We have talked about the qualities and such we like to see in others that may be potential future spouces...<P>What are your pet peaves??<P>My biggest one is, cabinet doors being left open!!<P>Man this is like nails on a frikken chalkboard to me!! LOL<P>I have others but I'll just start out with this one...<P>Bill

We must absolutely positively be twins then because it makes me insane to see the cupboard doors open (and my Prince of Darkness was the #1 perp of this horrid crime.) I am glad someone else in the world sees this as grounds for warfare.<P>Leave the light on in the bathroom, too, that will get me goin as well.<P>Towels belong on towel racks.<P>And I am not one of those women that fuss if the toilet seat is up or down--who cares about the toilet?!!! (Just make sure that you flush so that the cat can get a drink.)<P><p>[This message has been edited by Bernzini (edited January 17, 2001).]

Pet Peaves, don't even get me started!<P>I will be nice here and only name the top two that come to mind that REALLY bug me.<P>Turning on the television set first thing when he walks in the door from being out all day.<P>Munching on a snack 10 minutes before dinner is supposed to be done.<P>

Eating in the car--taco bell especially!!--while driving--with you fingers.<P>You know that place between the two bucket seat that the vacuum at the carwash just won't suck out? That's where all the shriveled lettuce and dried cheese from your tacos go.<P>(Well, okay, I eat in the car, too. Shhhhhh!)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bernzini:<BR><B>Eating in the car--taco bell especially!!--while driving--with you fingers.<P>You know that place between the two bucket seat that the vacuum at the carwash just won't suck out? That's where all the shriveled lettuce and dried cheese from your tacos go.<BR></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's what car towels and vacuum crevice tools are for. <P>I was wondering what was happening to my Mentadent. Then I found GF with a gargantuan caterpillar of the stuff on her toothbrush. Hey, like the old hair cream ads said "A little dab'll do ya!"<P><BR>

OK, I'll play:<P>Getting hopelessly lost because my navigator won't read a chart.<P>Going for a bike ride & constantly having to stop so they can adjust something.<P>Coming back from a month long deployment and no yard work has been done.<P>I have a few more, but I'm teaching myself to be much more tolerant and understanding. If my son gets me lost on our vacation, I probably won't leave by the side of the road in New England or anything like that <P>------------------<BR>nick<P>it's only time that heals the pain <BR>and makes the sun come out again

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by c00ker:<BR><B>Going for a bike ride & constantly having to stop so they can adjust something.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>At some point that gets reduced ... takes a while to "dial in" bike & clothing. The funniest is a slightly-loose seatpost that slowly sinks, angstrom-by-angstrom, until the victim suddenly becomes aware that there's a problem here. I did this to myself!<P>

Clothes on the floor!<P>Usually it is a guy's habit, but for some reason, this one was tough for my wife to not do!<P>Mike<P>------------------<BR>God always waits for the right time to do the right thing in the right way.

Chewing with their mouth open, then sucking their teeth afterward.<P>"Do as I say, not as I do" thinking and behavior.<P>I do like an orderly (not necessarily squeaky clean) house. Alot of clutter and nick-nacks drive me bananas. I'm not squeaky clean though. Just enough to keep from tripping over the hair balls from my two dogs and cat. My roommate has a cat too. <P>I can live with just about anything else as long as it doesn't attract roaches or rodents and you keep it on your side of the house/room. Be warned, though. My dog does eat dirty underwear! Nice, huh?

Ok, I’ll play along on this one too…<P>1. cap left off the toothpaste<BR>2. squeezing the toothpaste from the center of the tube<BR>3. spending on the credit cards with no regard to amount of charges<BR>4. using up all of the hot water<BR>5. keeping the house like a museum and not a place to relax<BR>6. leaving hair in the sink/shower<BR>7. anal-compulsive routines<BR>8. worrying too much about what others will think<BR>9. high maintenance<BR>10. use of the word ‘either’ in place of ‘both’ when describing items on BOTH sides of an object<P>Well that’s probably enough for now, otherwise I can go on forever……..<BR>

I wanna play - me too, me too!<P>1. Because you think something in your head doesn't mean you had the conversation with me.<P>2. Chewing tobacco - ugh! (Apologies to the cowboys on the board!)<P>3. Half-truths.<P>4. His philosophy: "It is better to seek forgiveness than permission." Talk about nails on the chalkboard!<P>5. The absolute inability to throw away the bottle cap from a beer. I'm still finding them in the flower bed or under the couch or...<P>Enough, enough...now I'm getting ticked off. Oh well, a little anger is better than the pity party of this morning...right Bill?<P>Lisa

Kay, I'll play on this one.<P>I won't go into the money spending, drug use, or any of those other serious issues. Pet peeves are for the little stuff. So here goes:<P>Not once, in 14 years, did she ever finish a whole liquid container of anything. Juice, milk, soda, water. Not so bad, but then put the 1/4 full glass in the most out of way place, give it a week or two, and you can all guess the results.<P>And the toilet seat. Remember the Seinfeld episode where he drops his GF toothbrush in the toilet and then she brushes with it? Well, ladies, there is actually a reason for the other seat.<P>Anyway, that's mine.

Oh, Bill, this one is fun!<P>My pet peaves are falling asleep when I feel sexy, farting on me when we're snuggling, and being ignored (asking for two months to fix the sink, and then getting mad when I finally call the repairman). <P>The smaller stuff (like squeezing toothpaste in the middle) is irrelevant. I could live with ANY of that stuff!<P>CJ<P>------------------<BR>Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

1) using the word "ain't"<BR>2) yawning and making loud moaning noises<BR>3) cleaning and leaving all the cleaning supplies out for someone else to put away<P>My ex had pet peaves about me:<BR>1) leaving empty ice trays<BR>2) leaving my clothes on the bed <BR>3) not "cleaning as I cook"<BR>4)not worshipping him as a demi-god<P>I wonder if he would have stayed if we had an ice maker?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by soon2b_alone:<BR><B>His philosophy: "It is better to seek forgiveness than permission." Talk about nails on the chalkboard!</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Good for people who have been plugged into hidebound organizations but are expected to get something done. Elsewhere, it's like a pig in a parlor--too rude and out of place.<P>

<B>farting on me when we're snuggling<P>ROTFLMAO!!!!</B><P>Oh god, I think I tore a muscle in my abdomen <P>Next your going to tell me that belching when nibbling your ear is a major turn off too <P>I'm sorry CJ I think your just expecting too much out of a man We can't <B>ALL</B> be prince charming!!!!<P><P>------------------<BR>nick<P>it's only time that heals the pain <BR>and makes the sun come out again

All these little things--I can't say any of them bother me anymore beyond acknowledgement, because if I were to say "Honey, uh, could you take your clothes off and get under the covers before you go to sleep?" or "Why are all the cupboard doors are open in the kitchen?" or "What do you mean you just ate a whole bag of oreos? Dinner is ready!" "Why are you eating clam chowder out of the can (s) and leaving them on the coffee table?" he would turn into one of those monsters on Aliens, jaws dripping acidic saliva. ("Can't you ever quit b***hing?" The answer? "No.")<P>Oh, but not once in all the years that I knew him did he ever cut a fart on me--or anywhere. I think that he is really a cyborg.<P>So I could count myself as lucky.<P>Oh, TS--your dog eats dirty underwear!! I think most dogs do that--something wrong with that, that's why I am not a dog person. If whatever is in the trash (yeah, even the bathroom trash--ESPECIALLY the bathroom trash!) or in the very bottom of the laundry hamper is far more appealling than what's in the food dish. . .<P>My cat sits on my chest and stares at me while I try to sleep, and she has clawed my wicker chairs to pieces, but other than that, she has only good habits, no panty fetishes<P><p>[This message has been edited by Bernzini (edited January 17, 2001).]

Bernzini,<P>I have a cat too. BOTH dogs like to nosh on whatever she left in the litter box. Yea. Dogs can be pretty gross!<P>Everyone else,<P>Just thought of a couple more...<BR>My roommate smokes. Now, she's nice about smoking outside, but leaves the butts all in my nice plant bed. I'm dreading the "could you clean out your butts?" discussion. LOL.<P>Also can't stand people who pop their gum in public places. Especially if I'm stuck there and can't escape (like cross country airplane flights, during a tough test, standing in line, etc). <P>Cracking knuckles, necks, backs, feet, any friggin' bone in their body while I'm trying to concentrate on something. <P>Playing pretend rock band drummer on the desk while I'm at work. Air guitar is fine I know my sister is going to torture me by buying my kids a drum set!! That's ok. I taught my niece how to make a fart noise on her arm and my dad taught her how to shoot spit wads through a straw. <P>

Nick--stop laughing already! <P>I know, I have damn high standards, don't I?<P><BR>CJ<P>------------------<BR>Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

just had to join in here, re the farts. Why does this subject ALWAYS make me laugh, blush, stumble over my words etc etc etc.<P>My ex-h used to do those musical 3-tone farts. Used to drive me insane. I used to think 'can't you go to the loo to do THAT?' it's disgusting. He'd, or we'd be sitting on the couch watching tv, or something, and he'd rip one off. uuggghhhhhhhhhhh.<P>My next man will NOT do that!!!!!!!!! And of course I NEVER do...............!!!!!!!!<P>I agree with everything everyone else has said. We must all be of the same race. Is'nt it funny that so many similarities annoy so many people. You'd think we'd have learnt by now.<P>still giggling........<P>Jo