Irrational Irritations

mica178 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I hate when people leave me voicemails. I never check them.
Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

My H never checks his either. Darn you both.

andy71781 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I hate when people leave me voicemails. I never check them.
Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

me too!!! I currently have nine unheard vms.

Beachy730 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I hate when people leave me voicemails. I never check them.
Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

H is the same way. I hate when people leave voicemails that just say "hey its so and so, call me back." Okay I would have done that regardless when I saw that you called. Unless you are my MIL, then I listen first to see what you want. Or i just wait until 5 minutes later when you text or FB message me.

mandysmear · November 2010

I have caller ID, so I will see that I missed your call and call you back. NBD.

kate51485 · November 2010

I have an intense dislike for people who wear Santa hats as their regular winter hat. I have no idea why this bothers me so much but it really drives me crazy.

kikibaby · November 2010

I don't know if this is really irrational, but my SIL asked me if I put her baby on the dog on Thanksgiving. Uh, what? Why the eff would I put a 3-month old on a dog? I know I don't have kids, but I'm not a moron.

andy71781 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I have an intense dislike for people who wear Santa hats as their regular winter hat. I have no idea why this bothers me so much but it really drives me crazy.
Posted by kate51485[/QUOTE]

fyi - Frankie has other normal hats he wears - that was just for the picture.

kate51485 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : People do that? That's just weird.
Posted by FutureMrsTR[/QUOTE]

Yes, they do! I hate it. And I love Christmas too, so it's not like I'm just a scrooge.

emilyinchile · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : People do that? That's just weird.
Posted by FutureMrsTR[/QUOTE]

This was my reaction. Those people are strange.

kate51485 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : fyi - Frankie has other normal hats he wears - that was just for the picture.
Posted by andy71781[/QUOTE]

Hahaha Frankie gets a pass, he's cute.

georgia_bride09 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I don't know if this is really irrational, but my SIL asked me if I put her baby on the dog on Thanksgiving. Uh, what? Why the eff would I put a 3-month old on a dog? I know I don't have kids, but I'm not a moron.
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

This is SO random. Why would she ask you that?

Birdie1483 · November 2010

I'm irrationally irritated at my coworker's use and choice of punctuation.

We chat using IM during the day since we're in different offices and often work together on projects. I can't help but take his use of a period in "Alright then." as being slightly irritated at me because I didn't want to go to the lunch meeting he was going to. He never uses punctuation in his sentences, so when he does I can't help but read into it since I can't hear the tone of his voice.

I'm sorry I'm not into the same things as you are dude. Don't get pissed when I don't cream my coffee for the latest gizmo you found.

FutureMrsTR · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I don't know if this is really irrational, but my SIL asked me if I put her baby on the dog on Thanksgiving. Uh, what? Why the eff would I put a 3-month old on a dog? I know I don't have kids, but I'm not a moron.
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

What made her think that you did that?

kikibaby · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : This is SO random. Why would she ask you that?
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

I have no idea. I was in the living room with the baby, and the dog made some weird noise- she was in the kitchen and she goes "Did you put the baby on the dog? He doesn't like that." H and I looked at each other like, "biitch be crazy."

FutureMrsTR · November 2010

I'm guessing her H already tried that and figured out that he (baby or dog?) doesn't like it.

cengle · November 2010

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[QUOTE]Ohhh, H eating all of something drives me crazy too. We just have such different styles - I like to save yummy food, and he likes to eat it all right this second, so I end up screwed. I have tried buying separate ice cream flavors to fight this problem (and because he thinks just chocolate is boring), but it ends up with him eating all of his and half of mine.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

This is our place too. I do all the grocery shopping, and I will actually hide things from H until I've had some, especially sweets. Does this make me a bad wife?

kikibaby · November 2010

Yeah, that's my guess. But, uh... I can't even imagine why I'd be putting the baby on the dog. "I'm teaching him to ride! Next up- baby races!"

emilyinchile · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : This is our place too. I do all the grocery shopping, and I will actually hide things from H until I've had some, especially sweets. <strong>Does this make me a bad wife?</strong>
Posted by cengle[/QUOTE]

The Snickers I had stowed behind the condiments in my fridge last week says no.

Birdie1483 · November 2010

I've heard of people putting babies on dogs, but they're usually old enough to at least hold their own head up.

And it's usually been the parents putting the kid on the dog.

I think it's funny that she had obviously tried this herself to know that the dog didn't care for it.

cengle · November 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : The Snickers I had stowed behind the condiments in my fridge last week says no.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

Excellent!
I always have to hide the oreos.

crfische · November 2010

I get really, really irritated when people tell stories and don't. leave. out. one. single. detail.

Does it really matter if it was 7:35 or 7:40? does it matter that a blue car passed you if it was really red? Does it matter if I'm listening or not? Because if it does, get to the fucking point.

FutureMrsTR · November 2010

Fishy - my H tells the.longest.stories.EVAR. Saturday night, he was telling one to a couple friends while we were at a bar and then when he finally got to the end he left out the funniest part which was really the WHOLE POINT of the story. My eyes almost rolled out of my head.

salt78 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I get really, really irritated when people tell stories and don't. leave. out. one. single. detail. Does it really matter if it was 7:35 or 7:40? does it matter that a blue car passed you if it was really red? Does it matter if I'm listening or not? Because if it does, get to the fucking point.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

<div>OMG. This. And it also bugs me when they make a point to name everyone involved when I don't know any of the people personally.</div>

mandysmear · November 2010

My husband feels the need to tell me about his stupid dreams. I hate that. Oh and any time he gets cut off by someone, or near accident, or a stupid driver... blah blah. I always nod along and respond with "what a jackass!" but, really i'm thinking "honey, we live in a city of a million people. you're going to get cut off. daily. AND you'll have a lot of near misses. that's why insurance is more expensive in cities."

He's just like his grandpa. And his dad. The three of them. They're all the same.

kikibaby · November 2010

Along the lines of long story tellers, I hate when people call me about something simple but need to tell me some long, drawn out, dramatic story. Like, 5 minutes about their car breaking down, having surgery, their dog getting sick, blah blah blah... "so, I need to change my mailing address."

ohwhynot · November 2010

It irks me that MIL says my daughter's name wrong. It's a difficult name to say, granted, but she's heard it a million times by now, everyone else has learned to say it, and dammit, it's her name - learn it.

This is irrational on my part because 1. It really IS kind of hard to say (I kind of regret the name now, but it's too late) and 2. In the grand scheme of things, MIL is so kind and nice that this is really small potatoes.

Teenagers and adults talking baby talk bugs the crap out of me.

kikibaby · November 2010

OWN, what's your daughter's name? (It's ok if you'd rather not say, I'm just curious what name is difficult to pronounce)

ohwhynot · November 2010

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[QUOTE]OWN, what's your daughter's name? (It's ok if you'd rather not say, I'm just curious what name is difficult to pronounce)
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

It's Nastassja. It's pronounced "Nuh-STOSH-uh" and MIL (and a lot of people, at first) call her Natasha.

We try to make it easier by calling her Stassja (pronounced Stosha) for short, but MIL insists on Natasha.

Stackeye210 · November 2010

Dont feel bad OWN......My SIL's MIL who is around Jocelyn quite often still insists on calling her "Josh-Lynn", as well as some of my coworkers.

Meg1979 · November 2010

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[QUOTE]I also don't like when I hear so many people say that when they have kids they want <strong>'Boys because they're easier"</strong>. I think it's a myth that boys are easier to raise and it irrationally irritates me that so many think this- I'm not sure why since I don't even have kids yet. If boys are so easy then why is 97% of our prison population men? This may be an Ad Hominen argument, but still! We must be doing something wrong. I also believe that boys go through just as much as girls...you just verbally hear the girl talk about it. Boys IMO are not as likely to open up about their emotions and/or what's going on in their heads. I would rather hear/see my daughter going through a hormonal melt down than not know about it at all. And the whole "easiness" argument...I'm not planning on having kids because I think it's easy.
Posted by L-Bride[/QUOTE]

Easier than what? I totally agree with you there. I mean, I think kids aren't going to be "easy" no matter what.

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