all over the house and it gives me the rage.

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Also my mum shares a bag of maltesers with the dog and chucks them across the room for him to catch. Aside from the fact dogs shouldn't have chocolate, I'm sure slobber must flick everywhere and I find it really offensive having a huge dog jumping around the room in front of me. She wonders why he's so hyper!!

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Also she asks me for a tea, makes me a tea, and then bloody reminds me it's there while I'm letting it cool!!! YES I KNOW IT'S THERE you've mentioned it many times already!!! Sorry that I don't have a heatproof mouth

Ahhhh, love them but glad to be going home tomorrow 😇

[bigtapdancingpimp]

My DM gives me this look when I wear high heels and remarks 'I don't know HOW you can walk in them'. Every single fucking time.

25 years of practice Mother, that's how

[Chalkiton]

Dh's grandma questioning everything I do with the dc. Are they hot, cold, thirsty, hungry? No they just want you to get out of their faces for 5 minutes. She's a lovely lady in small doses.

[hollyisalovelyname]

DD 2 never minds wearing mismatching socks. They go into the net sock bag inside out too and then into the wash. I take them out and have to turn them the right side out and try and match a pair. Grrrrr
I swear I won't but I wouldn't wear mismatching socks.

[TuppencePenny]

My Dad takes ages to get to the end of a very mundane sentence and you know how is going to end because it's just a pleasantry but it's almost like he wants to hold you there in raptures as he says: "Uncle blah blah has been asking how you are today how are you?" But he pauses between words and you have to stand patiently until he gets the sentence out.

He also passes on messages that aren't meant to be passed on. If he bumps into an old friend and they ask after me or a sibling he will call and make a point of saying: "I bumped into Charlotte she was asking after you." Or if I'm visiting he'll come into the room and say "Chatlotte sends her love" then hover expectantly waiting for a response. What am I supposed to say?

[AlpacaPicnic]

The layout of the front room is a tad weird, as such when you walk in you are behind the back of the sofa and you need to walk around it to get 'into' the room.

DH walks into the room then stands right behind me while I'm watching television. He's not doing anything else, he just stands there. It's odd.

Also, if he's on the phone in the hall and the door to the front room (where I am) is shut, he'll open it so I can hear him talking. I don't want to hear him talking to suppliers, or to his mates about Pokemon or Game of Thrones...

[Yukduck]

My dmum always tells me what my Christmas/birthday present is before I open it. I NEVER have a surprise as she has already talked me through it, described it and practically opened it for me! Aargh!

Another one is my dsil who has a sharp tongue and no social graces. She told me once that I made my dh's life a misery expecting him to do DIY when he works very hard all day! I also work! I also run the home and he is waited on hand and foot so a bit of DIY is not outrageous to me. I can do without her "advice" on my marriage (which is a lot happier than hers!).

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

Holly why do you have to turn her socks the right way out? They'll still dry inside out and she can just turn them the right way out when she puts them on! Admittedly I'm quite a lazy launderer though

[MrsJayy]

Its called Mysophobia im sure i have it eating/drinking noises give me the rage Dh is eating crackers atm and i want to push them down his throatim a wee bit uptight

[happypoobum]

I also have a loud eater, does my head in.

I also have a relative who has the most Annoying Telephone Habit In The World. If she has company, and the phone rings, she can't just answer the phone, she starts a short sentence with someone in the room, then picks the phone up, but instead of saying "Hello, it's Gladys Poobum" she finishes the sentence to the person in the room, so the person calling is left holding on listening to her saying, " isn't that funny?" or whatever.

Every. Single. Time.

FUCKING INFURIATING - but no idea why.

[MasterOfTheDIYBookcase]

I'm a picky eater. Everyone in my family and my DP's family is aware of this. I like pizza with cheese and tomato. That's it. Nothing else. Thank you very much. That's why I order in a restaurant because that's what I like. MIL ALWAYS buys in a spinach and ricotta pizza for me. ALWAYS! Why?!?

[Lalalalalaa]

When my Dh thinks he's not really heard me he will slowly repeat what I've just said, as though trying to figure it out. So he has heard me, but he still does it.

It drives me potty.

My mum says 'whatever' on the end of every sentence.

So 'I went to visit auntie La, or whatever'.

'I made myself some bangers and mash, or whatever'

Whatever what?

WHATEVER WHAT!!!?????!!!!!!

[BestZebbie]

Kali: urine smelling strong or being dark in colour indicates it is concentrated, so is a potential sign of dehydration/a need to just generally drink a bit more during the day.

I cannot stand my DH leaving an empty glass jar used for sauce on the side after cooking with it the night before. I fully admit it is irrational as leaving other detritus from the same meal prep doesn't irritate me anything like as badly, the jar always just enrages me though.

[blueshoes]

Buying lots of tat for the children as gifts that take up needless space and which I quietly give away.

[TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot]

I know I'm being utterly unreasonable in being annoyed by this but...

My mum always scrapes her food on to the back of her fork, the convex side, with her knife and then has to balance it carefully up to her mouth.

I KNOW this is the "proper" way of using a fork but it looks so awkward and fussy and I can't think of any reason why anyone would eat like that other than to say, "Look at me, see how cultured I am, using my fork in this fiddly, inefficient way," when it's so much easier and less conspicuous just to turn your fork around and use it in a more spoon-like fashion.

Oh, and at the start of every meal my mum looks at the number of potatoes she has and says, "Oh, I've got far too many potatoes, you know I can't eat that much, does anyone want any extra potatoes?" Everyone will say no, and then she'll ask everyone individually, "More potatoes, TheIncredible? MiniIncredible, more potatoes?" WE DON'T WANT YOUR POTATOES. STOP MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT WHAT A CHARMINGLY SMALL APPETITE YOU HAVE.

And recently she bought a new set of cutlery, but everything in the set is a larger size than the old one, so she's kept the old one so she can use it, and if someone lays the table so she doesn't get the smaller cutlery, or inadvertently sits in the place she's laid for herself with it, she'll make a fuss about how she needs the small cutlery because the new set is just too large for her and her delicate little mouth.

I really hate eating at my parents' house.

[ItchyFoot]

My dgran navigates like a fucking rally driver. We went to visit her last week and went somewhere where dp didn't know the way so she sat in the front and directed him. She explains where the traffic is coming from at every junction and mentions corners and hills. It's a complete non stop commentary. And it took over an hour to get there!

[Smurfnoff]

My dad is obsessed with sharing his opinion. If you dare to tell him what he's saying isn't particularly helpful or relevant, you get 'But surely I'm allowed an opinion?' It never occurs to him that that opinion isn't 110% vital to the entire assembled company.

A few years ago I relocated to take a new job. I had to move very quickly and got an earful of 'Why didn't you tell them you needed three months?' When I pointed out that they'd specifically asked me to move quickly and that I'd already agreed, he said 'Oh no, I certainly wouldn't tell them you need more time now'. Then why fucking say it? Just to proceed you were right?

[Notso]

All my in-laws have a really annoying habit of peering in through the front window either before or after they knock at the door. I fucking hate it. I frosted the windows and left just an inch border clear. They still do it.

There is a tiny wall I between our front path and our neighbours path. If our gate is closed when in-laws are leaving they leave they step over the wall and leave through the neighbours gate. It pisses me off, just open the fucking gate.

My Mum comes early about twice a week take the kids to school then we go for coffee. Great. She always comes when I am getting dressed. Instead of thinking Notso must be getting dressed as usual she walks around the whole house bellowing "helloooooo, helloa, Notso where are you?" I am always on my bedroom in the attic and she can never hear me shouting back even though I can hear her perfectly. She is always surprised when she finds me or I come down as if she thinks I've done a runner and left the kids to it. It's the same thing twice a week.

[molyholy]

Oh god. I could write this thread by myself. Mil is a feeder. Drives me insane. Shoves shite down the kids necks then is utterly perplexed when they don't eat their sunday roast. My dm is deaf and its like a game of chinese whispers when I call for a chat ' just been to the shops' 'what? You've got a bad cough'. Then moans nobody ever phones her. I love them goddamit, but the repetitiveness riles me.

[RainIsAGoodThing]

My brother answers questions no one has asked.

'What do I think? Well...'
'Yes, I do enjoy it, bla bla bla'

It's quite maddening.

[Freshprincess]

My mum does the 'do you remember Joan, lived next door to your nana for 10 minutes 39 years ago, came to your christening, remember? Well she died'. I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!
and my sister has a bit of a martyr complex, she falls over herself to apologise for stuff all the time. I could kick her in the head and she would apologise for putting her head in the way of my foot in case I hurt myself. And if she ever texts me she'll start with 'so sorry to disturb you, oh just ignore me if you're busy'. So I have to txt back 'what?' Half a dozen texts later we finally get to the reason she's texting me.

[RainIsAGoodThing]

Oh, and my mum will interrupt perfectly normal adult conversation to point out fire engines, helicopters, police cars etc. It's been about 20 years since she has looked after toddlers (who would appreciate such things). I have no idea why she does it to other adults.

[hollyisalovelyname]

Bendy- because I'm stoopid. I know