Be honest..is there anything about dh/so that drives you nuts?

Zed58 · December 2010

I'll start!

My h, says 'seen' for anything he has witnessed in the past tense. Never 'saw'..always 'seen'. It drives me nuts!! for example:

Me: Oh my gosh you should read this article I just read in the paper about whatever.

DH: Yeah. I seen that on the news last night.

OR

DH: I seen that the neighbors cleaned the snow of the pond so the kids go skating.

OR

DH: You should watch this movie I just seen.

SAW! Damn it! The word you are looking for is SAW!!'

Drives me nuts!

Also, dh is a gum smacker. When he chews his gum, he does so with his mouth open. It drives me bonkers and grosses me out.

AND. Dh kisses his moms @ss like no grown man I have ever seen before. Granted, his mom is a bit of a Bitter Betty....okay, okay, she's a LOT of a Bitter Better so everyone walks on eggshells around her so as to not upset the sleeping beast within. It just drives me nuts that rather then speaking up, he lets her say and do anything, and then he b!tches to me about it.

*Obviously none of these things are deal breakers in our relationship. It's been the same way for going on 12 years so for the most part I don't even notice much of it anymore. However, these days I'm awfully irritable and easily annoyed PLUS dh's parents are here visiting, so all of these things are blaring in my face and making me crazy right now!!!

cherylanddoug · December 2010

He repeats himself.

For Instance: He will ask me the same question three times in one day.

Another Example: After I tell him I am hungry, he'll say I know you're hungry babe 15 million times until we finally eat.

His dad does this too.

It makes me want to kick him in the nuts some days.

I finally started to tell him he does that and that it makes him seem unintelligent.

mommy411 · December 2010

Oh this is a great post because I am about to kill mine.

He says to me"Oh whats for dinner?

me "whatever you want. There is ham in the fridge or Lasagna I just made today,Oh and a casserole."

He says"Oh do I have to get it myself?"

Me "Umm sure. Get what you want.You have two hands.I am getting mine and DD's "

DH " Oh great! I am on my own!"

UMMMMM REALLY! You lazy asshhoollllleeee

WormandElizabeth · December 2010

DH interrupts me all the time and I hate it! Sometimes he will interrupt just to say the same exact thing I am telling him or ask a question that if he just let me finish I would have answered. It makes me feel like he doesn't care what I think, even though I know that's not true.

Also, I get super annoyed when he leaves dishes in the sink. I understand if there are clean dishes in the washer and it needs to be emptied first. But, when they dishes are already dirty it would only take 5 seconds to rinse it and put it in the dishwasher! Grrrr!

damabo80 · December 2010

His paper fetish. He has about 3 boxes of random papers (old mail, receipts, notes, junk) that he has by his bed, cluttering up the bedroom. He likes his "papers where he can see them".

I wouldn't mind it if he actually went through the papers and used them, but he hasn't for years. Instead the paper pile just keeps growing and growing to epic proportions. It makes our bedroom look like a messy, messy office.

Zed, my DH is the same way about his sister. She has emotional outbursts similar to a teenager (she's 34), and he totally caters to those. Thank God I only have to witness it once a year.

Brady1* · December 2010

My DH eats his fingers. DRIVES ME CRAZY! It's gone way past biting his finger nails, those are so short now he can't get to them, now he gnaws at the skin around them. It's like a tick. I say stop eating your hands. I hate when people put their hands in/near their mouth. Grosses me out. I've tried everything to get him to stop even that nasty tasting stuff but nothing works.

ETA: He also NEVER puts anything in the dishwasher ever! And if I have just cleaned the kitchen he HAS to come in and mess it up. It's like he can't focus on anything else except getting in the kitchen and making a mess.

MCH77 · December 2010

Oh this could be a good vent...

He had NO short term memory. I will tell him plans or ask him to do something and he forgets (and it isn't just me). But he has a crazy good long term memory, so we will be talking about someone and he says "Oh I haven't seen him since March 2003". Really you can't remember to pick up milk, but you remember March 2003?!

And he will talk to me while he is on the computer. Don't get me wrong, if it is something passing/quick, you don't need to take your eyes off the computer. But if we are "talking" look at me.

MCH77 · December 2010

WormandElizabeth:

DH interrupts me all the time and I hate it! Sometimes he will interrupt just to say the same exact thing I am telling him or ask a question that if he just let me finish I would have answered. It makes me feel like he doesn't care what I think, even though I know that's not true.

DH will do this sometimes... oh so annoying.

spincat9 · December 2010

I feel like I have it pretty darned good with my DH - very very little bugs me about him...but no one is perfect of course.

DH chews fast and loud (drives his sister batty, and once she pointed it out, I have to try not to focus on it because it grosses me out now too...). And he flosses in a way that is loud. I can hear him flicking his floss all the way downstairs, and I have to wonder where on the bathroom walls/ceiling I am going to find his discarded food particles... Ugh.

But if that's the worst he does, like I said, I'm doing well!

Thanks, you may have just saved me marital counseling down the road.... lol

littlebubba07 · December 2010

Zed... My DH does the "seen" thing too!!! He says that "saw" sounds wrong. Aarrgghh! I laughed when I saw (notice saw) that in your post. Definitely a pet peeve of mine.

kbel424 · December 2010

My H forgets that he has a (pregnant) wife when his mother is visiting. I'm about to kill him. The other day we were out to breakfast (after waiting an hour and a half for her to take a bath and do her hair..that alone made me aggravated because I need to eat! LOL) and when we were leaving the restaurant, he helps his mom out of the booth and walks out door with her, leaving me sitting there. Not that I'm so huge I can't get up without assistance, but a helping hand would have been nice after he helped his mom up! Nope, they left me there. The people in the booths around us looked at him like he was an a-hole. One of MANY examples.... He's wonderful when she is not visiting!!!

olivia_eve · December 2010

Ha, I love this post.

I cannot stand how my DH rinses after brushing his teeth. It's involved, there are noises, I can't even really think about it too much right now without getting a little nauseous. Our new house has a double vanity, and everyone thinks it's so great, but I don't like it because I am sometimes subjected to his rinsing.

The other thing involves laundry. If there's a lot to be done, he'll look at it and say, "Whoa, you REALLY have to do laundry today." Ummm... the laundry room is right down the hall, if you've run out of shirts, feel free to put in a load.

Gummybear · December 2010

My husband is tall (6'3") and I am short (5'3").

I like my sheets perfect and tucked tightly all around me. I don't move much so I can literally fold back the linens, get in bed, sleep, and wake up the next day and fold them back and the bed will look tidy.

DH uses his daddy long legs to "kick" the sheet out of the bottom of the bed, pulls it up (so his feet can "breathe") and wrap them around him/us. I feel like I am being strangled and I cannot. sleep. at. all. There have been many a night where I have jumped out of bed in a fit or rage at 2 AM, ripped all the covers off, and remade and tucked the bed right on top of him.

If we get divorced, it will be because of the sheets.

shaysmom05 · December 2010

This post is GREAT!

There's only a few things DH does that drives me up the walls. The first thing is that his self esteem is EXTREMELY low. I try to encourage him and do give him praise when he's done things for me. (laundry, dishes, handling DD on his own when I'm sick) However, when something goes wrong, or it's not quite right, he beats himself up horribly. To the point of calling himself a useless POS or I've even seen him hit himself or kicking things over. I always tell him that having minor faults is what makes me love him, but I think he has left over issues from his childhood. (His mom left him to his dad, then his dad pretty much moved on and discarded him.)

The other thing is that he stays up really late playing his stupid video games. lol That's the minor issue out of them all though.

vflipo · December 2010

DH doesn't do too many things that drive me crazy... but he does tend to treat me like one of his employees or a customer if he's been at work for too long/too many days in a row. For example, he'll as me something 3 times in 3 different ways just to make sure my answer is really "no." When I point it out to him, he says "well I just wanted to make sure you had all the information before making your decision. I don't care either way." Um, thanks but you're not selling me something, I'm your wife.

Also, he continues to give options after I've made a decision. An example is trying to decide what to have for dinner. "What do you want to eat darling?" Me: "How about [insert food here]" Him: "Okay! What about [insert another food item] or [yet another choice]" Me: "Do you not like the idea of having what I already picked? You could just say that... and then throw out what you want..." Him: "Oh no, I'm perfectly okay with what you already chose..."

Drives. Me. Nuts.

lindsay.lou · December 2010

My DH is terrible at arguing. He argues like a 2 year old.

He interrupts. He talks over you. He'll repeat "NO, NO, NO" and laugh at stuff I say. When I ask him to please let me finish before responding, he'll roll his eyes or stare at the ceiling and tap his foot while I'm talking.And then he'll end it by saying "You're out of control, I can't even talk to you" ...and laugh and walk away.

magdalina.h · December 2010

his snoring.

AGFaso · December 2010

He takes nothing I say seriously. It's like he just can't. He pretends to listen and then goes about his business (sometimes doing the very thing I was trying to talk to him about). It makes me nervous about our future

Galena99 · December 2010

Gummybear:

My husband is tall (6'3") and I am short (5'3").

I like my sheets perfect and tucked tightly all around me. I don't move much so I can literally fold back the linens, get in bed, sleep, and wake up the next day and fold them back and the bed will look tidy.

DH uses his daddy long legs to "kick" the sheet out of the bottom of the bed, pulls it up (so his feet can "breathe") and wrap them around him/us. I feel like I am being strangled and I cannot. sleep. at. all. There have been many a night where Ied out of bed in a fit or rage at 2 AM, ripped all the covers off, and remade and tucked the bed right on top of him.

If we get divorced, it will be because of the sheets.

That's hysterical! This is the opposite of DH and I. I hate how he pulls the covers totally off the bed to get in. This almost always happens when I'm already in bed trying to get warm and he exposes me to the cold. Just get in the friggin bed!

He is also married to his phone. DS calls him "Daddy Blackberry" sometimes because he's always responding to each e-mail as it comes in. I try to do the whole "no phone during dinner" rule, but he usually ignores me because it's important for work and he has people out there waiting for his immediate response. When I ask a question when he's on his phone, he ignores me/DS because he's so engrossed in what he's doing and that REALLY pisses me off.

One day I am going to throw it in the fireplace.

Mrs.EmmaLouise · December 2010

magdalina.h:
his snoring.

This. After reading all of these posts I'm starting to think I'm probably the annoying one in our relationship, lol.

Ernie52408 · December 2010

This may be good therapy and save a few husbands from their pregnant wives.

DH constantly has to be fidgeting, or moving, or making some sort of repetitive noise that makes me climb the walls. He has broken so many remote backs because he watches TV and constantly fiddles with the battery cover.

He is incapable of picking up after himself. He'll set something down and that is where it will lay forever. But God forbid if I try to move it and actually put it away. We currently have 3 sweatshirts from XMas sitting in the middle of our couch. How hard is it to hang them in the closet!?! Or let me hang them in the closet?!?

Ugh. And his snoring. It's not even a normal snore, a normal constant snore I can deal with. No, he makes the weirdest noises... in my ear.

hwsgigles8 · December 2010

Seriously great post! Made me laugh!

DH leaves dishes in the sink. We don't have a dishwasher, so the least he could do is rinse it off or soak them in some water(or best option-WASH IT yourself). But no, he'll leave a bowl with sauce, dressing, etc sitting there! Then when I go to wash dishes I find myself pissed as hell at him. Gotta love them!

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