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.
#1
Talks when I am listening to my audiobook - so I pause it and let him finish - hit play and then he starts to talk again
51points
#2
When he gets sick he refuses to take medicine and then complains about how he doesn’t feel good
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41points
#3
I can only ask one question at a time while texting because he only responds to the most recent thing I send
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38points
#4
brushes his teeth by moving his head not the brush ?!?!?!?!?!?!
30points
#5
he 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 for
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30points
#7
Literally zero phone volume awareness. Like why is your volume all the way up constantly
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26points
#8
Asking me where something is without even looking first.
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25points
#10
She 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.
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19points
#11
He gives himself noooo wiggle room. If the destination says 27 minutes he will leave 28 minutes before
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19points
#13
When I’m cooking and he goes over and stirs something.
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18points
#15
takes the toilet roll off the holder when he uses it and NEVER puts it back on. just leaves it on the counter.
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17points
#16
Watches 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 acoustic
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16points
#17
Saying he is not sleeping , while he is snoring ( after I push him not to snore) . Irritating!
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15points
#18
When he says, what do you mean? When I said exactly what I meant and it couldn’t mean anything else.
14points
#20
says he slept terrible but every time I woke up in the middle of the night he was sleeping like a rock
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13points