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What little things does your man do that really irritate you?

243 replies

Tex111 · 08/01/2007 14:47

My list includes:

Putting dirty nappies on TOP of the nappy pail rather than inside it.

Hanging his coat on the door handle of the coat closet rather than inside it.

Coming home from work, putting his very expensive suit jacket on the back of a kitchen dining chair then going to the bedroom to undress. Inevitably the jacket gets something smeared on it by sticky little fingers but he never seems to learn.

Forgetting to take his wet swim towel out of his gym bag then using one of our good bath towels the next time he goes for a swim leaving the mouldy gym towel for me to deal with.

Dumping his gym bag in the hall outside the cupboard that I cleared out especially for his gym bag.

When there are only a few dirty dishes he just shoves them in on top of the already clean dishes in the dishwasher and runs the whole lot again, thereby getting the dirty dishes somewhat clean and the clean dishes somewhat dirty.

Anyone else driven to the brink of insanity by little things like this??

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wanderingstar · 08/01/2007 18:20

newspapers ON TOP of the recycling box here too.

leaves out the teabag tin and the sugar whenever he makes a cup of tea (anally tidy in EVERY other respect)

insists the tap water tastes "fresher" at his mum's than at ours even though she lives max 4 miles away in the next northward London Borough and all the water is from the same source.

Is OK about leaving his soft top car outside his Mum's house "It's fine we're in now"; whereas he freaks at the security risk if he comes home earlier than expected and mine's still on our drive blocking him out of the garage. (Mum lives in some utopian ideal home, clearly, whereas
we don't).

Shuts the car door with too much of a slam.

Califrau · 08/01/2007 18:21

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wanderingstar · 08/01/2007 18:23

Oh forgot the most annoying thing - if we go out for the day or go on holiday, I have to remember to pack for 4 kids + self. he just fannies about making sure he doesn't forget his Blackberry then gets irritable at me if anything is forgotten, or if I take longer than him to pack for the outing.

purrpussycatpurr · 08/01/2007 18:29

My man sits down to pee

mmmm Greensleeves very psychological habit, probably hard to kick... someone needs to invent a non dissolvable sugar free sweet for those who like to eat all the time!

ludaloo · 08/01/2007 18:33

Radley..my dh does the sock rolling thing...eeewwwwww

He also...
~leaves the milk out the fridge
~leaves lids off tupperware tubs
~leaves all the drawers and wardrobe doors open
~moans about everything to the point where I have had to stop listening because I spend all day trying to fix the things he moans about!
~Takes the towels out the bathroom and downstairs loo as he walks about drying his hands...and leaves them where ever he ends up! (why can he not stand still and put the towel back???)

the list really is endless!!!!!

(but I love him to bits non-the less!!!)

ludaloo · 08/01/2007 18:35

Oh...and rather irritatingly he sniffs everything before he eats it....

REIDnotREEDorREAD · 08/01/2007 18:42

loving this thread. Mine ...

-clicks his toe nails when they get too long
-leaves washing on top of the washing basket (yes its a man thing)
-starts to clean cups from the front room when i haven't even finished my brew (we call him nunu)
complains about all his tshirts being too long, even tho they are fine.
-messes with his hair in the car mirror when driving
-has the shortest temper EVER with objects (is brilliant with people tho) he has managed to break 3 bin lids in our house and 2 in my mums!!
-never EVER cleans the toilet!

but of course i love him dearly!

CanSleepWellSometimes · 08/01/2007 18:50

Leaves every cupboard he ever opens open.
Puts his shirts in the wash with the sleeves rolled up.
Doesn't wipe the kitchen work surfaces when he washes up.
Says 'in a minute' to everything I ask him to do, which is annoying in itself, but then he does nothing for half an hour or more, and then asks what it is he's supposed to do.
Goes up to have a 'quick shower', and then spends 40 mins on the loo.

There are so many more!

CanSleepWellSometimes · 08/01/2007 18:51

Oh yes...
Picks his nose whilst driving.
Rubs his fingers incessantly.

stumpydoglooksforwardtospring · 08/01/2007 18:57

makes repetetive noises just for the sake of it
says very private things very loudly in public
moonwalks around the supermarket
pretends he can speak lots of foreign languages

RubyRioja · 08/01/2007 18:59

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astoria · 08/01/2007 19:01

What is it with men and loos

Hardly see the man, it is like his 2nd office!!

Dorisdaisy · 08/01/2007 19:09

Califrau, we could be with the same man!!!
~makes a brew and doesn't ask me if I would like one
~Uses the downstairs loo without shutting the door when he's having a wee
~Doesn't flush the downstairs loo at night in case it wakes people up?? (Where as the upstairs loo would totally illogical!)
~Says he's loaded the dishwasher, well tbh he has, but hasn't wiped down the worktops.
~leaves his work clothes in a pile on the bathroom floor.
~Is never ever late for an appointment always early, but is ALWAYS late home from the pub!

jodee · 08/01/2007 19:14

Oh, bless their cotton socks! We love em to bits but my list goes:

cupboard doors left open. (seems to be common!)
tin opener never put back in drawer.
washes up (great!) but stacks everything in such a way that one sneeze causes it to come crashing down.
shaving gel/razor/toothbrush etc. never put back, always on top of the toilet (yuk).
empty milk cartons put back in fridge.
speaks to me from the lounge when I am in the kitchen, microwave going, radio on, how on earth am I supposed to hear him?
dripping taps.
offers to make a cup of tea, an hour later I'm still waiting - or I ask him if he wants a cuppa, he says yes, it sits around getting cold.

Feel I have just scratched the surface here!

lazyemma · 08/01/2007 19:17

it would be way more interesting and revealing if everyone posted about what they thought their partner finds most irritating about them.

funnypeculiar · 08/01/2007 19:22

Oh dear, I do more of these than DH (inc chewing paper - it's NICE...) - perhaps I am actually a man - pretty sure it was me that gave birth twice...
(DH is currently washing up and cooking my tea at the same time, and has just put away the coats that me & kids dumped on the chairs when we came in

shonaspurtle · 08/01/2007 19:47

I think all these have come up but it will be v therapeutic for me to write this list...

Leaves dirty washing on top of the basket.
Leaves shirt sleeves rolled up when discarded as dirty washing.
If washing dishes only ever washes the easy stuff like plates and then says he's done all the dishes (yet the pots and glasses remain on the side).
Loves to cook and is quite good but leave an unholy mess and never uses a chopping board or plate so stuff everywhere
Stores random footballer's biographies on the bathroom floor, presumably to read whilst on the loo. When I reshelve them/put them on top of the cistern they magically reappear on the floor. With all the towels.

The worst.... never, ever, ever wakes up if ds is crying (unless I poke him really hard. That man would sleep through Armageddon. Then tells people how exhausted he is with waking through the night with a 7 week old baby.

I irritate dh by being rubbish at getting ready for things on time, condtradicting him infront of other people if I think he's wrong, not taking part in his incomprehensible grudges against people & places, not letting him watch football all the time, poking him very hard to wake him up to change ds once in a while ]

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Ponka · 08/01/2007 20:01

He has a shower and the leaves the wet towel on the bed! That one drives me mental.

He leaves the margarine out of the fridge.

IamBlossom · 08/01/2007 20:02

walks past piles of stuff waiting to go up the stairs.

leaves his wet towel on my side of the bed.

Grrrr....

lucykate · 08/01/2007 20:03

on the whole, dh is great, no complaints at all, but i really wish he wouldn't,

leave used cotton wool buds everywhere

put his toenail clippings in his bedside draw

fart as much as he does

Ponka · 08/01/2007 20:04

Cross - post, Iamblossom?!