And…you are admitting this on a public forum?
@dragonmom and @waitingtoexhale - the CPAP machine is life changing - for both spouses. I can’t recommend it enough!
lol. It’s speaks volumes how quickly this thread is racking up replies… 
I have to ask if this extends to the practice of brushing one’s teeth with the mouth slightly open so the scrubbing sounds are more audible, or is it just the ice and food noises?
If this is irksome, then ya gotta ask yourself if your really need to be in the bathroom while partner is brushing teeth and minding other hygiene.
We have his and her area in the bathroom, but we never in there at the same time. When he is done with brushing his teeth is when I come in. The reason is I hate very bright light so I don’t turn on the main light, just the side light from the closet.
You live in the wrong house. In mine, that actually happens. I haven’t bought any toilet paper in years, but there’s always some nearby when the roll runs out. And I appreciate living here.
I do find pointing to be mildly annoying. It causes me to recall a comedian’s joke that “my cousin is so articulate he can describe a spiral staircase without using his hands”. Would that it were so for everyone.
@sylvan8798 : You know, I thought about that once I hit “post comment,” but decided it is so well known in my small circles that there really would be no point in denying my desires (were Lenny and Green to show up at my door).
@mamaedefamilia : It will certainly come to that, believe me. Guess I’ve gotten used to it; of course, I can tell you what is being sold on HSN at 2:00 am…My household would probably benefit, to be sure, though. Its a comin’.
Leaving caps loose on many things, not just the toothpaste. Sometimes I forget and shake the lemon juice bottle before using it without checking and, oops… Explaining why the plastic onion container should be closed completely (or we wouldn’t need one) doesn’t get through.
Highly intelligent, logical, scientific- most of the time. But he sometimes does illogical things. Doesn’t always follow his own advice, physicians are lousy patients (I’m one, too).
When done listening he quits- even if the talker hasn’t finished. I finally realized this when his staff said this at his retirement party. Just talked to my sister and she had noted it for decades… It isn’t just me he cuts off.
btw- CPAP solves one problem but can yield another. If the airflow hits a pillow it creates noise. But it sure makes a difference in getting useful sleep.
There’s another thread about “deal breakers” (non negotiable…). None of these fit that.
<<< but I forgot one pet peeve: My husband keeps breathing. >>>
Which is funny coming from someone whose screenname is @Waiting2exhale
H brings things in from MY car that I’ve told him that I want in there. This has gone on for years…starting with extra diapers or jackets for the little ones or now a sweater for me (some restaurants are fridges) or something that I need to return to the store. I’ll get somewhere and that needed item is no longer in my car.
H chatters a LOT…just like his mom. I like quiet. My kids like quiet. When it would just be my kids and me in a car, we could drive for miles not saying anything…just thinking or daydreaming …whatever… My kids and I can sit in the spa and just close our eyes and relax. Not H…chatter chatter chatter. Often it’s about nothing…just random babble. Sometimes I pretend that I need to nap in the car just to get some quiet.
Now that H is retired, I get to hear all this chatter. I keep telling him, “I like quiet.” lol Don’t get me wrong, dinner conversation, or some car conversation is fine…and certainly any conversation about an issue at hand is totally fine…but when I’m doing the paperwork for my business or something else that needs concentration, random-babble chatter is annoying…and can also cause costly mistakes. I also don’t talk when making a recipe because that also causes mistakes…“hmm, did I put in the X?”…I just want quiet.
And he doesn’t like it if I put my finger up suggesting, “just a minute” while I’m finishing a contract or something.
I think I need to find some sort of club or something to occupy H…lol. Someplace with many more ears.
The best part of H being retired is that he does ALL the dishes!! yay…this is from a guy who didn’t even know how to turn a DW on 18 months ago. Before we married, he PROMISED that if I cooked, he would do the dishes. It took him 30 years to finally make good on that promise! Progress. lol
Being alive. Oh wait, that’s why we are no longer married. My ex liked neti pot. It used to gross me out that I asked him to use a different bathroom.
I was thinking about all of those idiosyncrasies all of us have. We probably had fewer when we were younger. As we got older, we adjust to each other and not mind those strange habits. I think I would have a hard time getting involved with someone with habits I don’t care for. I would be interested in hearing from some people who met their SO later in life, if it was a big adjustment or compromise to live someone’s not so attractive habits.
Doesn’t put his seat belt on until we are driving down the street, and then he wiggles the steering wheel all over the place while he’s messing with the seat belt. WHY?!?!?!?
Hmmm , just one thing ? That would be hard
Let’s just say he leaves a trail of mess everywhere he goes. He worked late last night and when I got up this morning I found…pillows from the sofa outside our bedroom strewn about the floor, an half a bottle of vitamin water and his back pack …jacket and hat thrown on the table , shoes on the floor…ice cream container with spoon on the kitchen counter.
But I tend to overlook it because it is a battle I will never win …he deals with my annoying ways too so I will call it a draw
DH would say that I annoy him because I leave cabinet doors and the microwave doors open. Not all the time, just sometimes, and I don’t know why I do that…I don’t consciously think it’s too much trouble to close the door.
My H is always late. He seems to think he is on time for work if he leaves home at the time he is to be there ready to work.
My kids learned at a very young age to tell him certain practices or activities started an hour before they really did so that he would get them there on time.
Throws away things that I am saving. Just last week it was two $20 Loft reward cards (“it looked like junk mail”).
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H would get spanked for that. lol
OMG, a lot of these annoying habits could be husband written about me. My husband is a GEM, and sorry he is already married.