“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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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. .
my other half is sexy diesel engine too, no matter how much he denies it :D
Diesels will always try to deny that they’re a diesel.
Load More Replies...My partner was an insomniac - I'd wake to see her staring at me in wonder. not creepy at all...
Unfortunately, not everyone has insurance/can afford a CPAP machine.
Load More Replies...Lol and this is why I sleep in a different room from my hubs. I snore horrible like and I do a lot of what ur wife does i do too lol
He's like living with a poltergeist. My cabinets are constantly left open.
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.
Oh thank goodness it isnt just me and my husband. 14 years.
Load More Replies...Not closing draws really annoys me especially the lowest ones as they're an accident waiting to happen
I’m not joking: I’ve done this my whole life; it just seemed unfair that drawers and the insides of cabinets didn’t get enough daylight.
I do this passive aggressively. If he comes home from work and starts taking his bad day out on me instead of bitching at him I do this and he gets the hint. It annoys him so much but it’s a silly thing to get mad at me over. Just like he shouldn’t get mad at me for something that happened at work. Sometimes I do the look him in the eye and open a cabinet and walk away 😂
No sympathy. I have cats. No drawer, no cabinet, no door can remain shut at any hour of day or night.
I came home recently to find that my husband had removed the cabinet door where we keep the cat food. One cat has taken to eating inside the cabinet and he was sick of opening it for her
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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.
My husband believes that a bathroom should look like it is being used. Not be clean. His bathroom at the apartment he lived in when we met, scared his best friend so badly, the friend peed against the rear tire of his own car, rather than use hubby's bathroom. And yes, the hubby's mom is a hoarder.
My husband's the same. We agreed that certain parts of the house need to be tidy in a certain way and that he is also responsible for that. His rooms can be a mess. Don't mind. Therefore my husband is really good with repairing and building stuff and he seems to master his mess. I feel that the reason he's like that is not because his parents were hoarders per se but because he used to be very, very poor. He keeps a lot of stuff just in case and I have to admit that often he needs a tiny part to repair something.
My mom in law was a hoarder. My husband seems to have inherited some of it. I spend minimal time in his office and he doesn't hoard in the rest of the house.
He's cross referencing current state with past state. Betcha if your friends are clean he'll be cleaner too.
My ex barely left any space on the kitchen worktops, or any where else. Clutter, bric-a-brac, etc. I found out I am borderline autistic (58M) so now it all makes sense!
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.
Could be, but if you were brought up in a household where it was bad to be the person who finished something, that might be hard to get over
Load More Replies...My sister is like this often too- she mostly does it with milk cartons or soda bottles
My hubby is one tor leaving empty packets, jars,bottles and boxes in cupboards. I think I've got something but no it's empty. I asked him why he does it and he said that if the packet/box/jar/bottle is empty then I know I've run out. No. If its not there at all then I know I've run out.
ugh, that is honestly anoying, especially boxes and cans not properly crushed
I occasionally do it with milk because in the morning when I'm making my tea, I don't really notice it's down to the dregs until I get yelled at.
Everyone in our house does this. Last dribble of milk, heel of bread, pat of butter. Drives me crazy(er) than usual because I do the grocery shopping and meal planning. If they'd just use the last of something I'd know to buy more. I can't tell you the number of times I've come home from the store and then realised we're out of something that I missed because the jug or bag was still there.
The one slice is understandable I mean, what if there's three slices but you only wanted 2?
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.
She probably has undiagnosed allergies that cause post-nasal drip. My son is the same way, but on allergy meds he stops!
What if she looked average or even... "ugly"? I mean, what does her beauty have to do with this?
It's the one thing between them and a divorce ;)
Load More Replies...Like when my wife sneezes, you can hear it from a mile away. I think she scares the hell out of the local wildlife too. And she's a tiny thing.
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.
I find my husband snoring strangely comforting; he’s sleeping peacefully and all is well.
Sleep divorce is a good thing! It's easier to be more flexible and compromise with your significant other is everyone is well rested.
My husband's c-pap was the best thing that EVER happened to both of us when it comes to sleeping!
I finally got my husband to go to the doctor for his snoring and they put him on a c-pap and he hated it! Used it but hated it. Anyway, he has since graduated to Inspire and now everyone is happy (and healthy) If you have the ability, I would absolutely look into Inspire instead of the c-pap.
Load More Replies...Go to your PCP and have then do a referral for a sleep study. Snoring like that means sleep apnea and you will probably end up with a CPAP. I know more than 1 person with really bad snoring that now has a CPAP.
My husband was sent for a sleep study upon spending night #3 with him. Changed his life
My husband used to snore like this. Got a cpap about 5 years ago. It was a game changer. I no longer want to smother him in his sleep
My partner and I have had separate rooms for many years because of his snoring. He says I make a clicking noise in my throat when I sleep and sound like Predator.
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.”.
*To be in an intimate relationship*. Doesn't just apply to married folks, or even cohabiting folks
My new rule: if you tell me you can't find something, after I told you EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, and I walk over there and I find It exactly where I said it was, I get to hit you with it lol jkjk but seriously with my kids, the damn thing can be right in front and if they have to use their hands to move anything, they all of a sudden can't find it
Or oh hey can u look at this pimple on. My butt? Like no I really dont wanna but for u I guess I can be disgusted for a few minutes lol
The farts under the duvet just kill me and when they shake the duvet thinking it helps 🤢 it really doesn't
Whats wrong with these? I even share these with my close friends. We even have fart conversations with my husband.
He used to wash his face with apple cider vinegar every night before bed. It was like sleeping next to a pickle.
Omg yuck. I mix apple cider and water in a spray bottle to spray certain plants bases to keep mildew away. It is not a nice smell to sit next to so I do it before bed or we’ll be gone for the day. I use apple cider vinegar in many recipes, especially enchilada sauce, but on its own it’s pungent.
My mother used to wash her face with buttermilk. She also used lard as a moisturizer.
In all our years together, he has never used a nailcutter. He bites off his toenails.
I have a to big of a stomach to bend over to clip my toe nails let alone to bite my toe nails.
Husband always manages to choose to shave the day I clean the bathroom.
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.
Teach him - a full grown, assumed, competent person needs to be taught how to rinse a sink??? - nah, that dude knows how to, he's deliberately being passive aggressive or genuinely believes it's 'women's work'
Load More Replies...I do this, too. But, then i shave every day, so it's unavoidable. But, no-one cares, because cleaning the bathroom is my job.
Clean the bathroom after lunch, then it can't happen
Load More Replies...Always the way. How does it get on the walls and all over sink and sometimes on the toilet. My husband saves his head he has a full beard. The place would be in a right state if he shaved that too
So, what are you saying.......your husband shaves once a week? I shave daily and never have to clean my sink until it actually needs cleaning for the chrome etc. it's a Sunday chore.
If he's dry shaving tell him to put a towel over the faucet while shaving.
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!!
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.
On principle, I wouldn't do it, even if they paid extra. People tend to take you for granted if you don't set clear limits, and then they expect you to do it as if it's your obligation.
Load More Replies...I would say "I'm your dog sitter, not your cleaning lady, thank you".
Load More Replies...I spill a big portion of food on the stove too, I'm just so clumsy. I also refuse to clean while the stove is hot because I've burned myself so many times (unless rhe spill comes off with a single wipe or something). Unfortunately, I live alone so the stove never cleans itself unless I do it.
I'm a stove feeder. And shirt feeder. And floor, tables, sofa, even my dogs feeder. I dont understand how its even possible. Nomatter how hard i try to not make a mess, i still end up making a mess. Once while cooking i dropped flour on our black dog. Just yesterday i put on a freshly washed and dried shirt and within two hours managed to pour blackcurrant juice on it.
Oh my God! I laughed out loud in the middle of the night thinking about your black dog getting a whole bag of flour poured over him/her. 😂
Load More Replies...Pay that dog sitter more. They are a trooper. Or clean it up that night.. but u may be right the stove gods need their payment too lol
Husband does all the cooking and regularly allows foods to drip onto bottom of oven. NEVER cleans it. I keep foil on the bottom just to make it easy, but he will not change it. Ever. At some point I crack and change it out, and he has even been in the kitchen while I'm doing so. Not long ago I had changed out the foil, and he comes to me a couple of days later saying how much he appreciates that our weekly housekeeper changes the foil in the over when it isn't even her job. WTF?!? Yes, I pointed out to him that I do that, not her.
My son is a messy cook but nothing like this and he does wipe up his messed. If he didn't he knows he would have to go through the whole process of cleaning my glass top stove which he has never liked but I love. He wants a gas stove but no way in hell, I will never have one and there is no gas service to my house, all electric.
Wiping his face with curtains 😑.
He has never had to wash and iron curtains, I suppose.
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My partner (doctor) wears used scrubs in the bed….
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.
I agree! The risk of bringing home MRSA alone would be a huge concern.
Load More Replies...I hope by "used" they mean old, cast-off, no longer fit to wear as scrubs, just using them, washed, as pyjamas instead. In which case, no problem.
Probably. But it's way more fun going off on a ewww-rant apparently. They look like they'd make comfortable jammies anyway
Load More Replies...I really hope by this OP means old scrubs that have been thoroughly cleaned but are no longer serviceable in a hospital environment so have been relegated to the pyjama drawer
Scrubs should be left at work and cleaned by a laundry service. Could not imagine bringing my scrubs home.
The hospital i work in has "vending machines" for scrubs: you put the dirty ones in one (this one is basically for collecting dirty scrubs that then get sent to a laundry service), and take the clean ones from another one that is activated with your badge. I really don't know why this isn't a thing everywhere, i can't imagine taking dirty scrubs at home and washing them with my regular clothes.
Load More Replies...As a doctor, he should know better. Geez, that is gross! I would kick off the bed!
No!!!!! No no, even before the pandemic i would change my scrubs before even coming home. I work in the ER and the c**p we deal with and stuff that gets on us. No way in hell would i bring it home. When the pandemic hit I'm glad I was used to changing and shower before going home.
Ummmm no! Ewwww! I wouldn't even get in my car without changing my scrubs and shoes!
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.
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.
How can you do it without gagging? I have a terribly sensitive gag reflex though, and get a tonil stone ectremely rarely. Luckily! I have read stories how people push them out with cotton sticks and toothbrushes, and I gag even thinking about it :D
Load More Replies...I used to use a q tip to get them out and just learned to suppress my f*g reflex. Tonsillectomy when I was 20 took care of the problem.
I didn't know what they were until I got them. Thought I was some kind of bizarre freak and grossed myself out just trying to push them out. Horrid!
I only got those when I smoked cigarettes. I barely smoked, didn’t have great health insurance and it was before the internet and web md was a thing. I used to have tonsil infections every year as a child in the 706 and 80s. Don’t know why they never took them out. Every time I see an ENT they are shocked to see I have tonsils, but they won’t take them out.
Snort shower water. That clears most anything out....sinuses, throat, etc...
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.
I'm eating a sharp bacon cheddar on crackers & dipping them into Mike's hot honey right now!🧀+🥓+🍯🔥+ 🍪=🤤
Load More Replies...Pairing cheese with honey is a totally normal thing in Italy (i believe the french do it too). We don't usually put it on pizza but it goes well with a lot of cheeses, especially ricotta.
I as a preggo had sour cream in mac & cheese, both times. Never heard of honey added, but ketchup or hot sauce.
Honey works really well on more than you think it does. Just try those cheese cracker snacks but with honey, you'll thank me later
Honey on cheese is a thing. Of course the kind of cheese and combo matters, but it's a thing and it's delicious.
Cheddar cheese and a little bit of honey dribbled on it sounds like it'd be pretty good honestly. Maybe not mac n cheese, but I'd try it.
Only upvoted to say at least try Honey on everything. I don’t think I’d like it on my pizza. And I never thought I would like it with cheese until we were served a cheese cracker snack on a touristy thing and they hand a spicy honey mustard dip, but it was more honey than mustard. The meats and cheeses tasted great!
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.
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
Yep, organised chaos - when I do put things away I can't find them or they no longer exist - which would mean I'd have twice as many unfinished projects
Load More Replies...I feel you'r "pain" more than double (30+ years of marriage) ... 12 empty glasses in front of her on the table seems no issue at all but still shout from the kitchen "Where are all the glasses???" ... complaining about the 20 empty toiletpaper rolls beside the bathroom sink .... honey, YOU put them there ....
There's a difference here between not picking up after yourself and being unsanitary, such as leaving food out on plates under the coffee table for days, not doing the washing up for days, not taking bins out etc, all the things that could attract vermin and other pests... Being a Garbage Muffin as in not picking up after yourself with clothes or other things laying around such as magazines? So long they don't present a serious hazard? Who cares?
As I read the text he has told her that for 12 years and then gave up.
Load More Replies...Is that why you're so gross to everyone? Because you love them?
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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.
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.
I've met a lot of people who thought their s**t didn't stink.
Load More Replies...I have a gluten intolerance and along with other issues it gives me really stanky farts. I’m the grossest person I’ve smelled, but not as bad as our dog which is something I guess. 🙂
I can't imagine the intensity of the accidental dutch ovens OP probably frequently receives...
Ugh this happens to me every time I go out to eat with my vegan friends...my body just reacts differently to it I guess. I've tried the enzymes they don't work. The food tastes good I just don't like having to rush home to the bathroom shortly after eating it. :/
I am on Ozempic for my T2 diabetes. I'm titrating up and the new dosage is giving me what is called Ozempic breath, and Ozempic burps. God, it is foul! My partner can smell it from across the room! I'm brushing and gargling 3-4 times a day until I figure out the exact foods that edge it along. I wear a mask purposely for that when I go out, but I can't even stand myself. Lord.......b
It could be fructose intolerance. One way to help is to consume extra glucose.
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.
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.
Being nd, I have some tactile issues and have found that using a sensory-friendly brand of toothpaste like Hello brand & an electric toothpaste dispenser that only puts out a small measured dot of toothpaste works great for me! Both are pretty inexpensive and definitely worth trying.
Load More Replies...My ex would hold his toothbrush perfectly still and move his entire head up, down and sideways to brush his teeth. It was hilarious and unsettling. He did the same thing with shampoo: poured it on his hands, kept them still, and rocked his entire head around every which way. Food? Held the fork just above the plate and --yep--dove for it.
That is a product of the 70s shampoo commercials. That’s how they showed people washing their hair 😂 Thanks for reminding me about that. Next time my husband wants to shower together I’m gonna move my head like that, maybe he’ll stop asking!
Load More Replies...I brush my teeth this way, if I tried to do it standing up straight I'd choke on my own flob.
Then uses his hand full of foamy toothpaste to turn water off, like you don’t see this mess when you’re done?
I don't understand why people have their mouths open when brushing - I keep mine closed around the toothbrush. And I brush thoroughly.
Toothpaste has always made me gag and was told at the dental school when I had braces most people only need it for a breath freshener because flouride has been in city wat for years. I now have a very mild flavor prescription toothpaste and I only use a little bit so it doesn't make me e gag. I've been on well water for 42 years.
Brushing teeth right into the gums stimulates saliva production which cleans down under the gums. This is very good for you but not a nice sight, you do need to keep your mouth open & let it all slide out. I guess you just need to keep it private!
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.
I don't understand the disgust with this. I guarantee you our buttholes are cleaner than yours will ever be, as is our underwear.
Exactly! As someone who's plagued by constipation, it really helps clean everything out.
Load More Replies...Hehehe, my son and I both do this, and my husband thinks it's disgusting, but we don't care - gets everything cleaned out 100%.
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.
Oh is this gross? I do it to remove excess water from the brush head so it doesn't dribble down onto the surfaces
I just shake my toothbrush or tap the handle on the sink lol
Load More Replies...Yea, you should, that’s why they do it at the dentist. Leaving the toothpaste so it “works” is a myth
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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.
I know this is gross but there is actually benefit to eating your boogers. It helps with your immune system. There is a link to this but I don't have it.
People may downvote you but (unfortunately) what you said is a gross truth. Not like any of the articles say to do it, but it does help make the immune system stronger. Still gross af lol.
Load More Replies...LOL I just imagined that happening, like *spritz spritz* "No! No! Bad!"
The average human swallows almost a quart of snot a day. You're chugging snot down all day, every day. Yet, if instead of oozing down the back of your throat, some of it goes into your nasal passage, gets dug out, and then swallowed...suddenly it's gross? Just be polite and do it in privacy!
Ah no I'm sorry. I'd be sick on him. Divorce, separate, it's you not me, I'm out of there. The absolute dirt bag.
Collecting whiskey/bourbon bottles to display on top of kitchen cabinets. No, we do not live in a frat house.
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
They're trophies. Think of them as the heads of animals he's hunted and nailed to the wall. And be glad that they're not.
Are they empty or full? Empty: Ridiculous, pathetic and tasteless! Full: I see, you are a man of culture as well!
We have bottles, mugs, and other assorted things my roommate has collected. I don't care so much about that, it's the buildup of grease/dust on em (it's the kitchen, remember)
Keeping one bottle, okay. Special presentation or memory I understand.
I've got a collection of empty champagne bottles on top of the dresser. I can remember which ones I got from whom
I keep my empty gin bottles, quite a few are coloured glass, put wine bottle top seed lights in them and hang them over the deck. The look seriously good at night.
At least it's not a gross one lol collecting wine or liquor bottles isn't that bad. I know a few who do it cuz they like the art on the bottles. So, could be worse lol
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.
I'd be putting his plate on the table and plopping the food two inches away...onto the floor. "Oops! Close enough, right?"
My partner and now also my daughter always leave discarded clothes lying around the living room, I'm forever finding and picking up dirty socks. Like mother like daughter I guess.
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.
Must go through a lot of milk because I am wondering how much milk has spoi led because of this.
Not gonna lie, first sentence made me think about some other problem.... lol
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.
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.
Mine never squeezes them out and runs clean water through them. He just leaves the dirty stinky dishwater to fester in them.I’m constantly having to clean them and put them in the microwave to sanitize them. Gross.
Load More Replies...I'd personally toss it and use a plastic scrubby. It's nothing but a bacteria farm.
I just put my sponge in the dishwasher when I run the dishes to clean and sanitize them. I have 2 out so I can alternate them. One in the dishwasher while the other is gotten out fresh and being used
Having been raised by a cooking cleaning housewife there is no way I can stand it when I walk up to the sink and I grabbed the wash cloth off the divider and it's dripping , sopping cold And wet. a** wet. Because she was a baking, Roasting, Frying, Or making dinner for later it didn't matter. If that rag was laying on the sink so can stop and wet somebody was in big troubles. And God forbid that you pull the plug when you're done washing dishes so that skanky greasy nasty, Cold a** water is sitting there with a wet wash rag float in it.
After 12 years of this I asked him finally do you do this on purpose? He just looked at me funny and then I noticed for the next 2 weeks he was squeezing out the wash class and laying them across the divider to dry. And then for whatever the reason he got a buck off his a** and started doing it again. Yes I love him but no I am not gonna drop this bone.
Haven't made it clear how much you dislike this?
Load More Replies...Occasionally I will forget to rinse out my dish cloth and put it up to dry.
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.
I found that sleeping with a sugar free honey lemon cough drop in my mouth, keeps my sinuses from clogging while I sleep, and lets me keep my mouth closed! It just sits on my tongue in the middle of my mouth and my body keeps it wet so it keeps radiating the soothing menthol through my sinuses! A side bonus is that keeping your teeth wet, helps prevent cavities! Who knew? Plus I don't end up with drool on my pillow case!
Yeah, there is something that happens to men's brains after they get married! Cause while dating, they wouldn't or didn't do that!
Spitting out that stuff makes me gag. Its actually turning my stomach now thinking of it. I couldn't be with someone who does this.
His level of clean and my level of clean are VERY different .
My man picks his nose in front of me… it’s not attractive.
Just remember you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but never pick your friends nose.
I did that once in front of my wife... She said; "You can pick your nose as much as you like, just please don't do it in front of me..." Fair play. That's why I love her.
Well……guilty here, as I’m in there, the corner of my right eye sees him watching, but my other side of the brain says “ we almost got it”
I'm with the nose picker. Sometimes a tissue just doesn't do it when u got a hard nugget stuck up therw
Snot, spitting and nose picking is just too far for me. I can't cope with it
I’m fully sympathetic to nose-picking, but it should be done in private.
Y'all need to buy a box of tissues. YES there is a difference between a napkin, toilet paper, and facial tissue!
There are so many. The usual farting, belching, nose picking. However, in the last year he has begun to yawn so loud the neighbors know, (and we live in the country, so they’re not really close by) The coyotes howl. The owls answer. The squirrels scatter. We have a nut tree out back, I swear I have seen that tree drop several nuts after a yawn. And he does it several times a day.
It’s so annoying, I say nothing because he will take offense.
But shouldn't he be made aware that he's offending you? Why live with constant offensive behavior?
Sounds like he'd just do it more often if he knew it bothered her.
Load More Replies...Coyotes, owls, squirrels and the tree dropping nuts I'm laughing so hard I'm crying 🤣
I swear the reason that men love farts so much and make such a big deal out of it it's because they like the way it feels LOL. That's why they always have that s***** look on their face when they do it ha ha ha.
Snorting (clearing his sinuses). Not just when he has a cold but ALL THE TIME.
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I think my husband's used to it but my dad and I sniffle and snort all the time. We have similar issues. I'm not sorry anymore, I know it's annoying but I have to live with it. All my life, as my dad took until he almost died of pneumonia to be taken real seriously, while no one seems to be able to identify the cause of my swollen sinuses and nasal drip. Had it since I was ten. In my 30's now. It blows. Sometimes literally.
I do this, because I *have* to. Allergies that have yet to be pinpointed (my next appointment with my allergist is next month) and continuous postnasal drip.
I feel this...hate my sinuses but hate Dr's more eventually I'll get it checked but I pretty much just have year round allergies it seems always running nose and mucus my husband deals with it lol he only gets mad when I'm really really trying to clear my sinuses and that takes awhile with alot of wierd different blowing of my nose lmao
Oh yea, the smoker's throat clearing "uH uh uh-uh!" I used to have that when I smoked. I always knew when my ex had relapsed bc of the throat clearing/cough, even if he'd managed to hide the stale smoke smell.
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Messy eating. Looked up once during dinner and there was piece of rice in his eyebrow. Never uses a napkin, eats like a 3 year old with salad dressing smeared around his mouth from too big a bite. After 40 years of marriage I no longer tell him he has food on his face, even when we eat out with others. Sure, it’s embarrassing in public and sometimes the people we are eating with will tell him he has food on his face during eating because it’s on there for the entire meal. One time our 14 year old nephew told him that he had sauce on his face and he was mildly angry for being told by a kid. He never even unfolds his napkin at the table.
OP is great for being able to overlook this. I on the other hand, would never be able to put up with this. I’m easily disgusted by food scraps lying around on objects or people’s bodies. So much so that just reading this made me uneasy. I guess it’s something about the sight of wet/moist food that gives me the icks. But also this sounds so embarrassing to the husband in public. Sounds like he needs to learn to be a little less messy.
I can't look at that. It grosses me out, and I'm cautious of having food face as well. It's unacceptable. When people have schmutz on their face and a few minutes go by I say something.
This is why I stopped going out to eat with my 21 year old stepdaughter. She always ate like she was feral and her parents never corrected her. To this day she will not use a napkin. That's fine if that's the way she wants to be, but I'm not gonna be there to watch it.
There it is.... the parents not fixing the issue and now everyone has to deal with it or be accused of being an a-hole.
Load More Replies...🤣🤣 rice in his eyebrow. I wouldn't mind so much as long as he didn't make noises. Slapping lips or eating noises 🤦🏼♀️ i couldn't cope
We will have a completely empty dishwasher and she will fill the sink with every dirty dish and leave it there.
Omg I hate this.... my husband and both my in-laws will rinse them put them in the other side of the sink then later put it in the dishwasher which is also right next to the sink....like why the extra step....
I do that, but only if there are dishes in the dishwasher and I don't know if they're clean or dirty. I never leave a dish in the sink with food residue (unlike my lovely wife).
Load More Replies...My partner puts all recycling on a ledge above the kitchen sink. If she walked 3 steps further she would find the recycling bag in the utility room.
No longer have a spouse or SO, but WHY do men NOT WASH THEIR HANDS after using the bathroom? It is so gross!
Yup. An alarming amount of women at my last workplace would just walk straight out of the bathroom without washing 😶 luckily I wore gloves at work, and I used sanitizer A LOT
Load More Replies...That’s what I’ve told guys to start washing hands. You touched yours, he touched his, u shake hands or share a pizza… my husband questions ME about handwashing 😂
Load More Replies...Mine used to claim it was because he doesn’t hold his penis when he pees. I congratulated him on being able to train it to jump out of and back into his pants all by itself, and asked him how he got it to unzip and rezip his pants, since it doesn’t have hands, much less opposable thumbs. Yeah, there was a small mushroom cloud over his head as the ridiculousness of his claim sunk in and he had the revelation.
I am a man and I find this gross and disgusting also. I seen so many men in a public bathroom after getting done peeing that they either don't wash there hands or barely get them wet and even don't dry there hands. They just walk out without drying them, I can't stand wet hands.
As a woman I can tell you it's not just men. Women are just as gross
Load More Replies...This unfortunately is not a gendered thing. Even after the pandemic taught people the importance of washing their hands, a concerning amount of them still refuse to do it.
The only time I don't wash mine in a public bathroom is when they have those nasty blow dryers. They have more bacteria than a dirty toilet seat. I have a small bottle of hand sanitizer hanging from the strap of my pocketbook.
I used to work in an office where the bathrooms for men and women were back-to-back. Women washed their hands most of the time The men? You NEVER heard the tap running after. I'm talking from the warehouse guy to the CEO - NEVER. I always avoid shaking men's hands if I could.
I freaking DARE YOU to go into a Tim Hortons and listen for the high-power hand dryer after someone goes in. I've done it, and it's by far women who wash their hands the least.
Not putting things back, leaving half empty drinks everywhere, and not putting his clean (and folded by yours truly) laundry away.
I don't put my laundry away either. I normally cycle shirts, pants, and undies every 1-2 days (undies every day if you're hovering for a downvote)
When my wife plugs in air fresheners, she always puts them in the bottom outlet so that it sticks up and blocks the other outlet from being used.
Why don't you just move them to the top outlet or ask her to move them to the top outlet?
I suspect they may have mentioned it once or twice….
Load More Replies...This is so refreshingly tame after the list of horrifying sinus-related offenses I just read
Agreed. I skipped over many because they were so disgusting.
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We get ready in the bathroom together each morning. I’ve accepted it’s normal for her to drop a deuce in the toilet, and whilst doing this, pull out her tampon as I’m shaving or brushing my teeth. You just pretend like it’s not happening right in front of you.
Meh, whatever, not everyone has that level of comfort with their spouse in the bathroom. Everyone poops.
Is true! But I couldn't imagine going to the bathroom with someone in the room, not even my SO of 9+ years 💀
Load More Replies...My husband and I both grew up incredibly poor, so, our living situation always had one bathroom. Now, as adults, having two bathrooms is how we spoil ourselves. We still usually only bathe in one of the two but we each have our own toilet; and if someone is showering while ya gotta do tour business, go to the other bathroom. It's absolutely wonderful!
Absolutely not!!! I don't care if my hubby has to pee but if you're laying a deuce. . . That is not a shared experience. Gross.
I would also add that pulling out and exhanging a Tampon is nowhere near the same level of gross.
Load More Replies...I am glad my fiancée and i are both the kind of people who can't poop if someone else is in the room. Peeing and everything else is fine, but pooping time is not a shared experience.
Nah that's just gross dude. I would never p*o infront of anyone let alone take care of my tampon infront of people. I kick my own girl child out of the bathroom to change any feminine stuff cuz that's private. As well as I cabt hardly pee w someone in the room pooping wouldn't happen
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.
Not my husband, but our dearly departed dog, Scruffy. That boy would absolutely crop dust the room with the foulest dog farts that would peel the paint off the walls. My husband and I would both either dive down into the cushions or just leave. Foul. Still miss that old pooch though. RIP Scruffy. You are very much missed.
that's grossly adorable only because it's a dog
Load More Replies...There's so many disgusting deal breakers in this list for me, like wtf why are they still with these disgusting people???
Yeah, I couldn’t make it more than1 or 2 dates. This can’t be real. From everything I see there are more available men than women out there. Be chosey. Both sides.
Load More Replies...My wife's body cannot tolerate Turkey, Pretzel Sticks, or French fries.....every single time she eats any of those food items, their is a unique stench of fermented diapers. Each and every time....she blames one of the cats. It's been 14 years....not only is she not fooling anyone, i can identify the cause by the degree to which my eyes are BURNING!
My guy is like A Stand up comic when it comes to farts. He does it with his LEG up in the air standing on one leg and points at my dog, Like he's shooting invisible bullets at people LOL. Url be quiet and he's sitting at the kitchen table and I'm in the other room watching TV and I hear him start Mozart Symphony out of his a** and he's giggling and wiggling the whole d*** time. It's what men do he says. I said yep it is what men do when they really want to p*** off their partner ha.
I wonder what he would do if you carried a small can of air freshener and spritzed away the stink every single time?
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.
Mine sucks the end of the q-tip before insertion for a wet clean. So dirty and gross 🤢 (edited for grammatical error)
Cats actually love used qtips. They think ear wax is really tasty.
Load More Replies...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.
Remember that you are choosing to LIVE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. Please behave accordingly and clean your trimmings.
Got my partner a beard trimming front-cape kinda thing that sticks to the mirror and it saved my sanity and our plumbing
So, you're suggesting someone should bìtch and moan constantly about an innocuous issue? That sounds like a miserable person to be around. Hopefully you don't follow your own advice.
Load More Replies... 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).
Good idea. Mosy people have no idea how they look to others.
Load More Replies...How on earth did you fall in love with such a gross person? Don't you deserve better, and doesn't he deserve to learn how to function as an adult?
I couldn't do it. I'm already typing this with my shoulders up around my ears. That's hell on earth for me.
Sounds like one of the most unattractive people you could possibly meet. Idk what OP saw in him that enables her to get past that disgusting cringe fest...
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.
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 😳
Agreed, I can play games for hours on end but I clean the desk when I'm done because I don't want to see it, nevermind anyone else.
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Sniffing his hands after touching his balls.
Same ex who held the toothbrush & moved his teeth, etc...also smelled his hands after touching EVERYTHING.
Lol this caught me off guard for some reason and made me Lmao 😂
He needs to know if they need cleaning before he drags them across your face.
Picking nose, not washing hands after using the bathroom, peeing in the shower.
Whats the big deal about peeing in the shower? It's just water that washes right down the drain.
Absolutely. Shower is just as clean when you get out of it. And the drain is just as flushed as a toilet.
Load More Replies...There is nothing wrong with peeing in the shower. Now if u gotta waffle stomp some poop through the drain that's taking it a bit too far lol
I learned what waffle stomping was 2 weeks ago from a coworker. Just excited to know what you were talking about.
Load More Replies...I know this is gross but if you have boo ger in your nose? What are you to do? Leave it there? I agree with the other two. They are gross.
Yes, you leave it until you can get ahold of a napkin or paper of some sort
Load More Replies...My wife blows her nose louder and more frequently than anyone else I have ever met. .
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Load More Replies...Sounds like the wife of a friend of mine. She sounds like a goose a lot, while blowing her nose. Hooooonnk! 🦆
Her clutter, and loogey hawking in the morning.
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.
Exactly! And how many of them are afraid to speak up just to not offend the other person?!
Load More Replies...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?! 🤮
Load More Replies...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.
Always nice being reminded why I enjoy being single. I do have kids, but I'm allowed to correct their disgusting habits. I keep my house clean, everybody showers and clips their toenails without teeth. I live in absolute bliss.
Yup, kids are adults now and left my home. Married for 10 years and 25, and counting, years single. And you have to be f*cking amazing to change that.
Load More Replies...This post reminded me how grateful I am to be single! I have my own nastiness for sure, but no one around to be grossed out! My roommates are the furry 4 legged sort and their nastiness is mostly adorable. Especially the one that got the frisks in the (freshly scooped) litterbox yesterday. That was kinda nasty but he was having so much fun, dilated pupils and kicking litter *everywhere* 🥰
This is the thing, when you know you're gross, you don't do whatever it is in front of your SO or you don't do it at all. I would hate to be such a turn-off to them. Kitty housemates for the win.
Load More Replies...Wow, I came here to comment on my wife's complete inability to cook even the simplest dishes, but you know what--never mind. My wife is freakin' awesome.
Let the one with no quirks, habits, gross functions, smelly farts or b/o cast the first………. Love me all the way and I’ll love you all the way.
I'm not that bad in terms of gross habits. I eat politely and don't leave things like Q tips or things with my bodily fluids laying around.
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.
Exactly! And how many of them are afraid to speak up just to not offend the other person?!
Load More Replies...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?! 🤮
Load More Replies...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.
Always nice being reminded why I enjoy being single. I do have kids, but I'm allowed to correct their disgusting habits. I keep my house clean, everybody showers and clips their toenails without teeth. I live in absolute bliss.
Yup, kids are adults now and left my home. Married for 10 years and 25, and counting, years single. And you have to be f*cking amazing to change that.
Load More Replies...This post reminded me how grateful I am to be single! I have my own nastiness for sure, but no one around to be grossed out! My roommates are the furry 4 legged sort and their nastiness is mostly adorable. Especially the one that got the frisks in the (freshly scooped) litterbox yesterday. That was kinda nasty but he was having so much fun, dilated pupils and kicking litter *everywhere* 🥰
This is the thing, when you know you're gross, you don't do whatever it is in front of your SO or you don't do it at all. I would hate to be such a turn-off to them. Kitty housemates for the win.
Load More Replies...Wow, I came here to comment on my wife's complete inability to cook even the simplest dishes, but you know what--never mind. My wife is freakin' awesome.
Let the one with no quirks, habits, gross functions, smelly farts or b/o cast the first………. Love me all the way and I’ll love you all the way.
I'm not that bad in terms of gross habits. I eat politely and don't leave things like Q tips or things with my bodily fluids laying around.
