Pet Hate - what makes you Cringe?

[marton4710]

For me it is the habit of drinking out of bottles. Everywhere you go people are swigging out of bottles. Had a bank appointment and even Manager was drinking out of a bottle. Agh I must be getting old. Give me a glass any time.

When people say chillax when your a bit angry 😡

Gender reveals... genuinely who else is bothered except the parents and how can it be a massive surprise out of two possible outcomes? It also seems to being out the having a baby equivalent of bridezilla and pushes outdated stereotypes on children before they’re even born.

Oh and also tend to involve helium balloons, that horrible table confetti which gets everywhere and cupcakes with ridiculous amounts of icing and E numbers which I also hate.

Ditto to a slightly lesser extent baby showers and tacky hen dos.

For me it’s people who when they dont hear what you say,, rather than politely saying ‘pardon’, ‘sorry’ or similar, they just grunt at you.

‘URGHHHHH’ or ‘MMMMMMMM’ etc.

Absolutely awful, can’t stand it.

Those very tight beige leggings where one looks twice quickly to make sure the person wearing them hasn't forgotten to put on their trousers.

LOL, yes I do this double take all the time.

Loose instead of lose, see it loads on threads on MN

@SofiaMichelle, how could I forget the thing that makes me cringe the most. It's usually something students do when they've been backpacking for a year or people who think they're posh. A relative of mine went 'up in the world' ( married into money), and she started doing it. I'm usually quite tolerant ( honestly), but I must have visibly cringed everytime, so she's stopped now !

Any highly-coloured junk food aimed at children called “unicorn .......”

@Mousetown

People who share this kind of crap on Facebook

Dear God, I don't even know where to begin with this. Excruciating doesn't even begin to cover it. How are people so twee?

Calling your baby sexy. Awful.

@SunflowersAndLavender, yes or any leggings that look like skin or like they have been plastered on. I know we can wear whatever we want but the number of joggers I see wearing these leggings has risen recently ( I blame a certain advert). They stop to adjust themselves and wonder why there is a surge of vans beeping. Makes me cringe.

Stupid fake lips and lashes, tattoos on face and neck, in fact this generations total look so trash and fake

People who leave the house (!!) with chipped nail varnish. I appreciate how shallow I am, but it’s sooooo cringe - just fix it will you!

Show offs make me cringe. Please please stop being so very desperate to impress.

Pet hate/ cringe/ sets my teeth on edge;

Loose hair

Hair on the floor about to touch my naked feet. Hair in the basin. Hair on a hair brush. Hair wrapped around my dyson.
Worst thing in the world - Hair on ( in ) a sponge !

People who say ‘I brought a house’ instead of bought. It’s not a typo or a misspelling, the R is a deliberate choice on the other side of the keyboard!

People wearing their fucking masks down below their noses

@TankFlyBoss

Percific. The word is specific

I’m always astonished by the number of people who get this wrong.

‘Would of’ and ‘should of’ is another one that irritates me. Amazing how many people say that and don’t understand why it’s wrong.

People who use their vocal cords when sneezing.

If I sneeze through my nose only, it hurts.

The energy to be that bothered exhausts me.

Do you see what you did there @Hughbert?

Gushing posts about your spouse on social media. Maybe I'm a miserable old cow but they just seem disingenious to me and they make me cringe!

Watching someone making me a cup of tea and putting the milk in first.

Worst thing in the world - Hair on a sponge !

Yes @NoProblem123, that one on the cloth that just keeps tickling your hand.

Note I said cloth rather than sponge because sponges are my pet peeve.

@MissKeithsNeice

People who use their vocal cords when sneezing. There is no need. Bonus points for actually say achoo.

THIS. My DP and DSS sneeze SO loud. I sneeze almost silently. There's just no need for it in the slightest.

(Pre-pandemic): People who make a big fake-pity fuss over someone else's mild but noticeable symptoms, especially a hoarse or lost voice. I don't mean people who are just over-anxious, but those who seem to think that they're bestowing a treat on you and sometimes conclude with: 'Well, at least it must get you lots of sympathy!' I always hated it, and even more since a good friend had a scare about possible throat cancer due to losing his voice for a few weeks (fortunately he turned out to be fine).

I know most people disagree with me on this: but I really hate, and cringe at, the current fashion for 'significant' and 'milestone' birthdays to celebrate adults reaching a particular age .I am NOT objecting to adults celebrating their birthdays; just to turning someone's new age (especially if it's mine!) into a big social occasion. I am sure that when I was a child my parents and other adults celebrated their birthdays as such, but without reference to age; and it was considered rude to talk about a grown-up's age. I wish we could go back to that!

The modern obsession with hugging.
The modern obsession with food and restaurants.
People in workplace/hospital corridors holding the door for you when you're way way behind them, forcing you to break into a trot so you don't have to keep them waiting holding a door you'd have been perfectly capable of opening yourself.
Snobbery about jarred sauces and other pre-prepped food items. (When you suffer from chronic fatigue these 'lazy' hacks can spell the difference between cooking properly and sucking down a Pot Noodle on a bad day.)
Fancy dress.
People making that 'uh, uh, uhhhhh' noise when they yawn. It's so unnecessary.
On a similar note, people talking (unintelligibly) through yawns. Just wait till you've finished yawning ffs.
Bunny ears/whisker filters and that bloody duckface pout on social media.
When people say onvelopes instead of envelopes. Stop pretending to be French.
Horrible twee bastardisations like 'tummy', 'brolly', 'pressie' 'holibobs' etc etc...
Similarly, the way the NHS website is dumbed down - 'poo', 'wee', 'tummy' etc etc... ugh. We're not 5-year-olds!
As a pp mentioned, 'baby' instead of 'the baby.'
Anything with Live Love Laugh written on it, or those quotes about learning to dance in the rain/moments that take your breath away, etc etc.
Intolerance of stepparents and SAHPs.
Lurid pictures on social media of deceased people (or even PETS) ascending the steps to heaven complete with wings.
Ableism, and ignorance around hidden disabilities.

Can you tell it's Monday morning?

Babies and young children with pierced ears.