What does the OH do that really ****es you off?

[Sheets Tabuer]

Her very fit friend is over tonight so I let them talk and get pickled and go and on my PC. Mrs then comes up stairs to me..

Mrs: Sarah is funny.
Me: yes I can hear you pair.
Mrs: She pretty isn't she
Me: She's not my cup of tea
Mrs: Do you fancy her
Me: Of course not
Mrs OMG I can tell the way you said it you do, you tosser.

Of course I fecking do you stupid woman, she's 5 foot tall, blond with huge tits and a tiny waist and has a thing about wearing V-necks.

[Rick101]

Ha Ha you missed out on a threesome

[LaurasOtherHalf]

J4CKO said:

blindswelledrat said:

J4CKO said:

Mine came back from a meal telling me how nice it was, and how expensive it was, then I see the transaction of said expense on my bank account, I get called a tight arse for saying anything, I pay all the bills, food, petrol, car stuff etc etc and end up with left about the same as she clears so it isn't like I have a bottomless pit of salary left.

Then she posts a picture of herself in a daft hat on Facebook, then I realise said daft hat cost £35 from my account as well, this was part of her getting me a coat for my birthday, she bought two and took one back that I didnt like, paid for them from my account so this was the refund, told her she can have it for Christmas. Not sure when I will see the money for the coat, if I ask I will get told to stop moaning.

Just easier to say nothing but sometimes you need to stick up for yourself, not hard up for the odd £100 or so but its the principle, if she asked I would probably say yes but I work out what I have spare and then I realise it is less than I thought.

I can sympathise with this entirely. My wife has as much disposable income as me and yet is always doing st like you describe.
And leaving the car every single weekend without a drop of petrol in. I assume she either puts £2 at a time into it, or uses what I put it and then doesn't go anywhere. Or some tax that was supposed to go into savings via her account that never ends up there.
Or the fact that she just uses my iTunes account to buy stuff instead of setting up her own.
Or her 'rule' that any money found in my pockets when she does the washing is hers
Or her telling me that her car needs servicing instead of just getting her car serviced.
The list is fking endless.

She has her own Itunes, I pay for her Iphone each month though (£36), the kids however have all tried to bankrupt me by itunes, phone bills and Xbox live purchses, though we have turned a corner there, by making it clear I am aware, have spotted them email and deducting the cash from them they have got the message not to take the piss and now arrive clutching handfuls of pound coins.

Fuel wise, since leaving home where her dad paid for it, I have always paid for fuel for all of the cars, we have three, eldest is now driving and have managed to get him to cough up a few quid to put some in since he has got a part time job now, she would never in a million years pay for fuel on her own card, my money is for boring necessities, hers is special "taste the difference money" for fun stuff, though to be fair she does buy stuff for the kids quite a lot, clothes and the like so it isn't all one sided

She did buy a takeaway last night, mainly as she couldn't be arsed cooking and she knew I would not entertain it as getting near the end of the month and I have told her not to spend on anything that we don't need,rest of the month, if we eat out or have a takeaway, I pay, I am a sucker for a chicken kebab and she thinks she is doing me a massive favour by granting authorization for me to pay for one ! with five of us it is usually £40 or so, do that once a week it adds up.

I like to manage money well, used to be crap and just spend until I had gone overdrawn, now I dont and budget accordingly, have spent quite a bit on stuff this month but it has to stop before I run out, the basics still need to be paid, shopping bought etc, really, if I dont have the cash, I dont buy anything, used to be terrible.

My word, I sometimes read posts from you pair & think you're a couple of old miso's.

But having read all that, I think you's deserve some slack. Your lives sound fking awful.

[callmedave]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Her very fit friend is over tonight so I let them talk and get pickled and go and on my PC. Mrs then comes up stairs to me..

Mrs: Sarah is funny.
Me: yes I can hear you pair.


Mrs: She pretty isn't she
Me: She's not my cup of tea
Mrs: Do you fancy her
Me: Of course not
Mrs OMG I can tell the way you said it you do, you tosser.

Of course I fecking do you stupid woman, she's 5 foot tall, blond with huge tits and a tiny waist and has a thing about wearing V-necks.

Mines the same, I used to say something like ' no, your the only girl I've got eyes for' but now I've found its better to be honest 'yeah, I'd give her one' or ' nice body, Shame about the face' etc

[Antony Moxey]

callmedave said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

Her very fit friend is over tonight so I let them talk and get pickled and go and on my PC. Mrs then comes up stairs to me..

Mrs: Sarah is funny.
Me: yes I can hear you pair.


Mrs: She pretty isn't she
Me: She's not my cup of tea
Mrs: Do you fancy her
Me: Of course not
Mrs OMG I can tell the way you said it you do, you tosser.

Of course I fecking do you stupid woman, she's 5 foot tall, blond with huge tits and a tiny waist and has a thing about wearing V-necks.

Mines the same, I used to say something like ' no, your the only girl I've got eyes for' but now I've found its better to be honest 'yeah, I'd give her one' or ' nice body, Shame about the face' etc

Haha, yep, no point in trying to deny anything, you're guilty no matter what. 'You only watch Strictly for the girls on there, you tart.' 'Yup, especially Christina and Ola, oh, and don't forget Claudia and Darcy too. Pass the wine, love.'

[HTP99]

callmedave said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

Her very fit friend is over tonight so I let them talk and get pickled and go and on my PC. Mrs then comes up stairs to me..

Mrs: Sarah is funny.
Me: yes I can hear you pair.


Mrs: She pretty isn't she
Me: She's not my cup of tea
Mrs: Do you fancy her
Me: Of course not
Mrs OMG I can tell the way you said it you do, you tosser.

Of course I fecking do you stupid woman, she's 5 foot tall, blond with huge tits and a tiny waist and has a thing about wearing V-necks.

Mines the same, I used to say something like ' no, your the only girl I've got eyes for' but now I've found its better to be honest 'yeah, I'd give her one' or ' nice body, Shame about the face' etc

If I think one of her friends is fit I'm honest and tell her, usually before being asked, same with anyone on the TV too, she knows I look too when we are out, in that respect my wife is great, she has no issue with my wandering eye. A mate of mine had a horribly jealous wife, she would pinch him when an attractive girl was in their vicinity, even when if he hadn't seen her, to make sure he wouldn't look, the funny thing was he wasn't unterested in even looking; he only had eyes for her, she ended up screwing his half brother!

[Scousefella]

HTP99 said:

If I think one of her friends is fit I'm honest and tell her, usually before being asked, same with anyone on the TV too, she knows I look too when we are out, in that respect my wife is great

Same here, we both accept the reality of life - eyes are open and you see attractive and not so attractive people. Comments vary from complimentary to the downright lustful, all in good humour though. Knowing my lifelong desire for Oriental flesh my wife will often point me in the direction of an eyeful of such treats, nice..............

[Don]

Unloads the dishwasher onto the countertop. Puts some of it away. Leaves random items "because they're hard for me to put away"?

So its easy for me?

[dave123456]

burglar drawers.... occasionally effort is made to shut a drawer, however something was in the way so just stays hanging out, but more often than not they are just left wide open.

[Bullett]

Don said:

Unloads the dishwasher onto the countertop. Puts some of it away. Leaves random items "because they're hard for me to put away"?

So its easy for me?

Mine just half unloads the dishwasher. Normally because she starts doing it when late for something else and can't seem to plan that unloading takes 5 minutes and she has -2 minutes. Don't start a job you can't finish. I then go it and have to check if it's half empty or half full.

She also fails to appreciate that if one of my jobs will take 3 hours and I have 2 hours I won't start it because I can't finish it. Normally because it involves getting tools out and preparing as well as putting stuff away afterwards.

She has project management as part of her job.

[Du1point8]

Driving reared its ugly head today.

I have to drive and I need sat nav, yet phone is dying... have driven the route twice in the past 24 hours and this is the third time as at Finnish xmas fair in London.

First off I said I would need her nokia if my phone died and can she program the destination, but stay quiet as I don't want an argument about her phone thinking Im going the wrong way, I need it for 3 turnings so I don't miss them, so to hold it so I can see the phone easily.

Give her my phone to hold and set off.

OH) You want the third left...
Me) What 3rd left, I said can you just hold the phone so I can glance at to see when I need to turn.
OH) You wanted that turning there...
Me) No I dont, Im on a straight road and will be for at least a mile... just hold the phone.

Repeat once more...

Take phone off her and place on the dash.

She takes her phone out to check the route.

Me) Please stay quiet about the route Im looking for the turning and don't need you telling me nokia says this way as I will throw it out of the window.
OH) Ok...

30 seconds later

OH) you going left or straight on.
Me) Im going straight as the sign says no left turn here.
OH) Well my nokia suggests you are going the wrong way and should go left... why are we not going left?
Me) Put the phone down and please be quiet.
OH) But you asked me for directions!!
Me) No... I asked you to hold my phone, but you couldn't keep quiet about the route I was going and thought I should go a different way... then I took that off you, then you use your nokia to question the route home. You asked me why I was going that way and I asked why are you questioning it... then you brought up your bloody nokia knows best routine.
OH) (now shouting) no I didn't, you asked me which way to go.
Me) put that sodding nokia down, its maps suck, it just wanted me to go through a no left turn, for the sake of my sanity, please stay quiet and put the phone down.

5 seconds quiet...

OH) nokia says you should have taken a right there.
Me) Phone... down... now... Otherwise your phone exits the window and you get kicked out the van... I was able to navigate this route twice in the last day, I don't need you to tell me Im doing it incorrectly.

She sulks and won't talk, I get the quiet I need to navigate home.

Every fking time this happens without fail... Every fking time!!

Even more embarrassing when she does it when we are going somewhere with friends, she is arguing the TomTom or Garmin is wrong and we should be going the other way... a few friends refuse to give her a lift now and yet she can't understand why.

[Impasse]

Du1point8 said:

Driving reared its ugly head today.

Some might say your reactions were bordering on abusive behaviour. It certainly made for uncomfortable reading.

[Du1point8]

Impasse said:

Du1point8 said:

Driving reared its ugly head today.

Some might say your reactions were bordering on abusive behaviour. It certainly made for uncomfortable reading.

Could be.. OH has a habit of commenting on everyone elses driving and its not nice when friends are doing me a favour, like taking us to gatwick (trains all out and we were going on a weekend away to rome) and all she can tell the driver using a sat nav is that he is going the wrong way... he should follow what her phone says.

Oh does it to everyone and has caused quite a few arguments... someone doing you a favour on their own time and constantly from the back seat for 90 minutes, why are you going this way.... my nokia says we should do this route... even folks who know the route we are going and taxi drivers, she will try and order them to go a different route even when we are going direct already... all off her bloody nokia maps.

She needs to get off her nokia (3 year old tech) and just keep quiet, yet can't.

Yet she refuses to take the test or change her EU driving licence to a UK one and drive... happy to tell everyone they are going the wrong route, not happy to attempt to drive it herself as she might get lost in london.

[okgo]

If this is how irritating she is about something as trivial as driving, what will happen when you have kids etc?

[Du1point8]

okgo said:

If this is how irritating she is about something as trivial as driving, what will happen when you have kids etc?

It only lasts a few minutes after then she is fine...

I work with her with our business in our spare time and don't tear her head off when we are doing that... like this weekend spending 8 hours a day for the last two days working the crowds together and its amazing fun... she has outbursts now and again with things like this and being tidy... but I wouldn't be here after 8 years if she was the wrong person.

She has her faults and I have mine... we compliment each other and she could say many a thing about me being a grumpy/stubborn tt, etc... but we enjoy each others company despite the mini arguments about silly things. They are just what they are and someone said what pisses you off about the other half... this is mine and I frankly get through it and put it down as a minor thing in the big picture... Im sure it will always annoy me... but I wouldn't break up with her for her lack of ability for tidying and back seat driving...

Bonuses far out weight the odd issue... so Im good.

[creampuff]

R1 Indy said:

Mine, She turned absolutely everything off at the bloody plug!!

Go to make a coffee, check water flick switch, come back in 5 mins, pour kettle, stone cold coffee mess in a cup, then mess in the sink!!!

Make my lunch, sit down on the sofa, TV remote, Arhhhh

It really infuriates me, and no rational reason to do it other than her mother does it!


Does anyone else have this problem?

My mother used to do this. I ended up telling her when she visits, she is not allowed to turn things off at the plug!

[Ari]

dave123456 said:

burglar drawers.... occasionally effort is made to shut a drawer, however something was in the way so just stays hanging out, but more often than not they are just left wide open.

Why?

[dave123456]

Ari said:

dave123456 said:

burglar drawers.... occasionally effort is made to shut a drawer, however something was in the way so just stays hanging out, but more often than not they are just left wide open.

Why?

probably the same reason for most of the other perplexing activities documented within this thread, it's easier than shutting it.

I find it astounding that some women plunder their blokes' bank account etc etc.

if I knew why i'd not have listed it here!

[Asterix]

My OH is a fine woman but a couple of things have resonated having read the rest of the (brilliant ) posts.

Phone, in handbag, on silent. What's the point? I only ever phone if it's something important or time critical. Never answers. She sends me a text while I'm driving, so I don't look at it, she then phones me to tell me she sent a text 5 minutes ago and why haven't I answered.

We go somewhere she's arranged... (bear in mind we're in Dubai so normal directions and satnav is pretty useless with the likelyhood of parking slim)

Me: Where is it?
Her: It's in xxx
Me: do you know exactly where it is?
Her: Yes.
Me: 100% sure?
Her: Yes

Get close to the area...

Her: It's around here somewhere...
Me: I thought you knew exactly where it was.
Her: I do, it's around here somewhere...

Grrrrrrrrrr

[singlecoil]

Asterix said:

Phone, in handbag, on silent. What's the point? I only ever phone if it's something important or time critical. Never answers.

That could be why she doesn't answer. Problems. If she doesn't answer, the problem will probably be dealt with without involving her.