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Things around the house you're irrational about?

Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:34 am
Posted by ShrevetownTiger
Shreveport
Member since Jan 2007
3476 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:34 am
Mine is trash bags. For as long as I can remember, I never wanted to take the trash out until that bag was full. My wife would complain about smell, and I would say there's more room in there. Totally irrational, take the damn trash out, but no, need more trash in that bag. I'd take it out when she asked, but it really bothered me that it wasn't full.

I've overcome that somewhat, but for the life of me, I can't figure out where that started and why it mattered so much.

What are you irrational about at your home?
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17590 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:36 am to
I don’t keep things that smells bad inside the house
Posted by ShrevetownTiger
Shreveport
Member since Jan 2007
3476 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:37 am to
I don't either, but that damn bag isn't full. It was a battle.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
50533 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:38 am to
I get irrationally angry when my wife does the dishes or loads the dishwasher and makes zero fricking effort to prevent water from getting all over the floor. I can do that task without getting water anywhere but the sink, it’s not hard.

That anger is compounded when I walk in later, barefoot, and step on water near the sink. For some reason water on the kitchen floor pisses me off more than it should.
This post was edited on 5/3/26 at 7:39 am
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
35993 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:40 am to
Lights on in a room with no occupants
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
2276 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:42 am to
For me it’s water on the bathroom floor. Pier and beam home and I had to replace subfloor from water damage. The boys act like it’s a fricken waterpark when taking showers.
Posted by canyon
MM23
Member since Dec 2003
22164 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:44 am to
Using a wash cloth more than once. I mean you shower with it. It has soap on it. You rinse it and wring it out and hang it. The next day it’s gone. Wife swiped it and I gotta get a new one. Exasperating.
Posted by Bayouboogaloocrew
Dixie
Member since Jul 2013
5712 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:44 am to
Going behind my wife to close every cabinet and drawer that she leaves open. It drives me insane…
Posted by lsutigersFTW
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2008
7901 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 7:55 am to
I have a pretty big backyard about 2.5 acres and the property line stops right about where the backyard neighbors house starts. They are elderly, so they hire somebody to come cut their grass and he always cuts about eight rotations into my yard and it drives me up a wall. They always get him to cut first thing in the morning when I’m working from home so I never get to go out to say hey man, your cut stops here.
Posted by LSUJuice
Back in Houston
Member since Apr 2004
18049 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:01 am to
When people turn around in my driveway.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
33469 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:01 am to
My kids and wife can’t seem to put their dirty dish in the dishwasher. They just rinse it and place it in the sink. I’m like just rinse it and place it in the dishwasher instead of piling it in sink. One thing I can’t stand is a sink full of dirty dishes.
This post was edited on 5/3/26 at 8:03 am
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24813 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:02 am to
plant a few trees at the boundary close together.
Posted by Lsukj
Prairieville, LA
Member since Sep 2014
156 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:02 am to
What is last thing you washed? With your wife on this one!
Posted by Rex Feral
Somewhere near Athens
Member since Jan 2014
16545 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:02 am to
When I ask them to do x, but they ignore me and say they were doing something moderately helpful that they weren’t asked to do.

For example, I ask a boy to put on clean clothes and brush their teeth for school. They ignore me and when I follow up, they say,‘but i was patting the dog.’
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16598 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:08 am to
People that flush the toilet after every piss. No need to keep flushing the toilet all throughout the day. 2-3 times a day max.
Posted by Longhorn Actual
Member since Dec 2023
3179 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:09 am to
quote:

I don’t keep things that smells bad inside the house


Your subject-verb agreement stinks.
Posted by ifyoubuildit
Member since Jan 2018
364 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:10 am to
At least they rinse it off.
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
1336 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:17 am to
When I ask my wife for her keys, I brace for her inevitable come back. “They’re in my purse.” To which, I have to ask where is her purse. She is not a purse snob by no means, but there are more than one…

I think this is on me. Solution; “where is your purse with your keys?” needs to be step 1.

Not sure if this meets OP’s irrational threshold, but it is good therapy for me nonetheless!
This post was edited on 5/3/26 at 8:19 am
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
5484 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:20 am to
quote:

I think this is on me. Solution; “where is your purse with your keys?” needs to be step 1.




Look at OP, helping OTers find solutions before 9am on a Saturaday!
Posted by warm
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2022
187 posts
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:21 am to
Water bottles- we have reusable stainless water bottles that we wash and refill with filtered water. My girls will grab one, drink half, and leave it anywhere. Then 2 hours later, they do the same thing. Every day I find half a dozen half full bottles. It’s exasperating
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