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Noises that piss You off.

184 replies

itsthewordsmorethenanything · 26/08/2024 18:29

Help settle a discussion between between me and my husband.
I think scraping your cutlery on your plate is the equivalent of licking your plate.. The foods gone, no need for all of the scraping to get every last morsel of food in your gob!
He thinks my intolerance to food noises is getting out of hand.
I will admit I've always been sensitive to people chewing/slurping but regardless I still believe scraping is bad table manners, anyone else, or am I really being unreasonable?

  • For context we have had chicken salad for dinner, he had finished but was scraping mayonnaise left on the plate onto his fork.
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LesserSpottedAlligator · 26/08/2024 19:50

The dog licking herself. Drives me nuts. She does it when she wakes and it always wakes me. Arggggg

Echolight · 26/08/2024 19:52

So many women have screechy, loud voices and laughs. I can't stand it and have to move away as far as I possibly can. It's unbearable. I know we can't all sound like Joanna Lumley..but just turn the volume down if nothing else.

PerkyMintDeer · 26/08/2024 19:52

KreedKafer · 26/08/2024 19:30

That piercing scream that little kids do just for the sake of it is absolutely unbearable. Also kids doing a whiny voice.

Someone chewing gum is also an awful noise. Much worse than chewing actual food, for some reason.

Also - and this might be a somewhat niche noise nuisance - the noise the self-scan thing makes when you release it to start shopping in Sainsbury’s fucking enrages me.

I can help you with the last one.

You can scan using your phone on the SmartShop app. No need for the handset.

Fahbeep · 26/08/2024 19:54

All of the noise emitted by my three DC especially when together.

eggandchip · 26/08/2024 19:56

Everything.

TheHateIsNotGood · 26/08/2024 20:00

Slamming doors. The wind currently does that with my ill-fitting doors.

But the sound of it has made me jump for years since I first heard it during the disintegration of my parent's marriage and subsequent divorce. 50 years later.

Although the 'nails on a chalkboard' sound is far more upsetting.

lifebyfaith · 26/08/2024 20:01

Snoring. My pet hate.

Cattery · 26/08/2024 20:02

The thump of a football in close proximity. Clearing of dry throats over and over. Anyone blowing a whistle repeatedly. The clack of false teeth. Shouting in the street (fuck off indoors). Fake laughter at Jack shit. Those motorbikes that drown out the sound of the telly. I’m sure there are more because I’m pretty intolerant

lalaloopyhead · 26/08/2024 20:05

echosun · 26/08/2024 18:39

Also, music coming from other people's gardens.

Yes!! We've had a new couple move in next door and our previously quiet garden has been invaded by Taylor Swift on a regular basis...I hate it and it feels so inconsiderate. I have no issue with general outdoor noises, lawn mowers, DIY, dogs barking, kids playing etc but people playing music is the pits!

Username12284949 · 26/08/2024 20:06

Chewing
Crunching
Coughing
Sniffing
Nail biting
Fork hitting teeth
Slurping
Dogs barking
Balls bouncing
Door/gate banging repeatedly in the wind
Snoring
Teeth grinding

I hate that I'm like this!!!

BurglarAndSwag · 26/08/2024 20:07

The sound of the cell door slamming at the start of Porridge...

Ronnie Barker was very funny but the opening credits always put the wind up me - as did Bender Harris. 😳

Username12284949 · 26/08/2024 20:07

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Jennyathemall · 26/08/2024 20:09

The sound people make when they speak.

Thighdentitycrisis · 26/08/2024 20:09

yappy dogs, my DP’s jaw clicking when he eats, ( entirely not his fault)

OhMrPleasant · 26/08/2024 20:09

That piercing scream that little kids do just for the sake of it

Ditto teenage girls.

Poachedeggavocado · 26/08/2024 20:09

So many on here feel my pain. DH scraping every last sliver off his plate makes me very stabby. As does using plates as a chopping board you lazy git. I know have misophonia so happy to admit I also hate rustling carrier bags, chewing, sniffing, dripping taps, DH thudding about the house (why must he make his presence so KNOWN?) and that yapping dog accross the road. Feel sorry for it but that yap yap yap for hour after.hour grrrrr.

MindYourManors · 26/08/2024 20:11

Dripping taps.
Next door's wind chimes. Three different ones - a wooden one, a tinkling metal one and one sounds like a bike bell 😖

lovemycbf · 26/08/2024 20:12

Someone hoiking phlegm then spitting it out
I just can't cope and it makes me want to throw up 🤢
And incessant sniffing I could scream at someone keep doing it 😩

ManchesterLu · 26/08/2024 20:13

I don't like mouth noises. DP sometimes does these really loud swallows that piss me off. DSS does this weird lip licking thing CONSTANTLY, so if we're sitting in the living room reading or doing something quiet, it's ALL I can hear. Or he sucks on the ends of his hair. He's also a really, really noisy eater, eats with his mouth open, really sloppy, chewy noises. It's absolutely soul destroying and makes me want to smash things. He's 21 ffs. It makes me want to turn into one of those evil stepmothers people talk about and banish him to the shed 😅.

SuddenlyINeedToGoCauseIHaveAThing · 26/08/2024 20:16

Poachedeggavocado · 26/08/2024 20:09

So many on here feel my pain. DH scraping every last sliver off his plate makes me very stabby. As does using plates as a chopping board you lazy git. I know have misophonia so happy to admit I also hate rustling carrier bags, chewing, sniffing, dripping taps, DH thudding about the house (why must he make his presence so KNOWN?) and that yapping dog accross the road. Feel sorry for it but that yap yap yap for hour after.hour grrrrr.

I use plates as a chopping board as I feel like chopping boards are never truly clean 😁

TokyoSushi · 26/08/2024 20:16

Snoring. Hideous.

Greenfinch7 · 26/08/2024 20:19

All of these, plus knuckle cracking, which just can't bear.

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 26/08/2024 20:19

Sinus clearing- women do it too.
Scraping and licking plates or cutlery unless you aren’t human
Children screaming
foxes screaming at night
chairs being dragged across the floor- pick it up ffs.
sniffing, coughing, occasionally even humans breathing makes me stabby.
Fireworks- should be banned.

Ohdearyme72 · 26/08/2024 20:20

I have misophonia, so does DD. You can imagine the fun we have when the crisps come out - NOT!

SpinningOutWaitingForYa · 26/08/2024 20:21

We have dogs so I'm not adverse to them.

Next door's dog is left in the house and barks non-stop when they go out. Like this evening. Two hours and counting. Drives me crazy!