Pet peeves. Yeah, I got a lot of them.
Pet peeves, what a nice word to use.
You see in my house I’m the one who complains. But THEY prefer to call it bitching. Well, you know what when you live in a house with an overload of testosterone, it gives a female a license to complain. So with one grown man and two twentyish year old male college students who THINK they’re grown, they give me lots to bitch about!
First of all, it’s the toilets. No, it’s not their aim. And while on occasion, the lid is left up and I fall in the bowl of water in the middle of the night…that still is not my main peeve. You know there is a little handle on the upper left side of the tank. It is for flushing!!!!!! God forbid if I fall into the bowl of water in the midst of a groggy -eyed, sleep- induced coma, cuz the whole house is gonna wake up with that earthquake. It will be my mission!
And while I’m in the bathroom here, would it kill you guys to wipe out all those whiskers left in the sink after you shave? All you have to do is rinse it out!
Then there are the balled up halfway inside-out socks in the hampers. No, I really, truly don’t want to stick my hands in those stenchy hardened things that used to house your stinky sweaty feet. Maybe, I shall start washing them that way and just dump them on your beds when finished and let you pull them apart to see if they are clean. Because obviously, asking you guys ever so sweetly to pull them right side out before putting them in the hamper has not worked.
Now, onto the kitchen cabinets. There are doors on them for a reason. Shut them when you are finished. If they were meant to be open, the cabinets would be doorless. And also, contrary to popular belief, they do not close themselves or talk. That is me following behind you slamming them and yelling obscenities!
And speaking of hearing me and yelling obscenities, how come no one ever answers me?! But if I ask a question, you all expect me to answer immediately. How dare me play your games!
And when I want something done, I admit I want it done yesterday…so I end up doing it myself. But if you want my assistance, I am expected to drop whatever it is I am doing to help you right that very second! Why can’t life be a two way street in our house instead of the guys verses the WOMAN FROM HELL?!
No, really I love my guys. I truly enjoy being the only woman in the house and being needed. I guess that want me to feel needed often and appreciated less.
Just a thought here, if I am this mean talking about how the people I love most in the world irk me…you don’t even want to get me started on the idiotic things total stranger do to annoy me!



Haha I have the same problem with dirty balled-up socks.
By: Sharon on February 1, 2010
at 8:52 am
Oh yeah, the socks! John leaves them right BESIDE the hamper like he expects them to finish the journey themselves! And after mowing the lawn, they probably could..
The cabinets. GRRR! He is so guilty of that. And leaving milk and butter on the counters for hours until I walk by and have to run a few tests to see if we need to pitch them due to sitting out too long or not.
Great list, great Spin, you’re linked!
Welcome to the Spin Cycle!
By: Sprite's Keeper on February 1, 2010
at 9:38 am
Thanks!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 10:00 am
I have the same issues with the “men” at my house. (Minus the whiskers) They’re only 7 and 9. I’m scared to think about what’s going to happen as they get older.
By: Tracie on February 1, 2010
at 10:03 am
Be prepared…mine were once that age!!!!!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 10:31 am
Great list!
Right up there for me with the balled-up socks are dirty Kleenex left in pants pockets. So my choice is to dig through the pockets to discover them or leave them and then have the whole load of wash decorated in shredded tissue.
By: Kristen @ Motherese on February 1, 2010
at 10:18 am
I’m the one that forget the Kleenex in MY pockets! I used to find all kinds of stuff in theirs, but they’ve gotten pretty good about emptying the pockets.
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 10:33 am
I’m also the kleenex culprit. I was just used to checking before doing laundry, but now that I’m working and hubs is responsible for the laundry, I’m afraid he isn’t happy with that habit.
But you can bet his socks aren’t balled up anymore, now that he has to unball them!
By: Lynn on February 1, 2010
at 1:31 pm
Beloved does our laundry most of the time, and The Young One does his own (probably so I won’t see that he doesn’t change his socks and underwear as often as I think is necessary – but hey, he’s 15 and doing his own laundry), but the kitchen cabinets? I am SO with you on that one.
By: Jan on February 1, 2010
at 10:29 am
You are one lucky woman. My kids do their own…sometimes. Hubby ruined something of mine once, and he’s no longer allowed to touch mine!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 10:34 am
Ah, life with boys. Some days I’m half tempted to rename my blog that.
By: PinesLakeRedhead on February 1, 2010
at 10:57 am
That’s a great title!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 11:01 am
I prefer to do everyone’s laundry because that way I don’t turn the washer on only to find that someone’s left a full load of laundry in it! The socks!! I thought I was the only one with that problem!! I have made all of them stand with me and turn socks right side out before and still they do it. Grosses me out.
And the first time you find a condom wrapper in the wash because it fell out of someone’s pocket, you’ll forget all about the klenax, trust me. You’re torn between…ew! What are my boys doing??! And…well at least they’re using protection. Then you have to figure out whose it was and sit them down for a chat.
Life with men….so frustrating. Yet entertaining.
♥Spot
By: Spot on February 1, 2010
at 11:03 am
I think this post is foreshadowing into my future.
The whiskers thing gets me too. Gross.
By: Casey on February 1, 2010
at 11:14 am
Oh, I don’t classify that as ‘bitching.’ I call it ‘proactive approach to raising awareness of the unnecessary idiosyncracies of the weaker gender.’ See? You are doing the future world a favor. Bravo. =)
Mindy
http://www.thesuburbanlife.com
By: Mindy@thesuburbanlife on February 1, 2010
at 11:32 am
I just want you to know how much I laughed at this because last year I wrote a post about how I SIT to pee. Yes, I’m a man who enjoys sitting while pee-peeing.
And the reason being, is because I TOO have forgotten (mant times) to put down the rim and have falling in myself! Not only that, I’m a LOSEY aim and I can’t stand a messy bathroom. Also, it’s much more comfortable sitting. And I do flush everytime.
(I think I was a woman in my most recent pastlife)
Ok…aren’t you glad I shared my peeing habits on your blog, so EVERYone can read about it?
HA!
By: Ron on February 1, 2010
at 12:33 pm
HAHAHAHAH….people are going to love the comments today!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 12:55 pm
Ah, Ron! My hubs will be happy to know that other men sit. He does. So does our son. The mother rejoiceth!
By: Lynn on February 1, 2010
at 1:33 pm
Hi Lynn!
REAL men eat quiche and SIT to pee.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
By: Ron on February 2, 2010
at 11:38 am
Twenty years old and they can’t remember to flush? Hell yeah, let loose with the expletives.
By: Allison on February 1, 2010
at 12:43 pm
Luckily, I have blacked out memories of growing up with my disgusting brothers.
I have that sock fetish too. I can’t believe all the comments agreeing on that one! That’s kinda cool how we’ve all come together. We could make a song….PUT YOUR SOCKS RIGHT…PUT YOUR SOCKS RIGHT (sung to Pants on the ground).
My roommates for NINE LONG MONTHS, my twenty year old neice, and her 23yr old boyfriend, VIOLATED ALL THE PET PEEVES. Not only did they not shut cabinets, they did not shut pantry doors, laundry doors, or linen closet doors.
When BOYFRIEND got clippers for Christmas. My bathroom (I so graciously SHARED) was blessed with whiskers everywhere. EWWWWWWW!
I truly don’t know how I survived it.
I think I just got heart palpitations.
You are one AMAZING woman!
By: Angelia Sims on February 1, 2010
at 12:52 pm
“Put your socks right…Put your socks right”….I would break dance but I probably wouldn’t be able to get back up!!!!!!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 12:57 pm
Ew. The socks thing? Yeah, I’d wash them and let them figure it out, too.
By: unabridgedgirl on February 1, 2010
at 12:52 pm
Okay, I’m with you sister. Catching myself before falling completely in, so thankful. I now look before I sit, too many incidents have programmed me to automatically check.
By: Ellie Belen on February 1, 2010
at 12:53 pm
Amen! And I’ll tell you, the girls are just as bad.
I’m just catching up now. i can’t believe AARP had the nerve to try and recruit you! You’re nowhere near close to 50, which, btw, is not a senior in my humble book…
By: Maureen@IslandRoar on February 1, 2010
at 12:54 pm
Hubby has a habit of tying the tops of his socks together or putting one inside the other so that they don’t get “mixed up” in the laundry. They are ALL FREAKING BLACK SOCKS!! Drives me crazy. I don’t want to touch them to begin with.
And IF he does laundry, he doesn’t check first to see what level or temp the last load was done on so it’s hard to tell what you will end up with. He will throw red in with white and keep it on hot and low level so everything comes out pink and still dirty and instead of re-doing it, he will just throw it in the dryer. ARRGGHHHH!
By: pegbur7 on February 1, 2010
at 2:21 pm
Years ago, Dirt Man got a whole collection of pink underwear, undershirts, and socks courtesy of me! (The red t-shirt was not placed in the wash on purpose!)
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 2:27 pm
I nodded my head in agreement to every single one of those!!!!
By: blueviolet on February 1, 2010
at 2:34 pm
Aha, someone who truly understands!!!!!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 2:41 pm
Hmmmm. Sounds very similar to raising daughters…sans the toilet seat and whiskers.
By: LisaF on February 1, 2010
at 3:27 pm
Gotta love the men. My oldest (5) is doing his own laundry thanks to him leaving dirty underwear still in his pants.
By: Tinkerschnitzel on February 1, 2010
at 3:50 pm
Mine: can you take the effort it takes to shove that last item mightily into the trash can (so that the lid will shut) to actually TAKE the garbage out?
If you take a shower and then use a clean towel? It’s clean. At least for a few more showers.
By: TheKitchenWitch on February 1, 2010
at 4:25 pm
With four of THEM and one of me, I’ve gotten used to the whole toilet seat thing.
But the kitchen cabinets, I am SO all about that. I swear, they don’t even SEE open kitchen cabinets!!!!!
I’m with ya, sister!
By: Laura on February 1, 2010
at 7:37 pm
Husband is always on my ass about closing the kitchen cabinets. It must run in my family, leavin them open. My household pet peeves: saying you did the laundry when in fact you just put clothes in the washer and started it; leaving 10 million pairs of shoes outside the front and back door (and inside it); and changing channels every 10 seconds.
By: Gropius on February 1, 2010
at 9:11 pm
The channel changing thing drives me nuts…I can’t believe I forgot to include that one!
By: suzicate on February 1, 2010
at 9:51 pm
Funny – I don’t have boys – but no one ever listens to me either… I’m an Irish screamer and I think my kids have learned to tune me out too – unless the words are boys.. food.. movie… or money..
Love the cabinet door comment too – funny. sounds like my house!
Love to you
kelly
By: Kelly Lininger on February 1, 2010
at 10:11 pm
Those girls know what’s important…boys, food, movie, money…too funny!
By: suzicate on February 2, 2010
at 11:16 am
Oh noooo … My OCD is screaming loudly!!
By: Eternally Distracted on February 2, 2010
at 3:54 am
thanks for you comment on my post about Rothenberg. The Colin Powell quote just seemed to follow the remark made to us by that German woman.
Greg
By: GregoryJ on February 2, 2010
at 7:43 am
We put in a master bath with two sinks so I don’t have to have whiskers in my sink.
By: VandyJ on February 2, 2010
at 11:38 am
So maybe a bathroom renovation and kitchen renovation and a maid are in order!
By: suzicate on February 2, 2010
at 12:26 pm
Oh there is only one man in my house and he drives me crazy!!!
By: Denise@TogetherWeSave on February 2, 2010
at 9:03 pm
you just gave me a vision of my future. Oy.
By: joz1234 on February 2, 2010
at 11:17 pm
I guess I got a little bit lucky..hubby pulls out his socks and empties his pockets, puts the lid down (out of habit) even though he has his own bathroom. Just don’t ask him to put his clothes away, they will be a jumbled mess. or empty the dish strainer, they will all end up on the stove.
By: Heather on February 3, 2010
at 2:45 pm
What a great list! I should have added socks to my list. DD now balls up socks just like her dad did, and the semi inside-out shirts in the wash are still gonna drive me mad, thanks to DD taking after her dad in the nicest (insanest) possible way.
By: meowmie on February 3, 2010
at 10:37 pm
Ever tried to leave all the bunched socks at their bedroom doors and told them that they won’t be cleaned until they are right side out and cleanable?
When my hubby does laundry, he will not right side out an inside out shirt. He just folds it how it came out of the dryer – drives me crazy!
By: Laufa on February 5, 2010
at 9:16 am
BTW, Welcome to the Spin!
By: Laufa on February 5, 2010
at 9:16 am
Thanks
By: suzicate on February 5, 2010
at 9:48 am
This was so funny to me. Do you live in my head?
By: TheLocalsLoveIt on February 5, 2010
at 11:11 am
Stopping by from the Spin Cycle…
Our upstairs toilet has a lid that looks like just the seat is down. I got into the habit of always putting the lid down because of dogs who like to drink out of the toilet. My wife complains that I put the lid down– I guess I can’t win.
Both my wife and I do our own laundry so the socks issue is moot with us.
Thanks for sharing,
By: Christopher (AKA: CaJoh) on February 5, 2010
at 1:38 pm
We wives do our best to make life impossible for you guys! Thanks for stopping by.
By: suzicate on February 5, 2010
at 1:50 pm
My mother in law always spends the night when she comes to visit, and she always leaves something in the sink for me. Dried up toothpaste globs, where she spit after brushing her teeth. Just rinse it out, for crying out loud! Who do they think has to clean up after them? There is no bathroom sink cleaning fairy, folks! Arrrggghhhh!!!!
By: Ginger on February 6, 2010
at 8:48 am
Gross..that’d drive me nuts, too.
By: suzicate on February 6, 2010
at 8:51 am