What does the OH do that really ****es you off?
Discussion
Ari said:
Ok, I've got one. 'Putting things in to soak'.
Only they're not, are they? They're sort of half in, or quarter in, and all jammed in so you have to pull them out dripping wet but 3/4 covered in baked on food. You can't dry them because they're not clean, you can't put them down because they're dripping wet and you can't put them in the sink because it's rammed full with 'things that have been put in to soak'!
I actually took a quick phone snap last night - look at the top one that's been 'put in to soak', it's not even touching the bloody water!
Also, washing up liquid comes with a little cap on it. Tht's because it is not single use! You can save some for the next time you wash up.
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Suds in the sink afterwards for days!
We do have a dishwasher also. A very handy device, you load a few dirty dishes in, then pull out whatever you need a day or two later, wash it by hand, use it and put it back in the machine. After a few days enough collateral has built up to 'send it off', but not till everything in it has been out, washed, used and reloaded at least twice!
What about using washing up bowls? The sink, in its design, is a bowl Only they're not, are they? They're sort of half in, or quarter in, and all jammed in so you have to pull them out dripping wet but 3/4 covered in baked on food. You can't dry them because they're not clean, you can't put them down because they're dripping wet and you can't put them in the sink because it's rammed full with 'things that have been put in to soak'!
I actually took a quick phone snap last night - look at the top one that's been 'put in to soak', it's not even touching the bloody water!
Also, washing up liquid comes with a little cap on it. Tht's because it is not single use! You can save some for the next time you wash up.
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Suds in the sink afterwards for days!
We do have a dishwasher also. A very handy device, you load a few dirty dishes in, then pull out whatever you need a day or two later, wash it by hand, use it and put it back in the machine. After a few days enough collateral has built up to 'send it off', but not till everything in it has been out, washed, used and reloaded at least twice!
I agree on all that though, dirty things go NEXT to the sink so it can be filled then placed in one at a time for washing.
I also have a dishwasher though haha!
My only gripe is her continual moaning that more than one car is a waste of money and they should only ever be driven when you're going somewhere. She nearly explodes when I'm at a track day haha!
I came to realise that moaning at the OH about the things that annoyed me achieved nothing other than damage our relationship.
I decided to take a more proactive approach.
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king annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.
Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
fking annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.
Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
fking annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.
Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
fking annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.
Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
fking annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.
Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
fking annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.
Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap stty supermarket brand crap.
fking annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.
Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
fking annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.
Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
I decided to take a more proactive approach.
f
king annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
f
king annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
f
king annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
f
king annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
f
king annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
f
king annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap s
tty supermarket brand crap.f
king annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
f
king annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
MiseryStreak said:
I came to realise that moaning at the OH about the things that annoyed me achieved nothing other than damage our relationship.
I decided to take a more proactive approach.
fking annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.
Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
fking annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.
Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
fking annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.
Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
fking annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.
Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
fking annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.
Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
fking annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.
Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap stty supermarket brand crap.
fking annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.
Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
fking annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.
Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
I share your pain.I decided to take a more proactive approach.
f
king annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
f
king annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
f
king annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
f
king annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
f
king annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
f
king annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap s
tty supermarket brand crap.f
king annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
f
king annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
My wife also believes she should choose what temperature her own bath is but I know better.
I also know exactly how warm our house should be thus her opinion is irrelevant.
Mine once also spilt some water on the kitchen side and I punished her also. We just cannot have these women being such f
king idiots can we?I love these threads, makes me realise how sane my Mrs is, however I have to agree with a couple:
Conversations when I can't hear her due to background noise, distance, etc and then being adamant that she's told me something. She probably did but I wasn't in the room at the time
Me: Are you ready to go
Her: Yes
Usually at this point it's about another 5 minutes until she's ready, and often because she' suddenly decided to do something that doesn't need doing that instant, like unloading the dishwasher or tidying up the lounge, despite the fact we're already late.
However I strongly suspect that I'm far more annoying than she is and she seems to put up with me
Conversations when I can't hear her due to background noise, distance, etc and then being adamant that she's told me something. She probably did but I wasn't in the room at the time
Me: Are you ready to go
Her: Yes
Usually at this point it's about another 5 minutes until she's ready, and often because she' suddenly decided to do something that doesn't need doing that instant, like unloading the dishwasher or tidying up the lounge, despite the fact we're already late.
However I strongly suspect that I'm far more annoying than she is and she seems to put up with me
blindswelledrat said:
MiseryStreak said:
I came to realise that moaning at the OH about the things that annoyed me achieved nothing other than damage our relationship.
I decided to take a more proactive approach.
fking annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.
Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
fking annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.
Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
fking annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.
Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
fking annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.
Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
fking annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.
Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
fking annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.
Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap stty supermarket brand crap.
fking annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.
Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
fking annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.
Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
I share your pain.I decided to take a more proactive approach.
f
king annoying habit 1: Turning the thermostat up to 22 degrees.Solution: Use all available (six in my case) times on the program so that it resets to 20 degrees every hour in the evening.
f
king annoying habit 2: Leaves stuff everywhere.Solution: Dump it ALL into a large laundry bin type thing you keep in the living room.
f
king annoying habit 3: Never answers her phone when I need to know where she is.Solution: Install/activate Find my Friends on her phone, find out where she is without even having to communicate.
f
king annoying habit 4: Puts the teaspoon onto a screwed up tea towel after making a tea and leaves an inexplicable lake of water around the kettle.Solution: Use tea towel to mop up water, put it in her handbag, which is always nearby, but never near her, strangely.
f
king annoying habit 5: Sticking random unimportant st all over the fridge (like party invitations that were two months ago) so it flaps around or falls off whenever you open it.Solution: Demagnetise the fridge magnets by rubbing them against a powerful magnet.
f
king annoying habit 6: Squeezes toothpaste from the top of the tube.Solution: Have your own toothpaste that keep in your cupboard, you can get the variety you want then too, not that cheap s
tty supermarket brand crap.f
king annoying habit 7: Turning the sound down on a film whenever there is a loud bit so you then can't hear a fking word that's being said.Solution: Buy a soundbar with a smart volume mode - genius.
f
king annoying habit 8: Carries on running the (very hot) bath until it's just about to flow over the top, then gets out.Solution: Realise that she's had a long, hard day looking after the kids and deserves her small respite, that her minor annoying habits pale into insignificance compared with my own and that she's beautiful, intelligent, a fantastic mother, has a great sense of humour and is the best thing that ever happened to me. Then access the boiler settings and turn the hot water temperature down.
My wife also believes she should choose what temperature her own bath is but I know better.
I also know exactly how warm our house should be thus her opinion is irrelevant.
Mine once also spilt some water on the kitchen side and I punished her also. We just cannot have these women being such f
king idiots can we?
I've figured something out. The whole I told you thing, having a chat the other day nothing serious just chit chat.
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When I spot them I call them conversational u-turns.
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When I spot them I call them conversational u-turns.
Mine reads out a long text message or relays some boring information while I'm playing on COD. She gets to the end of the communication and then goes, "you didn't listen to any of that did you?". Er no love, I was busy raging on some 13 year old camping f***tard whilst trying to build up my killstreak again. What's so important that it can't wait until I'm shifting lobbies?
As soon as mine moved in, she took over all washing clothes duties (and ironing).
Previously, I'd wash the clothes every Sunday - so I'd need a minimum of 7 sets of clothes.
Her policy is "when it looks like there's enough", which invariably means "when I have enough to overload the washing machine a couple of times over".
And if I run out of clothes? She buys more.
So when she was away for a month, I was able to wash and iron everything - but putting it all away I realised I didn't have any space in my drawers for them all.
(Although at least I know it doesn't need to be done for another month
)
Oh - and my dirty clothes go in the hamper, but her clothes go /on/ the hamper (whether they're dirty or not - so I might be asked to get her trousers they're "just on the hamper").
Previously, I'd wash the clothes every Sunday - so I'd need a minimum of 7 sets of clothes.
Her policy is "when it looks like there's enough", which invariably means "when I have enough to overload the washing machine a couple of times over".
And if I run out of clothes? She buys more.
So when she was away for a month, I was able to wash and iron everything - but putting it all away I realised I didn't have any space in my drawers for them all.
(Although at least I know it doesn't need to be done for another month
)Oh - and my dirty clothes go in the hamper, but her clothes go /on/ the hamper (whether they're dirty or not - so I might be asked to get her trousers they're "just on the hamper").
tribbles said:
As soon as mine moved in, she took over all washing clothes duties (and ironing).
Previously, I'd wash the clothes every Sunday - so I'd need a minimum of 7 sets of clothes.
Her policy is "when it looks like there's enough", which invariably means "when I have enough to overload the washing machine a couple of times over".
And if I run out of clothes? She buys more.
So when she was away for a month, I was able to wash and iron everything - but putting it all away I realised I didn't have any space in my drawers for them all.
(Although at least I know it doesn't need to be done for another month )
Oh - and my dirty clothes go in the hamper, but her clothes go /on/ the hamper (whether they're dirty or not - so I might be asked to get her trousers they're "just on the hamper").
Try not to let my OH wash my clothes as socks all disappear, boxer shorts disappear into the 'ironing pile' despite not getting ironed & T's etc can get lost for literally weeks until I enquire as to their welfare!Previously, I'd wash the clothes every Sunday - so I'd need a minimum of 7 sets of clothes.
Her policy is "when it looks like there's enough", which invariably means "when I have enough to overload the washing machine a couple of times over".
And if I run out of clothes? She buys more.
So when she was away for a month, I was able to wash and iron everything - but putting it all away I realised I didn't have any space in my drawers for them all.
(Although at least I know it doesn't need to be done for another month
)Oh - and my dirty clothes go in the hamper, but her clothes go /on/ the hamper (whether they're dirty or not - so I might be asked to get her trousers they're "just on the hamper").
Don't even get me started on ironing....
And the best of it - she's f
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