To ask what irritating things do you unashamedly do?

[ChilliHealer]

I'll go first. I love puzzles. Every time I get a piece that fits I'll celebrate with three little taps on the piece with my fingernail. Every time. It must be infuriating to witness.

I also crack my toes and wrist joints which does drive dh crazy. I do my best not to in his presence, so not exactly done unashamedly..

I also put the tv volume on an odd number because it bothers people a silly amount. My favourite is 19.

I nod and react when people are telling me stuff. I am very convincing. Then I have to ask them to repeat it because I haven't heard a single word, which draws some very puzzled looks due to aforementioned great acting skills😅😅

I post on MUMSnet despite not having children. It seems to really annoy some people 🤷‍♀️

😂 Are you my husband? 😅 I swear sometimes he never listens to a bloody word I say, by the number of times I have to repeat myself. 😤 He's a uni lecturer, was WFH having an online discussion with a student when i heard him say, "You haven't been listening to me." Oh, how I snorted. 🙄

Mind, I am guilty of the non-commital nodding and smiling myself sometimes. I was recently at a gig by my favourite singer, and had brought a live concert cd for him to sign afterwards. He asked me what I thought of it. I could only nod and smile, as I didn't want to admit that I hadn't actually got around to listening to it yet. 😳 😅

I stop listening to people half way through them saying something. I'm actually a bit embarrassed by it though... my mind just drifts off and I know people have noticed because they've said they can see my eyes suddenly glaze over 😳

Unashamed things: burping loudly. But only at home.

@SuperbSummer2023

Oh you're absolutely right. We're kind of at a middling level of clutter. Recent baby and returning to work hasn't helped things. Also, I think being at home so much now that we're wfh more and doing less social stuff (see: baby) has made me really sensitive to the house environment. Decluttering is on the list for June/July for sure! Thanks for the recommendations.

Vitriolinsanity I bet your stories are interested though. I'm convinced my epic tales are 🥧

*interesting I mean 🙂

I live in a terrace and have wind chimes in my front and back gardens

After a conversation takes a natural end and everyone's looking around for a new conversation starter I hum in upbeat tones because the silence makes me feel awkward.

Every time I sit down, I cross one leg over the other, but then I can't help wagging my foot side to side really fast.
Or if I'm sat on say a dining chair, I bring my foot up to tip toe, then shake it up and down, so now my whole leg is at it.
It drives my husband insane, but I don't realise I'm doing it.

I can't have the volume on the radio, TV etc on an odd number. Drives me crazy.

I'm always late or just about on time.

And I forever interrupt or try to finish others sentences.
The last 2 I wonder if it's an adhd thing as I'm starting to suspect that I have adhd.

Other than those I'm a pure delight.

Now I absolutely have to know the shared banana DNA fact

According to MN, that makes you the spawn of satan. On par with someone who owns a loo brush!

I have a seemingly "American" accent. It's Canadian, but it still seems to generate a lot of eye rolls in the UK.

I have a naturally loud voice and sometimes forget my volume control.

I am a tap dancer and absentmindedly practice steps and combinations while sitting.

I create a lot of clutter.

I used to do that loads at school, I don't think the teachers ever noticed though; it wasn't in their line of sight, under the desks.

"I can't have the volume on the radio, TV etc on an odd number. Drives me crazy."

I think I posted this same quirk earlier in this thread; I hate it too. Although I will allow 5 and 0. Don't ask about the logic. 🤷‍♀️

There was a poster who sent that she wouldn't take any medication after the age of 70, clearly thinking people of that age should not prolong their life.

Tidy up and hide things! Move things so the mess isn’t spread as far
if people leave things lying around instead of putting them away then it’s fair game

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