What does your SO/DH do that drives you crazy?

From leaving the cap off the toothpaste to not putting clothes in the hamper, surely there's something he does that drives you up the wall......what is it?

I'm afraid that I have a zillion things that DH does that drive me crazy ....but at the moment, it's his large investment in trivial things like getting the garbage and the recyclables "just right" or buying some little contraption to put on the toothpaste to make sure it rolls up just right. Who the heck cares!

He also snores like a tractor!!

(I see that I'm on a "drives me crazy" kick this morning)

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

No, no CJ the question should of been "what doesn't drive you crazy about your husband?"!!! Just kidding! I honestly think the only two things that bother me about DH are the fact that he gets up at the craziest times and will brush his teeth. Since he can't see (he won't turn on the light), when I wake-up in the morning there's always globs of toothpaste dried in the sink. GRRR! Oh and the other I can't really blame totally on him. We have 2 business' and when the guys bring the supplies back here, they never put them back where they belong and of course, DH just leaves it that way! Drives me crazy to go in "his" barns!

Hanging his caps/hats on my sconces, not closing cabinets, and thinking we have a live-in maid.

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The thing that bothers me the most is that he doesn't pay attention to me when I tell him something and then in less than five minutes will ask me about whatever it was I just told him! Like...........
ME: John and Jane will meet us at the restaurant.
a minute or two later..........
DH: Are we supposed to pick John and Jane up?
He says it is a "man thing".
I say ANYONE can learn to listen when someone tells them something!
There are plenty more things that bug me but I probably shouldn't pick him apart in writing!!!

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Puts dirty laundry next to the hamper and doesn't put dishes in the dishwasher; just leaves them on the sink...but I remind myself it means he's here and not deployed.....but they still drive me nuts!

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are we married to the same man ~ LOL! He has to save every magazine.....he might need an article at a later date I keep telling him that the day he dies, all his magazines go to the recycling place!!!

Kathie

The shorter list would be the What does he do that doesn't drive me carzy? list.
But I guess we have gotten so comfortable with each others foiables that we just make fun of each other about them.
If there was one thing I wish I could break him of, it would be that fact that he hates to get rid of anything. And I mean anything.
It can turn into a life and death struggle to get him to let go of something that is broken, doesn't work, doesn't fit or totally outdated.

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He leaves things lying around the house all the time in every room. When he is done with something it usually stays right there for a good...long...time.
He has no desire to be organized and he seems to revert to a toddler when it comes time to make an important phone call. He can't think of the questions he needs to ask and when something happens to throw him he doesn't know where to go from there.
Sometimes it bugs me when he won't or can't be serious but one thing I love about him is his sense of humor so that is a double edged sword.

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OMG!! If I could not hear bear in hibernation type snoring coming from our bedroom I would swear my SO was at your house masquerading as your hubbie!
I had forgotten about the telephone thing. Does this sound familiar? "Oh, you are so much better at talking to people about these things, you should call"

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It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Does your husband smell as bad as mine after certain meals? I swear I have heard the gas people and the feds taking gas samples outside the window at night!

And he keeps EVERYTHING that anyone has ever given him. He doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I explain that if he would have worn that horrendous sweater or whatever it would have been worn out and gotten rid of by now sometimes I can wear him down. But it has taken quite a few years!

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Yup, I think we are living parallel lives.
I can totally relate to the gas thing. Even the cat gives him strange looks. The dog just thinks they are bonding.

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It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Aww, how sweet, nighowlrn. Thanks for putting it in perspective...
BUT......my DH is exactly the same with his inability to throw anything away (it's related to the perfect garbage taker-outer thing ). He goes so far as to take things out of the trash that I have thrown away. I find them stashed in the garage or cellar. Nutty!

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

My DH will unwrap something in the kitchen and walk over to the counter directly above where the pull out wastecan is and place it on the counter. Hey You......can you pull the handle and drop the wrapper in?? Also when we have to be somewhere at a certain time, he thinks that is the time to pull out of the driveway, Grrrrrrr. I usually fib a little to him on the time for our appts.

He is awful about taking care of business on the phone. I spend most of my day at work on the telephone therefore he thinks I am better at telephone stuff. Ugh.

Lastly, he is obsessed about watching anything Obama on TV. He refers to him as "my boy". Every night after supper he says, "I have to go and check on what my boy is up to." He truly loves him.

I always say my husband has bad shoulder syndrome. He can't stretch that last two inches to put something where it belongs his shoulder will only allow him to put it near enough to be a nuisance!

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we have a walk in closet that has a door into the bathroom and laundry room. Sounds great but my DH almost always *forgets* to shut the down from the closet into the laundry room. So, if I am standing in my kitchen, I can see my clothes hanging up. It doesn't bother him a bit but it annoys the heck out of me. That's the biggest thing next to forgetting to turn the light switch off

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I guess ladies I am on the other side of fence with this. I have a dh who is a total neat freak and I guess that would be the only thing that gets to me sometimes.Like this morning he left me a note it read Cat.... open all windows and spray more lysol all around.I am truly not complaining cause I would rather have a clean dh then one who I would have to do all the housework and cleaning up after. He literally does more cleaning then me, which I have to admit I am so used to it now that I could never live in a messy house, it truly makes me nervous, however with my dh there are times I say Tommy that can wait I can get to it in a bit. However like nightowlrn said its been 24 wonderful years and I could never imagine my life without him.On a personal note he also snores something horrible so during the nite I constantly touch him and try to move him and it works for awhile..... lol.. Peace. Catherine

does breathing count?

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Mental that one, I'm telling you. ---Ron Weasley, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

Right now it seems everything Dh does annoys the heck out of me, and vice versa........readjusting is hard. I find myself taking a lot of deep breaths and counting to 10 and telling myself it's really no big deal, at least he's home.......

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Nicole

okay marilynk breathing that was funny thanks for the chuckle..lol.. peace. Catherine.. P.s. I sprayed the whole can of lysol all around, I did perhaps go overboard but because our dd Caitlin was sick last week with the flu it was a good idea...

Sounds like a couple someones are going through the "honey, I am home now and want to be the man of the house, are you going to do that THAT way?" while you are looking him thinking "hey buster, I been running this whole show singlehandedly for a while and have been doing it THIS way all along and doing just fine thank you very much" phase.
Make a joke, get both of you laughing. This too will pass.

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It's about learning to dance in the rain.

I hate it when my husband asks me to get up and get something that's right in front of him. Example: I'll be back in the bedroom folding clothes and the phone will start ringing. Sure enough.. Trent will yell "Tami get the phone.." I'll go running to answer it, and he'll be sitting there on the computer not 1 foot from the phone. Bugs the CRAP out of me.

.........but we love them anyway...............

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

Hm why are mine electronic related LOL

When he's watching football or a favorite TV show he has the volume cranked up really loud on the TV. If he gets a call on his cell phone he will not turn down the TV, instead he'll answer and try to talk/yell over the TV. He can't hear the other person very well and they can't hear him very well either...it goes something like this "Hello? What? WHAT? WHO is this? Stupd phone. Yes. What? WhAAt? I can't hear you. I hate CELL phones. I didn't hEEAR whAAAT you sAAID. Did I WHAAt? Yes. YESSS I DID. Yes I said YEEEEEEEES I DIDDDDDD I said YES. This stupid phone! I can't hear aNYTHING. What? WhAT? I can't HEAR you!"

And, if he misplaces the remote for the tv he is lost. Will not/cannot change the channel or volume manually..he will stand in front of the tv almost bumping into it, will wave his arms and sigh saying "where's the remote, what happened to the remote"

I totally agree with you! Right now I think PMS has got the best of me and EVERYTHING he does really bothers me now....especially his breathing!

pms those are horrible words.... lol... I hear ya and yes just the mention of those letters makes my skin crawl.....I swear there should be a law if you decide not to bare any more children period should end and pms should stop at once, can we kindly vote on this??? please anyone??? lol. Peace. Catherine

Yeah but after PMS takes it's permanent leave you may be visited by the seven dwarfs of menopause: sleepy, weepy, itchy, bitchy, hot, sweaty, & all dried up ;-)
MZ

Oh my word Marilyn. That was funny, considering I was going to say basically the same thing. My DH breathes incredibly loud when he eats. Who does that??? ugh...

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My DH, bless his heart, doesn't turn off his phone and will take calls from anyone/anytime. I have to ask him to turn it off at a funeral or wedding. He was on the phone during DS' football presentation the other night. All the parents are listening and he's talking (granted, very softly) on his phone to his MOM! Like that can't wait??? The other thing is he waits until the very last minute to change lanes. That drives me INSANE! We know where we are going and we'll have to get over 3 lanes in rush hour traffic - you can't start a little earlier? Other than that, I'm feeling kind of lucky. He's cleaning up after himself a lot more now that he's sharing a house with 2 other guys during the week (working in another state). The guy who owns the house is very clean, so my DH has to make sure that he picks up after himself. I didn't think he knew how, but it's made him more aware of the stuff he leaves sitting around at home. Thank goodness.

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Momziller Yeah but after PMS takes it permanent leave you may be visited by the seven dwarfs of menopause: sleepy, weepy, itchy, bitchy, hot, sweaty, & all dried up ;-)
MZ

Catherine.....I totally agree. We have no kids and I told DH that if it happened now (I'm 45)....I'd kill myself. I have nothing against kids, but I'm just not the "mommy" type. Also, medically it isn't going to happen.

Momziller....That's funny! Sounds like me now with PMS. Oh the joys of being a woman. I keep telling the DH he should go through about 6 months of what I go through! Granted....some months are better then others, but this month...Don't even look at me the wrong way or you're dead meat!

I knew my DH had a twin out there somewhere!

When mine takes something out I have a hard time getting him to put it away because he says "why put it away when I`m going to use it again"

Never closes cabinets or doors. Its like walking through land mines

Snores loud but I can turn off my hearing aids. Sometimes I do this when he`s talking.

Keeps everything. I have a double closet and I cant fit anything of mine in it. I think his going away suit is in there and I`ve been married 38 years.

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menopause that very other lovely word not ever ever ever. I am pre menopausle sp... and omg the hot flashes are horrible. Okay I vote for period, pms and menopause to all go far away okay ladies, while I truly love being a women, men will never know.....someday somewhere, it will all end, I wish sooner as I want to enjoy it while I am still young at 45. Sheesh my mom had hers still she was 57 yikes, but again I am like 75 percent of the way there to my period ending, but again I am really not ready for menopause either??? Peace. Catherine

Snoring is my biggest complaint. It's like sleeping with a chainsaw an inch from my ear.

Inertia. If I am running like a loon trying to paint a room, run laundry, pick up kids from hither & yon, start dinner and listen to my MIL on the phone, MOVE IT!! Do something, anything, without my stopping in my tracks to say "Hey, you've seen 'Independence Day' 4,356 times, could you possibly turn it off & put out the fire in the kitchen?"

Did I mention the snoring?

Phone. If they could implant it in his skull, he would no doubt be pleased. I may do it for him.

Oh, and he snores.

But I love him.

Struggling to figure out what in the name of Sam Pete PMS and menopause have to do with the subject of this thread.

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

That's pretty much exactly how it's going! Except even during his Command time before he left I was running things all by myself, and then add the 15 months he was gone.....He says those things, but he's still in the worrying about only "me" stage too.....It's a rollercoaster, but he's home, so I can pretty much tolerate anything, and I also know I'm no angel.....



Cj, think they were talking about PMS and Menopause since things seem to bother us even more during those times......

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Nicole

My DH can't remember people's names, so he won't introduce me to people. I told him there is nothing wrong with saying "this is my wife XXX. I'm sorry, what did you say your name was again????" to the person. Most times, they will say their name as they are shaking my hand, even. But, DH doesn't even introduce us.....just starts talking to them.

Leaving the tool drawers open on his tool cabinet.

Drives around the parking lot FOREVER to find a "close" parking spot. Just park the DAM CAR ALREADY!!!!!!!

But, yes, I love him anyway. He's a keeper.

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LOL, love this. It reminds me of that Eddie Murphy movie, The Nutty Professor, I think??? And, the lady turns down the man's hearing aid when they were talking about sex, I think, then turns them back up, and says "welcome back". Tooo Funny.

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cjs216 , MArilylnk mentioned breathing bothered her about her husband and then ladystrange brought up pms first, and then I simply added, you have to admit as a women when our dh's or so's do things to annoy us, even the little things like breathing and we are pms's everything can bother us so much more. So sorry if the I thought away from your post, I sincerely did not mean any harm.. Peace.. Catherine

To all of the snore haters.............try a short, sharp whistle..........that stops my DH for at least a little while, sometimes untill I can get to sleep.
A whistle from your lips not from a whistle!

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Lmao the mental picture I had of blowing a whistle to stop your husband from snoring was hilarious.

^^This!


Also we have a current struggle over the thermostat. He keeps turning it up to 72, I go and turn it back down to 69.

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Does anyone else have the issue that I have?

DH has to be asked to do needed tasks...and I'm not talking special things...just normal everyday stuff.....and typically I have to walk him through whatever it is step by step. Who asks me to do things? Or tells me how they're done? Are we not both adults here?? Not to mention that having to ask, to describe, and to nag/follow-up is often more work than just doing it myself!! Grrr....

cj/

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

Yeah - we have the same issue. How you can throw something away and not realize that the garbage is close to overflowing is beyond me.

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Mine, too. I finally asked him about 3 months ago if he ever listens to me. He said, "what?" - I repeated and he said "No"....

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He did it today!!
He is off in the winter. He went fishing with his friends and screwing around all day with them then has the balls to call and ask me what is for dinner...
I HATE IT!!

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LMAO....... men, oh how we love 'em, huh???

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