What Trivial Thing Does Your Spouse/SO Do Wrong?

[NYCgrrl]

He firmly believed that anything could be fixed with duct tape. If that didn’t work he’d throw it in the garbage.

 

[shh]

So I'm recognizing way too many things other posters have already mentioned, but here's a doozie. He talks INCESSANTLY through every show or movie on TV- not just to me, mind you, but AT the screen. He's constantly yelling or advising every character who gets in a jam- what they did wrong, what a stupid decision they made, what he would have done or said differently. He gives stern advice to characters dealing with parenting issues (he has no kids). Strangely, none of the folks he's advising ever seem interested in listening.

Sadly, after decades of marriage, I find myself doing it too - and I HATE that. Some of his bad habits have slowly started to become mine. I guess, "if you can't beat 'em..." Luckily he behaves perfectly in movie theaters or other public places - but he greatly prefers watching flicks at home. (Gee...I wonder why.)

 

[Snowysmom]

He interrupts my quiet time. I am a true introvert and need my quiet time. I sit in my chair and read or browse Disboards. He is on his pad and keeps telling me the news he is reading or asks if I want to listen to the song he is listening to. He keeps talking. I have to tell him I need quiet time. He doesn't like that but he it is not like he doesn't know. He would talk to a tree if he thought it would respond.

 

[shh]

He firmly believed that anything could be fixed with duct tape. If that didn’t work he’d throw it in the garbage.

Hey...that's a legit thing. I love duct tape

 

[prairie_girl]

So I'm recognizing way too many things other posters have already mentioned, but here's a doozie. He talks INCESSANTLY through every show or movie on TV- not just to me, mind you, but AT the screen. He's constantly yelling or advising every character who gets in a jam- what they did wrong, what a stupid decision they made, what he would have done or said differently. He gives stern advice to characters dealing with parenting issues (he has no kids). Strangely, none of the folks he's advising ever seem interested in listening.

Sadly, after decades of marriage, I find myself doing it too - and I HATE that. Some of his bad habits have slowly started to become mine. I guess, "if you can't beat 'em..." Luckily he behaves perfectly in movie theaters or other public places - but he greatly prefers watching flicks at home. (Gee...I wonder why.)

Now your name makes perfect sense LOL

 

[MomOfDisneyPrincess]

My wife takes eggs out of the carton in an inappropriate manner. She starts at one end and works toward the other end, which results in an unbalanced carton. I constantly have to rearrange the eggs.

There are plenty of ways to remove eggs in an acceptable manner. Why does she insist on doing it incorrectly?

I take the eggs out starting at one end, but I put the empty end of the carton towards the back of the fridge. That way, you always grab the heavy end and it's never unbalanced.

My ex used to use about 1/4 cup of olive oil when frying eggs. When he was done, he would take the spatula to the sink, dripping olive oil on the way. I'd come through later and slip on the oil. He was oblivious and never believed me that he was the reason I was slipping in the kitchen. Of course, I was the one cleaning oil off the floor, since he couldn't accept that it was even happening.

 

[White Cat]

She really doesn’t do anything wrong.

 

[Perseverance]

She really doesn’t do anything wrong.

That's adorable!

 

[tvguy]

He doesn't load the dishwasher right. I appreciate the fact that he does put things in it, but he stacks them any old way so sometimes things don't get washed because they are blocked by other things.

I say that about my wife and she would say that about me. And she INSISTS on rinsing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher even though the owners manual for the dishwasher and the makers of dishwasher soap say not to. Apparently the enzymes in dishwasher soap are designed to react to the protein in food residue to do the best job washing.
In MY defense, I am putting things in the locations the diagrams in the owner's manual show to take of the special bins, clips and holders for certain items. But that is the most valuable lesson of a successful marriage. You can be right but wrong according to your spouse, and you just have to live with it to have a happy marriage..

 

[Jennasis]

Where did you find this perfect man? I started training mine at 19 and I'm still training him 35 years later.....

At work. And before you ask, YES he does have a brother and NO they are nothing alike lol!

We literally just finished cleaning our house (guests coming in a few days). He was washing the windows while I was vacuuming. Then he took an area rug outside to powerwash some stains. He's taking a break right now and doing our customer monthly invoices. Then he will wash the floors before we both head outside to do the daily farm chores (mucking 15 stalls because the kid who works for us has prom today).

He also plans to go pick up dinner for us and our friends who are coming over to hang tonight (all of us are vaccinated).

I married Superman.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

DW insists on storing ketchup and syrup (Log Cabin, not real maple) in the refrigerator. She's definitely wrong and won't listen to me even though I'm the boss.

So we have separate ketchup and syrup bottles.

She also has the habit of putting leftover ketchup packets from fast food places in the fridge butter compartment and then not using them. I got fed up so I attached those packets to her ketchup bottle with a rubber band to "remind" her use them.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

When we're watching TV and a familiar face appears and DW can't remember the name she goes "What's that actress's name? You know, she was in that movie.....with that guy....where that thing happened."

 

[Diznotyzed]

We have been using the same parking lots for decades, and he always heads for the aisles closest to the doors even though they are always filled and we have to park farther out. Why not save the time and head farther out in the first place? This from a man who walks daily for exercise.

 

[dez1978]

Okay this is one of the main things my husband would say I do wrong and yup a lot like how your husband does it. Although I firmly maintain it's not that I'm poor at story telling it's that the way I talk naturally works with some people who also talk this way but doesn't work with mostly his family who are very straight to the point kind of people

I've shared this before but this is me:

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My two best friends and my mom also talk like this with me so it's very normal and natural in that context but oh does it irk my husband. And yes for those on the DIS they likely recognize the above diagram as my writing style (and I'm cool with saying that).

This is me and it bugs the begeezus out of DH.
the way he holds silverware drives me batty.

 

[emer95]

He interrupts my quiet time. I am a true introvert and need my quiet time. I sit in my chair and read or browse Disboards. He is on his pad and keeps telling me the news he is reading or asks if I want to listen to the song he is listening to. He keeps talking. I have to tell him I need quiet time. He doesn't like that but he it is not like he doesn't know. He would talk to a tree if he thought it would respond.

yes!! My husband does this too. He’s relatively new to Facebook, and he likes to tell me what our friends and family are posting about. But 1) I’ve already seen it and 2) I don’t really care. I always ask him to please not read the internet out loud to me, but he still does.

 

[Deb & Bill]

My husband does absolutely nothing wrong at all. He's perfect and I love him.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

He leaves lights on everywhere. He's in and out of the house so frequently, he never locks doors.

 

[DisneyDebbie]

He sneezes practically everyday (allergies, sunlight, opening the freezer...) it's annoying to me.
He also locks the bathroom door when he showers, sometimes I need something quick!
Also, he takes longer than me to get ready to go out
He folds the bath towels wrong (I'm a trifold girl)

I'm probably the more annoying one to him though, lol.
I like to chew hard food/candy, he can't stand when I crunch.
I pull my knee up a certain way when I'm sleeping and knee him in the back (probably once a month or so)
Many times I put wrappers by the kitchen sink instead of under the cupboard in the garbage- I'll get to it!
I keep a lot of my clothes in the bathroom instead of my dresser (which is why I bug him to get in the bathroom)
I am very bad at backing up my car and have hit our garbage cans, mailbox, snow blower
I'm kind of loud when I talk, (comes from being a dance teacher) no one can say they didn't hear what I said, haha!
I have a lot of shoes and I do wear them, so he's constantly stepping over them
I'm sure there are lots more!

 

[disney4us2002]

DW insists on storing ketchup and syrup (Log Cabin, not real maple) in the refrigerator. She's definitely wrong and won't listen to me even though I'm the boss.

So we have separate ketchup and syrup bottles.

She also has the habit of putting leftover ketchup packets from fast food places in the fridge butter compartment and then not using them. I got fed up so I attached those packets to her ketchup bottle with a rubber band to "remind" her use them.

I get the Log Cabin, but you don't refrigerate your ketchup? Even if it doesn't need to be refrigerated, I like cold ketchup. I even keep unopened ketchup in the fridge.

 

[Jennasis]

I get the Log Cabin, but you don't refrigerate your ketchup? Even if it doesn't need to be refrigerated, I like cold ketchup. I even keep unopened ketchup in the fridge.

Does opened ketchup need to he refrigerated? We keep ours in the fridge after opening but I hate cold ketchup.