What drives you up the wall?

[Sabine]

My other half doesn''t, but my mom certainly does!

In regards to how to parent my son, she tells me what to do all the time and it literally makes me lose it!

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 11/8/2009 6:11:06 PM
Author: Kaleigh
My husband is the worst driver on the planet. I mean it. If he gets a ticket, I thank the officer.

Mine too! I was reading this thread and thought "my hubby is wonderful" but then I read you post Kaleigh and thought, yes, that that!!!
I swear he thinks he is in the Indy 500 ugh!!! I think that is why I drive more often!

Mara, my hubby also does all the home projects, kitchen remodel, putting in new breaks, wiring outdoor speakers, etc. The only thing I don't like is when I get sucked into doing it too

We painted for 4 days over Labor day because he thought it would be fun for us, not! Thank goodness that is over!


MTG, oh no!!! That is awful; I laughed hard reading that.

 

[doodle]

My husband is a one-man-band in the car. Now I know some guys mime air guitar or bang the percussion on the steering wheel or whatever, but he plays every instrument. Short drives, no problem. When we have to drive 7 hours two days in a row every other weekend to pick up his son at his mother''s, and he''s doing this the whole drive? Makes me insane. He put some classical music on once when we were on this long drive, and I fell asleep--NO JOKE, I woke to the man miming playing an oboe. He also almost drove us off the road once during a rousing trombone solo.

 

[zoebartlett]

Ooh, I thought of another one! My husband and I always have the same conversation about wanting to only keep what we need and get rid of what we don''t. The problem is that he never follows through with this. Whenever I ask him about a pile of stuff he has to go through, I always get the same response: "I''ll take care of it." Okaaayyyy, when? Seriously. I started telling him that if he hasn''t gone through his stuff (a box, a pile of papers, etc.) by X date, he can look for it in the trash. That makes him upset.

 

[somethingshiny]

DH has a tendency of leaving everything 3 feet from where it actually belongs.

I''ve wondered how much of my day I spend moving things 3 feet to their proper homes.

 

[Mara]

lol Skippy, Greg always says 'well would you rather have me productive yet complaining OR someone who slugs around on the couch, doing nothing in the house??'...when he puts it THAT way i am super grateful. complain away!

 

[lilyfoot]

Date: 11/9/2009 2:04:14 PM
Author: HollyS
Um, okay. After reviewing some of these everyday habits you folks put up with. . . and you STILL love your them

. . . I really don''t need to complain about anything. I''m good.

I completely agree. I''ve got nothing that comes anywhere close to these other stories. My BF is extremely easy to get along, and live with.

 

[Kelli]

Date: 11/8/2009 9:15:09 PM
Author: MakingTheGrade
Warning: possible TMI/Gross out, read on at own risk.



Mine has an amazing ability to pass gas at the most annoying moments, and often RIGHT UP MY NOSE. Seriously, once we were..um..amorously engaged in a popular numerical activity, and I got one straight up the nostrils.

He also often does it when I''m laying in his lap while we watch TV.

HAHAHA!! That''s freaking hilarious!

Luckily my other half does not do this, but I have one thing that drives me absolutely, violently INSANE and that is audible gum chewing! Seriously, I wish it were illegal. It is SO distracting to hear that GOD AWFUL sound over and over and over again, and some people seem to just WANT to make disgusting noises. I HATE IT!!!! And yet, somehow I am able to chew gum with my mouth closed. So are my fiance and my good friends. I literally hate it SO much that I won''t spend time with people who smack and chomp in my ears. Just won''t. Ok rant over.

Otherwise, I''m somewhat normal. Although, it does apply to food as well. If I can hear you chewing, it''s gross!

 

[4ever]

BF is the driving police. He gets mad and rants whenever anyone is driving wrong about how they should be arested/ fined or what he would like to do to them (the kind of yelling depends on how close the offence occured to his car).

He also likes to scare me and give me a fright.....alot. I am very jumpy person, sudden movments and loud noises make me jump and squeel, even when I know they are coming but not exactly when. BF this this is hallerious and takes advantage.

 

[everlong_x]

He is WAAAAY to enthusiastic when football is on TV.

He''ll clap really loudly or yell and cheer. Most of the times, I''m distracted so when he does these things, they scare the CRAP out of me! I''ve told him to calm down, but I don''t think it''ll ever happen. Maybe I just need to be on my guard the entire time...

 

[Callisto]

Date: 11/9/2009 5:36:15 PM
Author: somethingshiny
DH has a tendency of leaving everything 3 feet from where it actually belongs.


I''ve wondered how much of my day I spend moving things 3 feet to their proper homes.

Bahaha hilarious.


My SO is pretty good for the most part. Although he does have a tendency to hoard dishes in our room. It doesn''t help that our bedroom is right off the kitchen so he just grabs food and takes it back to his desk and then leaves his dishes in there. I feel like I need to leave a whole corner of the dishwasher for things I will find in our room right before I run it.

Oh and just that he does everything in his power to push my buttons, but I''m sure that''s not unique to just him haha. I think its a male thing. "Oh you think that''s annoying... ok I''ll just do it three more times before I stop." haha crazy kid

 

[vc10um]

I can only think of three, and they''re all pretty minor compared to what some of you ladies have to deal with...

First is that "pile of stuff" people have already mentioned...the receipts, scrap papers, change, etc, that gets piled up on the nightstand every night when he empties his pockets. Drives me nuts.

Second is that he''s a HORRIBLE backseat driver sometimes. I''m usually the driver with us because we usually take my car. It gets better gas mileage and we can both drive it (his is a manual that I don''t know how to drive...). I nearly smacked him the other day because he was like "honey, that''s a red light"...apparently I didn''t slow down soon enough for him or something...and I ended up not needing to really hit the brakes at all because the light turned green and the cars started moving before we even got there...

Third is his pronunciation of some words. The one that gets me the most is "tastes". Instead of saying it like the rest of the world, his comes out "taste-is" and it drives me batty.

Okay...end vent.