He drives me crazy…He's the love of your life … but he drives you mad in the worst possible way! Babyworld members share their moments of frustrations with the opposite sex. You gotta love 'em… especially as Feb 14th is around the corner, don't you?!
My partner drives me to the point of sheer exasperation very often! He is like a male version of a nagging house wife! I love him to bits but, God, I could gladly strangle him. Do you all feel like that sometimes and what does he do to get you like that? Mine is a fusspot round the house and is obsessed with things being ironed correctly! What' your partner's most annoying trait?" Jude "He leaves his sweaty clothes around""Can I only have one?! "It winds me up when he says that he told me something ages ago, i.e. he was working late or working the weekend, and he clearly DID NOT! It's almost as if he's saying I've got Alzheimer's or that I'm lying or something. "He changes into comfy clothes the second he walks through the door but always leaves his removed clothes on the back of a chair at the dining table! Do I really want to be sitting next to his discarded sweaty shirt when I'm eating my dinner? NO! "He leaves the flannel in a wet soggy ball in the shower cubicle instead of wringing it out and laying it over the side of the bath to dry and air out. There are loads more but I might come across like I don't like him!" Dee "He never finishes a job""One of the most annoying things mine does is not finish a job, whether it's washing the pots or making a front path. Because of that he's called Scotthalfajob in our family!" Liz "He misses the toilet and wees on the floor!""Don't get me started on this! His latest thing is missing the toilet so he's managing to wee on the floor ... and guess who has to clean it? And he's got the cheek to say I'm like Monica from Friends ... he's dirty!" Sheena "No matter how many times I remind him, he always forgets!""It's maddening that he just does not listen to things I tell him - like when I say he needs to book a day off so he can take our son to the dentist he totally forgets. When I remind him (for the 100th time) on the week of the appointment it's too late! And he can never think ahead when it comes to helping himself out of the cupboard. If there are four packs of crisps on a Sunday night he'll eat one and then I'm one short for lunch boxes next morning. It's the same with milk! I check we've enough for morning and settle down thinking I don't need to go to the shop then at 9.00pm (when the shop is shut) he's eating cereal drowned in the stuff! Sandra "Breathing!""Breathing! "I have PMT, he's doing my head in. I think I'll come back and answer this properly when I've not just had a row with him over trivial things, these are the rows that get me the most wound up!" Sandie "You can taste washing-up liquid on cups he's washed""He can't get his head round the way we wash up. Food waste goes into the bucket for composting. Then we brush/rinse any food off that's stuck to the plates over the rinsing sink into a strainer that gets emptied into the bucket. Only food-free plates go in the suds, then they get rinsed before the go on the drainer. "He puts it all in the washing sink, no plug, half a bottle of suds and wipes up sudsy stuff on a cloth. You can taste washing up liquid on cups he's washed and he blocks the drain with food so it overflows. "He also thinks it's OK to put his work clothes that need to go in the laundry basket on top of those on my bedroom chair that I may have worn for the evening and would have worn again except for them picking up travel smells. I can't stand the smell of smoke on clothing and he picks it up on trains." Debbieann "My ex was house-proud … but turned out to be gay""Harry-half-job is my husband's nickname. He never does anything properly. Even to the point where he doesn't even put the bin bag in the kitchen bin properly. He is IMPOSSIBLE. Sometimes I feel like going into the sitting room and screaming right in his stupid face as he is looking at his even more stupid computer game! It's the small things that drive me mad the most! "My ex was sooooo house-proud he used to do my head in, never sitting down. But then again, he did turn out to be gay!" Debi "His dirty, smelly rugby kit""My husband's most annoying habit is starting about six jobs at once and not finishing any of them! That and his dirty, smelly rugby kit, that I now refuse to wash that can take days to find its way to the washing machine. Urgh. Other than that he is quite good at helping with the housework. I suppose I would moan if he was perfect!" Kirstie "It takes him ages to do anything""My partner is known for saying 'Not yet, no' whenever you've asked him to do anything! He also says 'You can't rush a craftsman'. It is so annoying. In his defence, he is a craftsman, as he's a jeweller! I have been waiting for three years to have lights in my living room, a year to have my shower mended, about 18 months for him to sort a handle out in the kitchen and loads of other stupid stuff that would be simple to do. He has the ability but always finds something else to do instead. If I mention getting someone in to do these jobs he gets all sulky and hurt, so it's not worth it. But apart from that, and the smelliness, he is a nice, genuine, all-round good guy." Kerry "He can't do two things at once""If I could even get my husband to start something I'd be cheering. "He cannot wash-up and talk, he says he needs to concentrate...on the washing-up! For God's sake, if he was flying a plane or performing surgery I could understand! "He will walk past the dishwasher to put a cup/glass/plate by the sink! "He will step over wet or dirty washing on the stairs rather than take it up or bring it down. "His excuse for most things is, 'I'm sorry, I forgot' but he wouldn't forget if I told him he could spend £1,500 on a fishing pole! "He won't look around the room for the washing basket. If it's not in its place he throws the clothes on the floor where it would normally be. "He thinks since I do his ironing, I should put it away while I'm doing it. "He thinks I sit on my backside all day drinking tea and that his dinner magically appears when he gets home. "Think I better stop there or I might wonder why we are still together!" Mim "Mine starts arguments and whines like a little girl""Mine starts arguments about silly little things that don't mean anything, never listens, forgets about them in 5 minutes and he whines like a little girl! He's like a big kid! I'll ask him to change Alyssa's nappy and it'll be 'Oh, I don't want to, can't be arsed, I did it last time' and always thinks he does everything. It's his tone that annoys me. Imagine a five-year-old who's whining for a biscuit and you'll get what I mean." Gem "He drives me crazy with his tidiness!""He drives me absolutely crazy with his tidiness! For example, I will be in the kitchen cooking and if I am using a spice I will have left it out, ready for the time required. Then I'll turn around to get it and see that it's not there! He floats in, tidies up and floats back out again! "Plate scraping - he must scrape up every little bit of food on his plate. Even if there's absolutely nothing there, he'll still be scraping away. I have been known to snatch the plate/bowl away from him! Apart from that his mum trained him well!" Dinomad "He follows me around with a washing-up cloth""I have a clean-freak husband too! He actually follows me around with a wiping-up cloth when I rinse dishes in case I drop a bit of water on the floor. One of the first things my daughter did when she could crawl was get a cloth and wipe around me when I was in the kitchen. I freaked out then - it's one thing him being obsessed with droplets of water but a 10-month-old?! "He also leaps in when I make tea and wipes up any tiny spot of tea that I might have dropped from the spoon. The other day when I was pre-menstrual we had a major row about it! Sam x "He argues with everyone on the TV""The single most annoying thing he does is that he interacts with the TV - ALL THE TIME! He doesn't just comment on everything but he also debates with the newsreaders, presenters and guests. Everyone. They say something and he responds. He argues with them, but they can't hear him. Everything that is said on the box is followed by him disagreeing with them and a long rant about why he is right. You have no idea. After a while you can block it out - I am doing that now!" Samantha Where to next?
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