What does your DH or partner do that irritates the hell out of you?

Please do not worry annsixty, you could have been describing mine!
Actually he takes great delight in telling me something that he thinks I don't know when in fact it was me who told him in the first place.
Every time he sneezes it is followed by a "dear me!".
I could happily shoot him.

And for those who live alone ...... I have a relative who lives alone and talks non stop when she visits and it is impossible to stop her even to tell her that she has already told me that. I am convinced that she wouldn't even stop if I told her that the house was on fire. Probably wouldn't hear as she never listens - just talks.
DH thinks she should take the "I've started so I'll finish" mantra for her very own.

Come to think of it ...... DH has to finish whatever he has started to say even though it is glaringly obvious and has been overtaken by events. Now that is even more irritating than what my relative does! I wonder why that is.

I've had a great laugh reading some of these posts while the current husband watches yet more football ... every night this week if memory serves me right!
That apart (I usually escape upstairs to my craft room and leave him to it) the most annoying habit he has is that he HAS to go to the loo in the morning before he will consider going out anywhere. Plus if, God forbid, he has to go more than once a day he has to share!!! As a night shift worker for years and years I have never been such a creature of habit so just don't get it!!! Grrrrrrrr!

Every evening my DH will take off his watch and spin it round on his finger and also repeatedly throw throw ( luckily, lightly) the TV remote up in the air and catch it. The two sounds drive me mad and when I say Stop he says "why ?" Won't carry on as I need to go to bed tonight. He's very nice really.

Where do I begin? Twiddle his fingers, usually when I am lying on his shoulder watching TV and in my eyesight. Slips down into almost horizontal position when sitting on sofa. Blames sofa then complains of a bad back! Falls asleep bolt upright snoring with book sliding off bed and interrogation light full blast. Decides to empty kitchen bin in front of cooker when I am about to remove meal. Checks each car door. Apart from these irritating things I absolutely adore him

How long have you got?
One of the better ones is that he`s the only person I know who chews ice cream! (oh, and jelly!)

Wires....everywhere...and tools. Especially on the table where we have our meals. The space for eating food is decreasing in size. And I am not allowed to move anything. Sometimes I set his place on top of the piles and let him work through that one himself.

My DH always goes for a wee just when dinner is ready, he has had the whole day to go, but he leaves it until dinner is on the plate!

Plus another thing that annoys me beyond words and I know it is trivial, when he makes a coffee, he nearly stirs the bottom out of the mug and he does it for ages! ggggrrrrr!

I do love him, really! except at these times!

I love the picture GNHQ has added to the updates. If DH looked like that I might have overlooked the irritating splashing

He did it this morning at 06.30 (okay better than 5am) and for the first time ever I LOL thinking about this silly thread.

I have laughed and laughed reading some of the other "minor irritations" . How do we saintly ladies put up with them?

Haven't laughed so much in ages! Mine is adorable and whenever I get fed up with his two annoying habits I think how trivial they are and how much worse it might be. He never, ever puts anything away, and he almost always cross-threads the caps of jars he opens. (He's an engineer, obviously). But he's incredibly kind and I feel like a heel for even writing this; I can't 'outkind' him however hard I try so I think I have the better deal by far.

Mine talks to telly especially when politics being discussed. Moans when driving but overall he makes up for that by just being him x

mine has to be right all the time & if you prove he was wrong he insists he said the right answer all along

Well my husband is very kind so I wasn't going to say anything about his snoring BUT, as I was going upstairs for my shower this morning, I asked him not to use the water and he agreed he wouldn't. I was covered in soap and he flushed the downstairs toilet! It happens all the time.

numberplease "How long have you got" was the first phrase that sprang to my mind too! Judthepud2 my DH uses any spare table to work on (work being making things, involving glue guns and soldering!). Needless to say there is now glue on the kitchen table and 2 coffee tables - even stronger than super glue it seems. I too am not allowed to touch or move anything, although eventually it does get sorted - on average twice a year... I'm absolutely certain that he could find endless irritating habits of mine to comment on - tidying things away would probably be top of the list! Isn't that what relationships are about though - we love one another despite the annoyances

goose1964 that sounds like my ex!

I'm sure there are things I do that annoy him as much as those that annoy me!

My ex husband could snore for England. He was once woken up in hospital because he was snoring so loud it was disturbing other patients.

Next question
"What do you do, that irritates the hell out of your DH?"

Indinana, I was reading these posts out to my DH, when I got to yours about your DH 'chewing' custard and you telling him that 'custard doesn't need to be chewed'. My DH answered as quick as a flash, 'maybe her custard does'!
I have given him a slap on your behalf .
That's one of the ways he irritates me though, as well as eating noisily, think feeding time in the lions den, he's super fast with 'witty' remarks! So fast in fact, that one day he's going to cut his own throat with his sharp tongue!
He's actually lovely, he's not being unkind (about your custard or anything else), his comments are always funny, just a bit wearing at times!

Mine sniffs loudly. I tell him it's bad manners and he ignores me. Also for years I've found nail clippings on the floor of the lounge. I used to blame our son, but then he left home and it's still happening. Hubby obviously cuts his toe nails after I've gone to bed and leaves them where they fall. He also leaves his empty wine glass and bottle for me to remove in the morning. He also conducts loud phone calls in the evening while sitting beside me. He points to the tv and said "turn it down". I've got used to watching in silence. These are business calls so he feels they are more important that me watching tv. On the other hand he is kind, generous and loving. He's a smashing granddad, and after 40 years he's bound to have some bad habits. I probably have just as many as him.

number he might be the only person you know who chews ice-cream and jelly, but I've got one like that too (see my post at 17.29 yesterday)

When someone on tv says 'at the end of the day' my dh says 'it's midnight'..... every time.

Puts on his watch to go for a shower, takes the watch off and places it on the bathroom shelf. After his shower he then puts on his watch again. There's a clock in the bathroom.

Wears white socks to go play bowls, these are the league rules. Keeps the white socks on for the rest of the day.

However my dh is so kind and nice that I'll call these little quirks and not really irritations. It would be interesting to hear what 'quirk' I have that is irritating to dh.

Mowing the grass just before we have visitors and walking the cuttings through the house. Cutting his toenails in front of me. Snoring of course.

But most of all, he is completely unable to sit down and eat at the same time as me, has to fuss around getting extra drinks, fiddle with the remote control, or find some other excuse. I have usually virtually finished by the time he takes his first bite!

I get blamed for leaving a light on once a month, or turning up the central heating thermostat when its freezing, but I can't complain because he is much better at tidying up than me!

leaves hair on toilet seat when he has been to loo,how can he not notice.hates watching holby city and casualty so while I watch them he sits next to me on his lap top at the vital bit of action he says why is he doing that , I nearly kill him wqith my look I give him,he does some dusting uses a whole can of mr shine in one session dusting using say 15 dusters to make it look like he has been really busy while I have been out , but actually misses more than he does , less is more , would prefer one room done well than the whole house just touched .men ,,, just had a dizzy bug , had to see doctor for pills to stop dizzy spell, he actually said when I told him I was ill , will you still be able to cook tea ,,,,

Washing up! Plates are washed and left 'to drain' and pans are filled with water 'to soak'.
And we don't need a dishwasher, do we?