Who has pet peeves???

[PrincessNancy96]

What things really get under your skin?

I'll go first...

I do NOT like to be late.. Drives me insane.. I have a unwritten policy to be every where 10 minutes early.. Unless it's a school program than you have to be there 30-40 minutes early.. and that is NOT to socialize that is so your can find a darn parking spot! I've been know to just park right smack in front of the school doors at the curb!

I don't like...soliciator calls but than again who does.. Another reason I got on the "Do NOT call list".

I don't like to receive calls at the house after 9pm.. Especially for the kids.. Emergencies are the exception.. So my extended family pretty much knows my rules...so if they call..there is a problem!

The biggest pet peeve I have.. is my kids don't want to show their math work.. they think mental math is the way to go.. When I check their homework and tell them it's wrong.. It suddenly becomes my fault..The rant insues with "If you would show your work and than check your work..and show all the steps..YOU would be able to see where the mistakes were made".. I love my kids..but they are now figuring out that mommy is smart.. Hey, I've been there done that... I learned!!!!

 

[Queenie]

I always hated showing my work, still do (I'm a science student.) I can do the darn work in my head, it's so natural that I don't even think how I got the answer. If I know the answer, why do I have to prove to my tutors that I know how to do it?

Anyway, pet peeves, my main one would be when other people move things and don't tell you. I can't begin to think how many times I've put something down, then come back and it's moved. Worst is when its my cheque book or an important letter. I put it there so I'd know where to find it, don't move it somewhere else!

 

[bevtoy]

When someone says "I want you to be honest with me, whats your opinion?"...then they get mad because they don't like your honest opinion....that is irksome.........

 

[Downrivermama]

How about when you tell someone something and later they come back a say,"You never told me _____!" I love to talk and have the other person pay no attention to what I said!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Downrivermama,
My DH is the worst about that one!!!!

 

[ddavis860]

How about when you tell someone something and later they come back a say,"You never told me _____!" I love to talk and have the other person pay no attention to what I said!

This is my DH too. I have to leave him notes, because he always says that I didn't tell him.

The best was last month. I told him and showed him that I was putting Dawn in a bottle in the shower to use for cleaning. Yeah, you guessed it, he didn't listen and was wondering why his skin was so dry. I noticed that the bottle was emptying faster than it should, so I asked him...his answer? You didn't tell me....GRRRRRRRRRR.....

 

[LEO_Magic]

I really think my smells are to the extreme, No really. Cuz when I smell someone that stinks or a place w/ a wierd smell, I'm the only person that can smell it first or some times I'm the only one from eveyone around me. I'm sure there's a lot of people that can smell bad things or someone, but I truly know my smells are to the extreme

 

[PrincessNancy96]

This is my DH too. I have to leave him notes, because he always says that I didn't tell him.

The best was last month. I told him and showed him that I was putting Dawn in a bottle in the shower to use for cleaning. Yeah, you guessed it, he didn't listen and was wondering why his skin was so dry. I noticed that the bottle was emptying faster than it should, so I asked him...his answer? You didn't tell me....GRRRRRRRRRR.....

I have a running joke with my DH about how I need to attach post-it notes to his forehead!!! I've been known to put notes in the truck so he remembers what he is suppose to get at the grocery, or discuss with his EX. (He forgets to tell her something, or she doesn't hear it, or they each think they have told one another things they haven't)..

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

PrincessNancy96--I am right with you on the late thing! I really try to never be late, but I am not always successful! My other pet peeve is when people don't PLAN stuff out. I know I am one of the most freakishly anal people on the planet, but I like to know what's going on and what's going to happen. It drives me crazy when other people don't plan, and then they wonder why they are not getting to do everything or getting to do it the way they wanted to!

 

[carolinagirl]

It always drives me up the wall when people use the word "anxious" when they really mean "eager". Such as "I'm so anxious to go on our Disney vacation". Anxious means dreading and is from the same root as anxiety. No, I'm not an English teacher, and I don't know why this bothers me so much. It's picky, I know!

My other pet peeve is when a driver is blocking the right turn lane at a stop light. "Hey, there are people back here who could be turning right on red!!!!"

Oh, and when someone pulls out in front of you and then goes 35 mph. Ohh, gets me every time! OK....I have driving issues.

 

[KAMommy]

PrincessNancy, I am with you. I can't stand being late. And I get really irritated at the people who don't plan, get somewhere late, and then either get loud or just stand in my way.

One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do the church signs and stuff and they never, ever bother to consult a dictionary. There instead of their, your instead of you're. PLEASE! I am not the most effective speaker of our language (I am Southern right down to the twang), but if I am writing something for public consumption, I try to make sure it is correct.

OH, I forgot. My biggest pet peeve of all. The parents who leave their kids in a play place and never watch them. The kids can be lighting matches or some such thing and the OTHER parents have to say something.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I hear both of you StitchIsOurHero and KAmommy!!!

I don't like to be late..
I have a plan for almost everything.. I know on Sundays before of course I watch Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy that while the kids are showering I'm spending time with the other two..and than we rotate them so they all get some quality time.. than I make my schedule for the week w/ activities, meetings, practices, dinner menu, (I have 5 kids, my dh, myself and dh's ex to keep track of.. I only keep track of dh ex's work when she needs us to help with kids.. thank goodness we all get along!!!) I think my dry erase board looks like the color spectrum puked on the board!! I have a color for each person so that I know at a glance what is going on..

I also don't like drivers that ride my bumper.. that just sets me off to know end.. or old men who blare their radios and believe they are the hottest thing since slice bread... My dd and I were coming back from the grocery and this guy blew his horn and yelled "hot momma".. I looked around and I was the only one at the stop sign... I must have turned seven shades of red because my dd burst into laughter and said mom "your a hot momma, you go girl"..

 

[jennyL]

I'm with everyone else I can't stand to be late or to have people late. Its just rude.

I have a no call after 10pm rule at my house and its only my DH and me. I'm not sure how bad I will be when we have kids.

OK my other pet peeve is a fashion one. Socks do not need to match your shirt they should blend with your pants. I'm an engineer and work with mostly men but I'm sure their wives think I'm nuts when they go home needing to by new socks but it works and I now have a better dressed office. LOL

My other one is people who smoke in the seating section of a stadium/pavillion etc. Its no smoking it doesn't matter that its outside. DON'T SMOKE.

Yes I have issues but my friends love me anyway.

 

[KAMommy]

I hear both of you StitchIsOurHero and KAmommy!!!

II have 5 kids, my dh, myself and dh's ex to keep track off..

I am so impressed. I lose myself with just two! I seriously don't know how you do it.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I am so impressed. I lose myself with just two! I seriously don't know how you do it.

Thanks! DH calls me a strategic planner.. he said I'm the ADMIRAL and the rest of them are my crew! I figure if i don't plan effectively.. our ship will sink and I'll lose a kid! Now, there are days that wouldn't be a bad idea... no just kidding! My kids are my life... as well as my DH!

 

[ddavis860]

Ya know, I just thought of another one...

It really bugs me that in polite society you have to put a napkin on your lap when you eat. Who's bright idea was that anyway? Here's the thing, my lap is under the table, and the food never reaches it anyway. It always lands right on my top. So, I have a perfectly clean napkin, and another top that I can now paint on...sheesh...

 

[KAMommy]

Ya know, I just thought of another one...

It really bugs me that in polite society you have to put a napkin on your lap when you eat. Who's bright idea was that anyway? Here's the thing, my lap is under the table, and the food never reaches it anyway. It always lands right on my top. So, I have a perfectly clean napkin, and another top that I can now paint on...sheesh...

And what about when you are wearing a silky suit or dress? I can't tell you how many times my napkin has landed in the floor at business lunches!

 

[jennyL]

LOL this thread has given me a new tag. I didn't think it was tag worthy until I saw it again this morning and lookie lookie I have a tag.

 

[ddavis860]

LOL this thread has given me a new tag. I didn't think it was tag worthy until I saw it again this morning and lookie lookie I have a tag.

Too funny...

 

[Queenie]

I've gotten a tag from this thread too! Pink, my favourite colour!