Infuriating Things Your Partner Does

[alta-pete]

2 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

When my other half and I were doing a vineyard tour outside of Cape Town, we both got given a large fancy wine glass, which is my go-to at home.  Before flying home, I highlighted her questionable packing of her bags and that her glass had a low life expectancy in there. 

Naturally, my glass is still in one piece, hers ended up in glass recycling, and I get told that it's her turn to use "our big wineglass from SA".

#CannaPack #WinnaListen #AhKenBest

From my first marriage many, many (20+) years ago, her job was to book the honeymoon. Two weeks in S Africa - first week on the wine tour, second week on safari in Kruger.

Was a little taken aback when we arrived in Cape Town to be told that the daft bint had instead booked us up on the scenic Garden Tour by mistake. Spent a week in a bus with a bunch of old crumblies looking at (admittedly some very nice) scenery. Seething. Also got my worst food poisoning episode from a dodgy tuna mayo.

Probably set in motion the series of events that led to us going our separate ways years later...

I take it the wine tour was good, aye?

[Jacksgranda]

26 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

The most annoying is placing small plates in the place where the large, much wider plates should go, eventually leaving no space for the larger plates (and an inevitable reshuffle).  That or letting the spoons 'spoon' (pretty much guaranteed to require a second cycle) rather than placing them handle-up and handle-down , or putting in a large pot (which may have only had a boiled egg in it) which takes up half of the drawer.  

Eta:  Actually, worst is definitely placing a bowl in the upper drawer in a way that will collect water and spill onto the dry crockery sitting in the drawer below if disturbed.

If there was only 1 egg, use a smaller pot.

[Sergeant Wilson]

32 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

From what I can gather from this thread, there is only one wife in the world and were all married to her.

 

No, there's two of them and I married them both.

[Pocketman]

Last few years I have taken out NOW TV for a month to get the Scottish games over Xmas as a wee treat. Aware that after doing so, Covid cancellations may scupper this but hey ho. 

Anyway, told my missus this and first game watching was Hearts v Rangers on Sunday. She takes a passing interest in football - knows 4/5 of the Scottish teams and a few of the "personalities" - as well as trying to watch any Scotland game. Her knowledge is not akin to me say trying to come up with 5 current cricket players or tell you anything about the form of Munster. 

I then told her yesterday that although there was a league card there were no Scottish league games on Sky/NOW TV this weekend so am free as a bird. She replied, "why do they play each other every week?".

I was completely flummoxed by her response and am still struggling with it.....

 

[Jacksgranda]

39 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:

Dishwashers are great but emptying the dishwasher is still a chore.

To tie in with the theme of this thread, I fill the dishwasher in such a way that I can empty it as quickly as possible (all the same plates together, all the same type of cutlery together etc.). She just fires everything in with no thought given to the position of each item or to the emptying process.

 

35 minutes ago, Left Back said:

Are you married to my wife?  She doesn't get this either.

Same with washing baskets.  We have 3.  One for lights, one for darks and one for underwear.  Put it in the right basket and there's no need to sort it.  Winds me up having to sort washing before you can put it on.

Wait till you're retired.

Washing dishes and sorting laundry becomes the highlight of the day.

[Sergeant Wilson]

5 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

If there was only 1 egg, use a smaller pot.

Who boils one egg?

It wouldn't fill a hole in your teeth.

Edited December 16, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson

[Jacksgranda]

6 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

Who boils one egg?

It wouldn't fill a hole in your teeth.

@Hedgecutter, by all accounts

[Sergeant Wilson]

2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

@Hedgecutter, by all accounts

I'd say a minimum of 3 if I'm making a piece. But then, who only has one piece? Not me.

[Jacksgranda]

9 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

I'd say a minimum of 3 if I'm making a piece. But then, who only has one piece? Not me.

4 for sandwiches (two pieces).

I quite often have a boiled egg and toast for breakfast /lunch. Lunch is bulked out with fruit and a mince pie/tunnocks tea cake/cherry bakewell, or some such.

Granddaughter nr 8 insists on "egg and soldiers" on occasion.

 

['WellDel]

Had the kitchen refitted 7-8 weeks ago and got a dishwasher for the first time.

There's only me and the wife, so there's never a massive amount of dishes at one time and it seems just as easy to hand rinse, resulting in the fact it has yet to see its first load. Would imagine that will come on Christmas day when every single item of cutlery, crockery and glassware in the house inevitably gets used.

Is it economical/worthwhile using it for small or half loads, or have I pished away hundreds of pounds on an appliance that will do as many shifts a year as Santa?

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said:

4 for sandwiches (two pieces).

I quite often have a boiled egg and toast for breakfast /lunch. Lunch is bulked out with fruit and a mince pie/tunnocks tea cake/cherry bakewell, or some such.

Granddaughter nr 8 insists on "egg and soldiers" on occasion.

 

One piece is two slices, two pieces is four slices, everybody knows that.

[spacekid84]

31 minutes ago, KingRocketman II said:

Last few years I have taken out NOW TV for a month to get the Scottish games over Xmas as a wee treat. Aware that after doing so, Covid cancellations may scupper this but hey ho. 

Anyway, told my missus this and first game watching was Hearts v Rangers on Sunday. She takes a passing interest in football - knows 4/5 of the Scottish teams and a few of the "personalities" - as well as trying to watch any Scotland game. Her knowledge is not akin to me say trying to come up with 5 current cricket players or tell you anything about the form of Munster. 

I then told her yesterday that although there was a league card there were no Scottish league games on Sky/NOW TV this weekend so am free as a bird. She replied, "why do they play each other every week?".

I was completely flummoxed by her response and am still struggling with it.....

 

I still get asked every Saturday when I'm heading out the door to Palmerston. "What time is the football on today?" 

12 years we have been together and she still doesn't know/care that the football is 3 o'clock every week. 

[Jacksgranda]

15 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

One piece is two slices, two pieces is four slices, everybody knows that.

I'm not arguing

[Derry Alli]

3 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

When my other half and I were doing a vineyard tour outside of Cape Town

[Hedgecutter]

28 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

She does normally go to riding lessons on a Thursday come to think of it, but she also goes 'poo-picking' on a Wednesday, so make of that what you will.  

[coprolite]

If you like to eat boiled eggs (presumably because you're old or an infant) and have a dishwasher too you can save yourself the hassle of washing a pan at all by boiling the egg in the dishwasher 

https://spoonuniversity.com/how-to/5-foods-cook-dishwasher

[Hedgecutter]

23 minutes ago, coprolite said:

If you like to eat boiled eggs (presumably because you're old or an infant) and have a dishwasher too you can save yourself the hassle of washing a pan at all by boiling the egg in the dishwasher 

https://spoonuniversity.com/how-to/5-foods-cook-dishwasher

I particularly like the way that you've seamlessly integrated the thread's two tangential issues here.  Bravo.

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

Had the kitchen refitted 7-8 weeks ago and got a dishwasher for the first time.
There's only me and the wife, so there's never a massive amount of dishes at one time and it seems just as easy to hand rinse, resulting in the fact it has yet to see its first load. Would imagine that will come on Christmas day when every single item of cutlery, crockery and glassware in the house inevitably gets used.
Is it economical/worthwhile using it for small or half loads, or have I pished away hundreds of pounds on an appliance that will do as many shifts a year as Santa?

Buy more plates and bowls so you only ever need to run it when it's full. Everyone usually has excessive cutlery so you probably don't need that.

In our house I won't put the dishwasher on until its completely full which is usually ever 2nd day for us

[Raidernation]

I run my dishwasher about once every 2 weeks. I have plenty dishes, plates, cutlery etc to last, only things I wash in the intervening time are pots and pans so I can cook.
Same with laundry. I have plenty of everything so once every 2weeks is fine!

[Florentine_Pogen]

Same with laundry. I have plenty of everything so once every 2weeks is fine!

Mmmmmm....... laundry basket loveliness.......