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Post by Ryann on May 14, 2020 18:59:19 GMT
It's not a big thing but turns out my husband is noisy! Not eating (thank god!!) but he grunts a lot when generally moving around, sits down with a big "Ahhh", walks heavily upstairs, talks out loud when his laptop is 'misbehaving'...it just seems like all his physical actions are accompanied by a vocal noise. I just think I've never had him in the house non-stop so much before! lol my DH does this too and it drives me bonkers. My 26yo step-son lives with us and is here about half the week (the other half he stay with his gf's family). When he's here I have to wear a bra, and that makes me cranky. As soon as he leaves for work (he works nights), the bra comes off, lol.
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Post by sweetshabbyroses on May 14, 2020 19:09:14 GMT
1.My MIL is supposed to be SPENDING THE NIGHT with us every night, not living with us. My husband works out of town three days a week but on the days he is home, she leaves at 9:00 in the morning and is back by 2:00.....dang, I'd like some time with him myself. 2. My husband will ride over to our son's house and bring back all three grandchildren....my opinion.... if he goes after them, he watches them. Nope, he'll get busy doing something and I'm left to tend to them. 3. My MIL is in early stages of dementia and also hard of hearing.........so when she is here we repeat everything three times in five minutes and we have to shout for her to hear and most of the time when she asks something is when one of the three grandchildren is having a meltdown!!!!
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Post by maryland on May 14, 2020 20:37:15 GMT
It's not a big thing but turns out my husband is noisy! Not eating (thank god!!) but he grunts a lot when generally moving around, sits down with a big "Ahhh", walks heavily upstairs, talks out loud when his laptop is 'misbehaving'...it just seems like all his physical actions are accompanied by a vocal noise. I just think I've never had him in the house non-stop so much before! My husband has house slippers that make a loud irritating shuffling sound. He cannot move things in the kitchen without banging a pot or pan all the time. He randomly coughs throughout the day. He always has. But now I hate it and my spidey senses are heightened to hear any coughs. He used to cough and just barely move his hand to cover his mouth (gross) but still least now he coughs into his elbow. Still irritating AF. I think for my husband, it's his getting old habit. My husband taps and even when he is sitting eating, he taps his feet. Why do some people feel the need to make noises constantly just to annoy others. Every so often, my husband goes on a trip where he has to drive. So I encourage him to tap nonstop the entire way. Well, he never taps when he is alone in the car. He just likes to annoy me! It would make our trip so much nicer if he didn't tap. He listens to npr sometimes. So I always ask him to play that on the radio just so he doesn't tap and then an argument follows. He didn't use to do that when he was younger. Just since he turned 45!
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Post by maryland on May 14, 2020 20:39:33 GMT
My irritations are minor as I do realize I am incredibly blessed. More than anything I am happy that everyone is healthy and we have shelter and food. However, I am getting cooking fatigue from trying to plan out and prepare all the meals and damn these people go through a lot of dishes. The dishwasher runs almost daily, which in itself is fine, but someone has to empty it. We run the dishwasher 3 times a day, sometimes more. There are 4 adults and one teen. So lots of eating/dishes. My kids have been making desserts each night (I have gained so much weight) and have done a good job cleaning up their dishes. I make the kids take turns emptying. I love to load. We run it even if it's not full, because if we wait, more dishes pile up.
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Post by maryland on May 14, 2020 20:43:16 GMT
My husband doesn't seem to know how to do anything involving water without getting puddles all over the floor. He washes his hands and it looks like there's been a tsunami I told him there was water all over the kitchen floor and he took his sock off to dry it up I didn't even have words for that. That's my kids bathroom! We got new bathrooms last year. Beautiful cabinets, granite, sink. But when they wash their hands and face, the countertop is like a pool of water. It's because of the way the layout is. It wasn't like that with our old bathroom countertop. I actually miss our ugly old bathroom because I hate the mess! I have started putting hand towels all over the counter to give them a hint. I even bought a washcloth for them to wipe the counter every time they use it. They didn't. So I got a 3m hook for the mirror to put the washcloth right in front of their face (it wouldn't stick to the mirror). They aren't toddlers. They are 17 20 and 22.
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Post by maryland on May 14, 2020 20:53:41 GMT
1.My MIL is supposed to be SPENDING THE NIGHT with us every night, not living with us. My husband works out of town three days a week but on the days he is home, she leaves at 9:00 in the morning and is back by 2:00.....dang, I'd like some time with him myself. 2. My husband will ride over to our son's house and bring back all three grandchildren....my opinion.... if he goes after them, he watches them. Nope, he'll get busy doing something and I'm left to tend to them. 3. My MIL is in early stages of dementia and also hard of hearing.........so when she is here we repeat everything three times in five minutes and we have to shout for her to hear and most of the time when she asks something is when one of the three grandchildren is having a meltdown!!!! That's frustrating! I agree, if he goes to get the kids, he gets to watch them. How far is your mil? Would it be easier if you or your husband picks her up and drops her off? That way it can be what works best for you?
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Post by craftykitten on May 14, 2020 20:56:33 GMT
I am literally annoying myself because I talk too much!
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Post by sharlag on May 14, 2020 21:15:24 GMT
Probably because of choking on his own BS all the time. hEE! I'm irked that my DD sleeps during the day, and stays up nights. She's so easy to live with, that I feel guilty about my irritation over her odd hours. Also, I can't find an good provider for high speed internet in my new, rural house. 25mbps-30 mbps download speed seems to be the max. And I can't find curtains for my sunroom that I like. I want something that looks lacy, is white, and has good insulation from the sun.
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Post by jubejubes on May 14, 2020 21:19:22 GMT
Too many things are irritating me right now. Mostly though, I am angry/grieving a lot over events that are/were MAJOR in my life and weren't recognized due to social distancing and the lack of communication due to social distancing. I have been at home for the majority of the time, in my condo and have a big fat zero of motivation to do anything. Why bother to really clean if no one is coming over? It is difficult to cook for 1 person and I have been done with cooking a long time ago. I used to cook a lot, for lots of people and really enjoyed it but to cook for 1 person - yuck. It has been so cold and rainy in my area. They are still saying maybe frost tonight. It is the beginning of the first long weekend (Victoria Day in Ontario) and rain almost all weekend. At least Premier Ford has announced some openings starting on the 19th, after the weekend. I have been SAH/SIP since March 13th because I *may* require surgery and those people who have been isolated are in priority. Also my best friend was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (metastasized from colon to liver) on March 12th and then Covid-19 shutdown on March 13th. I need to be *safe* as I am the person to drive them to chemo and then to surgery, later in June. Thank goodness I am divorced because I could never put up with HIM this long in isolation. He wouldn't (apparently isn't) observe the rules because he is the boss of himself attitude. Big Hugs to everyone
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on May 14, 2020 22:09:25 GMT
I don't feel like I need to complain about a thing, my most annoying neighbors have sold their house and moved out!
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Post by monklady123 on May 14, 2020 22:20:37 GMT
I just saw this thread.... I have a few! 1. My dh uses a knife for something like butter or peanut butter or mustard and leaves the knife on the edge of the sink...laying on the counter with the blade part hanging over the sink. Why? Well I asked him once and he replied "I might use it again". um.. nope. Has he ever used it again? I mean once you've put mustard on your ham and cheese, or peanut butter on your PB&J, that's the end of it. And IF he ever felt the need to add more mustard he could just get another knife. 2. THE DING DANG "easy open" TAB ON THE STUPID FROZEN VEGETABLES I bought from Costco. Because it's a huge Costco bag it has one of those lift up tabs and then you can reseal the bag. uh huh, tell me another lie. And while I was trying to pry up the "easy open" tab I stabbed my thumb with the knife I was using. I finally hacked off the entire top of the bag with scissors, which I should have done in the first place. grrrr 3. There's a new puppy next door....she's been there for several months now. She goes out in the yard and when she wants to go back in the house she barks. It's a cute little puppy bark, more like a yip. Every. Single. Time. she yips my dog rushes to the side door (which is opened because of the nice weather) and barks like crazy. Every. Time. Wouldn't you think she'd relax by now about it? I mean it's not like they're enemies...when they meet out on the street on a walk my dog greets the puppy politely, lets the puppy sniff her, etc. But every single time...bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark....
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Post by 950nancy on May 14, 2020 22:35:12 GMT
My back door neighbor is renting the house. They are from Texas- I know this because they have a good 6 vehicles with Texas plates. They park on their front lawn (not legal here). They have three dogs that hump each other all dang day and take time outs to come bark at me when I am outside. They have put a fire pit wayyyyy too close to our fence and light it with lighter fluid that is lit as it squeezes out of the can. The female dog is due on my birthday (poor thing looks miserable). Their back yard must have had a big trash bag blow over and all of the contents of a backyard BBQ are spread all over their lawn and it has been this way for over a week. No one can be bothered to clean it up. They have let the already dirt/weed yard get even worse than the previous renters who had 6 boys. They feed the squirrels on their deck and now the squirrels are coming up on my deck at night. The squirrels are trashing my plants. I wish they would sell the house to someone who would take care of it. The renters who came from Texas (about 10 years ago) were absolutely lovely. This group of people is about 8 adults and one little girl.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 22:49:21 GMT
Dh stayed in his PJs 2 days in a row this week. I don't know why but it makes me irrationally angry to go down to the kitchen and see him working away in his PJs and slippers.
And why does he have to eat my chips! I got him bbq and sour cream n onion chips so why does he eat my plain chips! He's a loud chip cruncher, especially when I'm watching tv. He rattles the bag to pull 1 chip out, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, rattles the bag, etc. Sometimes I think one more chip and I'm going to need bail money.
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Post by peasapie on May 14, 2020 22:49:57 GMT
I'm impatient that I can't go out and buy things I want anytime I want them.
And I'm tired of news channels making every little thing seem like a meteor is about to crash on my head. And it's all BREAKING NEWS. so over it.
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Post by peasapie on May 14, 2020 22:53:41 GMT
I'd like to escape the stress of "figuring everything out." By this I mean, I run the show around here and everyone else just lives life. Dh goes to work and comes home, he's self employed so sometimes money can be tight, but this is of no concern to him because I run everything. So if the bills need to be paid, I pay and/or figure out how to pay them on what we have. Luckily the business has done well so this is more of an example than a stress these days. But current events lend to grocery shopping and finding what we and my parents need cause i'm shopping for them. It leads to finding things that we are running out of when their in short supply everywhere. Making dinner with what we have available. Finding and getting masks since they're now needed. To get to the irritating part...I've told him a million times past and present that it's stressful to have to be the one who always figures it all out. He'll ask what he can make for dinner and I tell him I might as well make it if I have to figure everything out for him. I've stated i'd be grateful for him to relieve me of something, anytime... And what i'm getting is he'd like to "help" make dinner when i'm making it. So while not the worst thing in the world, it irritates me that he can't wrap his head around what would be helpful to me or what i'd like and make an adjustment. Oh I remember those days. I even tried going on a work stoppage strike...not paying the bills, not doing the laundry... But then we were two months behind on paying the bills and the laundry piled up higher and higher. One thing that did work - I started making a weekly menu before shopping and taped it to the refrigerator. When I stayed late at school he started making dinner on his own.
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Post by smcast on May 15, 2020 0:05:36 GMT
Every day it's something different with dh. He tries but grrrr! Today I was preheating oven to make biscuits. Lo and behold, the crusted broiler pan he used a few days ago to make chicken was sitting in there. No way am I washing that.
My dh is a loud breather, talks outloud about what he's doing, and makes a noise when he bends over and sits down. Drives me nuts! I like peace and quiet. I like people who answer my question, not go into a long description or process. I am not a kindergartner who needs step by step instructions. My dh likes to say the obvious. Talks just to talk. Exhausting!
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Post by papersilly on May 15, 2020 0:17:26 GMT
Lines. Poorly regulated ones where there’s a ton of people outside and barely any inside. Like all the registers are open just waiting to check out the few people inside and yet they don’t let more people in. Some stores just suck at it.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 15, 2020 0:27:39 GMT
Oh sweet Jesus...my hubby’s chewing. He has become the noisiest chew. I’m sitting here trying not to kill him.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on May 15, 2020 2:24:15 GMT
My dh is a loud talker. We are both working from home and on meetings or phone calls most of the day. He has a headset so I can’t hear his meetings but I can hear him talking—loudly as he walks around the house. I use my speakerphone for meetings since I don’t have a headset but my desk is in the back of the house where no one can really hear me—unless he meanders by gabbing away into his headset.
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Post by katlaw on May 15, 2020 2:30:15 GMT
My work is divided in to two locations. It makes sense, if someone gets the virus they are only coming in contact with half the work force. But it is stressful. I feel like we are missing vital parts of the communication we need. We talk on the phone, google and the radio but it is just different. I really enjoy my job and the daily challenges but am not really enjoying the added challenge of working during a pandemic. We will likely stay divided for the rest of this year, if not longer.
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Post by pierkiss on May 15, 2020 3:52:51 GMT
Rube Goldberg machines!!!!!!!
WTH was my kid’s teacher thinking assigning a 10 step Rube Goldberg machine during Week 8 of quarantine!?!?!?? I have not been this irritated with 5th grade in a long time. It would have been fine if this project had happened at the beginning of this. But now, when everyone is on edge and OVER all of this??? No thank you. Throw in a kid who seriously procrastinated and grumpy parents who are pissed the rest of their schedule was ruined by this and it was a mess. 😬. I am sure the teacher thought this would be a fun thing for us to do together while we are stuck at home. But it failed to take into consideration EVERYTHING else people have going on. Also, I really wish it had been assigned over a weekend, and not just Mon-Fri. I have 2 other kids I have to e-school with, and they both require 1:1 due to age and a learning disability thrown in. The 5th grader works on school work and school video conferences from 9am-4:30 on every single freaking day. When the hell was she supposed to have time to do this project during the regular school week?
So annoyed right now. But it’s done and over with, so that’s good. We got the video so she can post it in the morning.
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Post by worrywart on May 15, 2020 4:43:28 GMT
Our extended family played Cards Against Humanity via Zoom and some gaming site. Not sure this would be appropriate for your group! Thank you! We've been playing some games online. I actually was going to host an in person Cards Against Humanity get together last fall, but ended up changing it to Scattergories cuz some of the women are afraid of CAH swellgarfo.com/scattergories/Here is an online site with good scattergory cards since none of us could find our scattergory game we had to use this. I pulled it up and shared the screen..it was with family so we had like 5 people playing, we changed the timer and added 30 seconds and numbered our paper 1-12 etc...it was fun. There may be a cards against humanity online site also.
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Post by mikewozowski on May 15, 2020 5:04:18 GMT
not being able to be alone ... ever ... since march 20. even if i say i am going out to run an errand or something, someone wants to come with me!!!
i may have gotten away a time or two, but not as often as i want to.
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Post by tincin on May 15, 2020 6:10:07 GMT
I would totally leave them like that. See if they say anything when they return to the kitchen They wouldn’t say anything because they either don’t care or are oblivious, which is why they leave them like that in the first place. I seriously doubt they would even notice. LOL by the end of the day every overhead light in every room of the entire house would be on and every cabinet door left open, and both of them would probably be outside! Some days I’m passive aggressive enough I would walk through the house, turn on every light, open every freaking cabinet door, and leave them that way. Then if anyone shut them off or closed a door I would turn it back on or open it back up just go save them the trouble. It wouldn’t change a damned thing but it would make me feel better.
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Post by lesserknownpea on May 15, 2020 8:32:29 GMT
They wouldn’t say anything because they either don’t care or are oblivious, which is why they leave them like that in the first place. I seriously doubt they would even notice. LOL by the end of the day every overhead light in every room of the entire house would be on and every cabinet door left open, and both of them would probably be outside! Some days I’m passive aggressive enough I would walk through the house, turn on every light, open every freaking cabinet door, and leave them that way. Then if anyone shut them off or closed a door I would turn it back on or open it back up just go save them the trouble. It wouldn’t change a damned thing but it would make me feel better. Hmmmm. I like the way you think.
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Post by joelise on May 15, 2020 8:46:03 GMT
My husband doesn't seem to know how to do anything involving water without getting puddles all over the floor. He washes his hands and it looks like there's been a tsunami I told him there was water all over the kitchen floor and he took his sock off to dry it up I didn't even have words for that. My husband took his sock off the other day, dusted the TV with it, then put it back on!
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Post by joelise on May 15, 2020 8:49:55 GMT
His resolution is to just add water and stick it in the sink “to soak”. Coincidentally that is what he does with every other dish or glass he touches all day long so he doesn’t have to load the dishwasher. And when/if he unloads the dishwasher, he puts everything he doesn’t know where it goes on the island. We have lived here ten years, I don’t move stuff around. All the stuff that is a mystery to him either requires bending down or picking up something to put away. This on both counts!
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Post by joelise on May 15, 2020 8:58:26 GMT
I am literally annoying myself because I talk too much! I thought this about myself the other day! I told myself out loud to shut up!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 15, 2020 9:14:52 GMT
Thank you all for posting, and letting me know I'm not alone. I'm even a little worried that I might be the irritating one in the house. I'll add to my vents: It's hard never being alone. And even if i am alone for a literal few minutes (like in the shower) I know there's a good chance that someone will start talking to me through the door! Why is everyone always starving suddenly?! It's like they're on the Hobbit meal plan. You've had breakfast. Yes, but what about second breakfast?
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Post by AussieMeg on May 15, 2020 9:55:19 GMT
Also, anyone who texts before 7am. Why? Some of us are still sleeping and it's nothing of importance. I think these days minor things irritate me even more. People like that are tiresome! As for the early morning texters, I solved that problem by putting my phone in Do Not Disturb mode from 10:00 pm until 7:00 am. Now unless someone is on my emergency list (basically just DH) no other calls, texts or notifications will make a sound. Ahhh, blissful silence. I also have my phone on DND between 11pm and 7am. And further to that I have notification sounds turned off permanently, so I never hear texts on my phone. Any texts or FB messages go through to my Garmin watch, which I don't put on until I am out of bed. So early morning texts never bother me. I usually do have the ringer turned on in case of emergencies, especially if DD isn't home.
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