How does your significant other drive you crazy?

[LadyPain]

I know there are days when you want to throttle each other. What is the hot button that will get you frustrated to the point where you are flipping your sweetheart your middle finger? Here's the place to spill your guts and vent that frustration. No judgemental attitudes please. This is so we can retain what little we have left of our sanity!

I am expected to make coffee every morning. I don't even drink it in the morning. I drink tea.

No good morning, how did you sleep... Nothing. Just, when is the coffee going to be made....

I'm feeling that frustration today!

What about you? Is it your sweetheart or your kids? How 'bout your boss?

[Lizard slushie]

My husband has this habit of calling me at exactly the wrong time, I'll have my hands full and can't get to the phone, and he will just keep calling back. It drives me insane. It's not his fault that I can't get to the phone but just give me a sec, I'll call you back geez.

My kids, oh those little girls have to argue with everything I say, doesn't matter what I tell them I hear "Well, but. . . " AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

5000 miles and 8 time zones.

Long days and pleasant nights

[AngelZ]

I know there are days when you want to throttle each other. What is the hot button that will get you frustrated to the point where you are flipping your sweetheart your middle finger? Here's the place to spill your guts and vent that frustration. No judgemental attitudes please. This is so we can retain what little we have left of our sanity!

I am expected to make coffee every morning. I don't even drink it in the morning. I drink tea.

No good morning, how did you sleep... Nothing. Just, when is the coffee going to be made....

I'm feeling that frustration today!

What about you? Is it your sweetheart or your kids? How 'bout your boss?
I was just having that kind of day myself!

Rules don't apply to him, just everyone else.

He reminds me of that childhood poem by Henry Wasworth Longfellow:
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

Funny, he's got no middle ground. It is black and white with him. When he gets angry, the house will be quiet for a long time, sometimes even days...

[BlackEye]

Yes. I won't expand.

[interplanetjanet]

Dental floss everywhere but in the garbage. :glare:

[poisonbat]

I guess the one thing that really gets me with my husband is that he drops his dirty clothes in front of the hamper. I mean move over 2 inches and it would be inside. WTF? The second thing that gets me is that he and I will discuss something important and come up with a plan, but the next day when I talk to him about what I have done, he has changed his mind and not said anything to me about it. He is wishy washy and I hate that. :bat:

[Todash]

There used to be things that made me want to strangle him ... but he's stopped doing them. Wow. I didn't realize that until just now.

He does do things that annoy me mildly, though. Here is a list.


I'm expected to keep iced tea made at all times, though I drink little of it.
In every car we have ever owned, the door light gets repeatedly turned off so that it doesn't come on when you open the door. He refuses to admit it's him doing it.
He doesn't realize that a person convinced against his or her will is not convinced.
Any time I have purchased Durkee fried onions (for green bean casserole or whatever), he opens them and snacks on them. Then I have to get another can for the casserole. He does this even though I buy maybe two cans a year, so clearly he is aware that I bought the can for a reason. It's a well-worn path. Some day I will just remember to get two cans and hide one.
Same thing with cream.
He runs the car all the way to E. He's getting better about this, though.

[brownmouse]

Well, I love my guy (as I'm sure you do too Lady pain) BUT-

He loves to buy grocery items in bulk and then leave them out for me to find a place to put them ( we have very limited storage):glare:

He thinks cleaning the kitchen means loading the dishwasher (not wiping counters or stove tops or cleaning the sink and behind the sink):oo:

He can be such a drama-er- king(?)- if we have a spat he automatically thinks we are headed for divorce court-he'll start circling available apartment ads in the newspaper- very loudly -ruffling pages and muttering "Hmmm, that one looks nice" until I tell him to cut it out; we are NOT going to get a divorce over who's turn it was to change the cat litter. :wow:

While on road trips he has an overwhelming need to make nonsense comments about everything we drive past-***" Maybe we should buy an RV and live in the parking lot of that outlet mall." *** " I think we should become truck drivers -we could bring the dogs and you could home/truck(?) school Sophie." "***(pass a sheep farm)-"I wanna be a sheep -no wait- llama- farmer" (pass a horse ranch)- "I wish I were a cowboy, no a rodeo clown- yeah a rodeo clown", ( pass a corn field )"We should grow all of our own food, no wait, we should grow organic produce and put up our own stand on the side of the road- and sell Christmas trees in the winter. and ..... ":eek2:

AND-

Everybody like him. Everybody!! My parents love him way more than me. No kidding. It's common knowledge that he is the good one in the relationship and I am the pain in the arse- HOWEVER they have never been in the car with him for 4 + hours!:wink2:

[Todash]

He thinks cleaning the kitchen means loading the dishwasher (not wiping counters or stove tops or cleaning the sink and behind the sink):oo:

You mean like this (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/08/08/funny-pictures-big-hairy-deal-of-turning-on-teh-dishwasher-for-u/)?

[BlackEye]

While on road trips he has an overwhelming need to make nonsense comments about everything we drive past-***

LOL.

OK, I just can't keep from telling some things. But I refuse to say anything she does that drives me crazy. I can tell you how I can drive her crazy though. :smile2:

On long drives my wife hates it when I play my music too much. Now mind you, I am even willing to play hers too. But even too much of her own music is too much for her. So when there is silence I just start singing my music. A lot of times it drives her to the point where she will put my music back on. :) And if it doesn't work I will sing songs about her and make up words on the spot. Stupid silly songs that often make no sense. That will get her to put the music back on in a flash.

I know I am stubborn in that regard with the music when I drive. But I am always the one behind the wheel. And I've been on some long trips. Once we went from Maine to Florida in a rental car. It took us 25 hours to get there without stopping for more than 10 minutes to gas up, get coffee, and some grub. Yes that was the trip from hell for her. But look at it this way, I drove 22 of the 25 hours so I should get my way a little. :) But the best part of that story is that she refused to drive back with me in that car, we had to pay extra to leave it down there and take a plane ride back. :biggrin2:

Yup so there is one of my bad qualities as a husband. I like music when behind the wheel whether I have to make it or not. :biggrin2:

[BlackEye]

You mean like this (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/08/08/funny-pictures-big-hairy-deal-of-turning-on-teh-dishwasher-for-u/)?

That goes both ways you know. :)

I'll mention one more thing that bugs my wife to no end. When she complains about having to do something I just go do it for her. But then she wants to watch over me and tell me how to do it. So if it is dinner I kick her out of the kitchen. She just can't stand to mind her own p's and q's in the livingroom by herself knowing I am making dinner. That same thing applies to doing laundry or dishes too. :biggrin2: Hey, you tell me how hard something is and I am going to show you how easy it is... even a neanderthal like me can do these things. AND I've never turned a white shirt pink! :wink2:

[BlackEye]

My alltime favorite move is I'll be on the way home a few minutes from home on the cell. Well I give her a big story about a late conference call that has me fixed to the office. Then there will be lots of grumbling and I keep her on the phone long enough to hear her reaction when she hears the garage door opener. :)

[AngelZ]

That goes both ways you know. :)

I'll mention one more thing that bugs my wife to no end. When she complains about having to do something I just go do it for her. But then she wants to watch over me and tell me how to do it. So if it is dinner I kick her out of the kitchen. She just can't stand to mind her own p's and q's in the livingroom by herself knowing I am making dinner. That same thing applies to doing laundry or dishes too. :biggrin2: Hey, you tell me how hard something is and I am going to show you how easy it is... even a neanderthal like me can do these things. AND I've never turned a white shirt pink! :wink2:

You're right about that. If you're man enough to cook, clean, and even do your own laundry, your wife should be woman enough to not put on her supervisor's cap. I know I've been guilty of doing that with my husband! LOL! I'm too quick to grab that clipboard... Bless those men out there who don't feel immasculated by doing some domestic chores!!! And I know there are a lot of you out there.

[arista]

Mine is not the significant other but my boss at times. She sometimes is very moody, so you have to ask other coworkers if she is having a bad day.. Sometimes you are the unfortunate one to find that out first hand.

[brownmouse]

You mean like this (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/08/08/funny-pictures-big-hairy-deal-of-turning-on-teh-dishwasher-for-u/)?

hee hee kinda.

[LadyPain]

At least I am not the only one going crazy. I came home from work last night to find that my husband had rearranged the living room and left larger pieces of furniture (sideboard and desk) in the. I was told I had to make room for the desk in my soap room starting today and it had to be done soon. He has no idea how much work it will be to get that room ready to accept a desk that he has not even fixed yet!! It's bloody useless to me without it being fixed. I think that when I clean out that room and remove the futon and the mattress I might just have to put them both in the foyer of his shop so he can see how it feels. :devil:

I do want that desk, but on my own terms. I came home from work last night feeling very VERY ill and it was not what I wanted to face. I'm having enough of a hard day that I am not going to make soap today and I am only doing bare essentials. I have six work days coming up starting tomorrow and today is my only day off this week.

I was also told that the 3-foot step ladder that I have been using as a supplementary bookshelf was no longer mine to use and I had to get my books off that. Geez. Way to make me feel like I friggin' count.

Oh well. I shall soon evict a bunch of his books from somewhere and he will find out how that indignity feels!

I think things like this are why people have pets and/or kids. There has to be some sort of common thing that both care about or the murder/suicide rate would skyrocket!

I love my guy with my heart, my whole heart, but there are days when it just feels broken because I know I am being taken for granted. Maybe that is why I love my job. They express gratitude like crazy there for my efforts. I'll happily work myself to death there.

[dragafari]

For all your reasons and many more I prefer to be alone. And I enjoy it. Reggae music and books are my partners and sunshine is my home. It feels great. (But my relatives love to drive me mad. The worst: They don't believe in me... but, hey, they ain't heard me out yet! I belive in me. That's all what I need).

[Matticus]

Like others, I have a hard time saying anything about my wife.

However, I know I drive my sweetie crazy when we are making the bed, she throws the edge she wants over to my side and I act stupid and turn it the wrong way.

Kind of stopped doing that though. :laugh:

[mstay]

My husband always makes me drive and then complains about HOW I drive.:glare: When I tell him he needs to drive instead he says "No, you need the practice not me." BTW, I am actually a good driver.

[mstay]

My alltime favorite move is I'll be on the way home a few minutes from home on the cell. Well I give her a big story about a late conference call that has me fixed to the office. Then there will be lots of grumbling and I keep her on the phone long enough to hear her reaction when she hears the garage door opener. :)

That is nice and not nice at the same time.:smile2::sad:

[PatInTheHat]

It draws breath!

Ohh no he didn't:glare:!!


Yeah ok, that was really a awful joke...everybody knows the undead don't actually breath:wink2:.

[Goodlovin]

My girlfriend likes to harass me right before bed which i consider reading time.

From 9-1am on weeknights and Sundays I like to read before bed but that can also involve half reading and half watching a game.

She thinks its discussion time or time for me to entertain her.

She has gotten better but it still gets annoying at times.

I am the sort of person that if I don't tire my mind out with a few hours of heavy reading I am up all night staring at the ceiling so I find it to be therapeutic to spend my time like that.

[marew1]

Luckily my husband and I don't fight or argue. Life is too short for that. We do have our disagreements and we talk them out. There are some things about him that annoy me just like there are things about me that annoy him. We do, however, share mutual interests and try to overlook the petty things.

[LadyPain]

My girlfriend likes to harass me right before bed which i consider reading time.

From 9-1am on weeknights and Sundays I like to read before bed but that can also involve half reading and half watching a game.

She thinks its discussion time or time for me to entertain her.

She has gotten better but it still gets annoying at times.

I am the sort of person that if I don't tire my mind out with a few hours of heavy reading I am up all night staring at the ceiling so I find it to be therapeutic to spend my time like that.

Here we both like to read before bed, but if I try to talk to him, I get the really cold shoulder. He won't always talk to me during the day, then at night when the book comes out, he doesn't want to talk to me then.

Please tell us you are giving her some time too, and only blocking her out from 9-1.

I have days when I am tip-toeing around here because he's in a mood.

With the changes HE decided to make in the living room, it IS organized BUT it feels like a stranger's space because my reading chair is in a different spot and walking into that room just feels totally wrong to me. I don't know where I am going to read now. I guess he is happy because he likes that space, but it feels totally wrong to me and I hide in the basement to shed tears over the changes.

I would have liked to have been consulted. He evicted a bunch of my stuff and pretty much told me it didn't belong in there. Funny, his stuff gets priority...

[the great kilted one]

Actually, I probably bug him more...

But once in a blue moon, he'll tickle me and keep going despite my "stopitstopitstopit" and it feels like I'm going to pee myself (though I haven't yet, thank god).

Love him to death, but no one wants to pee themselves outside the age of four.

[BlackEye]

Luckily my husband and I don't fight or argue. Life is too short for that. We do have our disagreements and we talk them out. There are some things about him that annoy me just like there are things about me that annoy him. We do, however, share mutual interests and try to overlook the petty things.

Ok, now tell us the truth. :biggrin2:

[mojomofo]

I will try and restrain myself, LOL;

1. Leaves his dirty sweaty socks on the living room floor.

2. Can't play his music at a normal volume- it has to blaring.

3. Gets a different glass for every drink- hello, you can put tea in a glass after water, you really can.

4. Every single time I am on the phone, he either interjects his opinions on the conversation, turns the TV up to chase me out of the room, or suddenly remembers something he has to tell me right that second.

[mojomofo]

Ok, he was standing over me, so I thought it would be fair for him to vent about me;

1. If I am not on the SKMB, then I am reading a SK book.

2. Leave food chunks in the sink after the dishes (I do, gotta admit)

3. I take hour long baths. (Yep, also true)

4. I leave books in the bathroom after my hour long baths.

[marew1]

Ok, now tell us the truth. :biggrin2:

This is the truth. We are married 33 years. Early in our marriage, my husband's children, from a previous marriage, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. Our first few years we had some arguments but after that accident my husband and I drew closer together.

[the great kilted one]

Luckily my husband and I don't fight or argue. Life is too short for that. We do have our disagreements and we talk them out. There are some things about him that annoy me just like there are things about me that annoy him. We do, however, share mutual interests and try to overlook the petty things.

You two must be the most passive people on the face of the earth :oops:

[Óinseach]

He's an incessant talker and over explainer once you start him on a topic he's interested in (soccer, history, Apple (Macs), or food). He has a knack of turn a simple one sentence explanation into a heaving monologue. I think that sometimes I would have to turn blue and stop breathing before he'd get a clue to shut up.

[BlackEye]

This is the truth. We are married 33 years. Early in our marriage, my husband's children, from a previous marriage, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. Our first few years we had some arguments but after that accident my husband and I drew closer together.

Oh I see, sorry to hear this. :sad:

For what it is worth, I believed you the first time. I just felt like interjecting some humor.

Congrats on 33 years!

[Dr. Fudd]

Mine drives me crazy by insisting on being a Jehovah's Witness! I thought the first few times she rang the door bell and stood out front with a Watch Tower magazine was funny but now with the meetings and all, it's getting a little old... I mean really, how many times can they predict the end of the world, be wrong, and maintain credibility?

[Patricia A]

I will try and restrain myself, LOL;

1. Leaves his dirty sweaty socks on the living room floor.

2. Can't play his music at a normal volume- it has to blaring.

3. Gets a different glass for every drink- hello, you can put tea in a glass after water, you really can.

4. Every single time I am on the phone, he either interjects his opinions on the conversation, turns the TV up to chase me out of the room, or suddenly remembers something he has to tell me right that second.

Ok, he was standing over me, so I thought it would be fair for him to vent about me;

1. If I am not on the SKMB, then I am reading a SK book.

2. Leave food chunks in the sink after the dishes (I do, gotta admit)

3. I take hour long baths. (Yep, also true)

4. I leave books in the bathroom after my hour long baths.
LMAO! That was great. Thanks.

[RebeccaS]

He brings out the past like a freshly dug-up dead skunk from a shallow mucky grave in the swamps of Louisianna. Yeah, that stinky.

For example:

The other night we'd decided to venture into a lovely argument, one of very few to have taken place in the last year. This one evolved around my having gone 100% off anti-depressants (yes on doctor's orders) and going back to college for my Associate's.

His words were "Don't get me wrong, I'm behind you 100% of the way if you want to pursue an education... but it rubs me the wrong way that you can go back after all these years, yet I had to quit college 10 years ago after we got married."

Some of you may say, hmmmm so what are you getting at? He's expressing doubts about school? He must have a reason, maybe even a good one. In that, you're correct, he indeed has a reason. His reason being, it was my fault he quit college because he'd jumped into a marriage with me already being 7 months pregnant, jumped into fatherhood, jumped into financial ruin... and he blames it on me. Blames me that he had to quit college, postpone his plans for a degree, set his previous ambitions aside for this newly made instant-mashed-potatoes situation of wife and baby.

So yep, dredging up old skunks and holding situations against me that were 50/50 within my control (trust me, I didn't hold a gun to his head and threaten impending doom if he didn't settle down with me and the new bundle of joy). It hurts, just plain effin' stinkin' hurts.

[Volic]

You mean like this (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/08/08/funny-pictures-big-hairy-deal-of-turning-on-teh-dishwasher-for-u/)?

A great pic!:biggrin2:

[Sexy Mcmanbeast]

She actually tells me when some statement I pull out of my ass is wrong, because she knows way more about science and history.

[Solar-Pavlova]

what can i say, i'm a git and i admit it - i should just put up and/or shut up right?

but at the same time she isn't always right - have the right answer - have the right to critisise me (and me her) - threaten me - 'if you don't like it you know what you can do' i hate that.

leaves you feeling -

hollow and aimless
shallow not shameless
sallow not blameless

instead i wish to be

hallowed not faithless
mellowed not tasteless
well oiled not faceless

[Todash]

This is the truth. We are married 33 years. Early in our marriage, my husband's children, from a previous marriage, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. Our first few years we had some arguments but after that accident my husband and I drew closer together.
Oh my. That's horrible. It could have driven you apart; I'm glad it didn't.

I have to say that in my experience—admittedly limited, as this my only marriage—the first few years, we argued much more frequently. Over time (nine years), we have become much closer and much more accepting of each other's foibles.

Still, he drives me nuts sometimes. :D As I do him.

[Dana]

Grr...he does LOTS of things that get on my nerves.
He leaves his stupid socks wherever. Shirts too.
He won't clean out his pockets. I am constantly washing screws, lighters, fish hooks, bullets, you name it. And no, it's not my job to clean out his pockets. This is a man who will go squirrel hunting and put the dead squirrels in his pockets as he accumulates them. No way am I putting my hands in there. :eek2:
He goes fishing, then comes home and cleans all the fish outside, then touches the door knob with his fishy hands. Then he uses ALL my Ziploc bags to freeze fish. When he cooks his fish, he makes a huge mess-corn meal in the floor and all over the counters, and oil spattered everywhere.
He comes in and gets the kids all wound up and then he goes to bed and leaves me to deal with them. Every time I'm just trying to keep it quiet around here he decides it's time to wrestle and run through the house and be loud.
He ducks ashes on my patio instead of using an ashtray. He leaves beer cans there too. Always nice when someone comes over and the first thing they see is beer cans sitting around. :glare:
And this morning, OMG! I could have killed him. He locked himself out of the house and needed back in...I had just talked to him, he knew I was awake. He also knew I would need to get clothes on before I could come to the door. The baby was still sleeping...pretty much the ONLY free time I have is when I can get up before the baby does. So he knocks. And knocks, and knocks. I stuck my head out the bedroom door, the door he is knocking incessantly on is glass, he can see me. I gave him the "hang on a minute while I get dressed and STOP freakin knocking!" signal. He starts knocking AGAIN! I swear it was all I could do not to kill him when I did get to the door to let him in. But by that time, I was holding a baby because of course he had woke him up. God, I'm still so mad I could spit nails!:grr:

[Haunted]

OH, PLEASE DO NOT GET ME STARTED!!!!!!!!!!!

We weren't supposed to live this long, AGH!!!

[dragafari]

My alltime favorite move is I'll be on the way home a few minutes from home on the cell. Well I give her a big story about a late conference call that has me fixed to the office. Then there will be lots of grumbling and I keep her on the phone long enough to hear her reaction when she hears the garage door opener. :)

You are very like my father. :oo:

[Sundrop]

He always leaves the toilet seat up---UGGGG!

[sheba41]

Sometimes he is so slow.........:glare:

[brownmouse]

My alltime favorite move is I'll be on the way home a few minutes from home on the cell. Well I give her a big story about a late conference call that has me fixed to the office. Then there will be lots of grumbling and I keep her on the phone long enough to hear her reaction when she hears the garage door opener. :)

That is too funny! I pity your wife!!-:wink2:

I have done that to my parents in Cleveland- we are ALWAYS getting on the road late when we go up and I usually call from the car when we are on the road (it takes 4 and 1/2 hours to get there)- so once I called and was like,' well, we are finally on the road' and my Dad, who has to know every detail, asks where (we were pulling in ) and I said "well, we just passed a pond and now I see a big white house and these 2 dogs and oh, wait some old guy talking on his kitchen phone..."

[brownmouse]

Ok, he was standing over me, so I thought it would be fair for him to vent about me;

1. If I am not on the SKMB, then I am reading a SK book.

2. Leave food chunks in the sink after the dishes (I do, gotta admit)

3. I take hour long baths. (Yep, also true)

4. I leave books in the bathroom after my hour long baths.

Too funny!!:biggrin2::biggrin2:

[poisonbat]

Here are a few more: IF he does a load of laundry, he will pick through the clothes and ONLY wash his. Mine he will leave on the floor in front of the hamper. If something of mine does slip in there, he will leave it unfolded on the end of my bed. That is IF he takes the clothes out of the dryer. Most of the time, he will leave HIS clothes in the dryer and use it a dresser until I discover his clothes there when I need the dryer.

He thinks that his work on his classic car should be a priority. It needs exhaust put on it, at the tune of $450. He actually made an appointment to have it done, I had to remind him that his son needs to have his wisdom teeth out 2 root canals and 2 crowns. Even with our dental insurance, we are looking at about $650. He whined and groaned and said that he had been saving money (behind my back) for this fancy exhaust system. I am sorry, but when you live paycheck to paycheck, a fancy exhaust system on a car that is not even driven, still has primer all over it, should not be a priority.

[BlackEye]

He brings out the past like a freshly dug-up dead skunk from a shallow mucky grave in the swamps of Louisianna. Yeah, that stinky.

For example:

The other night we'd decided to venture into a lovely argument, one of very few to have taken place in the last year. This one evolved around my having gone 100% off anti-depressants (yes on doctor's orders) and going back to college for my Associate's.

His words were "Don't get me wrong, I'm behind you 100% of the way if you want to pursue an education... but it rubs me the wrong way that you can go back after all these years, yet I had to quit college 10 years ago after we got married."

Some of you may say, hmmmm so what are you getting at? He's expressing doubts about school? He must have a reason, maybe even a good one. In that, you're correct, he indeed has a reason. His reason being, it was my fault he quit college because he'd jumped into a marriage with me already being 7 months pregnant, jumped into fatherhood, jumped into financial ruin... and he blames it on me. Blames me that he had to quit college, postpone his plans for a degree, set his previous ambitions aside for this newly made instant-mashed-potatoes situation of wife and baby.

So yep, dredging up old skunks and holding situations against me that were 50/50 within my control (trust me, I didn't hold a gun to his head and threaten impending doom if he didn't settle down with me and the new bundle of joy). It hurts, just plain effin' stinkin' hurts.

Oh, well that is more than a little annoyance. :sad: Sorry to hear this. But he should be happy to see you succeed. If that isn't happening maybe he has an issue he needs to deal with... like with a professional? Please note that I am just throwing it out as a thought and not telling you what to do. Take it with a grain of salt if you wish.

[BlackEye]

Grr...he does LOTS of things that get on my nerves.
He leaves his stupid socks wherever. Shirts too.
He won't clean out his pockets. I am constantly washing screws, lighters, fish hooks, bullets, you name it. And no, it's not my job to clean out his pockets. This is a man who will go squirrel hunting and put the dead squirrels in his pockets as he accumulates them. No way am I putting my hands in there. :eek2:
He goes fishing, then comes home and cleans all the fish outside, then touches the door knob with his fishy hands. Then he uses ALL my Ziploc bags to freeze fish. When he cooks his fish, he makes a huge mess-corn meal in the floor and all over the counters, and oil spattered everywhere.
He comes in and gets the kids all wound up and then he goes to bed and leaves me to deal with them. Every time I'm just trying to keep it quiet around here he decides it's time to wrestle and run through the house and be loud.
He ducks ashes on my patio instead of using an ashtray. He leaves beer cans there too. Always nice when someone comes over and the first thing they see is beer cans sitting around. :glare:
And this morning, OMG! I could have killed him. He locked himself out of the house and needed back in...I had just talked to him, he knew I was awake. He also knew I would need to get clothes on before I could come to the door. The baby was still sleeping...pretty much the ONLY free time I have is when I can get up before the baby does. So he knocks. And knocks, and knocks. I stuck my head out the bedroom door, the door he is knocking incessantly on is glass, he can see me. I gave him the "hang on a minute while I get dressed and STOP freakin knocking!" signal. He starts knocking AGAIN! I swear it was all I could do not to kill him when I did get to the door to let him in. But by that time, I was holding a baby because of course he had woke him up. God, I'm still so mad I could spit nails!:grr:

Well I can see your point in a lot of this. I guess I am shocked at some of it. Maybe it was a bad start with the dead squirrels in his pockets??? :biggrin2: Good lord. Maybe you should put on some rubber gloves, pull out the squirrel, and slap him silly with it. :biggrin2:

[BlackEye]

You are very like my father. :oo:

Oh, that explains why you never listen to a word I say! :biggrin2:

I kid. I kid.

Well, I bet your father is a very nice man, so I will take it as a compliment. :smile2:

[bookworm101]

I won't make Ms Mod suffer with all the typing, I could write a book on the things Buck does that drives me crazy. We both were single too long, and both are the oldest in our siblings rank which makes for some want to pull your hair out situations, but I wouldn't trade him for nothing.

[BlackEye]

That is too funny! I pity your wife!!-:wink2:

I have done that to my parents in Cleveland- we are ALWAYS getting on the road late when we go up and I usually call from the car when we are on the road (it takes 4 and 1/2 hours to get there)- so once I called and was like,' well, we are finally on the road' and my Dad, who has to know every detail, asks where (we were pulling in ) and I said "well, we just passed a pond and now I see a big white house and these 2 dogs and oh, wait some old guy talking on his kitchen phone..."

Yeah it is fun, huh? :biggrin2: I just love how it goes from a long sigh to a "oh you ******!!" and then ends with a smile.

OK so here is one more thing that happens once in a while. I've only done it on purpose once, but by accident several times. :smile2: I will be on the way home on a Friday and I'll tell her that I am going to have people over for drinks. Well she can't stand to have company over with anything out of place. So she will go running off and clean the house top to bottom. In the meantime occasionally one of my friends will tell me he/she is fixed to their house for lack of a babysitter. So the plan will move to their house. I will call my wife back and she will be very angry that she went through all of the hassle to clean the house and she didn't have to. I know it annoys her, but I always tell her how we got a clean house out of it. She doesn't find the humor in it. :biggrin2:

[mojomofo]

Here are a few more: IF he does a load of laundry, he will pick through the clothes and ONLY wash his. Mine he will leave on the floor in front of the hamper. If something of mine does slip in there, he will leave it unfolded on the end of my bed. That is IF he takes the clothes out of the dryer. Most of the time, he will leave HIS clothes in the dryer and use it a dresser until I discover his clothes there when I need the dryer.



I totally forgot about that one! Mine does it too.:glare:

[racheypen80]

Everything my husband touches gets dirty or breaks. I don't know how he manages it, but the boy is a walking tornado. He also manages to ignore everything I say so I have to repeat everything multiple times, he talks during movies, constantly forgets to take the dogs out, leaves the cap of the mayo jar off every time he makes a sandwich, leaves all the lights on in the house, doesn't know how to drive, he accidentally gave someone a ten dollar tip on a three dollar tab last week, and he uses my toothbrush.

*deep breath*

Thanks for letting me share. I feel so much better:-)

[Todash]

I forgot. One more thing.

He will talk and talk at night as I'm trying to go to sleep. Now, we talk all the time. It's one of my favorite things to do. But maybe not at 1 AM when I have to be up in four hours.

[JohnDalglish]

I know it annoys her, but I always tell her how we got a clean house out of it. She doesn't find the humor in it. :biggrin2:

Hi.

I'm not surprised.

You're lucky to be alive IMO

Long days and pleasant nights

[LadyPain]

Yeah it is fun, huh? :biggrin2: I just love how it goes from a long sigh to a "oh you ******!!" and then ends with a smile.

OK so here is one more thing that happens once in a while. I've only done it on purpose once, but by accident several times. :smile2: I will be on the way home on a Friday and I'll tell her that I am going to have people over for drinks. Well she can't stand to have company over with anything out of place. So she will go running off and clean the house top to bottom. In the meantime occasionally one of my friends will tell me he/she is fixed to their house for lack of a babysitter. So the plan will move to their house. I will call my wife back and she will be very angry that she went through all of the hassle to clean the house and she didn't have to. I know it annoys her, but I always tell her how we got a clean house out of it. She doesn't find the humor in it. :biggrin2:

You're lucky she hasn't neutered you in your sleep. :eyebrow:

[hipmamajen]

Actually, we've worked most of the major irritations out over time.

Now there's just the minor stuff left, like controlling the TV, driving the car until it hits "E" then parking it, leaving everything a mess all the time.

Oh wait, those are me! ;)

Seriously, I think I'm the bigger pain in this relationship. Dh would probably agree with me, if he wasn't worried I'd get all crabby about him saying that...

[BlackEye]

Hi.

I'm not surprised.

You're lucky to be alive IMO

Long days and pleasant nights

You're lucky she hasn't neutered you in your sleep. :eyebrow:

I know. :biggrin2: But the bottom line is most of the things I do are comical in nature, and with enough buttering up a laugh will come out.

Most of the time the things I do are accidents.

Here is a good one... I had just moved to New Hampshire. A friend from Maine lived in the area so we decided to go fly fishing not far from my house. I said I had no license and he said there is this little country store I can get one at. Well because I didn't yet have a New Hampshire license I had to pay out of state fees - $53. It was the only thing I bought at that store. Well went fishing and came home and thought nothing of it. Time went by and my wife was checking the credit card statement. She sees a charge for $53 dollars from that store. She asks me and for the life of me I had no idea what I could have got that would be $53. It is the kind of store where you might get a deck of smokes, or a bag of chips. There is no gas, and nothing of significant value there. So at this point I am getting agitated with her saying things like "hey someone must have gotten our number and they're ripping us off". Well we made a circus out of it between the credit card company and the store. The store ends up agreeing to refund us if we bring our card in. So we go down there. I walk into the store and my wife is discussing the whole thing with the lady that owns the store. I decide to stroll around and on my way back to the register I see a sign saying fishing licenses can be purchased here. And out of my mouth flies "hey I've been here before, this is where I bought my fishing license". If looks could kill. I am convinced my wife would have beaten me down if there weren't witnesses. My wife kind of turned back around and as calmly thanked the lady for her time and apologizing for the confusion. She really didn't say too much to me on the way home and rubbed her eyebrows a lot. :) But you know what, this is her favorite story to tell friends when we get on the subject of "stupid things your spouse did". :biggrin2:

[interplanetjanet]

I know. :biggrin2:

Here is a good one... I had just moved to New Hampshire. A friend from Maine lived in the area so we decided to go fly fishing not far from my house. I said I had no license and he said there is this little country store I can get one at. Well because I didn't yet have a New Hampshire license I had to pay out of state fees - $53. It was the only thing I bought at that store. Well went fishing and came home and thought nothing of it. Time went by and my wife was checking the credit card statement. She sees a charge for $53 dollars from that store. She asks me and for the life of me I had no idea what I could have got that would be $53. It is the kind of store where you might get a deck of smokes, or a bag of chips. There is no gas, and nothing of significant value there. So at this point I am getting agitated with her saying things like "hey someone must have gotten our number and they're ripping us off". Well we made a circus out of it between the credit card company and the store. The store ends up agreeing to refund us if we bring our card in. So we go down there. I walk into the store and my wife is discussing the whole thing with the lady that owns the store. I decide to stroll around and on my way back to the register I see a sign saying fishing licenses can be purchased here. And out of my mouth flies "hey I've been here before, this is where I bought my fishing license". If looks could kill. I am convinced my wife would have beaten me down if there weren't witnesses. My wife kind of turned back around and as calmly thanked the lady for her time and apologizing for the confusion. She really didn't say too much to me on the way home and rubbed her eyebrows a lot. :) But you know what, this is her favorite story to tell friends when we get on the subject of "stupid things your spouse did". :biggrin2:

That sounds like something I would do. I would totally have forgotten about the license. :smile2:

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,
Mrs BlackEye surely a princess among women.

Long days and pleasant nights

[marew1]

Oh I see, sorry to hear this. :sad:

For what it is worth, I believed you the first time. I just felt like interjecting some humor.

Congrats on 33 years!

Sometimes I take things the wrong way. Don't mind me. Thanks for the congrats.

[marew1]

Oh my. That's horrible. It could have driven you apart; I'm glad it didn't.

I have to say that in my experience—admittedly limited, as this my only marriage—the first few years, we argued much more frequently. Over time (nine years), we have become much closer and much more accepting of each other's foibles.

Still, he drives me nuts sometimes. :D As I do him.

This is my first marriage and the second for my husband. I believe time heals all wounds. I'm glad we have each other to get through things. I'll admit, we drive each other crazy from time to time. Glad you have grown closer to each other.

[BlackEye]

Hi,
Mrs BlackEye surely a princess among women.

Long days and pleasant nights

:eek2:

Not... gonna... do... it...

Must... refrain.... from.... telling... how... she... annoys... me...

:biggrin2:

[RebeccaS]

The more I think on it, the more I realize my husband doesn't irk me all that much. Not with little things. Most of what he does I do (which is rather interesting to consider) and both of us just take those things we do with a grain of salt.

Although one thing he does that gets under my skin is he makes all these plans - IE plans to buy this, build that, work on such and such. Usually big expensive plans evolving around the time of year we receive our permanent fund dividend (in Alaska). A year later, we spent almost all the money on things his mother in law wants/needs (we live with her and take care of her 24/7), our plans don't go through, and he's making new more exciting extravagant plans for the next dividend. :eyebrow:

[Shasta]

There are things that my husband does that pull my irritation chain - the man eats cereal like a cow. But, there are many more sweet, unexpected, selfless things he does. I would rather talk about those!

(No, I can't clone him.... I tried.)

[Patricia A]

You mean like this (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/08/08/funny-pictures-big-hairy-deal-of-turning-on-teh-dishwasher-for-u/)?
LMAO! Ain't love grand?

[MrsSmeej]

...
Although one thing he does that gets under my skin is he makes all these plans - IE plans to buy this, build that, work on such and such. Usually big expensive plans evolving around the time of year we receive our permanent fund dividend (in Alaska). A year later, we spent almost all the money on things his mother in law wants/needs (we live with her and take care of her 24/7), our plans don't go through, and he's making new more exciting extravagant plans for the next dividend. :eyebrow:

:eek2: Okay, correct me if I'm reading this wrong, but isn't your significant other's mother-in-law your Mom? Or is your significant other's mother-in-law just an incredibly understanding woman? :biggrin2:

[mstay]

I forgot. One more thing.

He will talk and talk at night as I'm trying to go to sleep. Now, we talk all the time. It's one of my favorite things to do. But maybe not at 1 AM when I have to be up in four hours.

Your husband TALKS to you?!?! Wow, you are lucky.:biggrin2:

[Todash]

Your husband TALKS to you?!?! Wow, you are lucky.:biggrin2:
I am, actually. :) I don't quite know how I managed to get someone as fundamentally awesome as he is.

[Lilies13]

Yeah it is fun, huh? :biggrin2: I just love how it goes from a long sigh to a "oh you ******!!" and then ends with a smile.

OK so here is one more thing that happens once in a while. I've only done it on purpose once, but by accident several times. :smile2: I will be on the way home on a Friday and I'll tell her that I am going to have people over for drinks. Well she can't stand to have company over with anything out of place. So she will go running off and clean the house top to bottom. In the meantime occasionally one of my friends will tell me he/she is fixed to their house for lack of a babysitter. So the plan will move to their house. I will call my wife back and she will be very angry that she went through all of the hassle to clean the house and she didn't have to. I know it annoys her, but I always tell her how we got a clean house out of it. She doesn't find the humor in it. :biggrin2:


All I can say is that your wife must be the most patient woman on the planet! Ya a bad boy! Kidding! :biggrin2: Guess you feel safe enought with her to do those things huh? Well be good to her and march right away to the jewelry store and get the most beautiful necklace you can find!

[Terry B]

Wow - how did I miss this thread. How does my other half drive me crazy - hmmmmmm - let's see - how much time to we have.

[KLBurnham]

He doesen't..at least not anymore. I'm divorced. But, one thing he always did that made me rabbid was place trash on top of the trashcan instead of lifting the lid and throwing it away. GGGRRRRR!!

[ms.darkside]

I have an ex who didn't do manly things. lemme explain... He was afraid of lighting the gas grill in fear he would lose his eyebrows. He went to a tanning salon.... He HAD to visit his mother everyday, not usually a bother, but she would take his laundry and rewash his clothes. Mine weren't white enough. To top it off, he was so cheap we ate out maybe 4 times in 5 years. The bills were in my name, (because we met after I had moved in to my place) and therefore, I owed all the money. He saved a bunch while we went out. Thank God I never married that, that..arrggghhh.
But now, I am happily engaged to a wonderful man who cooks me breakfast and washes the dishes after!! Yea, I still got to deal with the dirty socks around, snoring, farting, beer drinking, but man, I love the little tradeoffs sometimes. And the best part is, he sings to me and actually appreciates how white I get his socks!

[Tery]

There are things that my husband does that pull my irritation chain - the man eats cereal like a cow. But, there are many more sweet, unexpected, selfless things he does. I would rather talk about those!

(No, I can't clone him.... I tried.)

We must have clones, because mine's the same way! I mean, he really does eat like a pig. I have to remind him to slow down, the food isn't going anywhere! :laugh:

There is one thing, though... He did it today. If there is a problem with something - today the phone won't work, no dial tone - he will ask if I have checked the obvious. Like is the phone off the hook. I find this very condescending... OF COURSE I did!!

But, like yours, when it comes to the GOOD stuff, it outweighs the occasional :glare:

[the great kilted one]

Oooh, I've got a new one today.

He came in last night from work and started in again about getting some random dangerous job. It's bad enough he's a type one diabetic, I don't want to worry about his occupation too. He's drawn to the idea of dangerous nonsense though (prison guard was the latest one, and has said bail-bondsman in the past), and even though I know it's a job that has to be done, I don't want him to do it when he's perfectly fine with the job he's in.
I probably sound like I worry too much, but Tampa isn't exactly the safest place in the world anyway, and that's without adding further dangers to it. ::sigh::

[RUspongeworthy]

Love the hubs but some of his habits . . . not so much.

He's away and on the road a great deal of the time due to his job but that's not an issue. However, when he is home he doesn't seem to have any idea where anything goes! It doesn't matter how often I tell him or show him, he absolutely cannot or will not remember. As a result, once he's left again, I can't find anything. He seems to think that once something is no longer in his hands, he's "handled" it and it no longer affects him or anyone else.

Drives me crazy.

[Cola]

The fact that he can't read mind drives me bugsh!t - he should know

WHAT I want

WHEN I want it and

HOW I want it done :D

[Cola]

The fact that he can't MY read mind drives me bugsh!t - he should know

WHAT I want

WHEN I want it and

HOW I want it done :D

That shoulda been it !! :blush:

[Haunted]

The fact that he can't read mind drives me bugsh!t - he should know

WHAT I want

WHEN I want it and

HOW I want it done :D

Now now, Sweetness, are you TRYING to drive yourself WACKO? Sorry... Babe...it ain't never gonna happen. It's not in their chemistry. NOT NOW NOT NEVER. You gotta grab 'em by the lapels, get nose to nose with him and look him straight in the eye and tell him what you want, what color, and when you want it. THEN YOU ASK HIM..."Now, do you want me to write that down for you???" I know, I know what about the mystery? what about the romance? If you are married to Mr. Black and White as I am you learn to fight for yourself. It's really a miniscule point in the larger picture.

[Reesespieces]

I guess the one thing that really gets me with my husband is that he drops his dirty clothes in front of the hamper. I mean move over 2 inches and it would be inside. WTF? The second thing that gets me is that he and I will discuss something important and come up with a plan, but the next day when I talk to him about what I have done, he has changed his mind and not said anything to me about it. He is wishy washy and I hate that. :bat:

OMG you are married to my husband!! Oh and i hate how he manages to take off his pants, underwear and socks and they are still in his pants and I have to fish them out!!! I hate it...

[Reesespieces]

:rofl:Ok, now tell us the truth. :biggrin2:

[MrsSmeej]

:eek2: I've mentioned my addiction to show tunes, right?

He will not always say,
What you would have him say
Then all at once he'll say,
Something wonderful...
- Rogers and Hammerstein, from The King and I -

I find myself humming this on occasion. It helps. I don't know why. :wink2:

[Cola]

Now now, Sweetness, are you TRYING to drive yourself WACKO? Sorry... Babe...it ain't never gonna happen. It's not in their chemistry. NOT NOW NOT NEVER. You gotta grab 'em by the lapels, get nose to nose with him and look him straight in the eye and tell him what you want, what color, and when you want it. THEN YOU ASK HIM..."Now, do you want me to write that down for you???" I know, I know what about the mystery? what about the romance? If you are married to Mr. Black and White as I am you learn to fight for yourself. It's really a miniscule point in the larger picture.

:rofl: - I know I know - lol - but here's hopin' :D

[AngelZ]

You gotta grab 'em by the lapels, get nose to nose with him and look him straight in the eye and tell him what you want, what color, and when you want it. THEN YOU ASK HIM..."Now, do you want me to write that down for you???"

Couldn't have said it better myself. Mine actually appreciates being told, makes things a LOT easier. At least me for me, dropping hints are a big waste of time.

[scary cat]

I hate it when he whines!!! And he does it alot..... then I must pay attention to him right at that moment. No matter what I am in the middle of.

Other than that he is great and I love him!

[bloodroses]

I was just having that kind of day myself!

Rules don't apply to him, just everyone else.

He reminds me of that childhood poem by Henry Wasworth Longfellow:
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And when she was good
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

Funny, he's got no middle ground. It is black and white with him. When he gets angry, the house will be quiet for a long time, sometimes even days...
that is exactly like my husband, he gets upset about things i did before we met hello cant do anything about that dont get me started on my kid:glare:

[Kim L.]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Mine actually appreciates being told, makes things a LOT easier. At least me for me, dropping hints are a big waste of time.

Same with my sweetie. Took me awhile to learn, but once I did life became much easier.

[Haunted]

:rofl: - I know I know - lol - but here's hopin' :D

Oh, God bless you child. Of course there is always hope. Hey, maybe yours is more trainable than mine.

[Haunted]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Mine actually appreciates being told, makes things a LOT easier. At least me for me, dropping hints are a big waste of time.

HEAR, HEAR...only skin off the nose is yours, eh?

[Cola]

Oh, God bless you child. Of course there is always hope. Hey, maybe yours is more trainable than mine.


They are trainable? - hhhhhmmmmm......

There is so much I don't know - you must tell me all your trade secrets -


:rofl:

[smjohn]

IF I had a sig. other, his breathing would probably drive me crazy.

[Todash]

IF I had a sig. other, his breathing would probably drive me crazy.
:eyebrow: ... :oo: ... :umm:

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I notice a lot of complaints about socks and washing being left on the floor, and I lay the blame firmly on the mums. If they hadn't spoiled their sons by allowing and encouraging this kind of behavior, then you wouldn't be faced with it today.

I would never have got away with it as a kid so I wouldn't do it now.

I wouldn't suggest for a second that there are any mums out there still spoiling their sons for a future generation to complain about; oh no, not me.

And while most women appear to have (for some obscure reason LOL) extremely fixed opinions about the position of the toilet seat, in my experience it's pretty well 50/50 between the 'toilet seat up' and the 'toilet seat down' camps.

You must remember that we men have fewer neural cortexes than ladies, so appropriate training must start early to have any chance of taking!

Long days and pleasant nights

[smjohn]

:eyebrow: ... :oo: ... :umm:

Ok, I'll 'splain. I'm a man hater:) I prefer not to have a significant other because they just get on my nerves. They're a pain in my ass.

[psycho_killer]

IF I had a sig. other, his breathing would probably drive me crazy.

BWAHAHAHAHA...:rofl:

[smjohn]

Hi,

I notice a lot of complaints about socks and washing being left on the floor, and I lay the blame firmly on the mums. If they hadn't spoiled their sons by allowing and encouraging this kind of behavior, then you wouldn't be faced with it today.

I would never have got away with it as a kid so I wouldn't do it now.

I wouldn't suggest for a second that there are any mums out there still spoiling their sons for a future generation to complain about; oh no, not me.

And while most women appear to have (for some obscure reason LOL) extremely fixed opinions about the position of the toilet seat, in my experience it's pretty well 50/50 between the 'toilet seat up' and the 'toilet seat down' camps.

You must remember that we men have fewer neural cortexes than ladies, so appropriate training must start early to have any chance of taking!

Long days and pleasant nights

Very insightful, John:biggrin2:

[Todash]

Hi ...

And while most women appear to have (for some obscure reason LOL) extremely fixed opinions about the position of the toilet seat, in my experience it's pretty well 50/50 between the 'toilet seat up' and the 'toilet seat down' camps.

You must remember that we men have fewer neural cortexes than ladies, so appropriate training must start early to have any chance of taking!

Long days and pleasant nights

Here's the thing about the toilet seat. I agree that it's just as easy to put it down as to put it up; a woman should not get special consideration only because she is female. BUT. If the toilet seat is down and a man doesn't notice and uses the bathroom, he may have a little extra mess to clean up. If the toilet seat is up and a woman doesn't notice and uses the bathroom, she is likely getting a cold toilet water butt dip with the possible added humiliation of having to call for assistance if she can't get out.

Have you ever had a cold toilet water butt dip, John? I have. It's far, far worse than having to lift the seat and then put it back down.

Disclosure: in our house we put the lid down.

[rjt65]

My wife can sometimes attempt to be controlling--can ya believe it? I say attempt 'cause I don't kinder to well to those attempts and there-in lies our combative ways.

On VK, she started telling me what side dish to order with my fish plate--- i stopped (kids and waiter there) and told her I thought I just might be capable of ordering my own food.

Ayyy Carumba!

[Haunted]

My wife can sometimes attempt to be controlling--can ya believe it? I say attempt 'cause I don't kinder to well to those attempts and there-in lies our combative ways.

On VK, she started telling me what side dish to order with my fish plate--- i stopped (kids and waiter there) and told her I thought I just might be capable of ordering my own food.

Ayyy Carumba!

YOU HANG IN THERE!!!!!.....NOBODY SHOULD CONTROL ANYONE IN A MARRIAGE...It then stops being a marriage.

[brownmouse]

My wife can sometimes attempt to be controlling--can ya believe it? I say attempt 'cause I don't kinder to well to those attempts and there-in lies our combative ways.

On VK, she started telling me what side dish to order with my fish plate--- i stopped (kids and waiter there) and told her I thought I just might be capable of ordering my own food.

Ayyy Carumba!

Is this my husband? Are you sneaking on here under an assumed alias? :eek2:

John, I will take the toilet debate further- There is no reason that the seat should have to go up at all- yeah, that's right-I said it- See- if you guys would take just a little time to AIM - well, er- you know you would not have to have a larger target- but nooo- you all have to just hope for the best when it comes to , er, that. :wink2:

[LadyPain]

Well, I only got a couple of hours of sleep last night thanks to mine. At 2.30 am he plunks his hand down onto me (and I get the elbow in my ribs) and I wake up with such an adrenaline rush that I couldn't get back to sleep. I had myself so bloody doked up last night so I could get past the pain and sleep, and I had to be woken up. I tossed and turned until morning. I feel like crap and I am pissed off at him. What a way to start my day. I think that after I make soap, I will be hiding out with an SK novel to help me forget the pain. Yeah, and some dokes as well. I am not functioning well at the moment. I was desperate for that sleep. I just finished working six days in a row and I was desperate for sleep.

One of these nights, methinks he might be getting a cold hand someplace. *wicked chortle*

[Todash]

Well, I only got a couple of hours of sleep last night thanks to mine. Same here, although for a slightly different reason. (One more night like last night and I will hide both his bedside lamp AND his stupid iPod Touch that lights up the entire room.) I did have a productive moment, though. After I laid in bed awake for a few hours (super rare for me), I decided to get up and browse the web in hopes that I would get really sleepy. Didn't happen ... but I did purchase a better sleep mask on Amazon. :D

[rjt65]

He might like the cold hand?

(even wiked-er chortle!)


Well, I only got a couple of hours of sleep last night thanks to mine. At 2.30 am he plunks his hand down onto me (and I get the elbow in my ribs) and I wake up with such an adrenaline rush that I couldn't get back to sleep. I had myself so bloody doked up last night so I could get past the pain and sleep, and I had to be woken up. I tossed and turned until morning. I feel like crap and I am pissed off at him. What a way to start my day. I think that after I make soap, I will be hiding out with an SK novel to help me forget the pain. Yeah, and some dokes as well. I am not functioning well at the moment. I was desperate for that sleep. I just finished working six days in a row and I was desperate for sleep.

One of these nights, methinks he might be getting a cold hand someplace. *wicked chortle*

[rjt65]

BM:

1-so you like to order your hubby's side dishes 2? :biggrin2:

2- U never worked 'that type of plumbing', so ya cannot comment on the the seat-up-down from that perspective! :eyebrow:



Is this my husband? Are you sneaking on here under an assumed alias? :eek2:

John, I will take the toilet debate further- There is no reason that the seat should have to go up at all- yeah, that's right-I said it- See- if you guys would take just a little time to AIM - well, er- you know you would not have to have a larger target- but nooo- you all have to just hope for the best when it comes to , er, that. :wink2:

[pepino]

[QUOTE=brownmouse;198662]Well, I love my guy (as I'm sure you do too Lady pain) BUT-

He can be such a drama-er- king(?)- if we have a spat he automatically thinks we are headed for divorce court-he'll start circling available apartment ads in the newspaper- very loudly -ruffling pages and muttering "Hmmm, that one looks nice" until I tell him to cut it out; we are NOT going to get a divorce over who's turn it was to change the cat litter. :wow:

OMG! If my guy did that every time we had a spat I'd kick his butt.

My guy is pretty decent and a lot of his good qualities are also his downfalls. Everytime he has something to do, he has to do it until it's finished, no matter how big the job. This may seem like a good thing, but it's not when he is painting the kitchen at midnight. I tell him that it will still be there tomorrow, but he just has to have it done. Drives me crazy. :upside:

[Todash]

My guy is pretty decent and a lot of his good qualities are also his downfalls.
When you get right down to it, I think that's the case with most of us. Our faults are just traits that are a bit out of balance, or just don't mesh 100% with our spouses.

Mine likes me to help him prioritize his work because he has trouble determining the importance of something, whereas I'm very willing and able to make that call. He likes it then, but it bugs him when I call a project we're working on together "good enough." To him, there's no such thing as overkill. But the longer we're married, the more alike we get, I think. He has taught me to be more careful where it counts, and I have taught him that there's no return in giving everything, no matter its importance in your life, 100%. :)

[BlackEye]

John, I will take the toilet debate further- There is no reason that the seat should have to go up at all- yeah, that's right-I said it- See- if you guys would take just a little time to AIM - well, er- you know you would not have to have a larger target- but nooo- you all have to just hope for the best when it comes to , er, that. :wink2:

Well, you are forgetting the rebound droplets. :biggrin2:

[Eleese of Gilead.]

This is almost like group therapy!


Well to name ONE thing (I'll be back) he's a baby, and he thinks he can justify it with an "I'm hungry/I'm sick/I'm tired" etc. Of course when I'm hungry or tired I can't be grumpy, I need to be making dinner....
Oh, once when he was really sick and I couldn't stay home guess who came over with all the remedies?? His MOM, yup he called her. !?!???!???

[Eleese of Gilead.]

GET THIS.

I've seen a toilet seat that shuts slowly on it's own, all it needs it a little tap...awesome or what?

For the record I'd rather it be up then have to clean "rebound droplets" every time I use my toilet....

[Haunted]

GET THIS.

I've seen a toilet seat that shuts slowly on it's own, all it needs it a little tap...awesome or what?

For the record I'd rather it be up then have to clean "rebound droplets" every time I use my toilet....

TEE HEE. VERY GOOD POINT.

But, you really can have it put down the way you want it. Judge Judy tells the story that her husband repeatedly left the seat up even though she plead with him to put it down, One night she got up in the dark and sat into the cold water of the WC (no seat!!!). She went out to the yard and got two metal trash can lids; brought them inside straddled her husband in the bed and clanged those lids together two inches from his nose. HE HAS NEVER LEFT THE SEAT UP SINCE!!!!!!!!!

[smjohn]

GET THIS.

I've seen a toilet seat that shuts slowly on it's own, all it needs it a little tap...awesome or what?

For the record I'd rather it be up then have to clean "rebound droplets" every time I use my toilet....

Yeah! Rebound droplets are gross:eek2:

Look, if everyone just learns to put the whole seat/lid down every time, the problem is solved. That way noone is left out. Both have to lift it, both have to put it down. No discrimination there:wink2:

[Haunted]

This is almost like group therapy!


Well to name ONE thing (I'll be back) he's a baby, and he thinks he can justify it with an "I'm hungry/I'm sick/I'm tired" etc. Of course when I'm hungry or tired I can't be grumpy, I need to be making dinner....
Oh, once when he was really sick and I couldn't stay home guess who came over with all the remedies?? His MOM, yup he called her. !?!???!???

What??? you married to Ray Barone??? If my SO had a mother, he'd do the same thing.

[chimpanity]

My better half really does drive me crazy, but is not her actions that do it....Im crazy when we are apart....

I've never been sappy or romantic before, but now I am and that also drives me crazy.....I used to poke fun at my friends when they would be sappy with there girlfriends but I now find myself doing the same things that they were doing.....So i guess im now a sappy dork too.....but I would not have it any other way, I love her so much

(And im not writing this to carry favors with her....she knows nothing about stephen king and would never come to this site......Altho I did get her read the first dark tower book........(Just like Andy Dufresne I will chip away at her a little at a time until she recognizes the genius of sai king.

[smooth operator]

My husband very rarely hears anything I say. I have to assume that he is not listening. He asks me the same question over and over again - because he was not listening. Once I have answered the same question 3 times, I refuse to answer it any more. If he even notices that I did not answer, he wants to know what's wrong. I tell him, hoping he is listening.

He also gets mad, but will not admit that he is mad, or tell me why. I believe this to be a huge waste of time and effort. If you are mad at someone and do not tell them, then they are likely to do the same thing that made you mad again. If I am mad, I will tell you I am mad and why, so that I can get over being mad and do not have to carry a grudge.

[Dr. Fudd]

All of your comments about your significant others here make me so happy and proud of my wife! She never complains, never nags. She's great with the garden. She really can make those roses grow! We've only had one argument in our life together. As a matter of fact she's in the back yard right now, so content and peaceful. I really miss her...

[arista]

I think that the toilet seat down is the proper etiquette...Nothing is worse than having a cold tushy in the toilet.

[BlackEye]

All of your comments about your significant others here make me so happy and proud of my wife! She never complains, never nags. She's great with the garden. She really can make those roses grow! We've only had one argument in our life together. As a matter of fact she's in the back yard right now, so content and peaceful. I really miss her...

:eek2:

[mstay]

All of your comments about your significant others here make me so happy and proud of my wife! She never complains, never nags. She's great with the garden. She really can make those roses grow! We've only had one argument in our life together. As a matter of fact she's in the back yard right now, so content and peaceful. I really miss her...

*snort*:laugh::eek2:

[LadyPain]

All of your comments about your significant others here make me so happy and proud of my wife! She never complains, never nags. She's great with the garden. She really can make those roses grow! We've only had one argument in our life together. As a matter of fact she's in the back yard right now, so content and peaceful. I really miss her...

So she's fertilizin' the flowers from below, huh? Does law enforcement know? :devil:

[poisonbat]

I understand the toilet seat up thing, but I am the only female in this house. My husband does put it down about 40% of the time, but the boys Never unless they need to use it ya know. I always check, I have learned my lesson more than once, and I learn more quickly than they do. :bat:

[mojomofo]

I understand the toilet seat up thing, but I am the only female in this house. My husband does put it down about 40% of the time, but the boys Never unless they need to use it ya know. I always check, I have learned my lesson more than once, and I learn more quickly than they do. :bat:

My husband is outnumbered 3-1. One time he left the seat up, and my daughter sat down - whoops ,right into the toilet. So she is sitting in the bathroom screaming for help, and I made him go in and pry her out of the toilet. Then I made him run her bath since sitting in that water is gross, I don't care how many times you scrub or flush. He hasn't done it since. And I agree, rebound drops are disgusting- but nothing is worse than putting your foot in a drop that managed to miss the toilet. Seriously, how far away is he standing that drops are all around the toilet?

[Matticus]

I hate to get too graphic but sometimes when a man goes...its like half the opening is closed and some shoots in a weird direction. :(

But common sense says you grab a tissue and clean it up.

As far as I'm concerned, the seat is everyone's responsibility. I put it up when it needs up, down when it needs down. Sure, my wife only needs down (although I've heard some women can pee standing up)--but she doesn't mind doing her part.

[pepino]

My better half really does drive me crazy, but is not her actions that do it....Im crazy when we are apart....

I've never been sappy or romantic before, but now I am and that also drives me crazy.....I used to poke fun at my friends when they would be sappy with there girlfriends but I now find myself doing the same things that they were doing.....So i guess im now a sappy dork too.....but I would not have it any other way, I love her so much

(And im not writing this to carry favors with her....she knows nothing about stephen king and would never come to this site......Altho I did get her read the first dark tower book........(Just like Andy Dufresne I will chip away at her a little at a time until she recognizes the genius of sai king.

I'm not a sappy person either, but I can relate to this. I went to Europe for a week in May and the whole time all I could think about was all the miles between my bf and I. I loved Europe, but was glad to get back home to see him (and my dogs).:love:

[rjt65]

Here for free are instructions to print out and post in bathroom:

1- just simply check that the toilet is in proper alignment- look before sitting

2- seat open close the ring only or if male open the ring

3- sit or stand

4- mess-clean it up

[Todash]

I hate to get too graphic but sometimes when a man goes...its like half the opening is closed and some shoots in a weird direction. :(

Yeah, my husband has told me this. Of course you need to clean up after yourself (and he does, always) ... but at least now I understand HOW the problem happens in the first place. Before, I thought—well, I don't know what I thought guys were doing in there. :oo:

[LadyPain]

My husband had the balls to tell me what he expects for his birthday this year.

I reminded him that I got NOTHING for my birthday except that creepy card from my folks.

What was he expecting? I made sure he had a great time when he turned 40.

Then he goes off and says how I get all angry over the little things. Geez, if he had even given me a bleedin' card for my 40th I might not have gotten tense over today.

He also expects we are going to get lots of things done by the time his dad visits. Oh yeah, sure. When am I going to get all this stuff done? I am working a lot and on my days off I am exhausted and ill and I just want to sleep but I can't. I am NOT looking forward to playing hostess to someone who couldn't even bother to say thankee for all of the handmade soap I have sent his way. My email is on every friggin' bar.

One might think I am not having a good day...

One might be right.

[Dr. Fudd]

So she's fertilizin' the flowers from below, huh? Does law enforcement know? :devil:They know exactly what I pay them to know... heh heh heh. I don't make the very best home made donuts for nothing!

[dejolane]

Ok, I had to answer this question. H-e-l-l yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Debbie

[Haunted]

My husband had the balls to tell me what he expects for his birthday this year.

I reminded him that I got NOTHING for my birthday except that creepy card from my folks.

What was he expecting? I made sure he had a great time when he turned 40.

Then he goes off and says how I get all angry over the little things. Geez, if he had even given me a bleedin' card for my 40th I might not have gotten tense over today.

He also expects we are going to get lots of things done by the time his dad visits. Oh yeah, sure. When am I going to get all this stuff done? I am working a lot and on my days off I am exhausted and ill and I just want to sleep but I can't. I am NOT looking forward to playing hostess to someone who couldn't even bother to say thankee for all of the handmade soap I have sent his way. My email is on every friggin' bar.

One might think I am not having a good day...

One might be right.


I would tell him that he will get for his birthday precisely what he gave you.
As far as the inconsiderate father-in-law the next time it is mentioned that things needs to be done to prepare tell your husband that he'd better get started. And when his father arrives leave them to entertain themselves including finding something to eat. MEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a better day...

[poisonbat]

My husband had the balls to tell me what he expects for his birthday this year.

I reminded him that I got NOTHING for my birthday except that creepy card from my folks.

What was he expecting? I made sure he had a great time when he turned 40.

Then he goes off and says how I get all angry over the little things. Geez, if he had even given me a bleedin' card for my 40th I might not have gotten tense over today.

He also expects we are going to get lots of things done by the time his dad visits. Oh yeah, sure. When am I going to get all this stuff done? I am working a lot and on my days off I am exhausted and ill and I just want to sleep but I can't. I am NOT looking forward to playing hostess to someone who couldn't even bother to say thankee for all of the handmade soap I have sent his way. My email is on every friggin' bar.

One might think I am not having a good day...

One might be right.

Boy can I feel you LP, My husband not only forgot our Anniversary in June, but completely forgot my birthday last week. Not even a passing Happy Birthday came from him. :glare: He also expects everything to get done around here, and instead of commenting on everything that has got done, he complains about what has not been done. I didn't sit down yesterday until after 4 pm doing all of the errands, shopping, housework etc. what does he say? You didn't make any tea for me today? Could have ripped his head off, but I didn't, I told him I was too busy and if he wanted tea, he could make it himself. Needless to say, there is an empty tea pitcher sitting on the counter this morning, guess I'll make tea today.:glare::bat:

[dejolane]

If my husband forgets my birthday on September 19th I'll kill him.:biggrin2: ( Remember that is only a figure of speech)

Debbie

[rjt65]

LP:

May I suggest a german nasty note left by coffee? :biggrin2:

My wife mentioned a beautiful baccarat crystal necklace she perused in Fortunoffs the other day....

Christmas is 4 months away!

My husband had the balls to tell me what he expects for his birthday this year.

I reminded him that I got NOTHING for my birthday except that creepy card from my folks.

What was he expecting? I made sure he had a great time when he turned 40.

Then he goes off and says how I get all angry over the little things. Geez, if he had even given me a bleedin' card for my 40th I might not have gotten tense over today.

He also expects we are going to get lots of things done by the time his dad visits. Oh yeah, sure. When am I going to get all this stuff done? I am working a lot and on my days off I am exhausted and ill and I just want to sleep but I can't. I am NOT looking forward to playing hostess to someone who couldn't even bother to say thankee for all of the handmade soap I have sent his way. My email is on every friggin' bar.

One might think I am not having a good day...

One might be right.

[rjt65]

i have always had issues remembering dates. took me until i was like 17 to remember my own!

The palm pilot saved my life (marriage!)

Invest in one for your hubby!



If my husband forgets my birthday on September 19th I'll kill him.:biggrin2: ( Remember that is only a figure of speech)

Debbie

[Gard-ole-Gard]

Ok, he was standing over me, so I thought it would be fair for him to vent about me;

1. If I am not on the SKMB, then I am reading a SK book.

I love you, Mojo :).

Other than leaving half empty coffee cups around the house, my Deb continues to amaze me every day. She does pressure me into being a very good spouse, by being one herself. Damn her :biggrin2:

[brownmouse]

Well, you are forgetting the rebound droplets. :biggrin2:

Well, yeah, I guess I was- :biggrin2: but can't you guys just bend at the knees a little ? :eek2:

[BlackEye]

Well, yeah, I guess I was- :biggrin2: but can't you guys just bend at the knees a little ? :eek2:

LOL. Well where does it stop, want us to sit and pee? :biggrin2: The bottom line is that it takes little effort to lift a lid, pee standing up, and if there is any misguided drops just take a tissue and wipe it down, and drop the seat again. I'm not sure why this is such a big problem, then again maybe it is more about making a stand. How nicely are the women helping their men realize these things? Ya know how stubborn we can get! :biggrin2:

[Todash]

Well, yeah, I guess I was- :biggrin2: but can't you guys just bend at the knees a little ? :eek2:
This made me laugh because it brought this Dave Barry quote directly to mind: "Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"

[Gard-ole-Gard]

LOL. Well where does it stop, want us to sit and pee? :biggrin2:

I wasn't going to mention this, but that exactly what I started doing. Being the official bathroom cleaner, those "rebound droplets" disgusted me to the point of unmanly behavior...

[Dr. Fudd]

Ok, I'll 'splain. I'm a man hater:) I prefer not to have a significant other because they just get on my nerves. They're a pain in my ass.As my dear old Dad used to say, if your relationships give you a pain there? You're doing it wrong.

[Haunted]

This made me laugh because it brought this Dave Barry quote directly to mind: "Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"

:biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:

'S funny I just read Dave Barry's shtck on having a colonoscopy--WHAT A HOOT!!!!! AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT---gotta bend your knees.:biggrin2:

[BlackThorn]

Oh, you mean The Goddess?

She shows me love, and then makes me cut myself for it. Other than that, I refuse to be owned, or to own anyone.

[BlackEye]

I wasn't going to mention this, but that exactly what I started doing. Being the official bathroom cleaner, those "rebound droplets" disgusted me to the point of unmanly behavior...

Oh no, we have to revoke your man card. :biggrin2:

[smjohn]

As my dear old Dad used to say, if your relationships give you a pain there? You're doing it wrong.

Food for thought:wink2: Thanks, Fudd:)

[Gard-ole-Gard]

Ok, I'll 'splain. I'm a man hater:) I prefer not to have a significant other because they just get on my nerves. They're a pain in my ass.

One day, when you least expect it, Mr Right will walk into your life. OK, I'm done with predictions now....

[smjohn]

One day, when you least expect it, Mr Right will walk into your life. OK, I'm done with predictions now....

Thank you for that Vote of Confidence, Paul:) Hope it helps:)

[smjohn]

:eek2:Wow...fast fingers, Ms. Mod:)

[mojomofo]

I love you, Mojo :).

Other than leaving half empty coffee cups around the house, my Deb continues to amaze me every day. She does pressure me into being a very good spouse, by being one herself. Damn her :biggrin2:


Hey, I have long believed a successful marriage is based on parity of abuse.:biggrin2:

[BlackThorn]

I'd rather have close forever friends than significant others. Being owned is worse than being only involved with same sex relationships.

But hell, I'm not your average camper, and it's not possible for me to ever make it to a diamond anniversary. It's just not on the map for me.

[brownmouse]

This made me laugh because it brought this Dave Barry quote directly to mind: "Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?"

:biggrin2::biggrin2:

[brownmouse]

I wasn't going to mention this, but that exactly what I started doing. Being the official bathroom cleaner, those "rebound droplets" disgusted me to the point of unmanly behavior...

A SOLUTION!!- here ye ,men, hear ye!!-

[Dr. Fudd]

I wasn't going to mention this, but that exactly what I started doing. Being the official bathroom cleaner, those "rebound droplets" disgusted me to the point of unmanly behavior...There's only one way around this while maintaining your masculinity, leave the toilet to her and start using the sink. See what she thinks of that...

[Dr. Fudd]

I'd rather have close forever friends than significant others. Being owned is worse than being only involved with same sex relationships.

But hell, I'm not your average camper, and it's not possible for me to ever make it to a diamond anniversary. It's just not on the map for me.I didn't respond to this so much to comment on it as, I just wanted you to read what you wrote, again..

[smjohn]

I didn't respond to this so much to comment on it as, I just wanted you to read what you wrote, again..

You crack me up, Fudd:)

[Dr. Fudd]

Food for thought:wink2: Thanks, Fudd:)You're welcome SMJohn, by the way, what does SMJohn mean? It's either your initials or it's a bathroom with very kinky decor.

[Dr. Fudd]

If my husband forgets my birthday on September 19th I'll kill him.:biggrin2: ( Remember that is only a figure of speech)

DebbieIt's called "a figure of speech" now. Later it will be called hearsay testimony...

[smjohn]

You're welcome SMJohn, by the way, what does SMJohn mean? It's either your initials or it's a bathroom with very kinky decor.

I just have kinky sounding initials:)

[LadyPain]

ARRRRGH! He keeps on insisting that he is going to put the new Office suite on my computer to upgrade it.

The only thing in the Office suite that I use is Word. I like the version I am using. I don't want all of the new bells and whistles and I don't want to have to learn where everything is all over again.

This computer that I am using was supposed to be MINE. How in the sweet pink christ is it going to be mine if he keeps on deciding what is to be done with it?

This gripe brought to you by Microsh*t...

[AngelZ]

ARRRRGH! He keeps on insisting that he is going to put the new Office suite on my computer to upgrade it.

The only thing in the Office suite that I use is Word. I like the version I am using. I don't want all of the new bells and whistles and I don't want to have to learn where everything is all over again.

This computer that I am using was supposed to be MINE. How in the sweet pink christ is it going to be mine if he keeps on deciding what is to be done with it?

This gripe brought to you by Microsh*t...

If it is your computer and not shared, why can't he dog gone leave it alone?
I hate my computer being messed with. Luckily, I have more tech skills than the hubby.

[Todash]

ARRRRGH! He keeps on insisting that he is going to put the new Office suite on my computer to upgrade it.

The only thing in the Office suite that I use is Word. I like the version I am using. I don't want all of the new bells and whistles and I don't want to have to learn where everything is all over again.

This computer that I am using was supposed to be MINE. How in the sweet pink christ is it going to be mine if he keeps on deciding what is to be done with it?

This gripe brought to you by Microsh*t...
FYI: The latest version of Office is really different. Not bad, just different. It will take some getting used to if he sticks it on your PC. My husband likes to inflict the new stuff on me as well, but I don't generally mind as I like learning new software, and it comes in handy in my work.

[poisonbat]

I can relate to the computer issues. Mine are a bit different. Whenever my husband is home I lose all access to my computer. So that is why I only get to have it in the mornings, and never on the weekends. My son got a laptop given to him that was broken, he fixed it and I am now able to use that when my computer is busy. So I guess I can't complain much.:bat:

[rjt65]

I am the fix it all tech guy everyone calls me to fix all tech..but hey go with the strengths!

I Plan on changing the home computer to a MAC from windows all will have to relearn a lot...

But the benefits will outweigh the negatives there. Actually my wife (not very tech literate)

PS - had to order the third right 3rd ac cord/powerbrick for her always fraying the friggin cord.... arrghhh!

[Rapunzel]

If you're single, they can't drive you crazy. :grinning:

[WriterOne]

My husband is "Mr. Spontaneous." He tries too hard to be this way. Me; I am what he calls "anal," because I have a list for everything. With the kids grown and gone, we're traveling more. I pack for almost a week, making sure we don't forget anything, and less than an hour before we leave, he packs his basics, then wonders why he forgot something when we get there. And, of course, it's always my fault.

[LadyPain]

My husband is "Mr. Spontaneous." He tries too hard to be this way. Me; I am what he calls "anal," because I have a list for everything. With the kids grown and gone, we're traveling more. I pack for almost a week, making sure we don't forget anything, and less than an hour before we leave, he packs his basics, then wonders why he forgot something when we get there. And, of course, it's always my fault.

Of course it is always our fault, isn't it? :biggrin2:

Ohhh, new one for this thread. My husband will most likely be flying back east and then driving out across half of Canada with his dad. No problem. His dad is running out of time, if you know what I mean. It's the timing that really sucks the hind tit. For the first half of my vacation I will be alone at home with the dog, cleaning the house for the visit. The second half of my vacation, I will be playing hostess.

Some vacation... if this all comes to pass in the timing that appears to be lining up.

I may as well cancel my vacation plans and work instead. At least I would get paid for my time working. PLUS, I will have to decommission my working space at home (art and soap room) and turn it into a bedroom for a non-specified amount of time. I am trying to get ready for Christmas sales right now. This means I cannot afford to take any weeks off of making soap until the beginning of November. (Insert expletive of choice here, people...)

[danie]

Well, I love my guy (as I'm sure you do too Lady pain) BUT-

He loves to buy grocery items in bulk and then leave them out for me to find a place to put them ( we have very limited storage):glare:

He thinks cleaning the kitchen means loading the dishwasher (not wiping counters or stove tops or cleaning the sink and behind the sink):oo:

He can be such a drama-er- king(?)- if we have a spat he automatically thinks we are headed for divorce court-he'll start circling available apartment ads in the newspaper- very loudly -ruffling pages and muttering "Hmmm, that one looks nice" until I tell him to cut it out; we are NOT going to get a divorce over who's turn it was to change the cat litter. :wow:

While on road trips he has an overwhelming need to make nonsense comments about everything we drive past-***" Maybe we should buy an RV and live in the parking lot of that outlet mall." *** " I think we should become truck drivers -we could bring the dogs and you could home/truck(?) school Sophie." "***(pass a sheep farm)-"I wanna be a sheep -no wait- llama- farmer" (pass a horse ranch)- "I wish I were a cowboy, no a rodeo clown- yeah a rodeo clown", ( pass a corn field )"We should grow all of our own food, no wait, we should grow organic produce and put up our own stand on the side of the road- and sell Christmas trees in the winter. and ..... ":eek2:

AND-

Everybody like him. Everybody!! My parents love him way more than me. No kidding. It's common knowledge that he is the good one in the relationship and I am the pain in the arse- HOWEVER they have never been in the car with him for 4 + hours!:wink2:

Your comment about the nonsense comments was funny to me, because my husband also does this, but not just on road trips. He makes up situations and then expects me to have a conversation with him about stuff that is so asinine. Like, when watching a crime show, he'll say, "I think I need to become a serial killer, don't you?" Then, I have to discuss this with him. He's a big joker and comedian, so most of the time, I'm laughing. But when I'm not in the mood to discuss nonsense, it can really be annoying.

[LadyPain]

New one for the list. My husband felt me up in the deli section at the grocery store tonight after I got off work... then nothing at home. HMPH!

[brittrocksus]

He drives me crazy when I am reading and he tries to talk to me. He could say the sky was falling and usually I would just be like "okay babe"! I'm really good at pretending I stop reading to listen but never actually do!

[rjt65]

New one for the list. My husband felt me up in the deli section at the grocery store tonight after I got off work... then nothing at home. HMPH!


hahahahaha :rofl: :dunno:

PS- next time go home try a reciprocal 'squeeze' ....that's all it takes with us guys!

[MadamMack]

New one for the list. My husband felt me up in the deli section at the grocery store tonight after I got off work... then nothing at home. HMPH!

Hahahahahaaa! What a tease!

[brownmouse]

Your comment about the nonsense comments was funny to me, because my husband also does this, but not just on road trips. He makes up situations and then expects me to have a conversation with him about stuff that is so asinine. Like, when watching a crime show, he'll say, "I think I need to become a serial killer, don't you?" Then, I have to discuss this with him. He's a big joker and comedian, so most of the time, I'm laughing. But when I'm not in the mood to discuss nonsense, it can really be annoying.

Maybe these 2 should meet up and can converse nonsense to each other:biggrin2: My husband is a funny guy , too, but, yeah, sometimes....:glare:

[AngelZ]

New one for the list. My husband felt me up in the deli section at the grocery store tonight after I got off work... then nothing at home. HMPH!

If it still bugs you, I think you can get back at him by walking around in a teddy all day and then change back into sweats when you go to bed! :smile2:

I can't stand it when my husband corrects my grammar, whether it is in speech or in writing. He's the punctuation Nazi and he's in love with commas.

[bloodroses]

ok i was gonna complain but first you guys are just to cool about this stuff i would have strangled any n all of 'em by now but mine is always right no matter what and he never forgets anything and will bring up stuff that happened over the last decade n even before we met and asks about them totally the wrong way and always at the wrong time im glad we don't own a hand gun.:glare:

[LadyPain]

If it still bugs you, I think you can get back at him by walking around in a teddy all day and then change back into sweats when you go to bed! :smile2:

I can't stand it when my husband corrects my grammar, whether it is in speech or in writing. He's the punctuation Nazi and he's in love with commas.

I am not a tease, sorry. I used to be when I was younger and it helped me in my quest to get some, but after years of it just not working, I decided not to waste the energy. Now, I carefully choose how I plan to twist that little knife of desire.

Basically, I got tired of being turned down 98% of the time, so I stopped beggin'.

[Todash]

... and he's in love with commas.

That made me LOL. :D

[dejolane]

Just being around me when I want peace & quiet.
Debbie

[LadyPain]

Just being around me when I want peace & quiet.
Debbie

Mine works from home so he is always here. The only good thing I can think about with him flying back east and him AND HIS DAD coming back to the coast is that while he is gone, I can watch all the horror I want without worrying about upsetting his tender (read squeamish) sensibilities...

I am in the process of converting my workspace into a bedroom for this nightmare. He just doesn't understand how much is involved in decommissioning my frickin' life. Next time, company sleeps in the shop and mine can find out what it is like to have to give up valuable working space.

I cannot wait to throw that frickin' futon out the door when his dad is gone. I want the bedroom option for my work room gone forever. It is NOT a guest bedroom!

[danie]

Maybe these 2 should meet up and can converse nonsense to each other:biggrin2: My husband is a funny guy , too, but, yeah, sometimes....:glare:

Yes, maybe they should! They could probably talk nonsense for hours while you and I read our SK books in a corner somewhere!

[LadyPain]

I have to resurrect this discussion. Hope y'all don't mind.

My guy is driving me crazy. He's not feeling horribly motivated at the moment, so I am the one that is doing all the work, getting things taken care of etc. I've told him it has to be a choice. When you are working for yourself, it is UP TO YOU to get things done and get them done in a timely manner.

He is just driving me absolutely squirrelly at the moment. He's needed to see a dentist for a year now, and I have bought so many pain killers and tubes of Orajel for him, but he still won't make the bloody appointment. I am tempted to just STOP buying those things for him and let him suffer to the point where he gets his arse in gear and calls a dentist. It's just hard seeing him in pain, knowing how bloody incapable he is of dealing with it.

I did tell him to just suck it up one day. He was wimping around the house and I told him that I am living with much worse pain than him, and I am keeping my mouth shut about it.

Why won't he make a dentist appointment? Why won't he make an appointment for a GD physical? Is it that broken chromosome?

*falls off soap box and slinks back into darkness*

[AngelZ]

This is entirely just an observance I've made. There are lots of people who dislike going to the dentist (like me) and the doctor. But most of these people are men and they have a tendency to procrastinate more than women. I don't know why. Maybe it's a control thing.

[pixiedaark]

My husband makes me want to give him the middle finger when he flips out on me about buying Stephen King books. Whenever he finds out that I bought a book he yells and at me and lays a huge guilt trip on me. He says that I have an obsession. (So what if I really do!)
I can't believe it when he gets mad at me! (It is OK for him to buy Harry Potter Books!)
I feel I have a right to buy SK books. I need a hobby or an interest of my own. What does he expect me to do? Sit on my but all day like a good little house wife? I need to buy SK books to keep my sanity! Especially if I have to take car of our kids (brats) all day!

[hipmamajen]

I don't have any answers for you, Lady Pain. That would really bug me, too. I have chronic pain issues as well, and normally I'm pretty understanding, but sometimes I JUST CAN'T DEAL with other people whining about their crappy little temporary aches and pains.

[Sawney Beane]

Sincerely,I cannot think of anything worth mentioning.We´ve been together for ten years or so,and so far,I´m the only one who creates havoc at home.She should answer,not me.

[LadyHitchhiker]

My husband drives me crazy because he takes 2 hours to get ready in the morning, and during that time, he's talking out loud to the cats really loud, leaving lights on and it seems to me, being as noisy as possible. (We have a one bedroom apartment so I hear all!) Normally I wouldn't care, but last night I worked the late shift and of course now that he's been SO noisy I can't get back to sleep. And I would have REALLY liked at least another hour to sleep :(

[LadyHitchhiker]

I have to resurrect this discussion. Hope y'all don't mind.

My guy is driving me crazy. He's not feeling horribly motivated at the moment, so I am the one that is doing all the work, getting things taken care of etc. I've told him it has to be a choice. When you are working for yourself, it is UP TO YOU to get things done and get them done in a timely manner.

He is just driving me absolutely squirrelly at the moment. He's needed to see a dentist for a year now, and I have bought so many pain killers and tubes of Orajel for him, but he still won't make the bloody appointment. I am tempted to just STOP buying those things for him and let him suffer to the point where he gets his arse in gear and calls a dentist. It's just hard seeing him in pain, knowing how bloody incapable he is of dealing with it.

I did tell him to just suck it up one day. He was wimping around the house and I told him that I am living with much worse pain than him, and I am keeping my mouth shut about it.

Why won't he make a dentist appointment? Why won't he make an appointment for a GD physical? Is it that broken chromosome?

*falls off soap box and slinks back into darkness*

I'm not the one to talk to about the dentist thing because I'm TERRIFIED of the dentist, but I can talk to you about just seeing a regular doctor. Both my husband and my father are notoriously bad for not seeing the doctor. My father's neglect to his own health probably killed him. My father was accustomed to having colds for long spells during the winter. One day my mom called me up. My father was dead. He fell asleep in the basement and wouldn't wake up. What we believe was happening was he was dying of congestive heart failure, and all the coughing was from fluid on the lungs. If he had ONLY said, "hey Smoggit, I'm not feeling good" - Smoggit's my mom's nickname - we would have taken him in. In all fairness though, this was around the time my mom's heart machine was firing all the time, and he had spent the day in the hospital with my mom then took her home and went straight to chair to sleep. We often wonder if my mom had decided to go to Green Bay to the cardiologist this night if he would have lived, or if he would have died on the way there, with my brother in the car. You never know.

Another story is my husband: it took me over FOUR YEARS to get him to have his leg looked at!!!!! He ended up needing varicose vein surgery. It was good for a while, but anyone who knows anything about varicose veins knows that one surgery doesn't always fix all the problems. At least it fixed the swelling on the knee so he can kneel now!!!

Hope this helps a little bit to illuminate the stubborness of the male mind.

[Todash]

Why won't he make a dentist appointment? Why won't he make an appointment for a GD physical? Is it that broken chromosome?Yes. Yes, it is.

[bookworm101]

He comes home.....just kiddin'

[mudpuppy]

Let me count the ways. In all fairness, its probably me. I like peace and quiet sometimes, at least some time each day. My sig O is a noise machine. Singing, making noises, it never stops. Its hard to be mad at someone who is singing all of the time, it makes me feel like I should be in that town next to the Footloose town, the one where they ban singing. But sometimes he even sings his parts in our conversations! It drives me *GONG* coo coo! *GONG* coo coo! But this is alright. Happy singing is a good thing, so I usually just laugh it off and lighten up.

[Jax]

My husband and I are complete opposites in most respects. In most cases it's a good thing because we're able to balance each other out. My complaints are all very minor things, but good God man there are times when I get irritated.
I think my biggest complaint is he is so s l o w, and always late.

[Anni M]

He doesn't really do anything too habitually stupid or obnoxious to grind my gears....means something I guess. :oo:
Means he is a well trained husband!
:wink2:

[tillyn]

I got to say after 28 years i'm use to my old man. The only thing that bugs me(with the exception on his bad jokes) is when he gets up at 5am. he bangs around the house like a bull moose. Seeing how i don't have to get up till 7am. This bugs me. I can't get back to sleep when he does that. ( i guess there could be worse problems eh.?)

[Filmbuff28]

My baby doesn't like King books (Gasps!)... I am trying to get her to read DT and have agreed to read the Shopaholic series in exchange.

Other than that she's pretty ok.

[Anni M]

That is too funny! I pity your wife!!-:wink2:

I have done that to my parents in Cleveland- we are ALWAYS getting on the road late when we go up and I usually call from the car when we are on the road (it takes 4 and 1/2 hours to get there)- so once I called and was like,' well, we are finally on the road' and my Dad, who has to know every detail, asks where (we were pulling in ) and I said "well, we just passed a pond and now I see a big white house and these 2 dogs and oh, wait some old guy talking on his kitchen phone..."
Too Funny! :laugh:

[TBlack]

I do all these things that you ladies just mentioned!
Maybe it's ME?

[LadyHitchhiker]

My husband absolutely goes insane when people don't use their turn signals in front of him. He swears at them - "they can't hear you honey" - then honks his horn, flashes his lights and then rides right up on their bumper until they've gotten out of our sight. Like he's teaching them a lesson! They probably don't even know why he's acting all crazy!!! He thinks he's the traffic police!

And then he complains about MY driving. I am a responsible driver!!!!!!!!!!!! Harumph...

[AngelZ]

I love my husband to death, but he gets on my case about not putting the caps back on pens, and leaving the lights on when I leave a room. Okay he has a point about the lights because that's wasting energy and $, but putting the caps on pens??? Grrrr...

[Speedy2]

Mine uses the phrase "I'm just tellin' ya". Good gosh that ticks me off. I can't stand to be told. My four year old started using that same phrase lately and he knows it just irks the hell out of me. The four year old has also started the "mocking" that all kids do, another ass toaster of mine and the phrase (when he is being 'talked' too) "I'm not listening..." and plugging his ears. Other than that I don't really have that many complaints. I irritate both of the men in my life equally as much, if not more, than they irritate me. :glare:

[LadyHitchhiker]

I hate when my husband puts pens in my underwear drawer. I don't know why he does this, but I don't want one popping and then I have inky drawers!!!!!!

And it drives me crazy that he makes a big deal that he wants the dishes always to be done when he gets home, but he doesn't do the same for me!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love him to bits, but he just drives me crazy sometimes! :D

[Todash]

And it drives me crazy that he makes a big deal that he wants the dishes always to be done when he gets home, but he doesn't do the same for me!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love him to bits, but he just drives me crazy sometimes! :D
"What are you getting upset about, sweetie? I left the kitchen just exactly as clean as I found it." :devil:

[tracie]

my husband and stepson thinks that the empty shampoo bottles,finished toilet roll etc etc walk themselves out into the rubbish bins and i'm always the one on the toilet before i realise that the maid (me) hasn't replaced a new roll.

[Anni M]

I hate when my husband puts pens in my underwear drawer. I don't know why he does this, but I don't want one popping and then I have inky drawers!!!!!!

And it drives me crazy that he makes a big deal that he wants the dishes always to be done when he gets home, but he doesn't do the same for me!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love him to bits, but he just drives me crazy sometimes! :D

Better Inky drawers than stinky drawers!! :oops:

I'm sorry, i could NOT help myself if there is an opening for a pun anywhere, I'll happily jump in!

[Anni M]

He comes home.....just kiddin'
Hahahahahahaha
:rofl:

K, I got one...he's the worst singer in the world ; could not carry a tune in a wheelbarrow.
AND HE KNOWS THIS...
So he goes out of his way to burst into song whenever the mood hits him...that's when I want to hit him! (k/d--just pretend hits...with large blunt big maul or something like that. I would not want to make a mess, since I'll be the one cleaning it up! Hahahahahah)

[TBlack]

My husband puts pens in my underwear drawer. I don't know why he does this!!!!!!! :D
Whatever puts ink in your squib?

[JayneH]

Dental floss everywhere but in the garbage. :glare:

mmmm - mine likes to floss while watching TV .... all I hear is click, click, click drives me nuts !!!!

[LadyHitchhiker]

My husband ALSO drives me crazy because he NEVER wants to spend money on clothes. He literally has TWO pairs of pants (both with holes I've stitched up in them) and he refuses to buy new pants or let me buy him new pants and unfortunately he's not exactly a little guy, so it's hard to find pants in his size. Guuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh!!!! You're an assistant manger for crying in the mud! Help assist me to manage your clothes situation!! LOL

[TBlack]

...I want to hit him! (k/d--just pretend hits...with large blunt big maul or something like that. I would not want to make a mess, since I'll be the one cleaning it up!
My wife used to shoot me with this ficticious little gun. I think it was a .22
Over the years she has upped that to a double barreled shotgun which she cocks & fires at me with a devilish gleam in her eye.
Now she's started chucking "Air Grenades" at me!
This seems to give her immense gratification.
"BOOM!":wink2:
I guess living with me for 25 years has required higher caliber ammunition!!!:glare:

[demorgan]

I ask her if there is anything that i can do. Then later in the night i get blamed for not helping.

She sounds like a fog horn when she blows her nose( must be genetic).

[LadyPain]

My husband ALSO drives me crazy because he NEVER wants to spend money on clothes. He literally has TWO pairs of pants (both with holes I've stitched up in them) and he refuses to buy new pants or let me buy him new pants and unfortunately he's not exactly a little guy, so it's hard to find pants in his size. Guuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh!!!! You're an assistant manger for crying in the mud! Help assist me to manage your clothes situation!! LOL

Mine is allergic to pant shopping too. He looks like an orphan.

[pepa9]

I will add that my girlfriend is such a light sleeper that I have to sleep on the couch.I work the third which blows outright. All I want to do is crawl in bed and be with her and damn it,i hear this," I don't like being woken up 2 hrs. early".wtf its damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[Autumnlyn]

16 years of wet towels left on the BED!!! OMG that just drives me nuts.
And for the love of all that is good do not get me started on how he cuts his hair in our bathroom and leaves the hair everywhere. I could rant for HOURS about that one.

But, his annoyances are few and his delights are many.

[FlakeNoir]

I hate when my husband puts pens in my underwear drawer. I don't know why he does this!!!!!! :D

Whatever puts ink in your squib?
:laugh: *snor...!*

[gclark]

Hi,

5000 miles and 8 time zones.

Long days and pleasant nights

I have been in that same situation!

As for my wife, she has a habit of waiting until i'm doing something I want to do, and then asking me to do something she wants to do.. (ie: i sit down to read a book or get on the computer, and every five minutes she has another "chore" that can't wait an hour or two) that is very annoying. The fact that she has no hobbies is what provokes it i think.. maybe subconsciously she doesn't like me keeping myself entertained while she isn't able to? who knows.

[Srbo]

My wife is an angel.

I probably drive her crazy, but she should tell you about that...:biggrin2:

[JRLauer]

I'm pleading the fifth on this one.

[pandora]

16 years of wet towels left on the BED!!! OMG that just drives me nuts.
And for the love of all that is good do not get me started on how he cuts his hair in our bathroom and leaves the hair everywhere. I could rant for HOURS about that one.

But, his annoyances are few and his delights are many.
NO YOU DIDN'T JUST END IT THAT WAY!
:barf:

[Agincourt Concierge]

Whatever puts ink in your squib?

mayhaps he wants to use your undies as post its??? LOL...

I could say more..but.......I'm just going to turn around and walk away..........LOL........too funny......:biggrin2:

[Matticus]

Every day that goes by, I love my sweet wife even more. I'm not sure if I annoy her, I'm sure I do in some ways (my hobby is a little much sometimes I guess)

But she saved my life and I am the luckiest man in the world. There is nothing I don't like about her and if I told her "I love you" every time I thought about it, that would be all I ever say.

[TBlack]

My wife used to shoot me with this ficticious little gun. I think it was a .22
Over the years she has upped that to a double barreled shotgun which she cocks & fires at me with a devilish gleam in her eye.
Now she's started chucking "Air Grenades" at me!
This seems to give her immense gratification.
"BOOM!":wink2:
I guess living with me for 25 years has required higher caliber ammunition!!!:glare:
Well, I knew it was just at matter of time!
Lil Wifey pulled out the big guns finally...
I think it's a Sherman Tank! (She growled as she drove it into the livingroom with those two joysticks you'd use to manipulate individual tracks!)
Then she hummed as the gun turret spun around the room to face me (it almost knocked all the books offa the bookshelf!)
I, being the stupid male that I am, was unaware that I was even being "sighted" ...
Until she cocked the damn thing!!!
"KA-WOMPH-PA-THOCKA-THOCKA"
"Sweet Bride-O-Mine" somehow has laid her hot little hands on a 50mm Howitzer! Her dream gun!
There's now little dangling pieces of my idiotic faux brainpan all over the entertainment center!
I'm gunna haffta do the laundry for the afgan & couch pillows!
Life as I knew it has certainly taken a drastic change for the worse me-thinks!:sad:
Someone send a cyber-medic!:blues::blues:

[scratchesass]

She hasn't won the lottery.
I'll never forgive her......

[lisa_marie]

it's not him, it's his OCD that gets to me...apparently, I am not on his level when it comes to the "cleanliness" of things, or putting things back where they belong.

What drives me nuts, is that we have 2 children, one who is 3 and the other is 8mths old.

He tells me he wishes I was like Bree on Desperate Housewives. I'm beginning to think he's not dealing with a full deck of cards...if ya know what i mean.

Other than all of this, why should I complain? I'm a SAHM, and I am free to do what I love..Read and Write..

[Autumnlyn]

Tries to start a conversation every time I log on to SKMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[titansfan]

OK this is all i have to say on this topic...

I love my husband very much, we have been together for 5 1/2 years been married for almost 3 years. We drive each other nuts from time to time, we have had our fare share of fights.. But here is the reason why..

We are both Leo's..... Enough said.... LOL We are both hard headed and neither like to give an inch. :)

[Anton177]

Well this isn't my significant other, it's the husband of the family who I'm living with at the minute, but I figure it relates close enough to this topic...

Basically I left the UK at the end of February to live with my friend, his mother and her new husband over here in Cyprus. My friend and I are in a guitar duo act where we both play cover songs as he sings, and we've been trying to make cash that way rather than getting an obligatory bar job since this area is mostly purely tourist dependant.

The situation right now is that he bust a gut earlier telling us we were abusing the house and generally being an inconvenience to his living arrangement. Let's paint you a further picture. He lost his job a year ago, a job I might where he worked with his father (daddy's boy, eh?), and has refused adamantly to get a job since. He has paid for the house, and therefore thinks his job is done. His wife, my friend's mother, does not work during the winter and all the strain is on her to bring in the money and pay for everything, and since she still hasn't been able to get back to work again things are a bit tight. My friend lived with me for a year, and so I pay his mother the amount he paid mine while he lived with us, so it's a fair contribution. The husband will go out and spend her money most of every weeknight and weekend to get himself plastered while she works around the house and keeps everything running. This past week she has went back over to England to see her grandson and this is where the problems kick in.

He has been yelling down the phone to her not 2 hours ago telling her enough is enough and we're driving him crazy, saying how we disrespect the house and we're up all hours of the night cooking, and we are constantly blasting music. Let's state some unbiased facts of the week:


Every time we have practiced this week, i.e. "MUSIC ALWAYS RAR RAR RAR" he has been out of the house drinking, apart from two occassions where we played quietly and turned down when asked to do so.
I use a laptop, and I generally spend my days being on the laptop or reading. Even if I wanted to make noise through this, I couldn't with laptop speakers, and reading isn't a very intrusive pastime. Whenever I play guitar by myself, it is certainly quiet enough to not disturb people.
I sleep from around 10/11pm-8/9am and do not cook in the hours between, unless I do so in my sleep. There was one occasion I made a hot chocolate at 5am. I've been having nightmares again and for anyone who has had to deal with them on a regular, disturbing basis, it is not a very pleasant thing to deal with.
He complained there is no food left in the house. One day he cooked an entire chicken and ate it himself for a snack. He then made another meal before sleeping at 7pm until 11am.
When the water supply in the house had expired, I put a bottle at the back of the fridge hidden so we had at least some water left. He took it up to his room and drank it alone, like he will everytime I fill up the 3 bottles in the fridge.
He will eat upstairs and bring plates down into the sink. A dishwasher is 2 inches away from the sink, yet they will always go in the sink. My friend and I are the ones who cook and clean the kitchen, including cleaning his plates and misc. utensils and fill/empty the dishwasher. When we told him to put dishes in the dishwasher while he was shouting at us, he flipped.
When I went for a shower, I saw he had somehow managed to sh!t on the toilet seat, the bathroom floor, and the bed. I'm sorry, but that's... inhuman.
When we make meals, the leftovers are almost certainly devoured by the end of the night by you-know-who, and he complains there is no food left.
He spends all day either drinking with his wife's money, sleeping, or watching crime shows in his room... or leaving the computer on to finish the illegal downloads.


Those are all unbiased facts. I'm not trying to add petrol to the flames, I just don't want to be perceived and yelled at without having a fair say, and that's not even including my opinions.

I feel like I am a burden and I should just go home. While he was shouting earlier after this week of trying to put up with all his sh!t (quite literally) I did my best to keep my cool. I have quite a temper, and it was almost an heroic effort not to punch the selfish, officious ****, let alone give my side of the story. I would love to say or do something but I feel like I'd just get kicked out of the house, and since I have no money due to paying rent to his mother it's not a great situation. Right now I can hear his homeless friend sleeping downstairs on the couch screaming in his sleep, while he snores endlessly.

I feel like I am in a complete dilemma and I'm not sure if I can keep my cool again and I don't want to get in a fight and be in a real bitch of a situation. Sorry for the extravagant post, but I needed to cool down before our gig later instead of going into the room and throwing punches.

Ah... the joys of life.

[terribilini]

how does she drive me crazy? well, she puts a steering wheel on my back and we jump on the freeway where she speeds, never uses her damn blinkers and completely disregards the check engine light. yeah, you could say my wife drives me pretty crazy alright. you know how i drive her crazy? i say stupid things like i've done here that no one in the world thinks are funny except for me. hey, is it my fault she married an idiot?