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To be annoyed at dh whistling

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Decormad38 · 12/02/2019 20:14

AIBU to get annoyed when my dh whistles constantly! He almost doesn’t know when he is doing it. He seems to be totally oblivious to the time of day. So in the evening he will be whistling at the top of his lungs and I’m really tired as I’m not a night owl and he is and I just want to scream! AIBU?

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erja · 12/02/2019 20:20

I hear you, OP, DP is the same!!!!

queribus · 12/02/2019 20:22

There is a special place in hell reserved for whistlers, hummers and mutterers

Flowerplower · 12/02/2019 20:23

Mine too, plus repetitive droning singing and catch phrases. So annoying and he acts mortally offended if I ask him to please stop!

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Decormad38 · 12/02/2019 20:30

Yes the same like I’ve asked him to stop breathing or like he’s a world famous celebrity whose performance Ive just interrupted!

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Cremeeggsareforever · 12/02/2019 20:38

I could have written this myself. I regularly shout 'you're not a f parrot!' at my DH. He doesn't even whistle in tune.

I was in a (small) supermarket the other day and there was a man walking around for 20 minutes whistling the same line of Rock DJ about every 30 seconds. I ended up sussing out where he was and walking down the opposite aisle, loudly saying (to DH) 'I hope whoever is driving everyone else in here mad by constantly whistling realizes how irritating they are' and his DW said 'told you' and he stopped. Maybe there needs to be a club for this....WOW (Wives of Whistlers).

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Decormad38 · 12/02/2019 20:43

Yes a kind of support group. I can be in the middle of a serious heart to heart with a friend and he will be walking about whistling.

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Everytimeref · 12/02/2019 20:44

I am definitely a WOW it drives me mad!

ILoveMaxiBondi · 12/02/2019 20:45

I hate whistling. It is banned in my house. If I could ban it in public too I would. Horrible sound. Who the hell invented it?

Fartingisfun · 12/02/2019 20:47

My dad whistles. Mum and I love it. When he whistles we know he's happy.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 12/02/2019 20:47

I ended up sussing out where he was and walking down the opposite aisle, loudly saying (to DH) 'I hope whoever is driving everyone else in here mad by constantly whistling realizes how irritating they are' and his DW said 'told you' and he stopped.

I love this! The anonymous shut down! Grin brilliant.

cheesenpickles · 12/02/2019 20:47

I HATE whistling so much. It riles me uo and goes right through me.

That and the harmonica.

FernieB · 12/02/2019 20:48

My DF was a whistler. Drove my DM mad for years with the constant whistling. It was one of the first things to go as his dementia progressed - she really misses it now.

Having grown up with it myself I understand it can be annoying but I've never met an unhappy whistler. They're generally really lovely people.

KissHerYouBrilliantFool · 12/02/2019 20:51

I hate whistling with a passion! It's always men that do it, and is really just an audio version of 'Manspreading'; they might not be able to dominate the whole of a shop or public space physically but they try their best to dominate what everyone else can hear. I've also recently noticed a lot of men singing loudly in public.

I was in a shop a few weeks ago and a man repeatedly whistled the same line from a song over and over and over again. It was a tiny shop and his whistling was fucking irritating! I glared at him a few times but wish I'd spoken up.

WonderTweek · 12/02/2019 20:53

Oh dear. I'm a whistler. I bloody love a good whistle and I'm actually good at it. Grin I feel a bit bad now. However, I don't do it when out and about and my husband hasn't complained about it so far so I'm hoping I don't have to stop any time soon.

Disliking bad whistling I can understand but a happy little whistle I can't help but like. I come from a family of whistlers so I'm a bit biased though.

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Decormad38 · 12/02/2019 20:54

It was probably my husband whistling in the shop.
He is an absolutely lovely person though but OMG sometimes I just want to throw my slipper at him!

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amusedbush · 12/02/2019 20:58

KissHerYouBrilliantFool

I was just saying this to a friend a few days ago. I have misophonia and can’t STAND whistling, and I’ve noticed that it’s only ever men who whistle obnoxiously regardless of their surroundings. It really is like audio manspreading.

I was walking to the train station a couple of weeks ago, early in the morning and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. That is until a man came out of his house and started whistling so loudly that it could have roused someone in a coma. I turned around and glared at him but he looked totally unphased and carried on the whole way to station and while he stood on the platform. Prick.

amusedbush · 12/02/2019 20:59

*unfazed Blush

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