“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore

We all like to think we have exacting standards for our partners, but the fact is that love can overcome a lot of “issues.” Maturing is deciding what you can compromise on and what things really are deal breakers in the long run.

Someone asked “What disgusting habit have you learned to overlook in a spouse?” and people shared their best examples. So get comfortable as you read through, prepare to perhaps recognize a few behaviors, upvote your least favorite examples and be sure to comment your own thoughts below.

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Some people look peaceful when they sleep, my spouse looks like she needs an ambulance. Just limbs and hair everywhere, contorted positions like she fell off the roof, drool, and as much as she denies it, snoring. It’s fine I really don’t care. I just think she sleeps funny. .

lk05321 , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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TheMagicalUnicorn 1 week ago

my other half is sexy diesel engine too, no matter how much he denies it :D

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore He's like living with a poltergeist. My cabinets are constantly left open.

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bbfa 1 week ago

Never, ever pushes in a chair. Constantly stubbing my toes. But I just today had to say "Throw trash in the garbage, not AT the garbage" in the kitchen, so my nagging quota is used up for the week. Still love the little bugger. 42 years so far.

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My husband is fine if the house is messy and cluttered. Or if the bathroom is nasty and have never been cleaned. I've been to his parents' hoarder house so Ive seen how he grew up in..their restroom is dirtier than a gas station restroom 🤢

I overlook it because he's willing to do the cooking.
So I'll clean.

LetThemEatVeganCake:
As a child of hoarders, thank you for dealing with him. He appreciates it more than he can probably describe! I know for me, the trigger of 'this is a mess and I need to clean' happens way after it happens for normal folks.

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Mimi M 1 week ago

If he grocery shops as well, I'd call it even.

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Inability to throw out something that is empty - cereal boxes, inhalers, water bottles, toiletries, etc. Doesn't matter. My favorite is going to grab cereal from the cabinet only to find out that it is completely empty and he had put the box back despite that.

Dogzillas_Mom:
My ex would leave like one potato chip in the bag. Or one slice of bread. Or two tablespoons of milk. I think he didn’t want to be scolded for taking the last of something. I’d bring the container to him. Just finish it! I said you could have it. Leaving me one goddamn chip pisses me off way more than if you just ate the whole bag.

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R.A. Haley 1 week ago

Well, technically, you're not out of chips. So leave the bag until he eats the last chip before you buy more. If he never eats it, never buy more. I'd be buying individual bags and hiding them. This kind of thing could devolve into incredible depths of pettiness.

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My wife who is stunningly beautiful and way out of my league so I keep my mouth shut as much as I cam about it, clears her throat and nose just like John Candy in planes trains and automobiles. Its the most disgusting thing ive ever heard, my mother in law and aunt and uncles in law all do it too. Its so friggin bizarre and makes me gag upon hearing it. literal skin crawling stuff.

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Sue Denham 1 week ago

I think I'm married to her distant cousin.

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore His snoring. Dear god his snoring. I just go sleep in the guest room now when it starts.

TechnoMagi:
My fiancèe and I sleep in separate rooms thanks to her snoring. However even before that started we agreed to have our own separate bedrooms, so it wasn't a big deal to have to sleep separately. Having your own place just for yourself is important in a relationship, IMO.

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Cooking Panda 1 week ago

He should get himself checked

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore To be married, you need to make peace with:

* hair on the sink

* Farts

* gross things in the trash can

* “Look at this and tell me if you think I should see a doctor.”.

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JuiceBox J 1 week ago

I feel like this goes for most relationships, lol

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore He used to wash his face with apple cider vinegar every night before bed. It was like sleeping next to a pickle.

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Val 1 week ago

I've never heard of this but it sounds strangely healthy?

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“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore In all our years together, he has never used a nailcutter. He bites off his toenails.

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Murph 1 week ago

Disgusted by the activity, impressed by the flexibility!

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#10

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Husband always manages to choose to shave the day I clean the bathroom.

Otherwise_Peach6785 , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Justin Tyme 1 week ago

Teach him to rinse the sink. It takes a few seconds. I have shaved thousands of times and never imagined until just now that someday could make a mess doing it.

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#11

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Mine feeds the stove every time they cook.
Stirring the food? Whoops! Scooped some on the stove!

Boiling anything? Let’s turn it up all the way and walk away!

At any given time, 1/4 of dinner seems to be fed to the stove and then left there to crust over, rot, or start on fire the next time.

They never clean the stove either!

But I’m treated like gold. And get my coffee brought to me every morning, just how I like it. My dr appts are made for me. My gardening hobbies are indulged.
Overall it’s a fair tax to the stove gods.

I’ll clean it or the dog sitter will. If we don’t it will sit dirty for over a month until the dog sitter or I crack.

And who knows… maybe the stove is hungry!!

920Holla , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago

Your partner leaves messes on the stove for WEEKS until your DOG SITTER has to clean it? Cripes. A hope the dog sitter get paid extra when they have to do it.

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#12

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Wiping his face with curtains 😑.

Salty_allthetime , Ron Lach / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Just Sayin 1 week ago

What is wrong with him!

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#13

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My partner (doctor) wears used scrubs in the bed….

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Amelia Jade 1 week ago

This is absolutely gross. As a medical assistant/phlebotomist there is no way. You come into contact with a lot of gross stuff, including bodily fluids. When I was working, I'd strip as soon as I got home and my scrubs went straight to the washing machine. I'm not about to lounge around my house in them, or sleep in my bed.

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#14

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My husband is the most neurotic clean freak so there isn't much. Seriously, I think he's farted outside of the bathroom like 3 times in the last 12 years.

However! He gets tonsil stones. The noise that comes out of that bathroom when he's gagging trying to clean them out. I just can not.

JustGenericName , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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bbfa 1 week ago

I have them, too. It's like sand in your throat. I got a water syringe set from Amazon, and I kid you not, over 30 came out. Get him a cleaning set with a water syringe. If he shoots a little water in the cavity every day it should be a lot less trouble. It's pretty awful to deal with.

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#15

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore She puts honey on macaroni and cheese. And pizza. And basically any other food involving cheese. And plenty that don’t. She’s a gross little bug, but she’s *my* gross little bug, so I’m willing to let it slide.

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Shannimal 1 week ago

Mikes Hot Honey on all those foods is sooo good.

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#16

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My wife will not pick up after herself to save her life. 12 years I've tried with absolutely no luck. So because I love her and I still require my sanity, I've given up. She's my little garbage muffin and I adore her so we'll be garbage muffins together.

JennyC4me , Yan Krukau / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Biytemii 1 week ago

Wow why all this hate. I'm a cluttered person I don't always put things where they go. You can see a significant difference between my side of the bed and my husband's. It's not unhealthy some people are just wired different. I know where every little thing is in my clutter tha k you and I'll keep it that way. I arrange it every once on awhile to keep him happy but me and my hubby are the same I'm a garbage muffin and he deals with me. Has nothing to do with being disgusting I don't have mold growing on things just different personalities

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#17

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore So many things but mostly his vile, foul farts that could suffocate a room.

Fireantstirfry:
Does he have IBS or something? I used to have absolutely appalling farts that made me miserable and embarrassed to sleep with anyone in case I let one rip while asleep. I didn't realize how abnormal it was. Turns out I have IBS. Anything sulfurous or legumes...onions, cauliflower, beans, etc. They absolutely give me the worst farts. I avoid them as much as possible. If I'm going to eat something with those ingredients, there's an enzyme you can take that I find helpful too. As well if there's no avoiding a meal heavy in that kind of stuff, I'll down a dose of Pepto about 12 hours beforehand. It doesn't stop the farts, but the Pepto absolutely kills the smell; though I don't do that very often - I understand there might be issues with long-term Pepto use.

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 week ago

I used to find the smell of my own farts totally fine in a comfortably familiar kind of way, but then I got a bug that made me ill for 3 days, and ever since my farts absolutely reek and I'm disgusted by them. Hope they go back to normal eventually.

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#18

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore LOL my fiancé brushes his teeth bent over the sink with his mouth open and toothpaste just pouring out all over his hand, arm, and sink. It’s so bizarre like just stand up and have your mouth slightly open like a normal person.. It makes me laugh every time.

ash-leg2:
He should brush in the shower. I've done it for years to protect my chest from toothpaste - got my husband to do it too and our bathroom mirror has never been cleaner.

Own-Introduction6830:
I am this person. I close the bathroom door because I don't like to be watched while brushing my teeth. I just need to get all the areas, thoroughly, and keeping my mouth open helps. Plus, the build-up of foamy toothpaste makes me gag, specifically, in the morning.

SEND_NOODLESZ , Ketut Subiyanto / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 week ago

Foamy toothpaste gag in the morning! I have to use children's toothpaste but there are still some mornings where I'm bringing my breakfast up because the gag is strong that day.

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#19

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore When my husband uses our bidet, he finishes by shooting some water into his b******e and then squirts it back out. Even with the fan on, I can hear it from the next room. It’s so disgusting.

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Mary Kelly 1 week ago

who's he cleaning his colon for?!

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#20

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Why she slurps her toothbrush after brushing is something I cannot understand.

taactfulcaactus:
I used to rinse my mouth by using my toothbrush like a spoon to slurp water from the faucet when I was a kid. Totally forgot about that.

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highwaycrossingfrog 1 week ago

Oh is this gross? I do it to remove excess water from the brush head so it doesn't dribble down onto the surfaces

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#21

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore 4.5 years in I realized he was eating his boogers 😔 I told him I’ll get a spray bottle if he doesn’t stop.

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ZuriLovesYou 1 week ago

EWWW! Absolutely not!

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#22

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Collecting whiskey/bourbon bottles to display on top of kitchen cabinets. No, we do not live in a frat house.

Kitty_Mombo , Loe Moshkovska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Suzanne Pollick 1 week ago

Instead of a man cave get him a man Closet .LOL somewhere he could lineup all his pretty bottles on the shelves and show it privately to just his most important friends LOL

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#23

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Being unable to put the dirty clothes in the hamper… and piling the clothes right next to the empty hamper on the floor. I stopped doing his laundry lol.

wiseoldelephant0 , Sarah Chai / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Stephanie Did It 1 week ago (edited)

I'd be putting his plate on the table and plopping the food two inches away...onto the floor. "Oops! Close enough, right?"

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#24

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My partner is called “90% man”. Making a pbj sandwich? Everything is put away except for the bread. Put the dishes away? Every cabinet is left open. Getting a drink of water but the milk is in front of the Brita? Leave the milk on the counter overnight.

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Brian Droste 1 week ago

Must go through a lot of milk because I am wondering how much milk has spoi led because of this.

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#25

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Not quite disgusting, but it bothers me sooooooo badly. Whenever my husband spends any length of time in the kitchen, the dishcloth (the one for washing dishes with, not the towel) ends up a soggy crumpled mess in the sink. Why can’t he rinse it and hang it to dry on the handy bar thingy? No idea. I’ve just learned to accept it.

outcastspice , Myr Za / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Kaedyn Walsh 1 week ago

Mine is similar, but it's with the sponges we use for dish washing. It'll fall into the sink or into a bowl/pot full of water to keep the stuff from drying onto the dish/pan/bowl, and then the sponge gets that odor. Gotta wash it with dish soap then, rinse it good then microwave it to get the smell out and sanitize it.

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#26

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore My boyfriend spits his loogies out of the window while driving so it clings to the rear passenger window.
He leaves used tissues in his jeans pockets for me to find while doing laundry, and worst of all snot rockets on the sidewalk when we walk the dogs, I’ve been hit with flying boogers before and I’ve threatened to leave him over it, He laughs but always apologized. He has always had issues with his sinuses, but it is gross. Still makes me gag after 12 years together.

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Brian Droste 1 week ago

If he has constant sinuses issues, has he seen a doctor about it?

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#37

Farting. 😁. Day in day out. He does it purposefully and asks opinion about the smell and sound. It's disgusting. But what could I do. I love this man. And I know I have to deal with it for the rest of my life.

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Stephanie Did It 1 week ago

Why?

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#38

He uses q-tips to clean out his ears after his morning shower and will sometimes leave them out like a little gift for me to find when I walk in.

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Settled for Infamy 1 week ago (edited)

Mine sucks the end of the q-tip before insertion for a wet clean. So dirty and gross 🤢 (edited for grammatical error)

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#39

He has long hair and a beard. When he washes his hair there is hair all over the tub. When he trims his beard he leaves the clippings all over the sink. When I wash my hair or our daughter’s I clean up all the hair mess; wet, loose hairs everywhere really give me the ick. Unless I fuss at him about it he will leave it there. Grosses me out every time.

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Chelsea McKee 1 week ago

Remember that you are choosing to LIVE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. Please behave accordingly and clean your trimmings.

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#40

My partner is the most disgusting eater I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life. He inhales and slurps every single bite. He belches loudly, his mouth is open the whole time, he drops so much food trying to shove it all in at the speed of light. I can’t really describe it, the closest thing would be a pig eating slop from a trough maybe..? It’s really just an absolutely grotesque affair, so much that you lose your appetite for your own food. It’s so loud and it takes up so much space, audibly, visually, and emotionally. Going out to eat in a restaurant is extra embarrassing. It’s like nobody told him as a child that eating like a wild animal isn’t appropriate.

I’ve tried to politely mention that it’s a bit much (there’s really no tactful way to tell someone without offending them so I just should’ve never brought it up) and he’s naturally very defensive and he claims there’s noting wrong with how he eats. Okay 🙃

I try so hard to accept it but I struggle with every. Single. Bite. He. Takes.

He’s also a mouth-breather and he thinks this is normal as well. But it’s not. It’s gross. He’s always slack-jawed, just breathing his breath in my face and everyone else’s. Again, I’ve accepted it, but very grudgingly. I’ve suggested he had sinus issues but he’s defensive about that as well and says there’s nothing wrong with his mouth-breathing or his sinuses (there 100% is a problem with his sinuses).

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Cooking Panda 1 week ago

Just dump him. You deserve some peace.

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#41

Him emerging from the computer room after playing Tarkov with his friends for 8h in a row. It's like a grizzly bear coming out of slumber in the spring after a rough winter. All disheveled and confused.

Also on theme, his f*****g desk full of weeks old dishes and garbage.

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She who must not be named 1 week ago

That's not a partner, that's a teenage boy. I could live with the gaming now and then but the desk?? That's a hard no 😳

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#42

“One Slice Of Bread”: 45 People Share Annoying Habits Of Their Spouses They Choose To Ignore Sniffing his hands after touching his balls.

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Savahax 1 week ago

Both man and women occasionally have the "sniff" get real

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#43

Picking nose, not washing hands after using the bathroom, peeing in the shower.

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ƒιѕн 1 week ago

Whats the big deal about peeing in the shower? It's just water that washes right down the drain.

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#44

My wife blows her nose louder and more frequently than anyone else I have ever met. .

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Biytemii 1 week ago

I would think this was my husband about me but he's not on bp lmao

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#45

Her clutter, and loogey hawking in the morning.

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Sandy Jones 1 week ago

My eyes hurt from reading this

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What do you think ?

Phanda 1 week ago

This post made me wanna take a bath in boiling water and bleach. I'm shocked about the level of grossness many people accept from their spouses.

Tempest 1 week ago

Exactly! And how many of them are afraid to speak up just to not offend the other person?!

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Weasel Wise 1 week ago

Yup! Being cluttery or having pack rat tendencies can be dealt with, but living with filth and trash is a deal breaker for me. My older sister though, yikes. She and her most recent ex each had their own separate piles of trash on each side of their bed; his was a pile of empty water bottles, she had piles of papers. They would where thong sandals in the house rather than cleaning their nasty àss floors. She didn't learn this from our family, she has to have been majorly influenced by feral animals.

2points

EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 5 days ago

Some of it is just bad manners and being a dirty sod

1point

Ghostpotato 1 week ago

A few of these are just small annoyances, but so many are just disgusting and I would never be able to deal with them! It's the kind of stuff that would make me loose all attraction to a partner...

Absolutely! How can someone find a booger-eater sexy!? This person chews their toenails off, now I'm all hot and bothered?! My partner purposely exposing me to the stink that just left their àss, nothing is more hott?! Seriously?! How?! 🤮

9points

Deborah B 1 week ago

My grandparents had separate bathrooms their whole marriage. He was never allowed to use hers. When they were in their 80s, and he was going on home hospice care, grandad was worrying about sharing "her" en suite bathroom when it had always been a clear boundry. They got him home, and he was met with the gracious decree that he would find all his toiletries and his bathrobe in the en suite - but not hers, they were swapping bathrooms. Boundries in marriage are a beautiful thing, and a woman of dignity always poops alone.

Completely agree.

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