So in no particular order here are:
1). Dirty Washing Why is it that despite the fact that I clearly have a dirty washing pile in our bathroom, my OH insists on leaving his dirty laundry on the bedroom floor! I have asked him time after time to bring it downstairs to the bathroom but it’s to no avail! Sometimes he asks me where an item of his clothing is and I will say that it probably hasn’t been washed because it wasn’t left in the right place! Grrrrr!
2). Wet Towels A bit like the pet hate above, why does my OH have to leave his wet towel on the bedroom floor or in the bedroom on the bed or hanging over the bannister? We have a heated towel rail in our bathroom to keep our towels dry, nothing like that exists in our bedroom! If I don’t fetch his towel from upstairs then he uses mine and then we need up with two damp towels left in then wrong room! Grrr!
3). His Alarm When my OH sets his alarm it really annoys me that he then has to have it on snooze for up to half an hour! I get woken up at the first alarm sound and ok, I may doze off again but by the time the second one has gone off I am well and truly awake! It’s not so bad if his alarm is set anytime from 7am as I have to get up anyway, but when the alarm is set for 5.30 or 6am it really makes me cross that I have been woken up and then lie there waiting for him to get up!! Why can’t he get up on the first snooze so I might be able to go back to sleep?? Grrrr!
4). Using His Mobile At The Dinner Table Now I don’t mean he is making phone calls, but he will insist on playing with is iPhone at the dinner table once he has finished eating! We don’t sit down that often all together for a meal due to him working in the week but I do try and make it happen at least once a day at the weekend and sometimes for an evening meal during the week if he can finish work by 5.30pm. I feel it is important for Burton that we sit down together, to teach him good table manners and socialisation skills. I understand that Burton takes a lot longer to eat his food than me and his Daddy, but it really annoys me when the OH gets his phone out and browses it to pass the time! I have asked him not to but I get told off for nagging! Grrr!
5). Not Listening To Me
Why is it then when I ask him not to do something (take your pick from any of the above and there are plenty more!) I either get told I am nagging him or he just doesn’t listen to me! Often I will tell him something eg. I am going to see my Mum on a particular day and when the day arrives he says I didn’t inform him! Its like talking to a brick wall! Grrrr!
There are more, of course!, but these are probably ones I face most often
So are any of these familiar to you?
What are your main OH Pet Hates?
I would love to know what yours are……come on spill the beans !!
Thank you xx
Where should I start? There’s quite a few annoying things about my other half (still love him though)
The main ones are:
– When he’s had a bit to drink, he snores. Ordinarily, that doesn’t bother me, except when he’s had a drink, he will. not. stop. snoring. Even a concrete slab to the head wouldn’t encourage him to roll over.
– He tells me when he’s having a poo. He will say “Just going for a poo” or something along these lines. To the extreme that he text me at work yesterday to say he’s had a poo. I don’t need to know his bowel movements.
– Really Bad Jokes. He insists he is funny, but he has his fathers humour – i.e. humour only they find funny.
x
Ha ha I can relate to the snoring one! Especially when they fall asleep first and you lie there trying to sleep! I end up shoving mine hard to get him to turn onto his side 🙂
My OH does all of the things you mentioned except the phone thing, he doesn’t have an iPhone! Is it that all men are similar or that our #ESP has kicked in and we married similar men?? Jen
That doesn’t work when my OH has had one too many. A slap round the head doesn’t work either. It’s horrible!
Chick, this comment box isn’t big enough! The fact that he repeats what I am saying but rephrases it & makes it sound contradictory! Having just put the eunderwear wash in & then being presented with a pair of boxers. His rubbish being left all over the place. The way he sniffs to get his glasses to go up his nose. Dumping stuff in the sink rather than leaving it on the side, putting it in the dishwasher or in the bin.
Do you want me to continue?
Leaving the toilet lid up.
Not finishing jobs (back door was sanded down a few year ago but not painted.)
Leaving shoes in every room except the hall where they should be.
Leaving car keys in random places, forgetting where, then asking if I know where they are.
Going to the loo while I’m trying to shower/shave.
Going to be early because she’s tired and I have to come too even though I want to watch something.
Watching every soap possible but not letting me watch what I like – see previous.
Moaning I use computer too much even though she’s addicted to Facebook and is always on it on the laptop or iPod.
Asking what I want for tea every day and then cook something completely different.
Oh yes my OH also leaves stuff on draining board instead of dishwasher! He also never clears away his stubble from sink after a shave and never wipes excess dribble from loo !! I could have listed a lot more too! Lol
Thanks for commenting tho x
I think Jen that even with our ESP men are the same mostly with these complaints!
Thanks for commenting x
Nice to see pet hates from a mans perspective! Very funny!
Thank you for taking the time to comment 🙂
OMG The wet towels on the bed!!!
The dirty washing behind the bathroom door.
The unflushed toilet (just wee i might add)
The lights left on in every room.
The constant nagging that i’m always on the laptop or my iphone (which of course i am)
Love him really he has a cute bum.
Great post Jenny. xxx
Are we married to the same man?! All those and more!!
The biggest pet hates for me are the washing on the floor steps away from the laundry basket, leaving dirty pots on the worktop above the dishwasher but never actually in the dishwasher and SNORING! And yes, it is so loud that it warrants capital letters 😉
I love the fact you’ve had a man comment on this post, that’s brilliant!! And very sporting of him, I must say, lol.
Here goes: my OH pees on the floor. Not sure whether he means to, I mean, it’s not that big that he has difficulty aiming or anything, but still. And then there’s the issue of him leaving the toilet. In a state of filth. And expecting me to clean it. Now that really annoys me.
Linen basket – never puts his clothes in it unless I ask him to.
Never cooks me anything. I make his supper every night but he quite happily makes himself a sandwich at lunch time and never bothers to ask me if I want one.
Walks his sheep shit filled boots into the kitchen, stinking of sheep shit on a major level. And then, to top it off, brings in the sheep shit soaked sheep dogs. All four of them. And doesn’t bother to mop the floor.
Oh, God, I could be here all night. You might have inspired me to write my own post on this subject!
CJ xx
Oh dear sounds very man like! Mine is a crap am a the toilet bowl sometimes I don’t know how they an miss – it’s a large enough area to fire into!
I look forward to reading your post and I am glad you have aired your feelings xx
It seems men are very similar doesn’t it? Thanks for commenting x
Thanks for your pet hates comments. Why are men so alike? It’s just aswell we don’t behave in same way or we would live in a total mess! X
1. When he puts his boxers in the washing basket (at least he puts them there) his socks are tucked inside them
2. His obsession with tidying up behind me being so great that I can turn round to use a knife while half way through preparing a meal and he has already put it in the dishwasher
3. He only drinks loose leaf tea and we have tea leaves EVERYWHERE
4. I can only assume from the amount of pee on the toilet and floor that he doesn’t get any pee IN the toilet
5. He is incapable of being on time, ever, to get anywhere
All in all my other half is pretty good but there are a few niggles that crop up every now and again :
1. Not washing up bowls properly…..there’s always the odd cornflake or cheerio left on.
2. Putting coloured things in with white things in the wash and then blaming me when everything goes pink/blue/yellow/whatever..
3. Mixing up the kids clothes and just shoving them in whatever drawer there’s space in.
4. Whenever I make myself a glass of squash he always comes in and drinks it all. Always.
5. The moment I get out of bed he wriggles over to my side…..then when I try to get back in he refuses to move.
6. He is the windiest bugger in the world ever, worse than that though is that he does it EVERYWHERE and doesn’t seem to care.
7. When I’m angry with him he just laughs at me because apparently my angry face is “bloody hillarious”.
Now that I’ve got started I could probably think of a fair few more….lol….but I won’t…most of the time he’s a wonderful man and I love him dearly 🙂
Lol great list! Thanks for commenting I love to read about other people’s OH’s to seemly they are as bad and it turns out yes they are! X
Thank you for adding your list! Hee hee men are funny buttered aren’t they? Annoying but we love them nonetheless!
That was meant to read that they are funny buggers not buttered! Sorry typo
Oh my goodness have our respective OH’s met? All those pet hates drive me mad in this house. The latest though is leaving clothes on the ottoman at the end of the bed. There is virtually a clothes mountain. Are they clean? Are they dirty? I don’t know, I just want them sorted out so they don’t get on my frigging nerves!!
Hahaaa!! 🙂 YES!!! The alarm! Why oh why do they have to snooze it eleventy billion times, then finally get up and go to the bathroom and the alarm is still going off….grrrrrr!!!
Mine is very good with laundry though, its me that gets the telling off…the nag. (Looks sheepish)
Wet towels get dumped on the bed rather than the floor here. Which makes the bed damp. Thankfully, he hangs it on the radiator after a few minutes. Usually. Could add plenty more to your list though. My main one for now: If he finishes his dinner and I’m still eating mine AND feeding the baby at the same time, he doesn’t seem to notice that I’m struggling. He never thinks to take over feeding the children.
Haha I get you with the meal time feeding thing! Although sometimes he helps if I make a sarcastic comment! X
Sooooo annoying isn’t it? Thanks or your comment x
I know why can’t they use laundry basket !., grrrrrr