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Annoying DH/DP habits - lighthearted

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Hendrixrain · 19/04/2020 09:24

This may be down to the fact I’m 39 weeks pg and in constant pain but jesus my DH has some horrendously annoying habits. Hoping for some lighthearted relief on this thread!

  • Has a in-bed ritual of holding his breath so he can go back to sleep. He has explained it like that and it’s most bizarre. He also does it in his sleep too. I feel my heart sinking when I’m laid awake and can hear him holding his breath as I know what’s coming next. Extremely high pitched squeaks, like if you stood on a ferret repeatedly. Staggered breathing (mouth and nose) accompanied with groans and full body shakes that create an earthquake on the bed. I often think ‘I can help you with not breathing it you want’🤣
  • He just doesn’t know how to breathe in general. I sometimes think his mother didn’t teach him (I jest, you’re born knowing how to breathe I know🤣). Breathing and eating at the same time is impossible for him as he’s a mouth breather. He also rushes his food like someone’s stood there waiting to steal it. This is a horrific combo. Smack smack smack of food blubbering from mouth between bites followed by a humongous sniffle.
  • The speed in which he eats. I blame PILs for this one. This means we can’t enjoy our food together and I’m often left looking like a tit when we eat out. Also means I’m rushed by him or he leaves me sat at the dining table eating alone. I’m made to feel like a criminal if I take more than 10 minutes to finish a large meal. I made a steak dinner last night and within a minute of the plate gracing the table 80% of the food was gone. He is akin to a dog in this respect and if we had one I’d probably make them eat together. And don’t get me started on the constant scraping of food onto his fork with the knife to accommodate his eating speed. He’ll grind the plates down in no time! When I bring him up on why he eats so fast his response is ‘I like to taste the flavour of my food, that won’t happen if I keep stopping’. As if food loses all flavour after a certain timeframe🙄
  • Last but not least. Without going into too much detail. The fact I have to clean the toilet pretty much every day. What is it with men? Unless I‘ve got a stomach bug then it’s like I never used the toilet🤣 He costs me an arm and a leg in Domestos
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Dollywilde · 19/04/2020 09:30

OP thank you - you’ve just given me a lightbulb moment - it occurred to me yesterday that DH was literally inhaling his granola and I was trying to work out why it was bothering me when it never has before - I’m 6 months pregnant and coming up to my 3rd trimester

Honestly, he was barely taking breaths. I think we might have to breakfast separately until this baby arrives...

He does generally clean up after himself in the bathroom but he spends hours sitting in there on his phone. The other day I accidentally walked in on him because it had been 20 minutes and I assumed he’d gone to the supermarket because I hadn’t seen him in so long Confused

He also uses insane amounts of toilet roll to the extent that we have a competition going on with ‘his and hers’ toilet rolls... unsurprisingly his is about to finish and I still have 3/4 of my roll left. Less of an issue now but it was seriously worrying me when we had shortages a few weeks back.

I do love him very much but being locked down while pregnant in a flat does rather heighten your awareness somewhat Grin

dementedma · 19/04/2020 09:37

Sniffing. Endless fucking sniffing!

FaithInfinity · 19/04/2020 09:46

Erm, holding his breath in his sleep sounds like sleep apnoea?! He should go to his GP.

My DH takes the tea towel off the oven door, uses it, scrunches it up then stuffs it back in the door. Every, sodding, time. Drives me crackers!

ColourMyDreams · 19/04/2020 09:49

For reasons best known to himself, when he opens the bedroom curtains, he only opens one.
After almost 40 years of marriage, I still don't know why 🤷

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