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ridiculous topics for marital rows

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whendotheyleavehome · 02/04/2014 09:23

OK, so I caught myself getting cross at hubby when on family holiday for having fruit and fibre for breakfast as he was 'obviously' trying to engineer more 'me time' on the loo away from the kids.

Please, please tell me I'm not the only one to have picked THE most ludicrous fight? Other examples please....or am I a lone witch?...

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limitedperiodonly · 02/04/2014 12:10

DH was nagging me about being late for work and holding him up. I said he could leave without me because we just walking to the station together, he didn't need to wait for me.

He said he liked to do things together and it was a nice day and he thought a walk would be nice. I said not when he was hurrying me and I'd probably end up forgetting something. He then started 'helping' me like getting my coat out of the wardrobe and holding it out for me to put on like I was six. I shouted that I didn't want to wear that one and pushed past him to get another one.

We stormed out of the front door at the same time in a bit of tangle and marched to the station in fuming silence. At the entrance we kissed and snarled: 'Bye. Love you. See you later.'

UC · 02/04/2014 12:10

We don't argue over flat packs either, but that's because DP is expert at putting them together.

However, we did argue once because I bought 2 lasagnes instead of the 1 we had agreed we needed. Doh!

dawntigga · 02/04/2014 12:14

BoffinMum of course I will Grin

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footballagain · 02/04/2014 12:21

My DH's complete inability to press the button on the car key fob TWICE to unlock ALL the doors regularly makes me feel irrational.

notyetpastit · 02/04/2014 12:27

SnakeyMcBadass PLEASE tell us the story of the hall mirror Cake

minouminou · 02/04/2014 12:33

We NEED the hall mirror and the vicar story.

Chuckthefucklebrothers · 02/04/2014 12:35

Limited you are insane. There would be brush marks everywhere, it would be chaos!Shock I am not starting to doubt myself, no no, certainly not
Luckily I am now free to paint my doors properly however I sodding well please!

GossamerHailfilter · 02/04/2014 12:35

The most ridiculous argument we have ever had was when I was pregnant with DD. We dont argue that often so it was totally out of character.

I asked him if he wanted a cup of tea, and he replied yes. Because he hadn't said please I got into such a rage that I slammed the living room door and cracked one of the panes of glass in it.

bunnybing · 02/04/2014 12:41

We often row about the hair of men on the telly - usually when watching Question Time or the Politics show . DH refuses to believe that any men over 40 can possible have kept their hair colour - apparently they're all dyeing their hair and wearing wigs/toupees and having hair transplants.

lainiekazan · 02/04/2014 12:46

Mahoosive row once about Willie Nelson. I said he was a greeby old bloke with straggly hair and a whiny voice and dh bizarrely leapt to his defence and it fanned out into a "your taste is crap" humdinger.

Another big row was when dh "tidied" the bookcase and arranged the books according to size. Angry Had he not heard of Dewey? Or at the very least the alphabet?

boschy · 02/04/2014 12:48

we had a monumental row over the process of glace cherry making. HE said they were cut into two halves and macerated in sugar then stuck back together.

Clearly that's wrong, there is no seam line on a glace cherry. Therefore, they obviously remove the stone, and inject them with the sugar before plunging them into some sort of sugary solution to soak it up.

Neither of us likes glace cherries btw...

minouminou · 02/04/2014 12:50

DP and I had an argument over paragraphs and punctuation.

He reckons they're both pointless and stupid.

I'm a copywriter and he's dyslexic.

I did wonned that one.

Nosleeptillbedtime · 02/04/2014 12:51

He ate my avocado. Bastard.

Sukebind · 02/04/2014 12:51

My grandparents only had two rows in their whole married lives (over 60 years). One was what was the colour of mushroom paint and the other was where their neighbour was going on holiday.

I have had untold pointless rows with my DH. One was when we were on holiday and had a huge row about whether or not it would hypothetically be ok for his parents to take our children on holiday abroad without us when the children were still primary school age. (My ILs live 5 miles away and have had 1 of our children on their own for the day once. The children are 6 and 4. When I say hypothetical I mean very much so.) It ended with us not speaking and ruining a whole evening of our holiday.

Chopsypie · 02/04/2014 13:06

We also had a big row (in whispers as we had guests) about if he had ever eaten asparagus before.
I know he has because I fucking cooked it!

neolara · 02/04/2014 13:09

We virtually never row. We had a massive one about how calorie counting wasn't an exact science because my dh took the view that you needed to consider how many calories your pooed out.

puthyjip43 · 02/04/2014 13:12

On holiday once driving around Australia we stopped for a picnic. We had an unsliced loaf of bread which I cut up for sandwiches. Ex-dp told me off for cutting the slices too thick and it turned into a massive row. I threw the bread in the bin and we drove for the next 4 hours in silence

Orangeanddemons · 02/04/2014 13:20

Last night we had a row because I was too tired to discuss bedroom furniture. From Ikea no less Grin

We have also had had rows about the different uses of the word well I feel that, that word is responsible for so many many arguments.

Well. I didn't know
Well, what are you doing?
Well, I think this
Well, you are.....

Bigmrsdragon · 02/04/2014 13:29

I rowed with DH over where his parents had gone on holiday (I was right)

Though our biggest row happened whilst we were on holiday and I couldn't find one of the dogs toys. The dog didn't even need it but the row lasted for hours and it got pretty heated. Blush

tumbletumble · 02/04/2014 13:41

This thread is hilarious.

DH and I once overheard his parents having a massive row over which pocket of the suitcase to put the tickets in (they were going on holiday the next day).

HeyMicky · 02/04/2014 13:42

DH and I only argue about one thing/ the height at which to hang pictures. We have decorated two flats and each time it has descended into utter, screaming, flouncy madness.

We've just bought a house and have agreed to let BIL choose the height of the pictures

watchingout · 02/04/2014 13:45

My colleague has just seen me CRYING at my desk and queried "Mumsnet"?.... Grin

PeaceLillyDoge · 02/04/2014 13:52

Brilliant thread!

We have only had two major rows. One about a can of tomatoes and the other about the impulse purchase of a fruit bowl.

We have managed to stop rowing in ikea but have replaced this with rowing in B&Q... Or to be more precise, their car park.

PeaceLillyDoge · 02/04/2014 13:54

I'd nominate this for classics but I've no idea how. Anyone?

BitchPeas · 02/04/2014 14:00

XH - wether 4D existed. I won that one. I was 5 months pregnant with DS, he was determined to prove me wrong. There were tears. It lasted for hours!

DP - how many syllables scone has. Also how to pronounce it. I was 50% victorious.