Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Sex?

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

The fact that she has to have so much crap with her when she drives a car. I like a tidy car and every time I ride in one of the two cars she drives it's full of stuff. It's like she moves into the dam things. I clean them out when I'm fed up with it or when I don't want to drive my truck, but I can't believe how fast all of her crap gets moved back in. That and the cars are always on E if I go to hop in one, like below the E on fumes!

Another thing that gets to me, is if she calls once and I don't answer, she will call like 20 more times in a row. She's like "machine gun" Kelly with the redial.

How much time do we have? I could go on and on........!! With that being said I'm sure I'm no Saint and she could go on and on about me as well. Oh well!

I can also relate to the yelling. She will just sit there and yell for somebody until they come. Half the time I ignore it or just walk outside, but for gosh sakes if somebody doesn't come after the first yell maybe you should come look for them as they could be taking a poop!

And another thing!!! When we get into a disagreement she will bring something up from the past and use it as an example of why I'm wrong. Then I will say something, but she will ask me for an example and I can't think of one at the time and she's like see it didn't happen! Plus, does your significant other still pout? Now that is frustrating. I tell my young kids not to pout, but mom can? UGH.

Ok thanks for letting me use the couch and just let me know where to write the check for the counseling!
 
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crgrat

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

Fine! Do what you want. Doesn't mean its ok to do what you want.
 

Daserop

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

So when I am reading this thread I things some people on here should watch "Mixology"
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

3 things
1. My wife is also the "15 minutes to tell a 2 minute story" type
2. Her car is a mess
3. I'm picky about my laundry so i had to fire her from that job and do it myself

Other than that, she's great.
 

crgrat

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3 things
1. My wife is also the "15 minutes to tell a 2 minute story" type
2. Her car is a mess
3. I'm picky about my laundry so i had to fire her from that job and do it myself

Other than that, she's great.

Some wives would say just the mirror of this about us...2 minute story, when they want 15.
 

dtISU

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

Everything I say can and will be used against me.

And she wonders why I don't have a lot to say...
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

You all hit the nail on the head with "what's wrong" "nothing" then finding out that she has been holding something in for a month and never told you about it. My fiancé is wonderful.
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

The "helper in the car" is what annoys me the most:
[video=youtube;ynRWWy2sWyQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynRWWy2sWyQ[/video]
 

coolerifyoudid

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

This cracked me up because this is also my wife to a tee. She will sometimes start telling me a story from her day and by the time she gets through all of the background information she thinks is important she will have forgotten what she wanted to tell me. Drives me nuts because I'll have spent 10 minutes listening to background with no story payoff.

I've highlighted your problem.

Try asking your wife for conversation Cliffs Notes in the future
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

The fact that she has to have so much crap with her when she drives a car. I like a tidy car and every time I ride in one of the two cars she drives it's full of stuff. It's like she moves into the dam things. I clean them out when I'm fed up with it or when I don't want to drive my truck, but I can't believe how fast all of her crap gets moved back in. That and the cars are always on E if I go to hop in one, like below the E on fumes!

Another thing that gets to me, is if she calls once and I don't answer, she will call like 20 more times in a row. She's like "machine gun" Kelly with the redial.

How much time do we have? I could go on and on........!! With that being said I'm sure I'm no Saint and she could go on and on about me as well. Oh well!

I can also relate to the yelling. She will just sit there and yell for somebody until they come. Half the time I ignore it or just walk outside, but for gosh sakes if somebody doesn't come after the first yell maybe you should come look for them as they could be taking a poop!

And another thing!!! When we get into a disagreement she will bring something up from the past and use it as an example of why I'm wrong. Then I will say something, but she will ask me for an example and I can't think of one at the time and she's like see it didn't happen! Plus, does your significant other still pout? Now that is frustrating. I tell my young kids not to pout, but mom can? UGH.

Ok thanks for letting me use the couch and just let me know where to write the check for the counseling!

I think there must be a special school/class the womenfolk attend. It teaches them to how to convince you/themselves that your(men) memory is for ****, and you can't ever remember anything...... Before I was married things with memory were never an issue. Now all of a sudden "you forgot this, you forgot that" I told you X,Y,Z, but you never listen always forget. I just don't think they ever said a word and think they thought they said it.....
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

My wife comes from a family of all girls. I'm from a family of all boys. When my parents say we need to be somewhere by 1, we are there at 12:55. When her parents say they need to be somewhere by 1, they leave the house at 2.
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

MY wife would be perfect except she **** on my **** and doesn't do ****.
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

1) The use of the word "we" as in "We need to get the yard mowed this week".2) Taking the trash halfway out, then leaving the bag next to the door downstairs to the garage. I get that you think trash is "a man's job" but if you can walk it the fifty feet from the trash can to here then just walk the ten more feet out to the can in the agarge for crying out loud!3) I do not have the greatest hearing in the world and sometimes my wife talks to me from several rooms away and I have no recollection of it later. Then when I forget to do what she asks (because I never heard her ask me) she is mad because I have no idea what conversation she is talking about. The rule is that if you do not see me stop what I am doing and turn around and look at you while you are speaking then assume I didn't hear you. Don't have important conversations from three rooms away!I could go on but it's Date Night and I don't want to be in a bad mood.
 

TranCytive

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

I've highlighted your problem.

Try asking your wife for conversation Cliffs Notes in the future

I can only imagine the stare I would get if I did this, it would burn a hole straight through my soul.
 

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Re: Friday QOTW 4/18 - What really grinds your gears about your SO or the Opposite Se

Since this thread seems to be lots of men airing grievances about the women in their life, I'm going to attempt to balance things out that bug the hell out of me with my husband.

1. Waits until he is out of socks to tell me that he has no clean socks, then expects me to do laundry immediately to make clean socks appear. I've explained that I'm not a psychic laundress, to no avail.
2. Leaves all clothes worn immediately by the side of the bed, resulting a clothes-mountain forming.
3. Eats my leftovers from going out to eat, even if he doesn't really like the food, simply because it exists and he is too lazy to find other food.

THE WORST.
 

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