AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

I wonder how many of us have the same type issues with our spouses. Individuals who are widowed or divorced are welcome to comment.

THIS IS NOT A BASH YOUR SPOUSE FORUM :!: :!: :!: :!:

This is about the small irritants.

I will start so there is an example.

UncleE (as Banjojack named him) makes wonderful stir fry. He decides...hmm..stir fry this evening. He parades off to the market to obtain his ingredients. He NEVER checks to see what condiments, sauces, seasonings, etc. we already have. I now own four bottles of Soy Sauce, two jars of Black Bean Garlic seasoning, and three of Plum Sauce. There are two bottles of some other sauce, cannot remember exactly what, which are identical. The man has a cell phone. Can he not call and ask? :roll: :hunf:

73STNGLKABEE

Damn, Don't make you mad........

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

I did not say I was angry. Remember, the topic is irritants.

As a grammar lesson, mad is defined as a disordered mind. Angry is a feeling annoyed. Hmmm...I may in fact be mad and angry. :lol: 8-)

RetNavyCWO Loc: VA suburb of DC

LOL!

That's about all I can say ... other than to just pour the contents from one bottle into another.

If that's your biggest "marital issue," I wouldn't complain!

Here's one about my second wife:

I have a pet peeve about people eating with their mouth open, smacking their lips or making other obnoxious sounds when they eat. When I first met my wife, I told her about how my most recent relationship ended because I couldn't stand the way my girlfriend ate. Just trust me: it was awful. I don't want to explain. Anyway, I took note that my bride-to-be ate very quietly and conservatively. Yippee!

We were living on the Hawaiian island of Oahu at the time, and we went to visit her parents on the Big Island for Thanksgiving dinner. They had a beautiful home perched high up the slope of Mauna Loa mountain/volcano. Had what was probably a 240-degree view of the ocean. Beautiful! Her two brothers and one of their wives were also there. As we sat at the table eating, I was aghast that every single person around the table ate loudly, with their mouths open...except my bride-to-be. I was pretty disgusted by it, but I didn't let it reflect on my sweetheart. I did wonder why everybody else in her family but her had such bad manners.

Fast forward several months: I have t***sferred to Washington, DC, and she is still in Hawaii. We agree to get married in Lake Tahoe, NV - kind of halfway for each of our families. Ceremony in Harrah's casino chapel went very well (tho a bit cheesy), as did the reception after. A friend of hers gave us a nice gift basket with cheese and c*****rs, grapes, and other fruit for us to indulge on as we holed up in our honeymoon suite. While in the bathroom, I heard a strange cracking and squishing sound coming from the bedroom. I went to see what it was, and it was my brand-new wife eating grapes! I didn't say anything at the time (didn't want to wreck our honeymoon), but I hoped and hoped that it was a one-time thing.

Nope! After she moved from Hawaii to DC to be with me, no longer feeling a need to restrain her eating habits since we were married, she filled my ears daily with her noisy eating. She knew I couldn't stand it. If I was looking away, she would feel free to smack her lips. When I would turn in her direction to see what all the noise was about, she would stop. I could never actually saw her chewing! She was quick! People - not just me! - could hear her munching and squishing from another room! It got so bad after a few years that I volunteered to do all of our grocery shopping (never telling her why). No more grapes, chips, iceberg lettuce, pretzels, or anything else that crunched. We ate a lot of soft foods during the 16 years we were married.

OldSchool Loc: Moving to the Red State of Utah soon!

Wow! Talk about relatively minor pet peeves! My wife and I will be married 50 years in another two weeks, and I have never paid any attention to how she eats, nor have I cared.

Loki Loc: Georgia

That's too much like asking directions. You should think this through.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

I did say it was about "small irritants". I tallied up how much is sitting on the shelve. His b'day is imminent. With the money saved from extra accoutrements, his b'day present could be larger. :-)

I will have to be in total agreement with your thoughts on eating behaviors. I am somewhat (a lot) rigid on table manners. Of course, I have never consumed a piece of chicken using my hands either. Such was verboten in our house and the habit continues.

I will presume you enjoyed your salads and crunches during work meal times. :shock:

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

If I did not believe in holding personal knowledge sacrosanct, I could ask you a question to obtain your small irritant. :D :roll:

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

Remember we don't love our spouses inspite of their essentricities but because of them
:-D

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

I asked the Sgt. Major if there were any flaws or faults I might have mentioned about her, in our years together. She answered, curtly, "No, because I am a Saint".

Since she outranks me, and I am HER Marine....I choose not to question her assessment! :lol:

I dare not. :shock:

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Would you like a bottle of Soy Sauce? :D

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Hmmm...gummi worm spine and jello brain may be an apt description for you.

We shall create an acronym for her. SSM. :mrgreen:

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Did you mean, S&M? :shock: Knowing your history, that is.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

No, I posted exactly what I meant. :hunf:

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

OK. :mrgreen: