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 .....

My mother who I am very low contact with keeps randomly turning up at my house and comes to the door repeatedly ringing the doorbell in the mornings. Usually when DH has just come off a night shift. Arse hole.

My toddler weed on the sofa.

Family member ringing constantly but did so before this , can't understand why I don't answer every call or message or comment on Facebook. Thinks because they are bored I must be doing nothing and they can use me to unburden . Never considers that I have things other than chatting to get on with. Wants blow by blow accounts of conversation I have with other people. Was like this before but worse now

DH works as normal and he seems to think im bored at home. Every day after work he starts a random job and half way through he decides it takes too long and tells me "You can just do the rest tomorrow".
So far ive finished:
Painting walls
Lawn mowing
Pressure cleaning the garden tiles
Steaming all carpets

The worst one was when he decided to clean out the shed. He removed everything from the shed, then decided it takes too long and i could clean it and put everything back in the next day
At least our house is spotless now

"You can just do the rest tomorrow"

Ever heard the word no? He's not your boss!

DH has had a bit of a health scare (T2 diabetes diagnosis) - no surprise, he's been the most unhealthy person in terms of diet and exercise for most of the time I have been married to him.

Now, just when we get put into lockdown, he's had a revelation and started 2 things. He's dieting (shock!) and, after being given my old fitbit, he's determined to meet all his moving and exercise goals.

Good side - he's lost several stone (with lots more to go) and has actually stopped snoring at night and making a weird ticking noise in between breathing in and out that I was ready to kill him for beforehand. AND has stopped falling asleep in front of the TV and snoring there ever 15 mins in the evening.

Downside - he's making me feel very lazy and greedy by comparison.

And he's boring me to death with talk of calories and carbs (when never ever entertaining discussion about food when I have dieted in the past) and is eating random stuff to suit his diet which means I never know whether he will want some of the family meal I've cooked or not.

DH let the cat do a runner. Luckily for DH, two days later he found the cat. Who is a spectacularly dumb inside cat. He was joking on a zoom call with friends two days after that, that it was a good thing he found the cat, or he didn't think I'd yet be talking to him. He wasn't wrong. . .

Sister allowing her only just 17 year old to get pregnant.
Huge back story, let’s just say that I am beyond fucking furious.

Not sure why that’s your sisters fault? At 17 parents don’t have that much control over their children... and highly doubt she actually “allowed” her to get pregnant.

My bastard cat knocked the last bottle of wine off the kitchen worktop last night. Smashed on the hard floor. Wine and glass everywhere. Took an age to clear up

It was about 8:30pm, all our local shops are closing at 8pm.

I could have cried.

And DH is just talking all the time

He’s quite extroverted (and I’m quite introverted) and has to be chatting/fidgeting/moving around all the time. It’s an endless stream of questions “what would you rather, hands for feet or feet for hands?”.

He’s got a bee in his bonnet about taking our kids to a west end show later in the year and won’t shut up about it

DH wants to be "more involved in the kitchen". Apparently I exclude him from housework by doing it the poor lamb.

I think what he actually wants to do, is talk about all the things he is going to do. He's been 'going to make bread' for the last week. I cracked and made some this morning and now he's upset.

The baby has escalated his hatred of nappy changes to new and ever more inventive levels of escapism. I miss the days when just went purple with rage, at least he wasn't wearing on the carpet and flashing the postie.

Teenager has dyed her hair, the new towels and quite a lot of the woodwork black.

Husband persists in existing.

Everyone wants fed all the time.

GAH.

DH is a noisy eater. I may have to kill him during lockdown but I can't get the body out of the house so he may actually survive 😁

Oh and I have one tiny tub of my fav ice cream I have been saving for PMT days. Large tub of other ice cream that I know the others can eat. So help me God if they take my ice cream I will chop their hands off.

I think you should hide that icecream in a bag at the back of the freezer they will find it and eat it ! My dd hid her oreos the other week as she saw herdad eyeing them up

Waking me up at 5am to ask if there's a secret stash of biscuits anywhere. Answer, yes there is but it's secret from you for a good reason.

My ds's keep cutting each other's hair. The bloody mess they leave!!

No ds placing the chair on a towel and then shaking the towel over the toilet really doesn't work...

Dh is wfh on our bed, but he is listening to jazz with the door open. I'm sitting in the garden in the rain just to escape it

Abreadsandwich I feel bad for moaning now, he's not so bad really especially right now when he's away at work and he can't annoy me.

People keep talking about a baby boom later. Not the impression I'm getting from these posts
I'm lucky that DH has a man cave with a TV and Netflix

Pretty much the exact same as your OP!

Disconnected my WiFi not once but 3 times whilst I was delivering online lectures immediately prior to student assessments.

I was FURIOUS.

Also popping to looking over my shoulder at my students. If you can see them, they can see you!

Eating the only chocolate bars that it was safe for me to eat despite leaving a full cupboard of chocolate that everyone except me could eat.

People not understanding that some of are still having to work and attempting to FaceTime, WhatsApp Video call or sending stupid videos and memes constantly then messaging me to see if I have it.

Also...long lost family members I’ve never met from overseas doing family trees coming out of the woodwork and demanding to know things about relatives I’ve also never met. I don’t want to connect with people I don’t know and am very distantly related to in New Zealand or Ohio. I have enough trouble keeping up with the people I do know. They contacted me on every platform they could find me on, then started hassling my family members as I hadn’t responded. I sent a response back explaining we had a recent family bereavement, a parent is being investigated for possible cancer, others have Covid and I’m unwell plus I’m trying to deliver university degree courses online and support the family business which is going bust. Snotty responses back. Like my sole purpose is to spend lockdown researching a total stranger’s hobby for them .

Gets up every morning at 6.35am and bangs and potters about until everyone is up. She's 13 months but still, have a lie in girl...!

DH told his parents the 'two visitors allowed to your household and it's only recommended that grandparents stay away, not law' rule (QLD).

They were up in ten minutes & continue to visit. My one joy in this wretched situation was a break from their constant visits/advice/criticism.

dd17 has taken to making pancakes every night. At midnight or thereabouts.
I can deal with the mess that she "tidies up", I can deal with the eggs and flour that are vanishing at one hell of a rate, but twice now she's set off the smoke alarm while I'm sleeping.
She was told at 12.30am today that pancakes are barred unless they're being cooked in the garden.