Once the honeymoon phase of a relationship (sometimes literally the honeymoon) ends, people quickly discover that their partner might have questionable ideas about how to stack the dishwasher, or they might snore like a woodchipper working overtime. For some, this is just a new hurdle to overcome, but others struggle to get over it.
People online share the “harmless” and downright normal things their partners do that they find disproportionately annoying. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own stories and examples in the comments section down below.
Talks when I am listening to my audiobook - so I pause it and let him finish - hit play and then he starts to talk againWhen he gets sick he refuses to take medicine and then complains about how he doesn’t feel goodabsolutely no sense of urgencybrushes his teeth by moving his head not the brush ?!?!?!?!?!?!Literally zero phone volume awareness. Like why is your volume all the way up constantlyhe constantly asks me questions he could easily figure out the answer to. like he’ll be holding a box of pasta and ask me how long he’s supposed to cook it forShe wears socks to bed and then in the middle of the night will take the socks off and leave them there at the end of the bed under the covers. I call it her sock graveyard.I can only ask one question at a time while texting because he only responds to the most recent thing I sendwe both will make our room messy but his mess annoys me moreAsking me where something is without even looking first.takes the toilet roll off the holder when he uses it and NEVER puts it back on. just leaves it on the counter.Silent treatment after argumentsWhen I’m cooking and he goes over and stirs something.He gives himself noooo wiggle room. If the destination says 27 minutes he will leave 28 minutes beforeWatches the same shows everyday. We’ve been together 10 years. He’s watched every episode of My Wife and Kids and Everybody Hates Chris over a dozen times by now. I think he’s acousticsays he slept terrible but every time I woke up in the middle of the night he was sleeping like a rockSneezing SO LOUDLY like why are you screamingHe puts the toothpaste on his front teeth to then put the brush in his mouthWhen he says, what do you mean? When I said exactly what I meant and it couldn’t mean anything else.Do i need to explain?Gives me appropriate advice & solutions when I just wanna be irrational.Decides to shave his face…right after I clean the bathroom.Saying he is not sleeping , while he is snoring ( after I push him not to snore) . Irritating!Turns the big light on in our room instead of the table lamps He waits until I’m completely ready before he starts getting ready and will complain how long I takeHas the worst windshield wiper timing managementhe poops for like 20-30minsWhen I say I have a headache he tells me to take paracetamol…I wasn’t looking for a solution I was looking for sympathy
Doesn’t always respond when I talk bc “there was no response to what you said” idc if I say I just farted at least say something anythingTakes naps in our bed in his outside clothesGets mad when I don’t pay attention to a movie I never said I wanted to watchThis is how he cuts bags openFalls asleep when we are watching a series togetherHe wont take any medecine at allAny time he coughs, I can feel my blood boilingHe stops everything he’s doing when he talksIn the car park drives past all the good spots and parks as far as he can away from the shop that we mayswell of walked from homehe says “i dont think so” instead of no. im like “did you let the dog out?” and he says i dont think so when he knows he didnt. like just say noTakes WAY too long to hit his alarm in the morning.Doesn’t immediately look when I say ‘look’ makes me so madWhen I'm hungry and he isn'teverything he does is so slow, he takes his time with EVERYTHING. no sense of urgencyHe’s too calm.. why don’t you have anxiety or panic about anything? Why are you so relaxed? Why don’t you freak out about time or anything at all????he will use a different cup everytime he has a drink. just get a waterbottle like me, whats with all the cups.Has all the juicy tea but is missing detailsFalls asleep the second his head hits the pillow leaving me to deal with my brain myselfNoises, I just can’t with unnecessary noisesSighs really loud and I ask what’s wrong and he’s say “nothing I just took a breath”parks backwards everywhere for no reason Not immediately running to the table when I say dinner is readywe both leave our shoes lying around but his are bigger and that's annoyingTells me he’s not sleeping when I SEE HIM SLEEEPINGUsing the biggest cutting board for cutting one small tomatoWhen I’m telling him something and he’s on his phone. I know he’s listening, but I just want him to look at me.He doesn’t push the kettle back against the wall once he’s done so it’s left halfway across the counter. Fries my brain!!He lets the rain collect on his windshield twice as long as I would before it wipesGulps when drinking somethingHe licks his fingers after eating something with his hands 😭😭 like it’s harmless to use a napkin I promisehe does the house chores but not in the exact order I had imaginedgoes to the shop and gets exactly what we need, no this looked nice or a surprise itemDoesn’t have tik tok, so I have to screen record like a cave man
