Things that DH does that annoy the hell out of you?

[SarahLibra1974]

Name three;

1. He constantly flushes wet wipes down the loo.

1. He never gives a straight answer.

1. He will always try to please his bosses at work, even if it affects his family time, or time with me.

Go!

I shouldn’t because I know I probably have more flaws than him but...

1. we can be mid conversation and suddenly I’ll cease to exist if he looks at his phone.

2. never texts me when he’s out.. which I know sounds naggy, but I worry... and when he can be out till 6am sometimes (which is fine) I just want to know he’s not in a ditch or a hospital somewhere!

3. the vague answers!!! I.e, he’ll be watching a film and I’ll ask ‘what’s this?’ He’ll reply ‘a film’, or ‘what are you doing?’.... ‘stuff’.

4. he cannot put a squash bottle back in the cupboard!! He’s fine with everything else... why not the squash bottle??

This annoying thing he does with my Audi where he feels the need to force the steering wheel beyond actual need on full lock until it grinds.

Leaving plates/glasses on the side rather than putting them in the dishwasher which is right there!!!

He loosens the lid on carbonated rinks because he 'doesn't want them too fizzy'.
Drink something else then, you berk. Flat pop is vile.

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The Audi thing

Waits until the last minute before going out and faffs around doing stupid things

Says he really really needs a tool for something, buys the tool, then completes the job without using it.

rinks. FFS,

Makes a sandwich and never cleans the crumbs up

Leaves the fridge and cupboard doors open

Leaves wet towels on the bed

Leaves his shoes in the middle of the floor and still doesn't pick them up after he has tripped over them several times

Empties his pockets on varies ledges around the house, I have collected £120 in the last few months!

1. Never listens properly unless I talk about sex! So for very important issues, I always start with pretending I feel horny 2. It's his job to pack a rucksack when we go out during the day. Can't afford to eat out anymore so take sandwiches, drinks etc. Always forgets half the stuff, I have to check so may as well just pack the bloody bag myself!!! 3. When he cleans, always leaves dust/ muck in the corners. Apart from that, lovely man, been married for nearly 30 years

DH is practically perfect so I would never complain to him BUT:

1. Doesn't put a new bin liner in the bin when he empties it, which means I only notice it needs one when I've got a handful of rubbish (usually a used coffee filter / grounds).

1. Doesn't wipe the surfaces after cooking / serving so I end up doing it when it's congealed and harder to do.

1. Doesn't hang up the hanging clothes when he puts laundry away but just leaves them lying on the spare room bed.

However, as you can see, he does empty the bins, cook and do the laundry on a regular basis so I'm not going to complain!

His for me would be:

1. Not putting the toothbrush on charge when it's running out.

1. Leaving DD's dirty bibs in the utility room sink.

1. Not loading the dishwasher properly.

Hard to stick to just three but here goes lol.

1. Puts the kids at work (children's home) before his own children.
2. Never shuts anything he opens such as cupboard doors, food packets, fridge, microwave etc
3. Faffing. He faffs like no other. He's been out mowing the lawn since 11am leaving me to entertain kids/puppy, run errands make tea etc. Was hoping for 5 minutes to myself on his one day off this week but no.

I feel better now!

Atetoomany, that's brilliant! Treat yourself to something really nice

1. Whenever he does a job it’s never quite finished. So he’ll make coffee but not close the cup cupboard. Or he’ll do DIY but leave his tools out, or put the laundry on but not put the laundry basket back where it should be.

I’m aware these are very petty and in actual fact reading MN threads has made me realise how bloody awesome he actually is, but these wee mindings at the end of a job really really irrationally irritate me

1. Sniffs

2. Doesn't put things away after he's done a job, resulting in stuff all over the patio being damaged by sun/rain/cats

3. Makes decisions without consulting me - exhibit a being a car and b a trailer (although he did ask what I thought of that one and bought the one I said wouldn't be suitable)

Doesn’t tidy as he goes... His “I’ll do it later” means in a couple of days. So butter out bread out cheese out crumbs everywhere milk out everything going off in this heat... We couldn’t buy a house that was in the perfect area for DC’s school because the kitchen area was open plan and I just can’t keep up with his mess

Ooh I’m going to start doing the collecting coins thing!

Im not sure we’re even together at the moment (haven’t seen/hardly spoke ro each other for over a week)...but the inability to apologise. I can count on one hand the amount of times he has genuinly apologised in 5 years. If pulled up on it I get a saracastic “Well I apologise...” or its just easier to put the blame on me. Hence the not talking.

so, so many ;)

1. EVERYTHING is my fault. No matter what the issue is, he always finds a way to twist it around to being because of something I did or did not do. He does this with his parents as well but because I am with him all the time I am usually the culprit!!
2. is a massive hypocrite. He will pull me up on snapping at him or saying something in a slightly unfriendly manner (obviously only when he deserves it ;)) yet he will always speak rudely or dismissively to me as he sees fit and I'm in the wrong if I react to it (see above )
3. when we argue, he can get really nasty and bring all sorts of personal (and irrelevant) insults out, and will never ever apologise for anything he says.

Wow, reading the above he sounds awful..but luckily I have learnt to take it all with a pinch of salt and tell him to do one when he's being an idiot! He has lots of lovely qualities :)

He always asks me questions, where he knows the answer is no. Then he finishes the question with the word 'no'
For example.
Knowing that we have no milk
Do we have any milk, no?

It drives me irrationally insane and makes me want to stab him

Says "restaurannnnnnnnnnnnn"
He is not French.

He'll expect me to think of everything, plan any "help" he's willing to give me. I've started not bothering, we have no childcare arrangement for next week and arrived with no gift at close friends birthday yesterday

He'll wear the same pair of cargo shorts all summer long and won't notice when they eventually rip.

He'll pretend he only know how to make pasta.

Sooooo infuriating

Fills the dishwasher up then doesn't turn it on because he thinks he can squeeze another teaspoon in.

Massively underestimates how long anything will take.

Faffs so much when we're trying to leave the house that we're always late.
Me: If we can leave within half hour then the timing will work out well for DD's nap.
DH: Ok let me just quickly get ready and we'll go.

Me: What are you doing?
DH: I thought I'd just quickly reorganise this drawer... What are you doing?
Me: Just headbutting this wall until the red mist fades.

Eats very noisily.
Snores.

Says he really really needs a tool for something, buys the tool, then completes the job without using it.

Heh every man I've ever met has to go and get the correct tools first or they can't do it. They usually use them though

Mine likes a practical house, which means everything has to be on display for easy access. Im the opposite with a home for everything. We wind each other up equally on that

He can be negative at any given thing and instantly see the dark side, potential or obvious problems. I look at the positives and work on those.

Doesn't file paperwork, just logs it in his phone and leaves paperwork lying around rather than put it in his own designated drawer.

I think we're just opposites. Balances everything out in general. I'm sure he would have his own list.

My DH is another one who has to find someone else to blame when something goes wrong. He can be really quite creative finding ways for things to not be his fault.
Most recent example, he smashed his phone screen and, he hasn't actually said it, but he's heavily implied that he thinks it's my fault. I asked him to take the food bin out and put it at the end of the drive as it was recycling day. He came home at lunchtime, I wasn't here, and he retrieved the now empty bin, dripping bin juice on his trousers in the process. He changed into some clean trousers and walked back to work. The clean trousers have really shit shallow pockets so the phone slipped out while he was walking and smashed on the ground. While telling me what happened he says "it's all because I had to lug that bin about" in a very pointed way.

I'm really not complaining because DH is pretty brilliant with kids, household, extended family and generally being considerate but:
-Makes an unholy mess when cooking eg veg peelings on the surface instead of in the food waste bin (under the sink so not miles away), empty packets on the side, several utensils to stir the same pan etc
-Leaves everything til the last minute so we're always stressed and running late, will also faff just before leaving the house (eg watering the plants) to make us even later
-Loses EVERYTHING - passport, keys, wallet, always when we're already running late and said item is vital for trip