When I lived with my ex he used to stare into space a lot and I used to tell him off for doing "the eyeball thing". It was just a daft joke but it used to really wind him up for some reason.
Anyway he now lives with another woman and has done for the past 3 years, the kids go and stay there every other weekend.
The other day DS1 was staring into space and so I told him to "stop doing the eyeball thing" and both boys burst out laughing and asked what I was on about. It was the first time I'd said it for years and it really made me laugh thinking about it. So I told them about how I used to say it to their dad and he used to get cross over it lol
Anyway, for the past few weekends they've said to him everytime he stares into space and he's apparantly got quite nasty over it and threatened them with bed and everything
I have told them to stop saying it but can't help thinking he's being a miserable sod, the kids are only 7 and 9 and compared to what they say to me, "stop doing the eyeball thing" is extremely mild!
Do you reckon its more the connection to the past that irritates him or is he being a miserable sod for the sake of it (wouldn't exactly be unheard of)