What’s the most irritating thing a family member has done during lockdown?

[MadameBee]

DH organised to have the internet upgraded yesterday, I was a bit apprehensive about it as I am totally reliant on the WiFi atm in order to carry on working. DH assured me it would be fine with minimal interruptions.

Mid conference call (Skype) the phone goes dead and all systems down.

Internet guy had asked if he can cut the phone line and DH told him to go ahead .....

*Gradual tanner

Has he realised he is turning orange yet?! :o

DH keeps doing my jigsaw. Bloody bastard.

@lyralalala oh my god. I was going to say you were being unreasonable until I read that she lived with you. There is no guideline to say you should throw out your vulnerable family members onto the street!
She sounds absolutely mental to be so obsessed with you anyway!

Estuarybird 🤣
Being asked why I haven’t done a daily walk ( never did one before lockdown) and that I need to get out in the fresh air and exercise “ have some pride in yourself 😕)
This from someone whose daily exercise is getting daily paper ( did that before lockdown) then sits in his a**e only getting up to eat and go to bed😡

@PyongyangKipperbang I think I might leave it a few more days before I tell him as I went to bathroom and realised he has been using my jade roller to rub it in with so it will also be nice and patchy for him

-Asks "What happens if you get a puncture?" every day as I'm cycling ...on my exercise bike.
-Talks back to TV all the time.
-Monopolises the remote control and only watches programmes with 'antique', 'salvage', or 'scrapheap' in the title.
-Tells me that the kettle has just boiled even if I am standing waiting for the kettle to boil or if I have actually boiled the kettle myself.

I love a bit of delayed revenge :o

Just wait for the inevitable "I think I might be allergic to that cream...." :o

My dh sucks chocolate. He eats tiny amounts and acts like it’s so much.

My parents & Whatsapp. They separated years ago, both live on their own, have actually been pretty good at not complaining, whining or breaking lockdown, etc. But their Whatsapp habit is driving me insane. They're clearly being sent the same videos & memes from friends and then immediately forward them onto me. I get the same stuff from both of them, usually within about 30 seconds... and none of it is even remotely funny. It's the type of stuff that people who don't have a sense of humour think is hilarious.

I would rather eat someone elses earwax than watch another 3 minute video of a donkey 'talking' via snapchat filter and trying to pretend I appreciate them sharing it with me. TWICE.

Curtain twitching sister (BTW I don't live with her) has reported all her neighbours for having multiple walks and a day and checking on other elderley neighbours, yet babysat for her next door neighbour's kid last week. She's been posting "name and shame" pictures to the local 'Spotted' Facebook group and complained very publicly that she is FUMMING because she isn't entitled to universal credits - that's because her DH earns nearly £40k and is still in work full time. They live in NW, have both a mortgage and council tax break, were gifted their £15k car from his parents so no car payments. What does she need UC for when they're bringing in almost £3,000 a month?!

Also my mum is apparently "practically destitute" - her husband is self employed, they live abroad in a country that is paying generous welfare to the self employed but because he's never declared a penny he's getting sod all. Mum became a "housewife" aged 45 (despite having no kids at home or pets) and hasn't worked since. but through a succession, by sheer luck rather than good business sense, of buying the houses they lived in cheap since the early 90's and selling them for a profit, accumulating profits of about £250k in total over 18 years (the latest sale being 2 years ago with them walking away with £25k in their pockets) she reckons they don't have enough to buy their next food shop. WTAF have they been doing with their money?! They've been mortgage free for 20 years!

Meanwhile I'm a single mum of 2 on furlough, so a reduced wage, supporting just myself to feed and clothe my kids, and it's all "ooh aren't you lucky"

Being told I need to go out and get fresh air 🙄 apple eating DP

My dad is EXTREMELY bored. He lives round the corner. My local community has set up a scarecrow trail to entertain kids on their daily walks.

I am WFH in a very busy and stressful job. I was in the middle of a conference call this afternoon when some very loud banging started up outside the window.

My dad was hammering a Boris Johnson-themed scarecrow into the middle of my front lawn

My dad was hammering a Boris Johnson-themed scarecrow into the middle of my front lawn

Oh my word, I think this is the best thing I've ever read on MN

Do you think setting the scarecrow on fire would be too much?

Dare you to put a fridge out on the lawn too @WillYouDoTheFandango

@Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese is your DS a mini Babybel?

Re.. the Branston Pickle - I can understand it totally. My husband asked for mince and tatties the other evening, which he got
Him: there is no Lea and Perrins
Me: No
Him; there is no HP
Me: No
Him: O.K. I'll take the Soya Sauce
Me: do that, and I will never make mince and tatties for you again

Note 1: he put the soya sauce back in the cupboard
Note 2: we don't live in Scotland
Note 3: he scoffed his plate

DH using my lovely offset spatula for some rancid DIY task under the kitchen sink. He wasn’t even apologetic when caught.

Dh being arsey about how much we’re spending on food shopping and breathing.

My husband has taught his mother how to video call.

My dad was hammering a Boris Johnson-themed scarecrow into the middle of my front lawn

😂🤣😂🤣😂

@Badassmama you know chocolate is lethal for cats right? (theobromine).

My DH did a grocery shop that was meant to last us 3-4 weeks. He bought a tiny bag of shallots instead of any normal onions. It's been a week and we're already out of onions. I'm doing the shop next time.

H has taken up the acoustic guitar. He follows me round the house plucking the opening 3 bars of Micheal Jackson’s beat it.

Dd has given up on the potty and refuses to wear nappies so keeps crapping behind the chair in my bedroom and once hid one of her poos in a kitchen cupboard.

I’m not sure which one is more annoying.