Annoying stuff your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend does

[Hank Camacho]

She's not a great cook. Anytime she wants to entertain family or hens, I do the food preparation. And it's really a blessing in disguise because I get quality "me" time.

Also, she doesn't really care about sports and has no idea why my mood is affected by them. Helps me keep things in perspective in the long run, but it's caused many quick-tempered arguments in the short term.

Just went to a wedding where the brother-in-law of the bride had the foresight to volunteer to cater the rehearsal dinner and the appetizers.

What a genius move. He might have gotten away with under five ******** conversations, looked like a hero, and probably got drunk as a monkey.

My hero, really.

 

[cricket3]

Asks me why I'm yelling, while I'm calmly explaining my side of whatever we're arguing about, then proceeds to yell.

tells her mother EVERYTHING.

Also this. If I say anything the least bit critical about her mom or dad I know it's going to come out, her brother does the same thing to his wife. It's some weird family thing I guess.

 

[DSmith21]

My wife plays an annoying dressing game before we go out. She tries on multiple outfits and asks me which one I like best. She rarely ends up in the one I picked and often she picks something that she didn't even show me. We are always late because of the game. Now I just tell her to wear the outfit that will come off the fastest.

 

[WonderBraa]

I calmly ask something very simple that is beneficial for both of us, she tells me why I'm wrong and why it's the worst thing in the world. Then proceeds to say "fine whatever, we can do that I guess ugh".

 

[Supreme Lord Z]

Almost inconceivable to see that we are this far into the thread and Facebook hasn't been mentioned yet? Nobody else is irritated beyond description that every single activity you do together is like being on one of those survival shows where you have to film everything yourself for your wife's Facebook page?

 

[Hank Camacho]

Almost inconceivable to see that we are this far into the thread and Facebook hasn't been mentioned yet? Nobody else is irritated beyond description that every single activity you do together is like being on one of those survival shows where you have to film everything yourself for your wife's Facebook page?

That **** is just background noise.

 

[12 Oz. Epilogue]

* Stopping whatever you are doing to take a picture. Can't we just enjoy the moment?

* When making me choose between A & B, and I am ambivalent with either decision, I will always choose the wrong inconsequential choice. Not only will this annoy her, but she will then refuse to follow what she actually wanted to do even though I do not care either way.

* Invariably finishes getting ready or trying on different outfits for ten minutes after I have sat down to wait for her, yet states I am making her late when she enters the room to leave and I am sitting.

Nothing major, but annoying.

 

[TCurtis75_rivals88839]

one I forgot is when we go out to eat and she says I don't care so I pick something and she says I don't want that. If thats the case, then you do care so offer some input.

 

[We-Todd-Did]

Procrastination. I'm talking about procrastination to the point that there needs to be an intervention or a legal hearing about sanity. I now lie about what time we're supposed to be places, etc but it still happens. She is at the point that she craps out on commitments leaving others to fill in but she thinks it's just her quirky little habit.

By the way, I've been roped down for over 20 years. My message for all you love struck morons reading this and thinking your little girlfriend is different and it will so work out forever and ever amen is simple: Look at the weirdest characteristics of her family, combine them all, multiply by 10, and that is what your sweet angel will become.

My wife could only be more like her nutty father if she developed prostate trouble.

 

[cricket3]

one I forgot is when we go out to eat and she says I don't care so I pick something and she says I don't want that. If thats the case, then you do care so offer some input.

It's not going out to eat but when I go out to get food I'll just go to 2 separate places if we don't agree.

Me: What do you want?
Her: I don't know it's up to you.
Me: OK I'm going to (insert restaurant she probably doesn't want because she's picky)
Her: Ew, no I don't want that.
Me: Well pick out something close by because that's where I'm going for me.

I'd rather just go to 2 places and get what I actually want then picking out something from the place she wants.

 

[WonderBraa]

Don't get me started on horoscopes

 

[ukalumni00]

After reading all of these posts I now realize about 10 other things my wife does that annoy the F' out of me.

 

[UKGrad93]

• Stacks dirty dishes in the sink without rinsing them. Eventually it starts to stink.
• Leaves stuff in piles all over any horizontal surface in the house.
• Doesn't want me to open mail that is addressed to her, but won't open it herself. Mostly junk.
• Took lessons to become a Zumba instructor several years ago. She goes to Zumba at the gym 2-3 times a month. Othherwise, we pay $30/mo for her to keep her certification, because she might get to sub for the regular teacher sometime. (Yes, I've asked her to drop it. She says she will, but the CDs keep coming every month.).
• Overexaggerates. For example, someone gives her a glass of wine, piece of cake, whatever, she will carry on about how great it is, even though it is nasty.
• The more she is around people from the south, the stronger her southern accent gets. Happens is she is on the phone too.
• Wads up dirty dishcloths and leaves them in the hamper. I've had to throw away several due to mildew.
• Will not stand up for herself. This is the worst.

 

[UKserialkiller]

• Stacks dirty dishes in the sink without rinsing them. Eventually it starts to stink.
• Leaves stuff in piles all over any horizontal surface in the house.
• Doesn't want me to open mail that is addressed to her, but won't open it herself. Mostly junk.
• Took lessons to become a Zumba instructor several years ago. She goes to Zumba at the gym 2-3 times a month. Othherwise, we pay $30/mo for her to keep her certification, because she might get to sub for the regular teacher sometime. (Yes, I've asked her to drop it. She says she will, but the CDs keep coming every month.).
• Overexaggerates. For example, someone gives her a glass of wine, piece of cake, whatever, she will carry on about how great it is, even though it is nasty.
• The more she is around people from the south, the stronger her southern accent gets. Happens is she is on the phone too.
• Wads up dirty dishcloths and leaves them in the hamper. I've had to throw away several due to mildew.
• Will not stand up for herself. This is the worst.

My condolences.

 

[allabouttheUK]

Thanks, guys. These are all very good reminders for why I refuse to re-marry.

 

[funKYcat75]

Telling me that she needs a refill on her drink at a restaurant instead of telling the server.

'Sleeping' through the three year old calling her name, so that I have to come upstairs (after having gotten the kid to lie down in the first place)

Not getting Starbucks every few days because it's too expensive, but drinking through like 3 Keurig pods a day of the most expensive Gevalia coffee.

Going to the grocery store for 1 (one) thing, then somehow racking up $30 in nonsense.

This is pretty vague, but asking me to do things she just doesn't want to do, i.e. going to her mom's to pick something up, talking to people on the phone, ordering her picky-*** meals, etc.

I love her, but it's pretty easy to make a list after being together for almost 25 years. I'm sure she has a good list too (not as long though)

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Not licking my B-hole.

 

[UKGrad93]

Not licking my B-hole.

Talk to @Willy4UK , he likes to eat butthole.

 

[Glenn's Take]

Reality TV. I truly believe it ended my marriage. Not that it was a bad thing.

 

[buckethead1978]

Me: "Hey, we don't get paid until Friday so I'd like you to not go shopping this week." or "Hey, we are going on a trip in a few weeks so let's not spend a bunch before then."

Her: "Ok"....Proceeds to stop by Bath & Body Works, Victorias Secret, Hobby Lobby, a nursery, etc. and drops $300 in an afternoon. Can't understand that six $50 trips is expensive.

-Has no interest in the finances. Not in a real bad way but I beg her to log in to the banking and check things. She has absolutely no interest in it. I could hide tons of dough and she would never know.

-Like PTI, she is a borderline hoarder.

-Going out to get a simple bite to eat for dinner. I come out in a 3 year old polo shirt and she immediately has to change outfits and proceeds to get overdressed for somewhere simple.

 

[funKYcat75]

Thought of a few more, all TV/DVR related.

There was one time where she missed the end of Big Brother on DVR because of some golf tournament going long on a Sunday. Since the she: Has the DVR record 10 minutes after the show AND for some reason START 10 minutes before the show. Does that inconvenience me in any way whatsoever? No. Just the sheer insanity of it gets to me.

She also records the same show on both the upstairs AND downstairs DVR.

She has asked to fast forward through commercials on a show that she knows we're watching live.

Has no remote control control at all. Rewind 5 seconds to see the funny thing she wants to see again? Nope. At least 3 minutes.

If these are the worst of our problems, we have it pretty good I suppose.

 

[ndk_rivals308474]

Tries to convince me about something that we're not disagreeing about. Example:
Wife: I think we should get a new dining room table.
Me: Ok, we can go look this weekend.
Wife: Because our current one is really rough and just doesn't get clean anymore.
Me: Fine by me.
Wife: And we need a bigger one to fit all the kids and guests when have people over.
Me: I said I'm ok with it, you don't have to pitch me the reasons.
Wife: You don't have to be such a jerk about it.

 

[shockdaddy19]

- Leaves every light on in the house. During broad daylight.
- My wife has a big heart, too big. I have given money to about every homeless person in this town.
- Takes a spoon of peanut butter, coconut oil, whatever, and puts it in the dishwasher without cleaning it. Drives me INSANE. The dishwasher won't clean that, and we have a nice dishwasher.

 

[Boyd_Givens]

Wife talks about work all the time. I honestly don't care that Suzy Q. Offender was trying to cheat a drug test and a balloon full of piss fell out of her ******. Seriously. Don't care. I never talk about work at home.

Her car is always a mess. There is no way our family can just jump in and go somewhere because it's just full of stuff.

She lets me get almost to the top of the stairs before going "oh yea can you come back down here" only for it to be something about nothing.

She never wants to grocery shop alone. We all have to go. She always runs into someone she knows (small town) and they end up talking about work. Every time. What should be 30 minutes tops turns into an hour easy.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Also this. If I say anything the least bit critical about her mom or dad I know it's going to come out, her brother does the same thing to his wife. It's some weird family thing I guess.

That's why I've never said a single bad word about my in laws. That and they are extremely nice people. But I won't even agree with her when she gets mad and starting saying bad things about her parents. Just ignore it or say some irrelevant ****.

 

[bigsmoothie]

Never, ever has cash on her. I mean not ever a single. Someone's kid at church selling cookies, sends them over to me. Kids need money for school, go ask dad. And my favorite, she owes someone at work $8 for lunch or they sent flowers to someone or a gift for someone, straight to me for cash. She doesn't need to go to the atm, I am the atm.

Her: "What's wrong?"
Me : "Nothing." (and nothing is wrong)
Her: "I wish you would just tell me."
Me: "I did tell you. Nothing is wrong."
Her: "You were a little short with me."
Me: "I didn't mean to be."
Goes on for 10 minutes.
Her: "Well when your ready you can tell me what's wrong."

If I'm not home, every light in the house is on. She has not turned a light off in 18 years.

 

[Dig Dirkler]

My wife has a big heart, too big. I have given money to about every homeless person in this town.

Then why doesn't she give her own money to homeless people?

 

[_Chase_]

Reality TV. I truly believe it ended my marriage. Not that it was a bad thing.

I'd like to hear this story.

 

[Glenn's Take]

I'd like to hear this story.

Us doing things together was bad enough when she would come home from work everyday and watch 2 hours of soap operas. Then The Real World started on MTV and the reality TV crap started up. TV became her life so I quit bothering to even try to be around her.

 

[JumperJack]

When I ask what she wants at the drive through and she says "no, I'll just have some of yours".

GD Facebook and all the damn handwringing it causes, worrying about somebody else's fake wonderful life.

Rearranging where **** goes in the house without telling me.

Damn clean freak to the point that before I got direct deposit, she has thrown away my paycheck on two different occasions.

What should be a 30 minute grocery trip to get some supper becomes a three hour tour.

Pretty much refuses to make decisions about where to eat, what to watch, where to go...

Gets mad when I pout about sports.

Her good list is a lot longer so after reading this thread I see it can be much worse.

 

[ThePhoenix_rivals211191]

Tries to convince me about something that we're not disagreeing about. Example:
Wife: I think we should get a new dining room table.
Me: Ok, we can go look this weekend.
Wife: Because our current one is really rough and just doesn't get clean anymore.
Me: Fine by me.
Wife: And we need a bigger one to fit all the kids and guests when have people over.
Me: I said I'm ok with it, you don't have to pitch me the reasons.
Wife: You don't have to be such a jerk about it.

Haha. Been there.

 

[krazykats]

My wife eats like a child.

Pizza(cheese only), cheeseburger, chicken tenders, Alfredo pasta

That's just about it except for dessert.

Now the bad thing is our dinner talks always start and stop based on where she is in the mood for menu, and she doesn't get it. She doesn't get why I never want to pick a place to eat(or even eat out really) when she limits where she will eat that ****.

Tenders= Longhorns [sick]

Pizza= Pizza Hut [sick]

Cheeseburger = Rally's[sick]

Alfredo = Rocky's in Indiana[sick]

 

[UKserialkiller]

Ha ha ha@ Krazy.

"Hay hunnee, can we get some of them tenders"

 

[krazykats]

If she was the type to say everywhere has tenders just go somewhere, but it's more like .....

Me: sweety what are you in the mood for

Her: chicken sounds good

Me: ****!!!! Nothing at Longhorns sounds good really

Her: well then what do you want

Me: I could say anything not on her short list

Her: Well I love you but you know I don't eat anything there. Are you sure you don't want to pay $40 for that one steak with crab/lobster all over it and drowned in some sauce?

Edit that for everything else on her menu.

 

[Anon1711055878]

My wife eats like a child.

Pizza(cheese only), cheeseburger, chicken tenders, Alfredo pasta

That's just about it except for dessert.

Now the bad thing is our dinner talks always start and stop based on where she is in the mood for menu, and she doesn't get it. She doesn't get why I never want to pick a place to eat(or even eat out really) when she limits where she will eat that ****.

Tenders= Longhorns [sick]

Pizza= Pizza Hut [sick]

Cheeseburger = Rally's[sick]

Alfredo = Rocky's in Indiana[sick]

[roll]

I'm a cantankerous ahole at times, so I probably possess a lot of "deal-breakers" (my dating history would support this as well), but I feel like this would be means for walking away for like half this board.

I'd need some magical front-butt to eat any of that **** on the regular.

 

[GrandePdre]

My wife can go to the same restaurant 50 times, and she still acts like she doesn't know what's on the menu and acts like it's a life or death decision on what she will order.

 

[krazykats]

[roll]

I'm a cantankerous ahole at times, so I probably possess a lot of "deal-breakers" (my dating history would support this as well), but I feel like this would be means for walking away for like half this board.

I'd need some magical front-butt to eat any of that **** on the regular.

We go to other places, BUT those are her go to's. I do make her step out sometimes and try things from other places but nothing compares to those places.

Well except pizza, she has proven to like other places thank god, but Pizza Hut is her "choice".

 

[JamesIII]

• Going to the grocery store and hearing, "Well, I really need this..."
• Insisting that we buy a gift for everyone for every little occasion.
• Her terrible taste in TV shows.
• Planning things before consulting me, especially if it involves missing a UK game.
• Not cleaning off the dishes before they go into the sink.
• Her unwillingness to try any type of new food.

 

[Hank Camacho]

How much would the institution of marriage in America be repaired if women would just turn off the touching lights they turn on, close doors, not fish for arguments/attention, and mind the pocket book?

Seriously. How much?

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

My wife could sit at a restaurant holding her menu for 3 days and she still would be surprised when the waiter comes to take her order and do a "uh..... wait.... you go.... oh..... you already ordered? okay.... hmmm.... let me get uh.... where on here are the salads?"

Every freaking time man. And I noticed her mom does it too so it's genetic. I swear if my kids start pulling that crap we just won't go out to eat anymore.