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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Mar 25, 2022 19:03:42 GMT
Do you mind if I ask something I’ve never been able to understand? Why do you leave cabinets and drawers open? Do you want easy access the next time you need something? Is it from having non-soft-closing hinges so rather than risk slamming it or pinching your finger you leave it open? Are you not concerned with hitting the cabinet door? (tall people luxury, maybe? I would hit my head on a cabinet door) I can understand a lot of quirks but I’ve always wondered about this one. Please note: I am not asking to be a jerk, I’ve truly wondered and you seem nice enough to answer a random question from a stranger 😀 I just forget to close them once I've gotten what I need. Nothing more than that. If you reminded me, I'd say "oops, sorry" and do it. Open cabinets don't even register in my brain. I never notice them. That’s probably the key - you never notice them. To me, that seems incomprehensible, however now that I think about it there are a lot of things I just don’t see that others can’t imagine. My ex had real issues when I didn’t open the blinds and drapes each morning. I prefer them open, and I like the light coming in, but often it wouldn’t even register with me if they had been closed all day. I also have an empty suitcase in my hallway that has been there for weeks and I’ve stopped noticing, but my SO sure hasn’t 🙂
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Post by chlerbie on Mar 25, 2022 19:13:56 GMT
I can't complain about this one too much since he makes the coffee for us every morning. But in doing so, he always leaves coffee grounds all around the maker.
And eating hard candy? You can probably hear him in Paris. When I can hear him from two rooms away, I'm ready to poke my eyes out. He'll stop if I say something. It's like he forgets every time and has to smack over it.
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Post by Mel on Mar 25, 2022 19:24:31 GMT
He is a “collector”. He goes to auctions, and he buys oil cans, old toys (think Tonka trucks circa 1930-1970s), old signs… and whatever else catches his eye. He will bring it all in the house and leave it where ever, promising to take it to the garage later. We apparently haven’t reached later yet. LOL He is also a piler! Piles everywhere! Although, they disappear pretty regularly. He does tend to leave cabinets, the microwave, etc. open too. I'm like all of you though, I wouldn't trade him for the world!!
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Post by cakediva on Mar 25, 2022 19:32:37 GMT
I'm with a few others - where do I start? LOL
His company uses an outside payroll company, so every week he gets a pay stub. It's one of of those smaller folded papers that has the tear away strips all around the outer edge. He is salary, nothing EVER changes. So he could shred or throw out the stub. But no. We find pay stubs EVERYWHERE in this house. Kitchen counter, our bedroom on his dresser, the office on his desk, the junk drawer.....the list goes on. We could paper the entire house with these damn things!
In our ensuite we have separate shower/soaker tub. There is a double hook on the wall right beside the shower curtain for our towels to hang. One for his one for mine. YES I will use a towel at least twice before tossing it in the laundry pile. His hook is closest to the shower (on purpose by me). Yet somehow he often grabs my towel. I have a norwex hair cap thingy that I use to dry/wrap my hair after I shower. I hang it on TOP of my towel. I mark my territory. Yet somehow, my towel is often wet in the morning. Drives me freaking batty!
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Post by peabay on Mar 25, 2022 19:36:06 GMT
1. He slurps his cereal 2. He eats crunchy foods reallllly loudly 3. He can’t tell the difference between a soup spoon and a teaspoon. They all just get thrown together in our utensil drawer.
And I fully recognize that I’m very fortunate that these are the annoyances and not something major.
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Post by stittsygirl on Mar 25, 2022 20:04:19 GMT
Every work day I get a 5-10 minute play-by-play of his commute to/from work, including every horrible driver and situation. He, of course, is the world’s best driver in comparison 🙄. I’ll admit my eyes glaze over and I tune out as soon as it starts 😜.
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Post by mayceesgranny on Mar 25, 2022 20:16:38 GMT
Mine is a very slow talker... I find myself finishing his sentences in my head as I'm waiting for him to get to the point.
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Post by Gem Girl on Mar 25, 2022 20:17:09 GMT
Ha Ha! You all would hate living with me. So many of these are things I do. As for my own DH, he's a saint. The one thing I complain about is that he's always turning lights out. I get up from the chair to use the bathroom, he turns out the light. I leave in the evening and come back to a dark house because he turned off the garage and outside lights. I like to follow behind him and turn all the lights on.Gaaaah! LOL
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Post by phoenixcov on Mar 25, 2022 20:26:49 GMT
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Post by janeliz on Mar 25, 2022 20:35:02 GMT
After he eats a snack (say, a granola bar or something wrapped), he will tie up the empty wrapper into a neat little knot and just leave it on a table, in my car, etc.
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Post by breetheflea on Mar 25, 2022 20:45:08 GMT
We live in a full-sized house with a large (would fit two 1970s cars side by side and the doors would still be able to be opened) garage. Inevitably he will store whatever new thing he had to have at Home Depot behind the couch in the living room... like dude, why did you buy it if you weren't going to use it for two years, and two stop storing crap behind my couch when you have a 500 square foot garage!
I bought a fishing pole storage rack because he was trying to store them in my van (his vehicle is too short) and having fishing poles hanging from my ceiling was blocking my view when I was driving, so I bought the storage rack FOR THE GARAGE! Nope it’s in my living room…
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Mar 25, 2022 21:29:45 GMT
After he eats a snack (say, a granola bar or something wrapped), he will tie up the empty wrapper into a neat little knot and just leave it on a table, in my car, etc. OMG, I do that, too! I do it so the leftover crumbs in the wrapper don’t get everywhere, but then they make nice cat toys so they carry them off and I find them all around the house.
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 25, 2022 21:41:47 GMT
My husband is seemingly incapable of turning off the light when leaving a room and he constantly puts A box back with 2 crackers in it or leaves A tablespoon of milk or creamer in the container. You could not just eat those last two crackers or just use that last splash of milk? Now he would say I’m annoying because I constantly leave cabinet doors and drawers open. Do you mind if I ask something I’ve never been able to understand? Why do you leave cabinets and drawers open? Do you want easy access the next time you need something? Is it from having non-soft-closing hinges so rather than risk slamming it or pinching your finger you leave it open? Are you not concerned with hitting the cabinet door? (tall people luxury, maybe? I would hit my head on a cabinet door) I can understand a lot of quirks but I’ve always wondered about this one. Please note: I am not asking to be a jerk, I’ve truly wondered and you seem nice enough to answer a random question from a stranger 😀 I honestly don't know. I think it is my very short attention span. I just don't think about it. By the time I've gotten what I need out of the cabinet, I'm thinking about the next thing I need to do. I read an article recently that it has to do with adult ADD. My cousin and sibling are the same way, so maybe it is just genetic? I have an incredibly short attention span though, I Need to be doing two or three things at once to stay focused, so I do think it is probably that. It drives my husband nuts when we are in the store. He stops to look at something or go grab something we just went by but by the time he gets back I'm 3 aisles over because I couldn't wait more than 2 seconds for him. I do think it is what makes me a good Prek teacher though. My attention span is about as long as the kids. 😁
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Post by chaosisapony on Mar 25, 2022 21:43:05 GMT
Our kitchen trash is under the sink. Say we are using paper plates for a meal, or he has finished his soda or beer. He’ll take the trash to the kitchen and leave it on the counter *right* next to where the trash can is. We’re talking inches…. Why not just open the cabinet door and toss it in?!? 🤷🏼♀️😆 Same situation here only it's me that does it. My brain does not want to fill the trash can with something large. So if a paper plate or some other large container needs to be thrown away I leave it on the counter in order to keep the trash from being full. So my trash is open and free but my counters are a mess. It makes zero sense but my brain just keeps doing it.
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Post by littlemama on Mar 25, 2022 21:44:03 GMT
I do the knife on the edge occasionally: 1. If im cooking and used it for butter and could need more butter. 2. If Im making a sandwich and I dont want to rinse dishes until Im done. Id rather the mayo hang over the edge that get on the sink, giving me one more thing to clean!
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 25, 2022 21:46:04 GMT
My husband is seemingly incapable of turning off the light when leaving a room and he constantly puts A box back with 2 crackers in it or leaves A tablespoon of milk or creamer in the container. You could not just eat those last two crackers or just use that last splash of milk? Now he would say I’m annoying because I constantly leave cabinet doors and drawers open. Although I share your annoyance about leaving the two crackers, etc. I am always conscious of asking someone to eat more food after they have decided they are done. My mom used to use us as “human garbage disposals” when I was a kid so she could get rid of food, and I found it and still do find it quite offensive. A TBS of cereal or milk is one thing, but, I just wanted to give perspective on how the other side of that issue might look to someone. :-) Oh I know, I also don't believe people should eat more than they want to eat, but if there's two crackers just put them down the garbage disposal or at least just twist the sleeve and put the sleeve back in the cabinet, not the entire box. It makes me very sad when I go to eat the Ritz and there are only two in the box! Especially since whenever I ask him what he needs from the store he tells me nothing and that night he will think of things he needs!
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Post by jenjie on Mar 25, 2022 22:25:56 GMT
My husband is seemingly incapable of turning off the light when leaving a room and he constantly puts A box back with 2 crackers in it or leaves A tablespoon of milk or creamer in the container. You could not just eat those last two crackers or just use that last splash of milk? Now he would say I’m annoying because I constantly leave cabinet doors and drawers open. Do you mind if I ask something I’ve never been able to understand? Why do you leave cabinets and drawers open? Do you want easy access the next time you need something? Is it from having non-soft-closing hinges so rather than risk slamming it or pinching your finger you leave it open? Are you not concerned with hitting the cabinet door? (tall people luxury, maybe? I would hit my head on a cabinet door) I can understand a lot of quirks but I’ve always wondered about this one. Please note: I am not asking to be a jerk, I’ve truly wondered and you seem nice enough to answer a random question from a stranger 😀 I do this! No reason that I can tell. I don’t notice. Obviously I shut them eventually. At least I think I do. But if I’m in the middle of something . . . I leave them open like I almost left that sentence dangling. 😂🤷🏻♀️ One day I opened up half the cabinet doors on purpose just to get a ride out of ds. 😁 he was not amused.
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Post by jenjie on Mar 25, 2022 22:28:52 GMT
He purchases an insane amount of condiments. Like why do you need 10 types of hot sauce? A quick scroll and I thought you said he buys an insane amount of condoms. 😂
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Post by ChicagoKTS on Mar 25, 2022 22:37:49 GMT
My husband can't break his routine or move any faster than the speed at which he feels things must be done. Like, if he wakes up an hour late, we will now be an hour late, because he can't do anything faster than normal. He still needs to stretch, and shower, and air dry while listening to the radio, and sit down to eat, and lotion his feet, and then let that absorb naturally before putting on his socks. It makes me crazy. If I wake up late, I can be ready and out of the house in under 5 minutes (and that usually involves getting the kids ready too!) I, myself, have so many annoying habits, I wouldn't know where to begin. It sounds like we are married to the same guy! Absolutely nothing makes him kick it up a notch. He has no sense of urgency.
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Post by papersilly on Mar 25, 2022 22:51:14 GMT
I have a large placemat right where he pours his cereal into a bowl. It's to catch all the bits that miss the bowl so the counter isn't a mess. He can shake off the mat in the sink which is only inches away. Every morning I see cereal bits all around the mat. Grrrrrr....I shudder to think what his toilet looks like. LoL. Thank God we have separate bathrooms.
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Post by birdy on Mar 25, 2022 22:59:19 GMT
Where to start...
I'd guess the MOST annoying would be
-he leaves piles of stuff (mostly paperwork) all over the place... kitchen counter, family room table, on top of his toilet, on the steps to the main level...The other day I went around and picked up all his piles- there were 6 and threw them into a tub for him to deal with
-the noises and snoring during sleep (he can't help that I know, but it makes me crazy when I can't fall asleep because of it!)
-the amount of time he spends in the bathroom 3x a day... Dude, no one has to go that much and that long. He's usually playing on his phone.
-chewing his food (he doesn't actually do it obnoxiously but the chewing noise drives me crazy still)
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Post by peabay on Mar 25, 2022 23:18:05 GMT
After he eats a snack (say, a granola bar or something wrapped), he will tie up the empty wrapper into a neat little knot and just leave it on a table, in my car, etc. that would make me insane
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 26, 2022 0:07:11 GMT
Many annoying habits. If I list them it will remind me and make me want to go crazy.
One is constant foot and leg shaking while seated. I mean constant. That one by itself is enough believe me. But there are many more. I actually feel bad for him that he annoys me so much.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 26, 2022 0:09:27 GMT
After he eats a snack (say, a granola bar or something wrapped), he will tie up the empty wrapper into a neat little knot and just leave it on a table, in my car, etc. My mama does that! Such a weird little habit.
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Post by shanniebananie on Mar 26, 2022 0:22:42 GMT
Watching reels, TikTok, videos at full blast while I am trying to read or watch tv. It is so rude! It makes my skin crawl.
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Post by shanniebananie on Mar 26, 2022 0:25:38 GMT
I thought of another one - if we are having company, instead of helping clean the main areas, he will clean the garage or his closet or somewhere the guests will never see. Do frustrating!
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Post by gorgeouskid on Mar 26, 2022 0:32:04 GMT
My husband talks through the cats, in particular one. The voice he assumes for this particular cat has a speech impediment. This drives me NUTS. (It's cute in general, save the speech impediment.)
I am constantly telling him that Skippy has had years of speech therapy and wouldn't be talking like that.
We're weird.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 0:36:08 GMT
I used to chuckle at the little, different things DH would do. I'd chuckle at his specific NJ/Brooklyn, adorable accent and tell him that I could see him being a voice actor for kids' cartoons! I'd remind him not to eat while sitting on the couch vs. the dinner table (he made unbelievable crumbs and a mess wherever he went!). He created much more dishes/pots/pans to wash. I could go on and on, but none of that compares to the true love and magical relationship we had, and I miss him every single darned day (4 months tomorrow).
If you could chuckle at the annoying habits, it's a good thing!
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Post by twistedscissors on Mar 26, 2022 0:43:34 GMT
When he rinses a dish to put in dishwasher he doesn’t rinse the sink so whatever was on the plate is left in the sink. He eats so SLOW! I’ve usually eaten, put away leftovers and done all the dishes before he’s done eating.
He never puts his keys, wallet etc in the same place so he’s constantly looking for something. He has three cars and can never find keys for the one he wants to drive.
When he gets ready for work at 4 am, it’s like he’s never done it before. He gets up goes to bathroom, comes back in bedroom, gets underwear, back to bathroom. Few minutes he comes back to get socks, back to bathroom. Then he’ll go to closet and get shirt, back to bathroom. Back to closet to get pants, back to bathroom. Shuts door every time he goes in bathroom and turns on light. Turns off light before he opens door but dang get everything in one trip dude. 🙄
Watches Tik tok loudly while I’m watching tv.
He leaves bedroom/bathroom doors half open so when I get up in the middle of the night in the dark to go pee I tear my elbow half off on the doorknob cause he didn’t push the door all the way open.
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Post by FurryP on Mar 26, 2022 1:02:16 GMT
Starting to tell me about an event or story and then taking a long pause right in the middel!! ETA: Toilet paper over or under does not bother him. Guess which one wins out most of the time when he puts it on?
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