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Grounds for divorce? Tell me this is not normal...

227 replies

CatsArePeople · 29/04/2022 12:22

OH never opens food packaging properly - he rips it to shreds. Stabs butter foil in the middle, the same with yogurt or cream. This morning, bag of catfood - resealable bag - ripped through the side... i want to scream.

OP posts:
Lizanma · 30/04/2022 18:59

Me too!

mnnewbie111 · 30/04/2022 18:59

Oh god I do this. I can't even open a latter without ripping it in two

mnnewbie111 · 30/04/2022 18:59

Letter ffs

Thebrotherhood · 30/04/2022 19:00

Because its illegal numpty

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 30/04/2022 19:01

annonymousse · 29/04/2022 12:30

I divorced one of these. No regrets! (He was also a cheat and a liar)

Cheating and lying I could rugsweep, men will be men and all that. But complete contempt and disgust and disregard for food packaging is definitely where I set the bar. 😂

balalake · 30/04/2022 19:05

What's he like with letters and non-food packaging?

hennaoj · 30/04/2022 19:07

Sadly, it's my Dad who's like this so I can't divorce him. He rips open nearly full £3 packets of wet wipes (back when the only ones that didn't irritate my middle sons skin were water wipes). I wasn't impressed, putting them in a zip lock bag afterwards does little to help the matter.

Mxr · 30/04/2022 19:12

Partly unreasonable .
It's an annoying society we live in !

I spend a lot of time complaining about DESIGN !
DESIGN IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES..design of homes, forms, rules, accesses, packaging, tools, everything.

I dunno what idiots train these ' designers', but there's a lot of idiots.
Idiots trying to revamp designs just to be ' different of cool', when the new version is worse than the old version.

DESIGN is often the problem !
Hardly surprising ppl get frustrated & just 'get in ' however they can.
No time tryna work out some fancy looking packaging & wtf was in some kids head when they presented the new ' design ' to the product manager...

So...instead of thinking about divorce ( really ? Coz if you are, you made a mistake in the first place !)..& sure, discuss....
Then, get off your butts & complain to the companies.
Start a petition.
DO something about it !

You are correct.... DESIGN IS NOW about image over functionality.
That's the society you all let happen.
Blame yourselves, don't buy the products, & complain instead of ranting nonsense on here.

Society is going downhill Coz you allow it to ...
Boycott, tell me why...watch them change when profits drop.

Trulyhadenough · 30/04/2022 19:19

This is SO annoying ! Especially with wet wipes of any kind. Why can't they open them properly and don't they think how wasteful it is to leave the whole packet to dry out? my DH also cuts into compost bags in the middle, so they can't be reused for rubbish bags, at the very least. Asking (telling?) him to cut open at one end is apparently being a control freak >

blueshoes · 30/04/2022 19:34

Gosh, I wouldn't want to know how OP's dh will negotiate a weetabix inner wrapper.

MyCatIsAJerk · 30/04/2022 19:42

Grounds for divorce because he destroys packaging?

My (ex) husband had a baby with a 17-yr-old when he was 46 whilst we were married. What is the punishment for that?
The rack?
The stocks?
Stoning?
Hanging?
Firing squad?
The electric chair?

Gagaandgag · 30/04/2022 19:46

Oh dear this is me. DH can’t stand my ways 🤣🤣🤣

Hopevoyager · 30/04/2022 20:01

My ex was like this. literally one careless thing after another.
I think his finest moment was on Christmas day one year when I was tidying up after dinner. I couldn’t find the box to hungry hippos. T**t had only crushed it up and thrown it out with the wrapping paper.
I was fuming. Absolutely fuming.

GoldPlatedApron · 30/04/2022 20:12

I think it is a weird kind of blindness - like face blindness, but the packaging variety.

My hubby is super intelligent, works a job with a lot of responsibility, but he is completely stumped by the packaging on wet wipes.

i just don’t get it.

Hutchy16 · 30/04/2022 20:16

I bet the a hole leaves toast crumbs on the side too. Ltb

Missingpop · 30/04/2022 20:17

Get a grip for fucks sake so he’s a mucky bugger grounds for divorce no love you just need to stop being an uptight airhead.
There are wars going on in the worlds, people are dying from hideous diseases & all you’ve got to gripe about is the old man not opening the fucking cat food the right way……….if only everyone had just this to worry about😂

Troublewithtribbles · 30/04/2022 20:25

True!

Blarting · 30/04/2022 20:27

Missingpop · 30/04/2022 20:17

Get a grip for fucks sake so he’s a mucky bugger grounds for divorce no love you just need to stop being an uptight airhead.
There are wars going on in the worlds, people are dying from hideous diseases & all you’ve got to gripe about is the old man not opening the fucking cat food the right way……….if only everyone had just this to worry about😂

I think reading OPs post, this was light hearted?

Troublewithtribbles · 30/04/2022 20:27

the80sweregreat · 29/04/2022 13:35

Worst thing in the world is cling film though
That was invented by someone who hates everyone and everything known to man.

True!

Bronguin · 30/04/2022 20:29

Missingpop · 30/04/2022 20:17

Get a grip for fucks sake so he’s a mucky bugger grounds for divorce no love you just need to stop being an uptight airhead.
There are wars going on in the worlds, people are dying from hideous diseases & all you’ve got to gripe about is the old man not opening the fucking cat food the right way……….if only everyone had just this to worry about😂

Do you not recognise irony?

TheDogsMother · 30/04/2022 20:29

Missingpop · 30/04/2022 20:17

Get a grip for fucks sake so he’s a mucky bugger grounds for divorce no love you just need to stop being an uptight airhead.
There are wars going on in the worlds, people are dying from hideous diseases & all you’ve got to gripe about is the old man not opening the fucking cat food the right way……….if only everyone had just this to worry about😂

Seriously 🤣🤣

Mxr · 30/04/2022 20:38

Missingpop · 30/04/2022 20:17

Get a grip for fucks sake so he’s a mucky bugger grounds for divorce no love you just need to stop being an uptight airhead.
There are wars going on in the worlds, people are dying from hideous diseases & all you’ve got to gripe about is the old man not opening the fucking cat food the right way……….if only everyone had just this to worry about😂

Yep !!!

Sorta upside down inside out kinda fcked up world isn't it ...

Wakey wakey everyone asleepy

Booboobagins · 30/04/2022 21:03

This behaviour is really odd - its illogical!

It's exactly why living with someone before you marry them is the vest approach, lol!

So question is, Do you love him?

if you do, as annoying as this behaviour is, imagine life without and you'll realise shit happens, we aren't promised tomorrow, so deal with your reaction to it all. One day he may not be here so look at the bigger picture. I can say thus from a position of knowledge. My hubby died in 2016. All the stupid squabbles etc I realised had wasted our time together. #dontwastetimeonstupidshit

If you're unhappy, are falling out of love gavhave already fallen out of loand with him and don't want to work at this relationship end it. #dontputupwithshitYOLO

Good luck

RockItLikeRocketFuel · 30/04/2022 21:49

Come on. Several of you have admitted to doing this (looking at you @FlibbertyGibbitt, @JudgeJ, @orangeisthenewpuce, @Butteryflakycrust83), but not one of you has come back to justify yourselves. WHY do you do it?

blueshoes · 30/04/2022 21:56

RockItLikeRocketFuel · 30/04/2022 21:49

Come on. Several of you have admitted to doing this (looking at you @FlibbertyGibbitt, @JudgeJ, @orangeisthenewpuce, @Butteryflakycrust83), but not one of you has come back to justify yourselves. WHY do you do it?

Yeah, WHY?