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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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wastingtimeonhere · 26/08/2024 21:23

chewing, slopping food
sniffing
snorting
babies crying/ screeching ( ptsd related)
phones ringing
noisy environments ( pubs, restaurants)
I do have APD though.

WayDownThere · 26/08/2024 21:28

Whistling

Tooty78 · 26/08/2024 21:30

That woman screeching 'Darling hold my hand' on that holiday ad. I have to mute it, otherwise I end up with earworm😡

Timeturnerplease · 26/08/2024 21:31

Snoring gives me the absolute rage. As does loud tv/music. Both of these sounds are ones frequently omitted/caused by DH. It’s a good job I love him.

LoneHydrangea · 26/08/2024 21:31

Ooh yes, cutlery scraping or any cutlery noise. Any noisy eating makes me murderous. I was in a queue in M&S last week and there was a woman around my age (52) chewing, nay smacking, gum with her mouth open. I actually wanted to kill her.

itsthewordsmorethenanything · 26/08/2024 21:40

StrawberrySquash · 26/08/2024 21:07

Do you have particularly scrapy plates? There are some that are slightly rough and the sound is just horrible, but if the glaze is nice and shiny there's no issue. Wondering if new plates could restore marital harmony!

They are new, i got a new set last Christmas. It's definitely my husband who is the problem. I manage to eat without scraping, it's pure gluttony.. He just can't stand to leave a morsel of food.
I have noticed though that lots of people do it. I think some are never taught polite table manners.

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Levistico · 26/08/2024 21:43

All of the above, and whistling nose breathing 🤮.

Funnywonder · 26/08/2024 21:50

I've mentioned this one before on another thread, but the noise of football matches on TV. Even worse, through a phone. DP carries his phone around while listening to the football. No headphones. I want to throttle him. Not a court in the land would convict me.

People eating/chewing. I don't actually mind crunchy crisp sounds, it's more that mulching sound of food getting progressively wet in someone's mouth.

Cantthinkofonenow · 26/08/2024 21:52

People tutting

Funnywonder · 26/08/2024 21:53

Oh and one of SIL's dogs has a bark guaranteed to make your ears bleed. It makes me wince in pain.

MillenialAvocado · 26/08/2024 21:58

I think I have some sensory issues so my list is rather long. Biting nails, chewing gum with mouth open, popping gum, teeth flossing, noisy eaters, continuous sniffing, whistling, the sound of a dartboard... I could go on. I get genuinely distressed if I can't escape some of those noises, especially the first two. Earplugs in public are my best friend.

LoneHydrangea · 26/08/2024 22:01

Controversial, but nose-blowing. It really turns my stomach and I think it should be an activity one does in private. I have a brother in law that discharges what sounds like a litre of snot into an actual handkerchief (he's 40, not 80) AT THE TABLE.

DiscoBeat · 26/08/2024 22:02

imverynosey · 26/08/2024 18:58

Hand dryers irritate me. And motor bikes

They are so loud! I don't mind it personally but I don't use them if there are young children there.

LlynTegid · 26/08/2024 22:02

Any trailer of Mrs Brown's Boys and the bad laugh or theme tune. The practical joke by someone in the BBC to commission this so-called 'comedy' has worn thin.

Gorgeousfeet · 26/08/2024 22:08

People talking loudly on phones in public places ( fuck off - no one gives no fucks - find a more private place to discuss your shit)
Chewing gum. Eating cornflakes.
Eating food in cinemas ( refuse to go because of this)
Loud people who sit in restaurants and cackle loudly … attention seeking behaviour in my opinion.
Dogs yapping.
Babies screaming.
slurping drinks.
Not walking properly- pick your fucking feet up.

People piss me off a lot….

sanityisamyth · 26/08/2024 22:09

Balls bouncing.

Gorgeousfeet · 26/08/2024 22:11

MillenialAvocado · 26/08/2024 21:58

I think I have some sensory issues so my list is rather long. Biting nails, chewing gum with mouth open, popping gum, teeth flossing, noisy eaters, continuous sniffing, whistling, the sound of a dartboard... I could go on. I get genuinely distressed if I can't escape some of those noises, especially the first two. Earplugs in public are my best friend.

Also to add : noisy people in general. My FIL loves to be the centre of attention so will whistle, sing and be unbearably loud as soon as he enters my home.
He also hammers on the door at least 47 times when he arrives…..

Miley1967 · 26/08/2024 22:11

Motorbikes speeding around just give me the rage and frightens my dog. We seem to have a problem with them just racing around in gangs in our area. I detest them.

strugglinguphill · 26/08/2024 22:13

Noisy eaters.....actually just people in general Smile

ProvincialLady2024 · 26/08/2024 22:14

My husband eating.
My husband snoring.
My husband talking.
My husband breathing.

Loubelle70 · 26/08/2024 22:18

OrdinaryMatilda · 26/08/2024 18:34

People whistling

Youd be no good round me lol .i whistle and sing a lot. Im happy! 😁. .thats how it comes out of me.

Everyone is different.

I hate the heavy breathing through nose when someone is eating...ex did it and it bugged me no end.

Unnecessary loudness ads on tv ...or tv programmes/films where its so loud one minute, you turn it down, then next minute you have to turn it up because you cant hear anyone talk...bang bang, crash then mumble whisper! Arghhh.

Many things....

Loubelle70 · 26/08/2024 22:19

ProvincialLady2024 · 26/08/2024 22:14

My husband eating.
My husband snoring.
My husband talking.
My husband breathing.

Lol...but i get you. I was same with my ex. Massive snoring...omg...eating noises...over talking over nothing when he had a drink but never spoke when sober...breathing lol

PhilsMajicHat · 26/08/2024 22:21

Slamming doors, there is a handle for a fucking reason mr and mrs next door 😤
someone I sit near at work does this really annoying humming noise, but it’s not a song or a tune, just this occasional HMmmmmm noise (ending on a higher note) as he drags stuff around on the screen.
men chinking loose change about in their pockets.
my husband clipping his nails.
the boy racer who picks up and drops his mate off for work and sits there in his shitty little yellow souped up vw polo idling for ages each time, rumbling and bumbling on for ages.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 26/08/2024 22:32

Noisy eaters but also people who make an expressive statement before or after eating. Like guzzling a pint of juice and then saying "god I was so thirsty" or "I really needed that"

Or putting food in their mouth and saying "oh this is divine".

Put a fuckin sock in it and just eat your goddammit food preferably 20 miles south of me.

FinallyPregnant23 · 26/08/2024 22:35

Sound coming from other peoples phones or tablets in public. It should be outlawed, if you’re using a device in public you should have to use headphones if you want the sound on!