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?

[Skooblies1]

I came to this thread late and it has really made me laugh. My problem is noisy eaters. Dh eats nuts or crisps next to at his peril. I stare pointedly until he has finished. Close your mouth around the fucking crisp!!! In fact some peoples eating makes me want to rip my ears off. Apparently it is called misophonia. Really glad I'm not the only one!

[BlueberryJuice]

My dh uses a fork to eat ice cream, im considering LTB

[DIYTopTits]

Blueberry, that would be a sensible decision. A complete deal breaker.

[BlueberryJuice]

And one about me that annoys the hell out of dh as he says it don't make sense (even tho it makes sense to me)

If I'm really really starving, when i finally eat something and satisfy my hunger, i will always say "thats better, i feel more human now"

[lasttimeround]

The complete inability to pick up on cues or put themselves into any one elses shoes. I've just been you see some of my closest friends. A couple and the husband has v recently had a terminal cancer diagnosis. My in laws are visiting. Ive been away for first few days to see these friends. I get in cry a a bit on h. Then sniffle a bit more while telling a few details.
Thenjoy within 30 mins my fil is quizzing me about my views on brexit and trump and how the world is going to hell in a handcart. Its getting increasingly obvious I can't really have a conversation but on and on it goes. Until I just have to say I'm too wiped for this. And he's surprised. Happens a lot.

[EverySongbirdSays]

My DM and her entire family are obsessed with people they know and whether or not they've died - they almost get off on it. "You'll never guess who's died now" and yesterday "everyone we knew from street x to street y ALL DEAD" I find it amusing and always have done but my sister hates it.

My sister will find something to criticise no matter what you do so you're actually best off not aiming to not be criticised because she'll find something, no matter how nasty, baseless, or mean spirited. Again, she gets off on it.

My DM is obsessed with the parking on her road and I just hate being in the car with her driving to her house, because she will witter on about "her space" whether it's empty or used and say the exact same thing EVERY TIME.

I've had time out of the workplace due to ill health and without fail I have an Aunt who asks me in a judgey way "if" I'm working?

Now that I have a job, I have another aunt who finds a way to make mean remarks about it as people in her job tend to be about people in mine. My sister exploits this, again, just to get off on it.

[KatharinaRosalie]

Mum does the advanced version of falling asleep on the sofa.
Whenever we start to watch a movie, she falls asleep about 5 minutes into it. Then wakes up 15 minutes before the end, and expect me to get her up to speed. 'But who's that guy? And why did he go there now? What did they do in Paris? What secret documents?'

[hookiewookie29]

niggit I am with you there! To the point where I try to avoid bending down near his crotch area because I know what he's going to say.One day I will call his bluff and whip his trousers down in the middle of Tesco.
Likewise when I'm bending over loading the washing machine/dishwasher he'll stand right behind me pretending to shag me. Yawn.....

[hookiewookie29]

My lovely Mum comes for her tea on a Wednesday.Afterwards she'll sit on the sofa and doze off in front of the TV. She denies it every time. " I'm not asleep!"" she says very indignantly!

[Bloopbleep]

My mother speaks with her mouth full of food. She has nothing to say inbetween chomps but as soon as she's shovelled grub in her gob - full conversation. Every bloody time. I have misophonia with eating noises and she knows it winds me up (nothing I can do about it - it's really quite painful and rage inducing) What's so important to say that can wait until you've swallowed your food? Apparently every-fucking-thing.

[hookiewookie29]

DH eating peanuts. He has to put them into a little tupperware tub, then sticks his tongue in like a fucking frog to eat one at a time. Then he sucks the salt off them. One at a fucking time. Before he crunches them very loudly......it's excruciating!

[SexNamesRFab]

DM can't give a compliment without it coming across as some sort of dig. She notices something you've done/changed, feels the need to pass comment, but can't quite bring herself to give you an actual compliment. E.g.:

'Ooh new top?'
'Tidied up have we?'

These remarks are then followed by an awkward silence, which the receiver may be tempted to try and fill with 'yes, do you like it?' - only to be met with 'well it's not really my style/the house was a shithole before'.

I used to pull her up on it, these days I meet her with a deathstare. One day, I promise, I will work up the nuts to ask her if she meant to be so rude.

[Idliketobeabutterfly]

My in laws and hubby can fall asleep with no issues. They are always doing it when I'm there and taunting me, the insomniac.

[paddypants13]

Hookie - My dh also does that!

Oh fuck off dh, putting your mucky socks and pants in the wash does not turn me on!

[SaturdaySurprise]

My in-laws are always talking about what other people are eating. "Ooh look at Fred's portion. You won't be able to eat that." "Ooh, what flavour did you chose?", Are you sure you'll be able to eat all that?".
Other people's food just isn't that interesting.

Also, when everyone is served and starts eating MIL or her sister or my BIL has to say, " Oh, everyone's gone quiet." Every time.

[val4]

My mother also goes into too much detail. Instead of saying 'I made appointment with doctor', she will say ' I went out to hall, rang the Secretary and said, this is x, I'd like to see doctor please. The Secretary asked me how I was and said she hadn't seen me for ages, I told her I'm not great at moment and need appointment as soon as possible.......' and she goes on and on....it drives me mad. She also goes into detail what she had to eat, and how it was cooked/presented, and expects same detail from me! It wears me out😑

[pineappleshortbread]

Ive loved reading these really perked me up.
Mtly dh used to (thankfully doesnt anymore) pick his nose and wipe it on the back of the sofa. Totally gross id kill hik now we got a new sofa if I caught him.

My dgran who I love to bits and raised me is a feeder we actually take bets on how long before she offers food. Only she doesnt stop when you say no she just moves to something else.

My dgrandad rip uses to hoard and food and medicine that had gone out of date. I went up one day and went through the cupboards and binned milk of magnesia 12 yrs out of date only to find it back in the cupboard a week later.

Also the obsession for leaving for a caravan holiday at 6am get there at 11 and check in wasnr till 2 arrg.

And my not so dear dads belief that everything is someone elses fault and not his. Suffice to say I have gone non contact with him
I love my family but they are nuts.

[Cheaploopaper]

I have loads!

Similar to previous people, I have a noisy breather in DH, it's like Darth Vader. He steals covers then goes apeshit whining like a baby and blaming me. When he starts saying something, and I know what he's getting at I'll go, 'oh yeah' mid his sentence and he will stop with stupid face and say', "what do you mean?" Aaargh just go on talking! He also uses baby talk, "what's the mat mat baby?" Instead of saying what's the matter? Aaaaagh!!!

My MIL irritates the hell outta me not only telling me what to do in my own home, but she asks if I'm ok if she catches me with a normal face if I'm not beaming ear to ear. Something must be 'wrong' since I'm not smiling. She also asks me a question, then when I begin to answer she finds something else to make a big deal over, "oooh look at the cat! What's he doing?" Don't ask me a bloody question if you're not interested!
Watching TV = 101 questions, what's he saying, why is she doing that? Etc etc.
Her table manners are awful too, fingers in everything, then licking them, then using said fingers to touch communal (in a pub) sauce bottle to squeeze a bit onto to see if she likes it before using. Yuk! She once licked chocolate off her fingers then wiped them on sponge I do my dishes with leaving chocolate/saliva trail. Grrrrr.

Oh it's good to rant, now I feel a bit mean though!

[SlimCheesy2]

I have an aunt who only speaks to instruct. Last weekend we were all at the seaside and Ds asked for a Mr Whippy in a double cone. It's the summer holidays. It's ice cream. It's fine. But he could not finish it, and so I threw some of it away (I would have eatn it myself but DS had sucked the cone so it was soggy). So DAunt says' Well that will teach you not to be so greedy. What will we do next time mummy says it is okay to have a double ice cream? We will say no, won't we?'. FFS. The kid is 6. He wanted a big ice cream. Let the kid enjoy his fucking ice cream.

[BoopTheSnoot]

My dad, sister, and all three of my nephews are noisy eaters. Complete with sloppy chewing, heavy breathing, and frequent "mmmmm"s. It makes me want to scream, it really winds me up!

[Mommawoo]

My dp doesnt sleep at night, he falls into a short coma. I've literally had to slap him awake in an emergency. When he was in the army they called a doctor after 5 guys couldnt wake him up and thought something was wrong.

We have incredibly noisy neighbours who like to start DIY at 7am (like today) but of course do hears nothing and cant see the problem. If we ever had an intruder during the night, me and dd would be left to fight him off alone.

[KeyserSophie]

Mum and dad: no sharp knives
Mum: puts nutmeg in lasagna, gets involved with things she could just sack off and complains about them (to be fair, I inherited this trait), talks over tattoo fixers

Dad: Reads the same paper every day (and has done for 25 years) and then complains about the paper's political viewpoint. Why doesnt he just buy a different paper?

[42andcounting]

My dsis thoroughly washes every single item of pots, pans, crockery, cutlery in hot soapy water before putting them in the dishwasher, drives me demented. She also runs the dishwasher half empty eg with just 3 mugs, cutlery and 2 side plates. Bugs me when she does it at her house, but even more when she does it at mine! I am clearly tight, I like to cram it full so I get my moneys worth

[JohnLithgowsLargeForehead]

FIL walking into the room every 5 mins asking what we're doing and asking MIL "are you okay dear?", nothings changed since 5 mins ago! Makes us laugh but MIL can't stand it.

[JohnLithgowsLargeForehead]

Also my mum is a feeder and constantly asks my DP if he wants his slice of cheesecake/cornetto/dessert and he says "no thanks, not yet" and every half hour she'll ask again. In the end I say (while laughing) "Mum he'll just go get it when he fancies it!"