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What’s the most minor thing your other half does that unreasonably winds you up?

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FiveFarthings · 14/08/2019 09:38

Confession time just for fun (need some light relief after being up all night with baby!)

What’s the most minor thing that your other half does that unreasonably winds you up?

For me, it’s that my husband squeezes the tube of tooth paste from the middle rather than the bottom, leaving the tube all twisted so you can’t get anything out. It is such a minor thing but my god it makes me rage and I am totally disproportionately unreasonable about it!

Anyone else have anything similar?

OP posts:
LaMarschallin · 15/08/2019 14:09

LadyRannaldini

I'm tempted to ask OH what annoys him about me, but won't because:

  1. I probably know
  2. If I don't know, I'd prefer to stay in blissful ignorance
  3. There may well not be enough hours in the day for him to get it all off his chest.
wannabebetter · 15/08/2019 14:13

Oh yes, and back to the toenails thing again, mine attacks his with a Stanley blade until they are bleeding then complains at how sore they are....

BearRabbitPants · 15/08/2019 14:19

Thought of another one. Literally smashes his spoon against his teeth if he's eating hot soup! I'll say to him fuck me you'll have no enamel left on them in a minute and he's always like 'ohhh but it's too hot to eat properly' Angry Then wait for it to cool down then fucking imbecile !!!!!!! Argh!!!!! Lol

BlooperReel · 15/08/2019 14:20

Says 'more better'....I cannot deal with it.

Oysterbabe · 15/08/2019 14:30

I definitely annoy my husband quite a lot. Sometimes on purpose. I'm really untidy and can be a bit oblivious, like stepping over things he's put on the stairs to take upstairs rather than taking them up. I don't do it on purpose, I'm not sure why I don't see mess.

Our kitchen clock has stopped and needs new batteries, it's been like that for weeks. Every day, twice a day, I wait until 7:45 and say "oh look the clock's working" It's really, really annoying him but not enough to put new batteries in it seems.

CrispSandwiches19 · 15/08/2019 14:34

Never knows where hes left stuff. And if I've moved it.. I always put it in the same place. Never anywhere else. But he'll still ask!
I now just say.. I dunno where do u think it is.?

Socksontheradiator · 15/08/2019 14:37

If I ask mine to buy sweet treats he buys enormous bars of chocolate. I have no stop button and eat too much then feel sick (and fat) He tells me off for having no willpower.
It could be worse....

Mushroomparty · 15/08/2019 14:42

He slurps his tea / coffee. I make him stop by slurping even louder right next to his ears. In ten years, he might stop forever.

Slurpers should be banned.

Purplecatshopaholic · 15/08/2019 15:23

Breathing...(yes he is now my Ex )

Whattodo20192 · 15/08/2019 15:52

Singing the same one or two lines of a song on repeat. I really can't cope with it!

BettyBahooky · 15/08/2019 16:10

He never knows where ANYTHING is, and it's down to me to know where he's put it/help him hunt. Even (and especially) things that have nothing to do with me and I never use - his hat, his shaver, his trainers 🙄
He does the middle-of-the-toothpaste squeezing thing too, and always dumps it on the side, instead of back with the toothbrushes in the pot.
Repeat offender for crumbs on kitchen bunkers, leaves fag ash everywhere even though we have several ashtrays, flings things back into the fridge willy-nilly even though I'm meticulous about clearing the thing out every week and having set shelves for everything... and BREATHE 😁

BettyBahooky · 15/08/2019 16:13

OH! And he has this annoying habit of getting well-known phrases wrong! He'll say "calm and collective" instead of calm and collected, he knows it drives me insane - he must do it on purpose!

iklboo · 15/08/2019 16:18

Slurpers should be banned

A colleague slurps then goes AHHHHHH after every fricking mouthful.

QuimReaper · 15/08/2019 16:18

When I prepare food and he leaves absolutely tiny amounts left over Angry It's fine if you simply can't manage something, that happens, but for instance if I make him a bowl of pasta and grate some cheese for him, he'll use 95% of it and leave a pointless few gratings. Just dump the whole lot on FFS, what do you expect to happen to that tiny amount you've left?!

(I don't grate cheese for him any more.)

QuimReaper · 15/08/2019 16:21

iklboo my husband used to do the "AAAAAAAH" thing and it made my fists curl. Then, to my immense delight, we were watching that episode of Black Mirror, I don't know if you saw it, where the guy keeps doing it and it's driving the girl mad, and he, quite unprompted by me, came out with "God, that is SO ANNOYING". I informed him that he does it, and yes, it is incredibly annoying. He denied it. Then within 24hrs he did it, and sort of froze mid-"AAAH" whilst I stared triumphantly. He doesn't do it any more Grin

Daffodil2018 · 15/08/2019 16:23

Forgets basic nouns so everything is "where's the thingy bobby" or "I saw thingy yesterday". Then he doesn't search for the word so he just leaves me hanging. Silent scream

justgivemewine · 15/08/2019 16:36

Many of the above.

Although I’m realising I probably annoy dh too as I’m also quilty of some of them ☺️

AwdBovril · 15/08/2019 16:50

Absolutely loads of things.

Clearing his throat approximately every 45 seconds;
Leaving empty packets (of crisps, ham etc) wherever he happened to be when he'd finished with them;
Cutting his toenails & leaving a pile of them on the side, & not putting the clippers away;
Putting his empty cup on the floor when he's finished with it & just leaving it there until he wants another and then just refilling it without washing if first... & repeat, repeat, repeat... grim;
Taking 2 or 3 leisurely (40 minute plus) poo breaks every day (ugh!);
Leaving clean dishes on the kitchen counter (as opposed to actually putting them away in the cupboards);
Mispronounces certain words, seemingly for effect. MIL does it too, I'm not sure if it's a regional dialect thing, (they moved here when DH was very young) or just an affectation. Both of them only do it intermittently, so I'm inclined to believe it's more of the latter... DD is picking it up too & it's maddening because other people now don't understand her when she mispronounces certain words (think inserting a completely different consonant or repeating a syllable, for example).

Honestly, he's like a bloody student. Not a 40 year old man. We're not remotely compatible on paper, but somehow it works.

AwdBovril · 15/08/2019 16:56

Oh yes, and leaving cheese gratings, & breadcrumbs on the counter. Use a bloody plate or cutting board!

I definitely think we need a scream smiley. I would use it. A lot. Thoughts, @MNHQ?

Twyler · 15/08/2019 17:39
iklboo · 15/08/2019 18:20

I definitely think we need a screamm* smiley. I would use it. A lot. Thoughts, @MNHQ?

I second that request!

Notsure1978 · 15/08/2019 18:44

Flosses his teeth post dinner, while sitting on the sofa, and then leaves the used floss on the coffee table. Grim, just grim, and I’ve asked him just to put it in the bin so many times! Apart from that he’s lovely

MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 15/08/2019 19:26

Notsure1978 - that is just disgusting!!! Love this thread though!

LadyRannaldini · 15/08/2019 20:06

My gripe is DH leaving filthy disgusting old washing up water in the sink.

This seems to be a common theme! We use a washing up bowl, I know some disapprove but we do, it finshes up full of greasy, red water, when it's poured out the sink is clogged with bits, the bowl is greasy red, a lot of tomato based stuff, and the underside of the bowl is caked too. He doesn't like using the little strainer thing for the plug hole, it gets full of bits! It's supposed to, idiot!

Jaffacakebeast · 15/08/2019 20:12

Piss drips, everywhere 🤢😡