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What is your most annoying habit?

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Tizliz Thu 14-Jul-22 11:10:34

Following on from the thread about your partner’s most annoying habit, confess your own.

I think mine is that I will always put the opposing point of view even if I don’t agree with it.

hollysteers Sat 16-Jul-22 19:56:16

It’s never my fault…
Aeons ago, drinking too much, practically teetotal now.
Procrastination
Turning a blind eye to domestic/practical matters.

HiMay Sat 16-Jul-22 20:07:41

Wasting time on the iPad at night when I’m tired. Would be better off reading or knitting

grannypiper Sat 16-Jul-22 20:34:55

The internet is not big enough to list mine

AreWeThereYet Sat 16-Jul-22 20:53:11

teachers would say "don't you look at me like that" when I really wasn't

? With me it was DM - all my teenage years she seemed to be saying to me 'And you can take that look off your face' when she was telling me off - no matter how hard I tried to look sorry or keep a neutral expression I apparently had that look on my face

AreWeThereYet Sat 16-Jul-22 21:05:07

One of mine is that I can be thinking about something and forget it's not a discussion out loud - so all of a sudden I'll say to whoever I am with 'I think I might get a green one instead' leaving them thoroughly confused.

Also my mind can wander a bit when I'm supposed to be listening to someone. Mr A was once giving me the lowdown on changes to his pension scheme when I got distracted by a fly buzzing at the window. When asked for my opinion I blurted out 'what do you suppose flies think when they come up against a pane of glass?'

Nana4 Sat 16-Jul-22 21:16:00

Finishing people sentences

henetha Sat 16-Jul-22 23:15:04

Interrupting people. I know I do it and I try not to, yet I still do it.
My brain races on to the end of their sentence and opens its big mouth before I know it.

Nannagarra Sat 16-Jul-22 23:46:24

Overthinking - all the family pick me up on this.
Catastrophizing.

pen50 Sun 17-Jul-22 09:07:19

Untidyness. I'm awful about putting things away - except, oddly, in the kitchen where I do put all the stuff I use to cook and eat away - but not the detritus that accumulates on the table.

Blinko Sun 17-Jul-22 12:22:59

Impatience
Bossiness
Sneezing multiple times
Being unable to frame an intelligent question - cos I always know the answer..
.....being a smartass

Grandma600 Sun 17-Jul-22 19:56:10

I am always late. Ýes, I know it's rude and inconsiderate. My friends are saints

MissAdventure Sun 17-Jul-22 20:19:13

Oooh lateness!
That annoys me, but then my mum would arrive an hour early, and that annoyed me, too!

JACQUE100 Sun 17-Jul-22 20:24:23

Omg
And I thought it was only me!!!!

Skyblue2 Sun 17-Jul-22 20:56:05

Being extremely calm when anyone gets upset or throws a wobbly. My usual response being ‘did someone die’!

JaneJudge Sun 17-Jul-22 21:01:26

being blunt apparently

timetogo2016 Mon 18-Jul-22 09:42:37

Oh and another one i waking Dh up by accident,ie sneezing,christ i could kick myself all day long.

VB000 Mon 18-Jul-22 09:50:04

grandtanteJE65

Being in such a hurry to contribute to the conversation (read: express my own opinion) that I tend to interrupt people.

This bad habit became much worse, during and after lockdown, when for weeks at a time I only had DH and the cat to talk to.

The cat rarely interrupted me - usually only at feeding time, and DH interrupts constantly (so it is his fault I started doing so too, to get a word in edgeways, but being a teacher probably did not help either.)

That's me as well - a lot of the time, I worry that if I don't say something straight away, I'll forget what it was!!