Those little annoying traits of the other half
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JakeT said:
Every girl I've dated has always slammed car doors so hard the entire car rocks from it. Can't open a jar but can burst eardrums with a door...
Yep. Also slapping the indicators with the palm of her hand, hauling on the handbrake so hard she almost head buts the side window, prodding buttons so hard they almost disappear into the dash, closing the air vents on her side (thus creating a gale force draft on mine), changing the climate control temperature on her side (which has no discernible effect and the resultant lack of symmetry irritates me (OCD!)) and leaving the door pockets full of woman-s
t.grrrrr....
Contrary to some earlier posts, my OH is often too tidy. E.g. I may be cooking a meal; I put a spoon or knife down to do some other part, turn back to get it a minute later to discover she has washed it up and put it away in a drawer.
Numerous cups of tea have been spoiled by tea leaves after she attacks the tea-bag with the end of the spoon before squeezing it to death in removing it from the cup.
Numerous cups of tea have been spoiled by tea leaves after she attacks the tea-bag with the end of the spoon before squeezing it to death in removing it from the cup.
Any item with a replenishable energy source is always empty. Be it a car, laptop, phone, tablet or toothbrush.
To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
f1nn said:
She puts rubbish on the work top next to the bin, not in the bin, next to it.
She doesn't rinse bowls of weetabix, leaves them next to the washing up bowl or dishwasher to set like cement.
Yup these. She's never finished a bowl of cereal and always leaves them lying around in the kitchen sometimes alongside the half drunk mug of tea she's incapable of drinking before work.She doesn't rinse bowls of weetabix, leaves them next to the washing up bowl or dishwasher to set like cement.
Also:
- Piles up tea bags in the little dish until they're spilling off it all over the worktop even though the food waste bin is within about 2ft.
- Puts all the plastic bottles and cardboard toilet roll waste into the waste bin in the bathroom with all the other real manky waste. So i have to fish them out again to be recycled.
- Will be ready to go see her friends/parents an hour early but anything my side will take her forever so we're later and she's pissed off about being rushed.
There's a few to be honest though most just relate to being a bit lazy and a bit messy/untidy. Could be worse.
Jasandjules said:
surveyor said:
Your doing it wrong. Tell her 6.45...
Mine has cottoned on to my tactics... So now we are still late....The concept of air con in the car is beyond her. I swear that when she's on her own in the car she just presses everything until she hears a noise, not so long ago I got in on a hot day and saw that things seemed to be in order, a little while later it seemed not to making any difference, the fan was on full and every vent was shut. 28C one side and 17C the other is not unusual either.
2 tea bags to make a mug of tea, no she doesn't like to be able to stand the spoon up in it, just saves 5 or so seconds of her valuable time. I have (temporarily at least) won on this one as I now refuse to buy tea bags.
The fact that most women have no mechanical awareness, let alone sympathy, shines out like a beacon in this thread.
Slamming car doors, viciously stabbing buttons, wrenching the handbrake, it's all too common.
My ex (separated, soon to be divorced) used to do many of these things but these annoyed me the most...
Slamming car doors, viciously stabbing buttons, wrenching the handbrake, it's all too common.
My ex (separated, soon to be divorced) used to do many of these things but these annoyed me the most...
- Throwing her mobile down, though it was usually on something soft. I was always taught to treat electronics with respect.
- Winding car heating up to full chat, despite being told that the engine had to warm up.
- Bringing, or telling me about, things that needed fixing because she'd been impatient/clumsy. Plastic isn't the best of structural materials.
- Overloading the washing machine and dishwasher, then complaining when the results were poor.
Another belter is a driving based trait. Generally she's a good driver....however
Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
lord trumpton said:
Another belter is a driving based trait. Generally she's a good driver....however
Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
Fast lane ???? Surely you mean lane 3 on a motorway,Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
Mrs Muttleysnoop said:
lord trumpton said:
Another belter is a driving based trait. Generally she's a good driver....however
Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
Fast lane ???? Surely you mean lane 3 on a motorway,Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
surveyor said:
Ekona said:
I tell her we're leaving at 7pm. I've worked this out exactly so we won't be late. She knows this. When I call her at 6:58pm to ask her if she's ready she says yes, I then grab the keys and am just about ready to go when she then dives into the toilet for a p*ss before we leave. We then end up leaving at 7:10pm and she wonders why I drive fast to make up time.
Every. Single. F*cking. Time!
Your doing it wrong. Tell her 6.45...Every. Single. F*cking. Time!
You are .....
Hopefully you never do a survey on my property.
Einion Yrth said:
Mrs Muttleysnoop said:
lord trumpton said:
Another belter is a driving based trait. Generally she's a good driver....however
Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
Fast lane ???? Surely you mean lane 3 on a motorway,Say she's in the middle lane on the motorway and is wanting to move to the fast lane to overtake she will have her hand perched on the indicator stalk and look in the side mirror until it is safe. THEN she will put the indicator on and pull out.
I often tell her its best to check and then put on the indicator as its likely someone will allow her to pull out or at least be aware of her intentions. She thinks thats wrong though.
So a two lane motorway the outside lane would be lane 2.
Rickyy said:
Any item with a replenishable energy source is always empty. Be it a car, laptop, phone, tablet or toothbrush.
To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
Jesus. So in a worse case scenario then surely a hypothetical female could be literally impossible to live with?. I don't mean hard to live with, I mean impossible, if they can't stick to a routine its unlikely in today's world that they can 'function' in any real sense? I've never been that unlucky but it must be purgatory fit some.......To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
The mentalist that used to live next door to me used to slam her double-glazed kitchen door all the time, drove me up the wall, you could hear/feel the whole house shake as she gradually tried to dislodge the whole UPVC unit from its fixing.
We recently had ours replaced with similar. What does the wife do? Yep, joins club door slam! This think is precision engineered to close in total silence if you can be bothered just to use the handle.
I took her to task about it today, before seeing this thread. She gave it the big eye-roll as I stood in the rain and gave her a lesson in door closure etiquette!
We recently had ours replaced with similar. What does the wife do? Yep, joins club door slam! This think is precision engineered to close in total silence if you can be bothered just to use the handle.
I took her to task about it today, before seeing this thread. She gave it the big eye-roll as I stood in the rain and gave her a lesson in door closure etiquette!
markcoznottz said:
Rickyy said:
Any item with a replenishable energy source is always empty. Be it a car, laptop, phone, tablet or toothbrush.
To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
Jesus. So in a worse case scenario then surely a hypothetical female could be literally impossible to live with?. I don't mean hard to live with, I mean impossible, if they can't stick to a routine its unlikely in today's world that they can 'function' in any real sense? I've never been that unlucky but it must be purgatory fit some.......To make it worse, she then moves the chargers for said electrical items, forgets where they are, then swears blind she hasn't touched them.
Starts several loads of washing, but never completes them. So the washing machine, tumble dryer, washing line and baskets are full of clothes in various stages of the laundry cycle!
Half of her clothes are in the wardrobe, the other half appear to be in the car.
But, I'm sure she could write a much bigger list of my annoying traits!
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