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What causes the most arguments in your relationships?

59 replies

PearLime · 28/09/2021 20:44

Lighthearted.

The most frequent argument me and my ex had was because he (early bird) had told me a vital piece of information in the morning before work, which I (night owl) had not listened to at all and completely forgotten!

What causes the most arguments in your relationship?

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Whenigrowupiwanttobea · 28/09/2021 20:48

MIL

FancyLampshade · 28/09/2021 20:48

I find my DP dull/slow at times and this seeps out into irritation over small things because I can’t voice the real frustration.

romdowa · 28/09/2021 20:50

It's always down to communication, either things aren't communicated clearly or things get misheard.

MarshmallowSwede · 28/09/2021 20:53

My husband farting in bed and then raising the covers so I’m forced to smell. I’ve considered murdering him in his sleep many times because of this. It infuriates me and I miss the days when he would not dare have farted in front of me.. but here we are.

PearLime · 28/09/2021 21:06

@MarshmallowSwede

My husband farting in bed and then raising the covers so I’m forced to smell. I’ve considered murdering him in his sleep many times because of this. It infuriates me and I miss the days when he would not dare have farted in front of me.. but here we are.
My ex called this a "Dutch oven".

I wonder why I left him Grin

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scarpa · 28/09/2021 21:11

Genuinely, how to organise our (very small) kitchen.

Does my fucking HEAD in. We both have different, equally chaotic systems and our life is a slow back and forth between the two as one of us changes things round to our way.

...no, we will never compromise or come to an agreement (until we buy a house, which we both agree has 'actual kitchen' as a priority). I kind of enjoy our monthly argument about the correct way to store tupperware. 🤣

After years of horrendous relationships, it's nice that this is the biggest thing we row about!

HandScreen · 28/09/2021 21:11

Housework

PearLime · 28/09/2021 21:15

@scarpa

Genuinely, how to organise our (very small) kitchen.

Does my fucking HEAD in. We both have different, equally chaotic systems and our life is a slow back and forth between the two as one of us changes things round to our way.

...no, we will never compromise or come to an agreement (until we buy a house, which we both agree has 'actual kitchen' as a priority). I kind of enjoy our monthly argument about the correct way to store tupperware. 🤣

After years of horrendous relationships, it's nice that this is the biggest thing we row about!

A Tupperware argument... love it.

Sort of like the argument equivalent of a Tupperware party! Grin

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MushMonster · 28/09/2021 21:18

DIY
Anything to do with screws, screw drivers, and so on! We get it done, but oh dear! We are getting better with time though. We now have differences that get sorted on the go!

stealingbeauty · 28/09/2021 21:18

@Whenigrowupiwanttobea

MIL
Same
GrandmasCat · 28/09/2021 21:19

I could have written this when I was married to my exhusband. I’m totally convinced that is why women always look older than men after 30 and why they get divorced: english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/?fbclid=IwAR0Raxobb3P0CMfqXBJa30D70rRN3u8ipupfp8a45ER9kxw3jWRZC5VRpGk

MushMonster · 28/09/2021 21:21

LOL about the farting.
Suffocate him, you will walk free, no charges. Wrap yourself in the bed covers, and around him when he is asleep. After the farting, just pull covers over him and hold tight! Grin

PearLime · 28/09/2021 21:27

[quote GrandmasCat]I could have written this when I was married to my exhusband. I’m totally convinced that is why women always look older than men after 30 and why they get divorced: english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/?fbclid=IwAR0Raxobb3P0CMfqXBJa30D70rRN3u8ipupfp8a45ER9kxw3jWRZC5VRpGk[/quote]
The mental load. Yup!

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GoodnightGrandma · 28/09/2021 21:28

FIL. Drinking. Lack of his share of housework. Lying in every day now he’s retired.

Mrsbclinton · 28/09/2021 21:30

Most arguments happen when Im driving & he is in the passenger seat…….

babyyy1926 · 28/09/2021 21:36

The fact that I'm a really cuddly, affectionate person and he's the complete opposite

HaggisTheGreat · 28/09/2021 21:45

Jobs half done, like glasses by the dishwasher — www.huffpost.com/entry/she-divorced-me-i-left-dishes-by-the-sink_b_9055288

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 28/09/2021 21:47

Him bring a twat. He’s never wrong🙄

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 28/09/2021 21:50

Every damned thing. I'm happily single now. I am just not interested in selfish, lazy, needy men.

WearsideBridge · 28/09/2021 21:59

The heating...always on.

One of his DC's.

WearsideBridge · 28/09/2021 22:00

Oh and the position of the tele in the living room. 😂

AnnaSW1 · 28/09/2021 22:04

Directions when driving and flat pack furniture

MagnusMagnusson · 28/09/2021 22:07

@Mrsbclinton

Most arguments happen when Im driving & he is in the passenger seat…….
This.

Drives me absolutely bonkers. Interestingly we have both been driving for the same time and in that same time he has reversed into bollards, hit a bus, put petrol in a diesel car.... cost us hundreds of ££ in driving fuck ups. Me on the other hand, no accidents/incidents or such alike. I feel quite rageful even thinking about this- grrrrrrrrr!

Guineapigbridge · 28/09/2021 22:10

Whether Jacinda Ardern is a great leader (me) or a socialist dictator (him). Every morning with the political debating. I love/hate it.
Genuine fights are cause by conflicts over his or my mobile phone use (I hate him being on his phone in front of the kids ; he hates me waking up in the middle of the night to go on my phone because that's the only time I get to scroll without feeling like I'm setting a bad example)

Justanotherquestioner · 28/09/2021 22:13

Housework and how to handle our eldest child who may/may not have sen