re: Pet Peeves: Around the house edition

I'll bring the trash out and get caught up with some other chore outside for a few minutes. Wife will stack shite on top of the can instead of putting a bag in.

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All females in my house but me

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Same here. Hell, even our 3 cats are females.

My around the house pet peeve? Well, when my wife was a teacher and off during the summer, she would wait until I got home to start cleaning the house. She had ALL day to do that.

Now, shoes. My kids leave their shoes all over. And how does one shoe end up at the front door and another all the way across the house?

My wife doesn’t do this near as much as she used to, but throwing food wrappers, bottle tops or stuff similar in the sink instead of the trash can.

So this is basically a "what's your spouse do to routinely aggravate you"? I'm fricking in! Wife and I have been married for 10yrs, and we have a 6yr old daughter.

-Leaving dishes in sink full of food, or just putting the bowl/dish on the counter. As if that's not nasty enough on it's own she then proceeds to get those food filled dishes all wet multiple times in the sink to enhance the odor

-the fricking chia pet of hair in the shower drain. Makes me gag, maybe I'm weird with this one but shite is just gross to me

-when she's not playing jinga and ninja stacking the trash, every once in a blue moon she'll change it out, but only puts the full trash bag in the hall....right next to the external door....right by where the outside trash can is...literally only takes one more step, legit only have to put 1 fricking foot out the door and the other can stay in the house, but nooooo, that's just asking too much apparently

-We have double vanities, but not separate like we did in the last house, and her shite is constantly on my side #1stWorldProblems i know

-wife simply cannot pick a show/movie for us to watch at night, even after 10 years. Doesn't matter if I've worked a 12hr shift and she's worked 5hrs and been home 5hrs before me and I just want to relax and not make any decisions

-she reads something new on pinterest or IG or whatever for new shite to cook, that's great we like to try new things, she cooks said new meal without asking me if I would want that, still cool, A for effort for trying something new, but if I don't like it after trying it she then gets pissed at me "I don't know why even cook anymore". I'm just like you knew you were trying something new, there's equal chance i could like it or not like it. That's kind of like the old addage goes, don't ask any question that you're not prepared for all the answers

-When it's time to really clean the house she's awesome, she'll wipe walls, baseboards and do a real deep clean. The time in between these deep cleans, she's like living with a 16yr old, just a fricking mess

-She "cleans out the fridge", yet I can go right behind her and find like 5 more things that need to be thrown. And I'm not talking about a bottle of hot sauce or mayo that's just past expiration, I'm talking about like a tupperware with leftovers that she somehow misses..everytime

-Starts a project that she saw on HGTV because it looked easy on their edited 44minute show with professionals, but ultimately bites off way more than she can chew and then I have to go finish it instead of whatever I had planned for the day

In summary, marriage is awesome. 10/10 would recommend

Overfilled waste basket

Never fails that one of my kids will make a PB&J and then leave the knife in the sink with peanut butter all over it. Take a few seconds to wash the damn thing off.

-Loading the dishwasher. I can fit twice the dishes in there than the wife can.
-I made a built-in shoe rack in the wife's walk-in closet and 50% of the shoes are always on the floor.
-Wife's sink or tub are plugged with hair once a month even though we bought a screen to catch the hair, that she doesn't use.
-Throws the Amazon boxes out the backdoor instead of walking a few more feet to the recycle can.

I’m really lucky. My wife is very clean and keeps a very clean house. Even helps take out the trash. My only pet peeve would be her inability to properly park her car in the garage. We have a really big garage and she’s always all over the place despite me installing a garage parking laser pointer.

Walks into my office
Sees noise cancelling headset

Two approaches happen now.
1. Throws her hands up in the air, like it's my fault I'm in a meeting and walks away only to text me what she needed 2 seconds after
2. Just starts talking until I give the universal sign for I can't hear you, then proceeds to 1.

The kids do it too, except I tell them I can't hear them and they just repeat themselves in a lower voice

Lights on all over the house in the a.m. is a way of life here.