What drives you mad about your partner

[PhilM]

lol

I`m not allowed to cook or do the shopping, as I`m " too stupid " to get it right, this is despite the fact that I somehow survived living by myself for ten years !!!

My missus won't allow me to go shopping because 'I follow the list! What the fluff? Apparently, I should know not to adhere to the list and make changes.

But if I came back with something I wanted, she'd moan that we don't need it. Oh, I totally agree with Ikea too: I get a cold sweat thinking of the place.

 

[ClausThomsen]

I remember hearing a comedian saying.. going holidays with the wife, she'll be constantly telling you that you have to enjoy yourself, the very second you start enjoying yourself she's roaring at you to get off the table and calm the F down.

The joke I heard was Dad loads the suitcases in the boot, straps the kids into the back seats then walks round the car and opens the passenger door for her to get in. And the moment he closes her door he can't hear or see any of them and that small peaceful 3 second walk round to the driver side of the car is his holiday.

I can't remember who told it though so I'm really hoping I'm not praising the work of a nonce, rapist or bigot. It's a bit dicey with old comedy now.

She's genuinely awful doing the dishes. The sort who'd do the frying pan first, then get upset when I mention that the the cups and plates are full of grease.
Other than that, she's alright.

Snap - winds me up no end.

I love cooking a meal and cleaning as I go so I have a clean kitchen when it’s done

Yes - so easy to clean stuff on the go while other bits and bobs are cooking or whatever.

 

[malfosse]

Having the shower temperature set to that of molten lava. Any flat surface in our bedroom or bathroom is just a place where she can put any make up items, that can't fit in anything else.

 

[BlueTX]

Obsessive use of the word "like", repeating the same thing 3x as though I am one of her former students or she needs to convince herself of something and telling me how to drive the car.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

When I hang out the washing.
She moans if it isn't in the correct order.....

 

[Kurt.]

Telling me the same story 4 days in a row now ffs .... and then getting upset when I point out she’s already told me 3 times ... she’s thankfully gone to bed now sulking lol

 

[evertony]

This ...

They ask you do a job, you do it , they spend the next 3 hours telling you how you’ve done it wrong and how they would have done it instead . DO IT YER FECKIN SELF IN THE FIRST PLACE THEN.

I relaid a loose slab in my patio today ... the slab is 3ft by 2ft black limestone and is bloody heavy .... she stood over me for almost an hour whilst I lifted it out , dug out the old bed of cement, mixed a new mixture to lay the bed, struggled to put the slab back down, tried to level it, had to lift it out again about 3 times until I was happy with the level and then cleaned up... she wondered why I just couldn’t put cement down and get it level first time ...

Tell her it’s so you can get it back up quickly in case you need to put some annoying bint under it at some point soon.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

I love cooking a meal and cleaning as I go so I have a clean kitchen when it’s done

That's exactly my style. I can't go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink, I like to wake up to a clean kitchen.

 

[Vintage]

Telling me the same story 4 days in a row now ffs .... and then getting upset when I point out she’s already told me 3 times ... she’s thankfully gone to bed now sulking lol

So she got out of bed after her 'half hour nap' which lasted over 3 hours, tells you the same story you have heard over the last 4 days then goes back to bed again...you must have such inner peace

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Come on @Sassy Colombian @LinekersLegs @RAFUH lets hear your side

Thanks for wanting our input JWL. We definitely need more woman voicing their views on this thread because men partners are far from perfect. @Tin-Tin @anjelikaferrett @Vegas Toffee Girl @Val P @Gwladysover @Twinkletoes123 do you ladies have any input lol

Like LL, My husband and I have been married for a long time and while I have come to accept some of his imperfections there still a few things that drive me mad about him. He can't never seem to find things, even when they are right there in front of his face, drives me nuts. He also forgets about doing the recycle and when I remind him about doing so he then gets touchy because he feel I shouldn't have to remind him what to do.

 

[degsy]

It appears that you and I are married to the same woman. About 5'2", long dark hair, dietary preferences that would make a type 2 diabetic blush?

We're ALL married to the same woman...or as the years roll on to her 'kin mother

 

[Kurt.]

So she got out of bed after her 'half hour nap' which lasted over 3 hours, tells you the same story you have heard over the last 4 days then goes back to bed again...you must have such inner peace

She was in my company for little more than 90 minutes.... I can live with that lol

 

[degsy]

Thanks for wanting our input JWL. We definitely need more woman voicing their views on this thread because men partners are far from perfect. @Tin-Tin @anjelikaferrett @Vegas Toffee Girl @Val P @Gwladysover @Twinkletoes123 do you ladies have any input lol

Like LL, My husband and I have been married for a long time and while I have come to accept some of his imperfections there still a few things that drive me mad about him. He can't never seem to find things, even when they are right there in front of his face, drives me nuts. He also forgets about doing the recycle and when I remind him about doing so he then gets touchy because he feel I shouldn't have to remind him what to do.

I Object
We don't have imperfections, you lot do, we have endearing character traits.

 

[Tin-Tin]

@Sassy Colombian

Im very much single at the moment which has been great during the pandemic as if I was with somebody, it would be well over now! Im terrible for needing my own space and me time

Previously though things that really drive me mad are leaving a trail of mess somewhere that was clean - you didnt find it messy, dont leave it messy. Leaving dirty clothes in the bathroom, like they just walk themselves downstairs and into the machine! Putting dishes in the hot soapy water with bits of food on them, meaning all the bits are floating around the water when the rest of the dishes are being washed.

Biggest is not following instructions for items that need assembling and wondering why you have all these bits left over or have to restart half way through- why is it so hard to just read bloody instructions and follow them?

 

[Tree13]

Just out of morbid interest, I decided to go back over the thread and quote anyone who mentioned an annoying habit their partner has which I have also noticed Mrs. Tree display regularly.... good God.

Mine has to be the dishwasher, my missus thinks that you can put a whole roast dinner covering every plate, utensil in the dishwasher and magically all the crap of that roast dinner will dissappear down the drain, you women (and to a small percenage of you men, where do you think it goes).....

Leaves every bloody light on. Lamps too. So she'll be in the bathroom, but the hall, landing, spare bedroom, and main bedroom lights will all be on. Because she'll have a little wander around first.

She squeezes the toothpaste in the middle..

My partner can sit next to me for 4 hours on a night saying absolutely nothing of consequence. Then, when I'm in bed just about to switch the light off, she'll suddenly bring up a question that will get my head raging.

She takes out the milk and will leave the fridge door open while she pours it and whatever else before putting it back and then shutting the fridge.

Noises eating.
Constantly misunderstands humour.

And she doesn't seem to value the importance of airflow and gravity on the drying rack. Or piles stuff in such a way that it falls back into the sink. Overloading the washer and dryer as well.

When my missus goes to grate the block of cheese she pulls it out & grates any side or corner then puts it back so after a few days if use it resembles a large 50p coin.

She has never mown the lawn.

She curbs the bloody alloys so i no longer let her use 'my' cars after i got them fixed up. The alloys on 'her' car are destroyed.

Whenever she picks up my phone she holds it in a way that takes a screenshot.

Leaves cupboard doors open all the time.

Her refusal to acknowledge that the ball of shoulder length hair I pull out the shower plug once a month is hers. “Could be yours”. No It couldn’t, I’m not Hanson

Talking of the telly, you`re just settling into watch the footy, a film or a programme you want to watch and she decides it would be the perfect time to try and engage you in any kind of conversation.

The drivers door, centre department and other place they find in the car to load up on hair clips, lip gloss, nail files, receipts!! Its like a 'kin wheelie bin with wheels sometimes.

She's genuinely awful doing the dishes. The sort who'd do the frying pan first, then get upset when I mention that the the cups and plates are full of grease.

Well I'm shocked, no mention of mobile phones. My wife will sit on WhatsApp all night with either her family (stateside ones also ) or workmates ,or be in some website,facebook etc and then want you to rewind the TV programme because she wasn't watching. I would estimate on a weekend 12 hours each day would be used on her phone. An operation would be needed to remove phone from hand.

However his ability to take a completely clean kitchen and make it resemble the scene after a hurricane/earthquake continues to amaze - it just doesn’t even cross his mind to put a single dish in the empty dishwasher in the pauses whilst waiting for an item to finish ffs! But the meals he cooks are worth the cleanup and since he’ll spontaneously make me breakfast to cheer me up if I’m watching Everton and we are getting thrashed can’t get too mad at him.

I should just consider myself lucky that she isn't vegan, always orders her own food and leaves mine alone, shares my preference for the heating to be off unless there's snow outside and hates Ikea every bit as much as me.