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When it’s time to clean the house, one wife said she’d be doing the general vacuuming and dishes, but her husband will always choose an obscure chore and do it for hours, like cleaning the grill in the middle of winter.
Tired of neglected soap bar remnants in the shower? Or are you trying to squish old soap bits into new bars? This is fuel in the fire.
Half-empty or half-full? The only certainty is that forgetting them around the house and filling up more to forget in other places of the house is driving partners crazy.
If you’ve just been throwing cutlery randomly in its basket, you might be annoying your spouse who cares about loading the silverware in the order it goes into the drawer! Also, if you’re loading cups upright in the dishwasher, let us help your spouse out: you’re wrong.
One husband revealed that his wife likes to remove eggs from the edges of the carton as they work through them, but he likes to move all the eggs to one end, so it’s easier to grab the center of gravity when you pull it out of the fridge. They’ve been having this silent war for years.
One wife, who garnered nearly 3,000 likes, complained that her husband would put groceries from the bag onto the counter, and then put them in their designated spots, instead of putting them directly from the bag to their spots.
This argument, and variations of it, will go on without verifying on Google just for the sake of arguing.
One woman said her husband insists that the clothes he has worn once are not dirty enough for the hamper but not clean enough for the closet, so he leaves them on the floor. Apparently this argument now solely occurs in eye-rolls.
One partner was so upset that her husband would constantly leave plastic wrap or seals from bottles on the counter, she collected them for weeks and crammed them in his pillowcase. Incredibly, she said 12 years later he is still at it.
That plastic bit keeps the bread fresh, and many a couple have fought over a bread bag that has lost its clasp and sits folded on the counter.
This one doesn’t need any explaining...
One couple could not agree on if toilet paper should go over the top or down behind on the toilet paper holder, AKA one of the world's greatest debates. One of the partners said, “It goes on its side in a drawer next to the toilet so we do not have to get a divorce.”
A scrape of hummus, an inch of milk, five chips left in a bag… avoiding the responsibility of buying more but disguising it in an attempt to be polite.
“But it’s just more comfortable” or “I love it because it’s yours” is just not cutting it as an excuse for many partners.
Even if you put a fresh one on top, any form of leaving the empty roll around is sure to stir some arguments. Even worse? Starting a new roll while there’s still one in progress.
You’re ready to put some butter spread on a nice hot piece of toast and you open the container to find a land of crumbs—what do you do? Were they yours?
One spouse wrote that her husband rubs the stick of butter on a hot pan to grease it, instead of slicing some off with a knife “like a civilized person.”
With or without a stubbed toe, this is cause for argument.
One husband complained that even though neither he, his wife, or their kids eat fruit, his wife continues to buy fruit “because fruit is good for you. And we all slowly watch the fruit rot. Then she buys more fruit.”
Do you squish the dish sponge after using it? If not, you could be in for an argument about mildew growing inside of it.
For one frustrated partner, the time always happens to be when they’re trying to leave the house.
One spouse wrote that her partner put salt on everything before even tasting it, which is actually quite offensive in some countries.
Yelling “What?!” can become so regular that some partners even continue to say it when they understand what the other said but want them to say it clearer.
Everyone has been in a relationship where either they or their partner wants to stay up and finish watching something even though the other knows they’re tired. Of course, they fall asleep, perhaps their partner tries to wake them up, but someone’s mad they have to stay up alone.
Really, though, if you’re still doing this: you’re wrong.
See also: Too much love and other strange reasons people filed for divorce.
Every healthy married couple argues once in a while, if not to show that they feel comfortable enough to express their feelings then at least because they're looking to stir the pot. Rabia O’Chaudry, a well-known attorney and New York Times bestselling author, was curious about this phenomenon across couples and asked married people on Twitter to share “the stupid, recurring argument you and your spouse just cannot, will not stop having.” The results are hilarious.
Click through to see if your personal spousal struggles are shared by others.
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Every healthy married couple argues once in a while, if not to show that they feel comfortable enough to express their feelings then at least because they're looking to stir the pot. Rabia O’Chaudry, a well-known attorney and New York Times bestselling author, was curious about this phenomenon across couples and asked married people on Twitter to share “the stupid, recurring argument you and your spouse just cannot, will not stop having.” The results are hilarious.
Click through to see if your personal spousal struggles are shared by others.