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Men have been given a glimpse into the idiosyncrasies that ultimately make up that one blowout fight that pops off right before you’re about to leave for a bachelor party.
The intel generated from a UK woman posing the following question to Mumsnet: What’s the most minor thing that your other half does that unreasonably winds you up?
Here are some of the top responses. Underneath I have taken the liberty of fighting for men everywhere by flipping over the coin.
FiveFarthings:
For me, it’s that my husband squeezes the tube of tooth paste from the middle rather than the bottom, leaving the tube all twisted so you can’t get anything out. It is such a minor thing but my god it makes me rage and I am totally disproportionately unreasonable about it!
Give the man a break, he probably never expected you to go down on something.
Oldraver:
Walks around the house brushing his teeth.
His bathroom is downstairs so when he brushes his teeth he will wander round the hall, kitchen, living room, scroosh scrooshing his teeth and all I can smell is the horrible minty smell (really dislike mint)
I think I’m almost there with getting him to stay in the bathroom
Wandering around while brushing your teeth is an involuntary reaction like breathing or digesting or white dudes singing Mr. Brightside. Asking someone to stop brush roaming is like asking them to stop masturbating during work-from-home days. Don’t mess with proven sciences, honey.
FlyingElbows:
He doesn’t cough properly. He does this sort of weird top of the throat cheek blowing out cough thing. It’s beyond irritating. Just fucking cough like a normal person!
And don’t start me on how he loads the dishwasher.
Ok, but why do you ask me if I’m ‘okay’ EVERY TIME I sneeze or cough or cry during the end of Up. This is strictly speculation and I’m not a medical professional, but just guessing my throat may be a little inflamed from the nine Juul pods I slingshot into my lungs the second you leave for work.
StationaryQueen:
It’s the throat clearing. When he is really stressed it starts as a tic, a little low cough. I counted 27 times whilst eating curry one evening. When I’ve mentioned it he doesn’t realize he’s doing it, in fairness he has a diagnosis of ASD.
“Your disease annoys me.”
Wherearemyminions:
Tidies up after me, not in a helpful way. Example the other day, had a few things still not quite dry on line so left ironing board set up to finish off later. Went to iron last few bits, board, iron, everything put away. Why? He said he thought I had finished with them, if I had I would have put the feckin things away, I’m as tidy as he is, if he left something out, I would assume he was still using it not that I needed to tidy up his “mess” argghh!
I’ve been wearing the same undies since Tuesday and you’re counting on me to adequately clean the slop off the dinnerware? I would eat off of a frisbee if I gave into my weakest impulses.
I love my girlfriend but if we part ways it’s because she cannot comprehend why I don’t clean the stove when either way she’s going to do it after.
Sadtiredmomma:
Bites his nails!! Drives me round the bloody bend as I can not only see him but HEAR him chomping away! I have vowed to save my toe nails for him so that he can eat them too if he likes nails so much!
Well maybe if you spent a little less time nagging me and a little more time in the kitchen, I wouldn’t have to rely on fingernails for a mid-day snack. To be clear, that was a joke, but I get a free pass because I have a woman mom.
What’s one thing your lady would say that drives her up a wall about you?
For me, it’s probably when my girlfriend asks me an innocent question that requires knowledge about being a man, instead of being honest and telling her I don’t know how to use a power drill, I get super defensive to mask my shortcomings and make her feel like the idiot: “What the fuck do you need a power tools for?” It’s nonsensical how lashing out is the move there seeing as nobody has ever divorced over a man’s inability to change a tire. Sorry, babe. What’s for dinner? No you pick.
[h/t Daily Mail]