Living with your significant other can be a dream, but it can also be a challenge at times - especially in the kitchen! Although it’s a place where food and love come together, it can sometimes become a battleground instead. When things aren’t done the way we want them to be, tempers can run high. And let’s be honest, some of our loved ones' kitchen habits can be downright annoying. In this collection, we’ll explore accounts of users on online forums about their significant other’s irritating kitchen habits.
Cleaning Up After Cooking
One husband shared how his wife expects him to clean as he cooks, “My wife likes to clean as she cooks, I like to cook then clean as I can only focus on one thing at a time. She’ll often come in and tut at me whilst I’m halfway through making dinner, pans on the hob , chopping veg whilst stirring gravy. Even though she has seen it happen she still asks why I don’t clean up as I go, and I try to explain if I start picking up the one piece of potato skin I dropped on the floor whilst peeling, then I notice the cat food needs sweeping up near the bowls, then I start wiping that smudge on the skirting board and Boom - the tatties are over boiling on the hob and the mince and onions are burning in the pan.” [sic]
Talk about micromanaging! While I do like to clean as I cook, I also live by the rule that whoever cooks for me, also gets to decide HOW they do it. As long as they clean up at some point, of course.
Raw Potatoes
One home cook shared, “My misses, when cutting potatoes to boil or roast, always pops a freshly cut half in her mouth and gleefully munches away like it ain't nothing.” Hmm… While it doesn't sound that appetizing to me, I guess there's nothing really bad about it? If she likes it, why not!
Of Cabinets and Zippers
Now, it’s the wives' turn to complain. A woman shared her husband’s annoying habits: “Two things: he seems unable to zip his pants (I have to remind him if we go out in public), and he can't seem to shut kitchen cabinets and drawers all the way. Why? Just why?”
There seems to be a pattern here of not closing things. Maybe a therapist could help get to the bottom of that?
Dirty Dishes
Another person shared their frustration with their spouse and their use (or, shall we say, misuse) of the dishwasher, “Mine will leave dirty crockery on top of the dishwasher rather than put it inside. But when I put the dirty crockery inside the dishwasher, he’ll open it, tut loudly, and rearrange the entire contents, muttering about ‘efficiency’ the whole time. It drives me spare!”
This isn't the first time I've heard about arguments centered around the dishwasher. It should make things easier but sometimes maybe washing the dishes by hand would be better for keeping the peace...
Loading The Dishwasher
Another dishwasher, another argument... One man shared how his wife ‘wrongly’ places the glasses in the dishwasher. According to him, she “stacks glasses upside down in the dishwasher. I can only assume she’s trying to send me into madness.” Maybe she’s a glass-half-full kind of gal (sorry, we couldn’t resist!). But yeah, this one gets to me as well. In some cases there really is a right way, and a wrong way, to do things!
The Butter Battle
This person shared his struggles with how his spouse uses butter: “She likes to dig butter out of the dish, which leaves holes in the butter. I like a smooth butter surface [where] I can scrape a layer of butter off. So as she stabs out chunks of butter when making something, I fill them in when I make something. Not sure which of us is more nuts tbh.”
Here’s an idea: buy one tub of butter each! Problem solved.
Trash on the Counter, No Thanks!
One husband finds his wife’s habit of leaving trash around the kitchen annoying, “She routinely leaves little trash on the kitchen counter: the easy open tear tops, wrappers, lids, etc. There is always a trash can a few feet away, it just doesn't seem to occur to her to use it.”
There’s a word for this: lazy!
Yogurt = Gogurt
One person shared, “He calls all yogurt gogurt and it really upsets me.” What? How old is he? Two and a half?
Messing with the Microwave
A wife shared what is clearly very annoying for her, “Not really kitchen related, but takes stuff out of the microwave when it has 15 seconds left and doesn’t press the stop/clear button.” [sic]
While we, as a society, universally stop the microwave before it gets a chance to start hooting and hollering, this is just a rookie move. Always clear the timer! We won’t be surprised if the microwave is on the fritz in a few weeks.
Lack of Patience
Another woman shared how her husband has to smell food while baking. She commented, “When I’m baking my husband will open the oven to smell it or see if it’s done.. Ughh.” [sic]
We’re sure that he then complains when the food takes longer to bake too... We all know that person!
Temperature Matters
Another person said, “Mine does not need any temperature instructions on [the] oven or stove. [They] seems to have the mindset that "if the temperature is higher, it will cook faster!”
Oh, this is just wrong! I'd chance a guess that this person is not the best cook??
Myriads of Annoying Habits
One poor husband shared not one but many of his wife’s kitchen habits that he finds irritating, so brace yourself: “1. 18 squeezes of counter spray just to wipe the table clean. 2. Stirring food in a nonstick pan with a metal utensil. (She doesn't do this anymore.) 3. Putting the spaghetti sauce jar into the sink without using a spatula to get the last half cup worth. 4. Not turning the vent fan on when she starts cooking. 5. Not turning the vent fan off after she’s done cooking. 6. Cutting on a plastic cutting board with a serrated knife!” [sic]
Now breathe… Poor guy; he should just stop going into the kitchen when his wife is cooking for the sake of his sanity.
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