What Trivial Thing Does Your Spouse/SO Do Wrong?

[design_mom]

My husband says the same thing about the eggs, but I'm with your wife, and I've never had an issue with the imbalanced egg carton.

My husband can't scoop ice cream. When he "scoops" you get a pile of ice cream shavings in your bowl rather than a nice full scoop. He says "the ice cream is hard," but I can make scoops and he's stronger than I am, so I'm not buying that it's too hard to scoop. The shavings melt quickly and do not make for a satisfying bite of ice cream. Do not mess with my ice cream!

 

[Stratman50th]

Pretty much everything regarding order. Not closing doors or cabinets. Leaving the cap off the toothpaste. Leaving caps open on shampoo and conditioner, etc. etc....
To be fair, I'm kinda OCD and just because I want things a particular way, that doesn't make it correct. After 33 years it is what it is so I live with it.

 

[Wendy31]

My husband wears contacts, so, when he takes his contacts out & put them in their little case on the bathroom counter, he squeezes saline solution into the case.

But he never just gets the saline solution into the contacts case, the saline solution ends up on the bathroom counter in little drips & puddles around wherever the contacts case is.

And he doesn’t bother to wipe up the drips & puddles of the saline solution.

And, since it’s saline solution, as it dries, it leaves salt residue all over the counter - wherever his contact case has been.

Then, when I’m cleaning the bathroom, instead of just wiping the counters, I end up having to scrub off all the little circles of salt residue.

 

[elaine amj]

My husband wears contacts, so, when he takes his contacts out & put them in their little case on the bathroom counter, he squeezes saline solution into the case.

But he never just gets the saline solution into the contacts case, the saline solution ends up on the bathroom counter in little drips & puddles around wherever the contacts case is.

And he doesn’t bother to wipe up the drips & puddles of the saline solution.

And, since it’s saline solution, as it dries, it leaves salt residue all over the counter - wherever his contact case has been.

Then, when I’m cleaning the bathroom, instead of just wiping the counters, I end up having to scrub off all the little circles of salt residue.

That would be annoying! How's his aim at the toilet

 

[aby914]

My husband and I have always had separate toothpastes because he squeezes from the center and I squeeze and roll from the bottom. I read that idea in a book before we were married ~ it was like premarital counseling. Ha.

I'm the weird person who doesn't care at all about which way the TP roll goes, but my husband and both kids prefer over, so I do it that way for their sakes.

 

[jbrinkm]

He says it Ear-ick with a very distinguishable ear and ick sound.

DS12 has a few weird pronunciations - and we have NO idea where it comes from. DH is from NJ and has some interesting pronunciations, but DS doesn't sound like him, or like me (from midwest). He says Ahn-ion (onion) and at least two others that I can't remember right now that we just look at him like, What? Where did that word come from? Who taught you how to talk?

too funny...my guy does this too - usually going straight to IMDB! I'm like "can we PLEASE just watch this show - i don't care what else they did or who they are unless I'm getting residuals."
(Is this a Mars/Venus thing, ladies?)

No, I'm (DW) the one that does this in our house. I can't enjoy the movie or show once I get that "tickle" about identifying someone in it. Luckily it doesn't bother DH too much (he has also occasionally starting doing it as well) - and imdb is a huge help! For me, it is often a voice that nags at me to figure out.

He also says soda instead of pop. That's pretty much unforgiveable.

I grew up in the midwest and always called it pop. Then went to school in Atlanta and started calling it, generically, Coke, as in, "I'd like a coke" - and the server would ask, "What kind?". Now I'm in the NE and started calling it soda and "pop" sounds so strange to me.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

My husband and I have always had separate toothpastes because he squeezes from the center and I squeeze and roll from the bottom. I read that idea in a book before we were married ~ it was like premarital counseling. Ha.

We've always had separate ones as well honestly I think it just started that way and kept up that way. His toothpaste is decidedly messier than mine lol but he also doesn't like what flavor? if that's the right descriptor of one that I use.

We also learned way back when...separate blankets. I'm a blanket hog and wrap myself around it. Works perfect to have separate blankets

 

[jbrinkm]

DH will sometimes leave out prepositions and see nothing wrong with it - like, you don't really need that word in there, it still makes sense... (no, it doesn't) and also use the word "close" to mean "turn off." It really annoyed me early in our marriage but now we just joke/laugh about it.

And don't get me started on his driving.

 

[mjkacmom]

We've always had separate ones as well honestly I think it just started that way and kept up that way. His toothpaste is decidedly messier than mine lol but he also doesn't like what flavor? if that's the right descriptor of one that I use.

We also learned way back when...separate blankets. I'm a blanket hog and wrap myself around it. Works perfect to have separate blankets

I can’t even imagine allowing tube toothpaste in my home, and definitely needs to be white.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I can’t even imagine allowing tube toothpaste in my home, and definitely needs to be white.View attachment 570657

I'm cool with tubes, I prefer Crest ProHealth, not a big fan of colgate. I also use Crest ProHealth mouthwash but I hadn't seen a 2 in 1 like pictured above, that's a very interesting idea.

 

[billlaurie]

Another vote for loading the dishwasher wrong!

 

[Julie's Haircut]

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.

No, I don't refrigerate MY ketchup, but DW does. I cannot stand cold ketchup.

I'm kind of like this, so I keep the IMDB app on my phone and just look up whoever it is. Then, I annoy my wife by telling her all the stuff the person was in before that we know them from.

Good idea. I should do the same.

 

[Wendy31]

That would be annoying! How's his aim at the toilet

He’s great w/ that! And puts the seat down too - In 26 years of marriage, I’ve never fallen in!

It’s just that darn saline solution!

 

[Julie's Haircut]

He’s great w/ that! And puts the seat down too - In 26 years of marriage, I’ve never fallen in!

An ex-girlfriend "trained" me to put the toilet seat down. Reward or punishment.

I still do it even if I'm alone, like in a hotel for business.

 

[chickapin parterre]

finally discovered it....she puts A-1 sauce on a 15.00 a pound T-bone steak.

 

[poohs_hunny]

Me: Isn't that milk too old?
DH: No. The expiration date says it's still good.
Me: But that's only if it hasn't been opened.
DH: The expiration date says it's still good.


Whew! Glad I got that off my chest! lol

OMG this is my DH! I don't know why he doesn't understand!!

 

[HiStitch626]

Dog ears! I don’t care what he does with his own books, but he needs to use a bookmark in mine. I’ve been working on this for 35 years!!!

 

[1GoldenSun]

I'm not surprised to see this thread still going strong! I think some people are coming back for "seconds." I could say a few more things about DH but I'll be nice. I expect to see this thread stick around for a while, unless someone complains that their spouse/SO won't wear a mask or get vaccinated and then it'll go downhill and get shut down in a hurry.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Loading the dishwasher. First, she just loads it any ol' way--no rhyme or reason to what goes where. Second, her goal is to get as many dishes in there as possible. Her mission is accomplished if she can shut the door, even if some of the dishes don't get clean.

Nobody will ever accuse me of being a neatnik, but it drives me nuts.

 

[goofyernmost]

An ex-girlfriend "trained" me to put the toilet seat down. Reward or punishment.

I still do it even if I'm alone, like in a hotel for business.

Having a wife and two daughters cemented my mind to the down positioning of the seat. I don't know why because I am a firm believer in the fact that I have to lift it when I use it and don't complain and putting it back down when they use it is actually easier because gravity is on their side. I know, I know... men won't fall in if the seat is up, True, but if I was consciously aware the I might fall into the toilet it would be a terrific incentive to make sure I checked it out to see if it was down.

At work one time the ladies room was out of order and they ladies were using the mens room. I saw my female boss coming out of the mens room and politely asked if she remembered to put the seat back up for us.