What does your partner do that really bugs you

shelly22

What does your partner do that really bugs you, we all have our little pet hates so what's yours

fiona-f

Completely fails to see housework. If I point something out or straight out ask for him to do something, he will without any bother but he never takes the initiative on it. It is at the stage now where I make a weekly list of chores, divide it between us together and pin it on a noticeboard in the kitchen, with names clearly marked against each task. We have had so many chats about it but nothing else works. I dislike having to be the 'mammy' like this but have yet to come up with a better solution.

Otherwise he's fab!

Dolbert

Leaves his phone in another room and doesn't check it for hours!

Sappa

Dolorous wrote: »

Leaves his phone in another room and doesn't check it for hours!

Lol that's what he's telling you.

eviltwin

Leaves lights on all over the house and then wonders why the esb bills are so high

Dolbert

Sappa wrote: »

Lol that's what he's telling you.

Lolololol :rolleyes:

It happens when others try to reach him too, maybe he's trying to avoid everyone...

cynder

Dolorous wrote: »

Leaves his phone in another room and doesn't check it for hours!

I do that

My fella dumps his dirty clothes on the floor right next to the bed and/or washing basket. He also dumps the wet towel on MY side of the bed.... Drives me crackers, he just laughs at me ...

Ive now taken to not washing his clothes unless they are in the basket and re-dumping the wet towel on HIS side of the bed.

No complaints as of yet :pac: :pac: :pac:

Sappa

Sappa wrote: »

Lol that's what he's telling you.

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angeldelight

Forgets to put the tube out the window for the tumble dryer so the whole utility room is like a sauna and water running down the walls!

When he gets up before me he opens blackout blind to get ready then leaves it open and I get woken up by the sun streaming in.

Nothing major, just small things that drive me nuts!

mitosis

Farting in bed. Not cleaning teeth before bed. Leaving stuff in the dryer all week. Pots in the sink.

baby and crumble

She leaves half full diet coke cans ALL OVER THE HOUSE. Seriously, the amount of coke stains on my floor from kicking them over is insane. They're on the floor, the sideboards, the tables, the shelves... Drives me absolutely scatty.

xzanti

Snores.

I have to wear earplugs.

Sonics2k

My girlfriend lives in the UK, so we spend a lot of our time having to talk through Skype and Facebook.

The one annoying habit she has is that she has a tendency to wander off from the keyboard, and can literally disappear for an hour or two without saying a word. Usually she just gets distracted or starts chatting to her flatmates, but it can be quite annoying when she wanders off mid conversation.

Merkin

I can honestly say that there is very little my OH does that bugs me but the snoring is really quite loud - good idea on the earplugs Xanti, might have to invest in some!

cat_xx

Snoring and farting. Especially at the same time!!

Princess Peach

The annoying thing he does is read my posts on Boards so I have to be careful what I say :pac:

Hello!

Merkin

I'd hate that! Would you not think of changing your username hon?

Princess Peach

God no, my name is awesome!

I don't have much to complain about anyway!

AmyMaria

My OH says awful "jokes" as in they're so unfunny I can't even pity laugh at this point. Drives me insane! His dad is the exact same though so I know where he picked the habit up! Haha

realgirl

Sometimes he chews his food really loudly....that sound drives me nuts!

SarahBeep!

He eats like he was raised in a cave by wolves.

westies4ever

husband has a habit of zoning out. i'll ask him a question and get silence in response. i'll ask him 3 times and then he'll look at me absently 'sorry - what?'.

indecision - asking him something as simple as what he wants for dinner - 'i dont mind'. drives me insane - but i love him

westies4ever

westies4ever wrote: »

husband has a habit of zoning out. i'll ask him a question and get silence in response. i'll ask him 3 times and then he'll look at me absently 'sorry - what?'.

indecision - asking him something as simple as what he wants for dinner - 'i dont mind'.

Are you married to me?

The Lovely Muffin

westies4ever wrote: »

husband has a habit of zoning out. i'll ask him a question and get silence in response. i'll ask him 3 times and then he'll look at me absently 'sorry - what?'.

My bf does this too.

Another thing he does is, when he's drying the dishes and I'm washing them, he "whips" me with the tea towel, drives me nuts.

I like my tea very, very strong and I always heat the cup first as I find if I don't my tea isn't boiling/scalding hot, the bf doesn't do this, he just pours the water straight into the cup with one tea bag, I take more than one tea bag, so I get luke-warm milky water, ugh.

Last night we agreed he'd no longer make tea for me :pac:

When he is coming over to my house I always ask him to bring his laptop, because if I am using mine, he'll have to use his or else use my mothers desktop, sometimes he doesn't bring his laptop with him, so ends up using mine and I sit around like a spare part going mad. I don't care if he uses it when I am cooking or something though.

I still love him though. :pac:

Princess Peach

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you married to me?

This is also me to a tee! My boyfriend goes mad cause I tend not to listen sometimes, or I'll get a bit off track and talk over him!

And I can never decide on food or movies or anything!

He doesn't annoy me all that much, except when he gets really pedantic and corrects small unimportant mistakes I make. Which he knows drives me crazy!

The Lovely Muffin

The Lovely Muffin wrote: »

I like my tea very, very strong and I always heat the cup first as I find if I don't my tea isn't boiling/scalding hot, the bf doesn't do this, he just pours the water straight into the cup with one tea bag, I take more than one tea bag, so I get luke-warm milky water, ugh.

my mother uses 2 tea bags a cup as well, it drives me up the wall
it's such a waste! leave it soaking longer!
i make her tea sometimes with one and she doesn't know the difference until i tell her but keeps doing it anyway :pac:

The Lovely Muffin

bluewolf wrote: »

my mother uses 2 tea bags a cup as well, it drives me up the wall
it's such a waste! leave it soaking longer!
i make her tea sometimes with one and she doesn't know the difference until i tell her but keeps doing it anyway :pac:

I'm awful, I'd notice the difference, but I suppose it is because I like my tea so strong and it's what I am use to.

I'd honestly rather no tea at all than tea with one tea bag.

I also leave the tea bag in the cup, so when you get to the end of the cup it's stronger. Mmmm.

When I was a toddler/child, I used to drink my granddad's tea, he has his as strong as I have mine, he used to take sugar though, I never take sugar, can't stand it in tea.

x Purple Pawprints x

There isn't a huge amount tbh.. We're living 2 hours apart and don't get to see each other as often as we'd like..

I suppose the main one is farting. He has a stomach problem so it's not really his fault but dear God they really smell sometimes! :eek:

When he's asleep he tosses and turns a lot so I normally end up squished to the wall with very little duvet to cover myself with..

Also, he never folds clothes and it drives me insane.. He doesn't see the point. I usually go "Oh babe, PLEASE fold it!" and he never does so I end up doing it for him..

Nothing major there really tbh. I love him loads so I try not to get so annoyed.. The folding clothes thing really is irritating though..

Princess Peach

Princess Peach wrote: »

And I can never decide on food or movies or anything!

Well I'm actually not indecisive as such, I'm just pretty easy going, if I say I don't mind then I really don't mind, which is most of the time! If there's something I want I'll say it no bother.

x Purple Pawprints x

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I'm actually not indecisive as such, I'm just pretty easy going, if I say I don't mind then I really don't mind, which is most of the time! If there's something I want I'll say it no bother.

I'm like this too and my bf hates it..

Clitlady

My bf keeps looking for sex all the time, even if im on the blob

DipStick McSwindler

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SusieBlue

There's a huge height difference between my OH and I. If we're arguing, and he knows I'm right, he'll start pretending he can't hear me, or ask "Why are you shouting at my elbow?". So frustrating!

I always end up laughing too, so the argument is forgotten abut. He's very stubborn and hates admitting that he's wrong.

feeney92

feeney92 wrote: »

With a username like that and your excellent vocabulary I can only imagine what type of man your bf is.............:rolleyes:

feeney92,
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rainbow kirby

His absolute hatred of any sports team from Dublin :pac:

daenerysstormborn3

SarahBeep! wrote: »

He eats like he was raised in a cave by wolves.

Most apt description of the way my boyfriend eats. I normally say he sounds like an animal going at a carcass.

Bubblefett

Backseat driving!

AhInFairness

He has no concept of time keeping. None. At. All.

We're late for everything and I end up feeling like a nag trying to get him out in the door in time. Going to the cinema is always a fiasco. I hate being late, I want to get there in time to grab some popcorn and see the trailers. If I leave it to him we miss the first 5 minutes of the film.

He also spends a minimum of 30 minutes in the shower every morning. :mad:

bronte

Wears shorts with socks with sandals.
I feel like this:
http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i49/5/5/8/frabz-you-wear-nike-elite-socks-with-sandals-tell-me-more-about-all-th-7ad507.jpg

Gunslinger92

Answers me with this patronising little "hmm-mmm" noise if I am talking to him while he's on the laptop or something... :mad: I'm going to ignore him from now on! :P

He also overuses this smiley :P It looks even more annoying on a sony ericcsson phone! But he got an iphone today so hopefully he'll tone it down a bit..

He is too obsessed with his hair, and likes the front of it way too long.

Petty lil things, which is a good thing in fairness

carolinespring

xzanti wrote: »

Snores.

I have to wear earplugs.

I hear you sister!!!! At times I wonder how I am not in Mountjoy for murder. Snoring ring does help.

SarahBeep!

pixiebean22 wrote: »

SarahBeep! wrote: »

He eats like he was raised in a cave by wolves.

M
Most apt description of the way my boyfriend eats. I normally say he sounds like an animal going at a carcass.

Mowgli had better manners than him like.

And he cuts the back and sides of His hair too short.

Diego Maradona

rainbow kirby wrote: »

His absolute hatred of any sports team from Dublin :pac:

I would buy your husband a pint!!

beks101

AhInFairness wrote: »

He has no concept of time keeping. None. At. All.

We're late for everything and I end up feeling like a nag trying to get him out in the door in time.

This is the role reversal of my relationship.

My boyfriend is irrationally, infuriatingly punctual and likes to arrive ten minutes early for everything - work, dinner, movies, even trips to the pub. I think it's a Canadian thing and a massive culture shock to my Irish 'see you at 9 ish' and turning up at 11.

He just doesn't get this. We're both pretty laid back and have a great relationship, but this is the recurring argument that happens over and over. I also start getting ready for nights out a few hours before he calls over to collect me as he just doesn't get the concept of a woman taking more than ten minutes to get ready.

He'll sit in the living room with a beer yelling 'you have to be ready now??? Let's go!' every five minutes. :rolleyes:

Ah, men!

Coriander

Scratching at his eyebrow - he's been doing it for years and it drives me insane! Some night soon, when the earth-shaking snoring starts, I'm going to shave that eyebrow right off

Chimpokomon

rainbow kirby wrote: »

His absolute hatred of any sports team from Dublin :pac:

Err... His?!

AhInFairness

beks101 wrote: »

This is the role reversal of my relationship.

My boyfriend is irrationally, infuriatingly punctual and likes to arrive ten minutes early for everything - work, dinner, movies, even trips to the pub. I think it's a Canadian thing and a massive culture shock to my Irish 'see you at 9 ish' and turning up at 11.

He just doesn't get this. We're both pretty laid back and have a great relationship, but this is the recurring argument that happens over and over. I also start getting ready for nights out a few hours before he calls over to collect me as he just doesn't get the concept of a woman taking more than ten minutes to get ready.

He'll sit in the living room with a beer yelling 'you have to be ready now??? Let's go!' every five minutes. :rolleyes:

Ah, men!

Ya see, where we live at the moment, when we're heading to meet friends in the pub we're depending on a bus and an infrequent bus at that, so being on time is pretty necessary. Personally I don't understand this hours to get ready stuff. Shower, clothes, hair and make-up...it's really not that difficult and yet my boyfriend - who only has to do two of those things - takes FOREVER.

I just don't like being late for stuff and I certainly don't see it as a culture thing at all. Nobody in my social circle or family has that attitude towards timekeeping at all. For me, I would think I'm being rude if I were to tell someone I'll see them at a certain time and show up 2 hours later, or to arrive in the cinema/concert when its started and have to disturb people that bothered to be there on time. I probably sound uptight but I'm genuinely not, I just see it as common decency. To each their own though

floutingmaxims

The most annoying thing he does just came to light reading this thread. We're both boardsies and we live in different counties so when we're apart we communicate over Skype. He might ask me what I'm doing and I'll direct him to the thread I'm reading. He reads faster than I do and reads out all the funny things in the thread before Ive even got to them.

My blood is boiling now thinking about it. AGH! :pac:

Love him though :P

Junco Partner

Cawcheen wrote: »

The most annoying thing he does just came to light reading this thread. We're both boardsies and we live in different counties so when we're apart we communicate over Skype. He might ask me what I'm doing and I'll direct him to the thread I'm reading. He reads faster than I do and reads out all the funny things in the thread before Ive even got to them.

My blood is boiling now thinking about it. AGH! :pac:

Love him though :P

fighting the urge to read this to you :P

Princess Peach

I thought of another thing! He refuses to let me tweeze any hairs on him. And it really annoys me to see these straggly hairs and not be allowed to do anything. He'd have lovely eyebrows though!

Sometimes I pull them with my fingers, which really annoys him.

OakeyDokey

Snores AND grands his teeth! Technically he can't help it but my god can it be irritating!