Things DH just can't seem to do

Mamamonzo · November 2013

We all have awesome hubby's (they've been putting up with our cranky asses since August!!). But there are just some things they can't do right now matter how many times you repeat yourself.... Let em rip!

Why can't DH ever wipe off the top of the squeeze jelly? He leaves a sticky glob and then I stick my thumb in it every. Time.

Edit: I didn't mean to exclude SO!!

cgoldian · November 2013

He can't load the dishwasher in an efficient manner! Just throws stuff in there and I am always reloading to get more stuff to fit! Drives me nuts.

JamiesWife2010 · November 2013

My DH doesn't close cabinet doors. Such a little thing annoys the crap outta me.

klgallup · November 2013

DH never puts the toilet paper on the dispenser. It is always on the floor or the tub. And the empty roll tub never makes it to the trash.

Rrrrrachel · November 2013

Leaves the lid off the toothpaste and then it dribbles on the counter.

edoliesmom · November 2013

I hope I don't sound unappreciative of my husband, but I'm just gonna rattle off EVERYthing.

He doesn't rinse/scrub the dishes off before he puts them in the dishwasher, so half of them come out dirty. What's the point of putting them in there?

Mine also doesn't close cabinet doors, @JamiesWife2010! It doesn't get under my skin too bad though.

The thing he does the most that drives me crazy is he will leave some article of trash on the counter right above the trash can or he'll only have to walk a couple steps to throw it in there, but he doesn't. He just leaves it on the counter/table when it's just RIGHT THERE!

But I love him anyway I guess. :P

janice9821 · November 2013

cgoldian said:

He can't load the dishwasher in an efficient manner! Just throws stuff in there and I am always reloading to get more stuff to fit! Drives me nuts.

This...

klgallup said:

DH never puts the toilet paper on the dispenser. It is always on the floor or the tub. And the empty roll tub never makes it to the trash.

and this.

Also, he is terrible at putting his dirty clothes in the hamper. He leaves them on the floor, draped over furniture, or pretty much anywhere except the hamper. C'mon, guy!

Rachel71189 · November 2013

Litter box. Everyday not every other!

fourthnlast · November 2013

My DH has no concept of time. We have to leave for church at 9:45, at 9:20 his ass was still in bed. I'm so pissed right now, it's almost time to go, we're all ready and he's still getting ready. I should leave him, but then I would have to wrangle three kids by myself and I'm not in the mood for that today.

WifeofaComposer · November 2013

I love my DH more than anything, but I can't stand it when he seemingly forgets to brush his teeth before bed - I cringe when he wants to kiss my nice clean mouth with his dirty mouth.

Also, he doesn't want me dealing with the rabbit hutch because of the germs, yet he'll let it go 4 or 5 days, until it stinks up our whole entryway and our guests are welcomed by the smell of urine and rotting hay. :-&

Asljoc · November 2013

His giant shoes in the middle of the living room floor. I am forever tripping over them.

seannasmommy16 · November 2013

My DH likes to leav his clothes right in front of the laundry basket.. He won't put them in the basket just right next to it. It drives me up the wall!!!

joyfullyfound · November 2013

I feel bad complaining about this, but I will anyways, heh heh. We have a rule that if someone cooks, the other person does the dishes, so for the most part, DH always does the dishes. Which is great, and I appreciate. BUT he NEVER drains the sink!! It's so gross! I always find a sink full of grimy, brown dish water in the morning and then I have to stick my hand in it to drain *shudder*. I remind him about it, but I hate to nag, and it's been like this for 3 years of marriage. Gah.

KelleAlward · November 2013

Lol, I second dirty socks everywhere. Also a half ass effort at cleaning the sink after he shaves. Oh, and if he "straightens up" around the house, you can prettymuch say goodbye to everything he put away for the next few months. Then, months later, you'll be looking through the computer cord pile and be like "this is where my bracelet was, I've been looking for this for months." His idea of straightening house involves shoving things...into places where they can't be seen... Great! Thanks honey for losing a bunch of shit and ruining my thoughtful organization strategies. Funny thing is he's always like, it made sense to put your bracelet in this deep, dark hole because... Then when I point out where things belong he's like "oh, yeah, that makes more sense"

Last thing... He wears an article of clothing that he rarely wears, then puts it back away with the pockets full. Months later we find treasures: DL, earrings... Just empty the pockets before you put it back in the dungeon!

michaelad3 · November 2013

He leaves all the recycling on the counter in a pile instead of taking it out to the garage, which is right off of the kitchen. He leaves dishes in the sink instead of putting them in the dishwasher, and he also cleans the kitchen when I cook, but it might occur days later. Drives me crazy! But I love him. Oh! And like a few other PP, he also stays in bed way too late on Sunday morning, and I have to make multiple attempts to wake him up to get to church on time!

mrscrcalli · November 2013

Toilet seat down! I go pee 100000 times a day and night at night I keep my eyes closed so I'm always falling in!!

hordol · November 2013

Haha I probably have more annoying qualities than DH when it comes to cleaning...especially lately. Pregnancy has basically made me the laziest person to live with. DH has been great and pretty much anything that gets done is because he does it. That said...we have been basically living in a dump because neither of us feel like doing much. Oh how I can't wait to start getting my cleaning drive back!

One thing DH does that grosses me out is that I have to nag him to brush his teeth before bed. I feel like I'm taking care of a 4-year old when it comes to that. Also, he hasn't put his clothes away in about 5 months. Not even kidding. We do our own laundry and I'm not perfect at putting mine away, but I think my record was 2 weeks without putting the clean clothes away. DH has been harboring clean laundry in ALL of our baskets since probably June or July.

MissWhis · November 2013

I'm pretty sure I have many more lazy and annoying habits than my husband does, and he pretty much does most of the cleaning and picking up, so I can't complain there, but holy smokes could the man try to fart just a LITTLE quieter?? Jeez Louise.

sloger · November 2013

All of these! Gahhhh but the thing that annoys me the most is we will be sitting watching tv for awhile and I will get up to get myself a snack and then when I sit back down he says "can you get me a snack?" Like....SERIOUSLY!?!?!

Dr Quarters · November 2013

Like others it the toilet paper. He will put it on top of the dispenser but will not take the old roll off and replace it. I just roll my eyes now.

angelaluisa · November 2013

Mine can't seem to get his clothes into drawers or the hamper. The most annoying one to me is that he keeps his pjs out on the bed after he takes them off. I even made it easier for him and said he can put them behind a pillow just so they're out of my sight. Nope. Still can't seem to do that either.

SeattleMomma · November 2013

He never puts the toilet seat down.

edoliesmom · November 2013

@Jellysparkles Yes! Not rinsing out the sink after shaving. I forgot about this one. Thank you for reminding me. I complained to him about it when we got home a few minutes ago.

zoopsiedaisy · November 2013

Short and sweet...
Garbage on the counter next to the garbage can whether its full or empty.
Won't take the garbage out when its full, just piles it up on the counters all over the kitchen.
Throws clean dry clothes on the bed for days if I let him. He would just push them over on the floor if needed for sleeping.
Spills dry drink mix on the counter and doesn't wipe up the sticky mess that stains the counter.
Doesn't clean the sink after shaving

So not short or sweet and I could keep going but I'm getting embarrassed that I married a frat boy!

MrsL13 · November 2013

I can't stand going out to eat with DD and DH. DH just constantly yells at DD and DD is so bad when DH is there. He is never really home to eat dinner with us so he doesn't know how to react when DD does something she shouldn't or when she wants to talk instead of eat. I never have a problem getting her to eat, eating out or not.

pannk · November 2013

LalaMama81 said:

Huh, I do half the stuff you guys hate and DH gets annoyed. It's more a function of personality than gender. He cleans better and more often than I do.

Me too. He's way more domestic than me.

BiggerinRealLife · November 2013

MissWhis said:
I'm pretty sure I have many more lazy and annoying habits than my husband does, and he pretty much does most of the cleaning and picking up, so I can't complain there, but holy smokes could the man try to fart just a LITTLE quieter?? Jeez Louise.

THIS!!! To a tee!

kseccomb17 · November 2013

Lately he can't put the toilet seat down. I told him if I fall in, he's going to be in deep shit.. he just laughed *sigh*

irisheyez7 · November 2013

Dh takes a shower and throws the wet towel on the bed every flipping morning! Then the sheets get all damp and the towel doesn't dry! Plus he never closes the shower curtain after showering and then by leaving it scrunched to one side the liner gets all moldy and we have to replace it all the time!!!

fiendelle · November 2013

kseccomb17 said:

Lately he can't put the toilet seat down. I told him if I fall in, he's going to be in deep shit.. he just laughed *sigh*

DH does ALL these things and more- but the toilet seat thing is good- years ago he never put it down, and in the middle of the night I fall in- GROSS and disturbing, and wakes you up in the middle of the night...I told him if he does it again, i'm squirting him in the arse with the squirt bottle we used on the cats...a few nights later, this happened and since he's not done it! However- last night he left the lid closed and I sat right on the lid! Time to get the squirt bottle out again...

Alana526 · November 2013

I am getting sick of having to tell my DH we have to be somewhere a half an hour earlier than we really have to be because he is ALWAYS late. He doesn't understand that we are on other people's time. He works hard so I am an advocate for having time to decompress but jeez! He will start a freakin video game or be on the computer 5 minutes before we have to leave. I might "accidentally" step on his xbox game.

Phew, that felt good.

JamiesWife2010 · November 2013

Ugh, DH "reminded" of another thing. The man never puts the kitchen sink sprayer back in place. Its always hanging across the damn sink.

I don't know if he'll be alive come April!

Bees Everywhere · November 2013

The rare times that DH cleans he lets me know over and over "I cleaned SOO much, I worked SOO hard." Ok you put the dishes away and took out the trash. Are the counters wiped? Nope. Is the floor vacuumed let alone mopped? Nope. But he thinks he should get a parade for doing what I do in a normal day.

Also, ditto to socks all over the house, olympian inefficient dishwashing machine loader (silver medal 2012), and putting dishes away so caked with food they come out with food cement all over everything. The list goes on and on.

OH and maybe the worst- "borrowing" things like my phone charger and not putting it back so when I go to charge my phone I have to hunt the whole house for it.

J&NL · November 2013

Throws clothes next to the hamper and doesn't push in his drawers. Drives me NUTS!!

RocksInTheWater · November 2013

LalaMama81 said:

Huh, I do half the stuff you guys hate and DH gets annoyed. It's more a function of personality than gender. He cleans better and more often than I do.

Huh, I guess many of our SOs have similar personalities. I'm sure our SOs could come on here and do a similar thread about our annoying habits because we all have them.

That being said it is nice to see that I'm not the only one that gets annoyed at little things DH does. Like not fully closing the cabinet door where the garbage is stored which leads to the dog getting into the trash, leaving a trail of items wherever he goes instead of putting them away, throwing his clean and dirty clothes on the bottom of his closet in a huge heap, leaving dishes on the counter right next to the empty dishwasher.

He also does all of the yard work, splits cooking duty, takes care of the dog and takes complete responsibility of the rental house we own. He still comes out on top.

lokimau · November 2013

SLSchuerg said:

The thing he does the most that drives me crazy is he will leave some article of trash on the counter right above the trash can or he'll only have to walk a couple steps to throw it in there, but he doesn't. He just leaves it on the counter/table when it's just RIGHT THERE! But I love him anyway I guess. :P

THIS!!!!!

Jennpjc414 · November 2013

Leaving trash on the counter, not putting shoes/ clothes where they belong.

I guess it could be worse

britndavid · November 2013

*sigh* mine moves so slow when doing something that I need him to hurry and do, like passing me something I can't reach... or my favorite one yet, taking forever to get out of the car and to our front door because he has the keys to unlock it. It frustrates me but I know he doesn't do it on purpose. Poor guy I know he's tired of hearing me nag. =\

reginahcampbell · November 2013

DH forgets all appointments, although I've taken to making my Google Calendar a family calendar and add him to every event we need to go to. But he's also late, to everything. I'm usually ready and still bugging him to get ready to go.

ASasquatch · November 2013

I feel like I'm married to everyone's husband on here. Wet towels on the bed, dresser drawers open, dirty clothes all over the bathroom and hallway, bottles everywhere, cabinets open...
The thing that drives me bat sh*t crazy is that he leaves the microwave door open. I see it and lose my mind.
I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one with a man-child that has to be forced to brush his teeth at night. I thought I was living with this gross creature and mortified by it.

kseccomb17 · November 2013

DH keeps telling me the house is not as clean as he'd like it to be, but then he does nothing to prevent it. He leaves his cereal bowl on the counter and the milk out. He just doesn't put shit away.. and when he does, he's the one who's "always cleaning up everyone else's mess"

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