NTTCALR: Hubby quirks

gscoville · December 2014

As I puttered through the bathroom this morning, cleaning up after my hubby as I always do, I once again got to wondering what goes on in his head. Does he think the hand towel magically re-hangs itself on its own every morning, or his shaver just jumps up onto tiny little feet and hops back into the charging cradle after use every day? How can he not notice that SOMEONE does it for him every day? He doesn't even think about it I'm sure, but it makes me chuckle. Running joke in our house is how unobservant he is, he never notices anything, can never find something even if it stares him in the face, and forgets or loses his phone somewhere in the house at least twice a day.

So, what kind of 'hubby quirks' do you deal with that just make you shake your head?

flyoffeve · December 2014

DH defintely does some funny ones around the house. For example, he puts his dirty clothes on top of the hamper. Come on, open it and place clothes inside! It is a part of my routine twice a day to place them inside for him.

But the funny one is while driving. DH and I are both speed demons and feel the need to get around people often. So, when he is passing someone and speeding up by hitting the gas, he will literally bounce in his seat like it helps. So cute that I shake my head and giggle.

Edit: clarify

mflowers929 · December 2014

Lol, at least you're nice enough to clean up after him! MH get's "every man for himself"ed.

It's quite frustrating, but MH has a habit of, huh, how to explain it... he's basically "mean" to those he cares about the most. It's not as bad as it sounds, I promise, just hard to get used to sometimes lol. Like he tells the dog he hates him, but then cuddles with him under the covers in bed. Or he'll tell me he's going out and won't bring me anything, but then brings me home my favorite treat. That sort of thing.

It's kind of funny, because the less he likes you, the nicer he is to you. So if he's all honey and sweetness, he basically hates you lol

renegadewhit · December 2014

@flyoffeve‌ the bouncing sounds hilarious!

MH sets stuff down anywhere and everywhere, then can't find it. I seem to be the finding expert, which had been everywhere from under the sink to inside the fridge. It cracks me up every time!

rmpar29 · December 2014

Hi @gscoville! That sounds very similar to my hubby. Empty cereal boxes that aren't put into the recycling, even used paper plates left on the counter. The one that really irritates me is the clothes... He will take off sweatshirts, tshirts and socks and leave them everywhere! When he does his laundry (we each do our own) he never takes it out of the dryer so when I go to do some I always have to take out his clothes. His clothes are hardly ever folded either. He has an recliner in the basement filled with clothes that he throws there in a big pile.

I do NOT take care of this for him either. I used to, but I have enough laundry to do without worrying about his. It's definitely a sore spot though. I may or may not have thrown clothes purposely on the floor because they were in my way. I also may or may not have done this knowing that the cat would pee on them if left there for days.

gscoville · December 2014

mflowers929 said:

Lol, at least you're nice enough to clean up after him! MH get's "every man for himself"ed.

It's quite frustrating, but MH has a habit of, huh, how to explain it... he's basically "mean" to those he cares about the most. It's not as bad as it sounds, I promise, just hard to get used to sometimes lol. Like he tells the dog he hates him, but then cuddles with him under the covers in bed. Or he'll tell me he's going out and won't bring me anything, but then brings me home my favorite treat. That sort of thing.
It's kind of funny, because the less he likes you, the nicer he is to you. So if he's all honey and sweetness, he basically hates you lol

I had a coworker like this, he loved to tease and be sarcastic, he was a hoot to work with, but he'd always say the day he stopped bugging you is the day you'd know he didn't like you or you'd pissed him off, if he was super nice to someone he despised them.

MellyMel15 · December 2014

DH tends to leave his dirty clothes in the bathroom and on the floor next to his side of the bed. I always put them in the laundry basket when I'm getting ready in the morning (I leave for work first). Also, we keep our recycling bin in our basement utility room, so I usually bring recyclables from our kitchen down to the bin. Lastly, I refill our dog's water bowl and give her food every morning-- DH has forgotten a few times, so I've taken it upon myself to make sure she's fed and hydrated!

MrsOscarFelix · December 2014

rmpar29 said:

Hi @gscoville! That sounds very similar to my hubby. Empty cereal boxes that aren't put into the recycling, even used paper plates left on the counter. The one that really irritates me is the clothes... He will take off sweatshirts, tshirts and socks and leave them everywhere! When he does his laundry (we each do our own) he never takes it out of the dryer so when I go to do some I always have to take out his clothes. His clothes are hardly ever folded either. He has an recliner in the basement filled with clothes that he throws there in a big pile.

I do NOT take care of this for him either. I used to, but I have enough laundry to do without worrying about his. It's definitely a sore spot though. I may or may not have thrown clothes purposely on the floor because they were in my way. I also may or may not have done this knowing that the cat would pee on them if left there for days.

MH leaves his dirty clothes behind the bathroom door ! It drives me insane! They stack up and then you can barely get the door to open all the way. He puts his dirty clothes on his side of the bed on the floor because he might wear them again. Also, the recycling bin is right outside the door in the garage but he insists on laying it all next to the garbage can and just lets it keep piling it up! Also, everything I mean EVERYTHING is a joke to him - doesn't matter what it is he always tries to turn into a joke. He's very OCD about his stuff on the dresser which is so weird because everything else he just leaves laying around. Everything has to be lined up and all the labels facing the same way. When I get mad at him I go in there and face everything the wrong way.

Nikolie93 · December 2014

MH takes his dirty clothes, folds them, and puts them on the edge on the end of the bed. When laundry times comes Sunday, I have no idea wtf is clean or dirty because HE FOLDS DIRTY CLOTHES. :-q

When he trims his beard he either does it in the sink or over the toilet. He never cleans it up! I sat down on the toilet one day and had his beard hair all over my ass.

And he's part of the "powered nuts mafia". He also does that over the toilet and it get EVERYWHERE. The other morning I went to the bathroom after I had gotten dressed for work and my black work pants were half white

I love that man...I love that man...I love that man....

rslh10 · December 2014

Haha these are great! My H is terrible for brining glasses of water to bed, and leaving them on the night stand for 4-5 nights in a row. Last night he carried a brand new glass in, and took 4 out to the sink lol. Come on.

When he shower, he strips naked and leaves his clothes in a heap by the shower door.....just leaves them. One day I left them for 3 days and finally said please God just walk to the basket. It lasted for about 2 days and then back to the piles.

The worst offense is when I've been busy all day, and finally get to sit down on the couch and relax, he will just casually mention he's hungry and get all cuddly until I go get him a snack.

(Also, I could go on....and on...)

I'm a push over.

alm288 · December 2014

Nikolie93 said:
MH takes his dirty clothes, folds them, and puts them on the edge on the end of the bed. When laundry times comes Sunday, I have no idea wtf is clean or dirty because HE FOLDS DIRTY CLOTHES. :-q

When he trims his beard he either does it in the sink or over the toilet. He never cleans it up! I sat down on the toilet one day and had his beard hair all over my ass.

And he's part of the "powered nuts mafia". He also does that over the toilet and it get EVERYWHERE. The other morning I went to the bathroom after I had gotten dressed for work and my black work pants were half white

I love that man...I love that man...I love that man....

That's hysterical - made ma laugh out loud in the train. Thanks

alm288 · December 2014

MH can't find anything. The man does not look - but can't find it. Drive me nuts because I usually need 10 seconds to find it. I tell him, if I find it in the next 10 seconds, you owe me X (whatever strikes my fancy).

He also has trouble finding the hamper and putting away his coats. I usually play pick up so I can do the laundry. Seems to be a common issue for men!

He's super anal about electronics and finances. I think my slight OCD drives him a little crazy though too

ImJessesGirl · December 2014

I will never understand why my husband, who insists on doing the dishes, places the dirty scrub brush behind the faucet. I find it absolutely disgusting and causes more mess than leaving it in the sink or placing it in the dishwasher to get cleaned.

Overall, I think my only issues with my husband are due to his lack of what I call clean. I have a different definition of clean than he does.

My definition = we can eat off the floor.
His definition = he can see the floor.

And to all the other ladies who have hubbies that trim facial hair, I feel your pain. I see facial hair trimmings all over the sink and bathroom floor for days afterwards and I hate it. We have a small cordless Shark vac that I continue to urge him to use, but he never does. It's irritating.

MellyMel15 · December 2014

Lol @furrypaws! Love it! In addition to all the stuff I previously listed, DH is terrible about putting stuff in the dishwasher or scrubbing pots and such, so I usually end up clearing out the sink.

rmpar29 · December 2014

heartbot said:

*SNIP

He also never, ever, ever wipes up the stove/counters after he cooks. God forbid I leave a dish in the sink on my lunch break, but pretty much every morning after he leaves for work, I have to scrub the counter tops and stove top of all the crap crusted on from where he cooked dinner and breakfast. (I don't cook. I work about a bajillion hours more a week than he does, so he handles grocery shopping and cooking.) In college, I would go over to the house he lived in with 4 other dudes, and he'd swear the state of the kitchen was his roommates' fault, but I know better now.

I love him, but geez louise, after 10 years, you rack up some gripes.

Oh, my husband does this too!!! I hate cleaning up after he cooks.

Nikolie93 · December 2014

@furrypaws both MH and I are hoarder of car parts <insert blush emoji here>

@heartbot I must be reminded of things...or at least reminded to look at the calendar!

And I am lol'ing at all of these things in here, ladies! I know I am not perfect but...MH is definitely worse

nicnackmama · December 2014

ImJessesGirl said:
My definition = we can eat off the floor.
His definition = he can see the floor.

lol - This is so our house! Drives me crazy some days.

Nikolie93 · December 2014

furrypaws said:

Nikolie93 said:

@furrypaws both MH and I are hoarder of car parts <insert blush emoji here>

@heartbot I must be reminded of things...or at least reminded to look at the calendar!

And I am lol'ing at all of these things in here, ladies! I know I am not perfect but...MH is definitely worse

Are they in your living space?? I had a complete fiber glass front end in my living room for months...

Yes, that has been the case on occasion.

We also have 6 cars and our cars are what brought us together. It has gotten better since he got his business and we can store things at the shop. If he had the space for it at the shop and it was in my living room, I wouldn't be happy!

Km380 · December 2014

Mh cannot find anything. He looks and doesn't see it. I can tell him without looking where whatever he is looking for is. If he says we are out of let's say dish soap. I tell him to check the basement shelves. He goes, we're out. Then I take him down and show him the 3 soaps on the shelf at eye level.

His way of putting away clean dishes involves leaving pots, pans, storage containers sitting out bc he doesn't know where they go. We've been in our house 3.5yrs! I've never reorganized since we unpacked.

And all the things he can't find just miraculously appear stocked in the house. Some magical elf makes sure we never run out of toilet paper, shampoo, dog food..sigh.

gscoville · December 2014

momentomori said:

Hi GS!!! Nice to see you!

MH has to have the volume at an even number. If I put it on a 7, he will have to turn it up or down. He also shakes everything before he buys it. Vitamins, give it a little shake! Soup, shake it up! Legos, he can shake those for hours. So weird.

Nice to see you too! I have to admit I'm the same about the volume, I can't stand to have it on an odd number, and I have absolutely no idea why.

kreardon11 · December 2014

Oh this is fun!

DH lovvvvvves to make a slice of toast w/ PB on it in the AM and let the dogs lick the knife. Then he puts it on the counter w/ PB and dog slobber. Really?!

His boxers are flung everywhere in the bathroom. Then the dogs rip them apart.

He has never once vacuumed even though he ruff-houses (get it??ha!) with the dogs and makes a HUGE disaster because our rug pills.

He also can't go grocery shopping alone. He comes home with beer, ice cream, chicken, granola bars, and coffee.

Littleowl913 · December 2014

I could go on and on but I'll pick the top 2. DH likes to take off his socks, fold them together and then throw them across the room. He'll eventually picked them up and throw them in the hamper-folded. I get annoyed when I find them and have to unfold them, especially when I don't find them until after I washed them.

DH also likes to trim his beard over the sink but he'll wipe down the sink with a towel and then leave the towel on the counter. So when I come in, wash my face and wipe down the counter with that same towel, there's beard hair everywhere!

meredithcarole · December 2014

DH does much of what all of your husbands do, but he also fails to wipe off the counter where he has made a mess. The biggest issue with this is that the color of our counters makes it almost impossible to spot - until you've got coffee grounds or toast crumbs or peanutbutter all over you.

TowerClimbersWife · December 2014

@rslh10 OMG the multiple water glasses is ME!!!!! I seriously took down at least 10 (don't judge me) glasses 1/4 filled with water just the other day.

@heartbot MH is also an electronic hoarder. I have a clear game boy from circa 1997 that he won't get rid of. We also have a HUGE box of just cords... I mean a 3 x 3 x 2 foot box...

AFM, my gripe isn't about what he DOES it is about what he DOESN'T do. We've never NEVER been on vacation. He will not spend any money on anything then gets mad at me when I spend money on myself. Then, he won't create a budget to help us with our spending. So I'm in charge of all our bills and expenses but get a periodic audit on our account. Plus he has an alert on our back account so it texts him if our checking gets below a specific amount. He isn't controlling with money, but just gets crabby and stressed about it. Drives me NUTTY. I'm a free spirit and not so worried about finances because I trust I won't make us broke, but he is in another universe.

That being said, I leave the dresser drawers open and leave shit laying around all the time. I think those things send him into orbit, so I guess we're even!

cherish1986 · December 2014

My dh does this strange roll to get into bed and ends up pulling off the sheets off the bed.
He crawls in from the bottom and does this strange roll and arches his back, lays on his stomach, rolls around on his back before the all the sheets are on his side and I have to yank them back

rubysi · December 2014

sarcaztic10 said:

petitchou1019 said:

Reading all this makes me realize how MH must feel all the time.

I will admit that I do some quirky things that drive my H insane. TBH if it weren't for us picking up each others slack all the time we would live in a world with dirty dishes that are piled up, dirty laundry on the floor, and clean un-fabric softened laundry lying in a basket unfolded on the floor among other things.

This sounds like us.

Crunkal · December 2014

MH can be a real pain, and he is lucky I love him. He constantly leaves his clothes on the bedroom floor. The laundry room is downstairs, and sometimes I will find piles of clothes at the foot of the steps. I suppose I should be glad he makes an effort. He leaves his hair all over the sink when he shaves. I find dirty dishes in his "man cave" every day. My H also is super nice to strangers, but he can be a total butthead to the people he loves. He is kind of a smart arse.
Also, I'm mad at him right now, so this may be affecting my response to this post.

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