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Whether we like it or not, conflicts are inevitable in any long-term relationship. Nearly everyone knows that finding someone you can be completely honest with comes with many ups and downs that reveal the most annoying behaviors imaginable. But while some disagreements can get seriously spicy, partners also often lose control and get angry over absolutely nothing.

Attorney, advocate, and author Rabia Chaudry set out on a mission to discover the stupidest and most meaningless arguments married couples "just cannot, will not stop having". Her Twitter thread quickly blew up with people opening up about the most infuriating habits their spouses have that make them fight about it for years.

From never squishing out the sponge to refusing to close the drawers all the way, every couple has things they repeatedly return to because both sides refuse to back down. Continue scrolling because we’ve selected some of the funniest examples from the thread. Upvote the ones you can relate to all too well, and be sure to share your own pet peeves with us in the comments!

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Cristalwyck
Community Member
4 years ago

It's a cop out to make you do everything

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    Jontelle
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So true! I can send my SO to the store with a list and he’ll STILL mess up somehow.

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    #3

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    Karri Berkowitz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Mine leaves the sponge in the sink, every time, and it's always in the one spot with water and the food he didn't clean out. I have to throw it out

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    Strawberry Pizza
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I believe some decorative plastic fruit would solve this problem. No rotting = no more buying fruit.

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    #5

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Separate bedrooms.

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    #6

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    Hawkmoon
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    And not let the cat have fun emptying one and hiding in it? Never!

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    #7

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    We have a TV series about these people: Help, my husband is a handyman.

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    Stephanie A Mutti
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    And be acquitted at trial for justifiable homicide.

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    #9

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    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My partner was the same with decoration. I put some paintings, pictures and plants in the house and he kept whining about how i "invaded his space". Now i took them all out because we are moving and he was like "now the house looks so much uglier". I know.

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    finisz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Separate beds or rooms, if possible.

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    #11

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    Id row
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It took me a couple decades to break my husband of this habit.

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    #12

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    Deborah B
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Leave it in the cabinet. Don't buy chips. "There's still a pack in the cupboard".

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Then he should invest in water bottles.

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    #14

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Next time put their laundry around the washing machine. When there are no clean clothes for them anymore, they will understand.

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    #15

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I can sympathize with this, as you may have water on the floor if the shower is not closed off enough, and open drawers kill shinbones.

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Let him yell. Don't support these lazy habits.

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    #17

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    Ale Díaz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I have to say, i'm the barbarian in the couple hehehe.

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    #18

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ahh... I guess I remove eggs like OP's wife... because we usually grab the carton from one end or the other, not in the front 'n' center... so the weight is evenly distributed...

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    Green Machine
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I feel like the couples arguing over bars of soap should switch to liquid body wash. :)

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    #20

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    omg... my dad was like this... no matter how much time he had before the family had to leave for whatever... the MOMENT we're supposed to go out the door.... he had to go to the bathroom. It was. so. odd.

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    #21

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    Frances M
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You don’t have a spoon anyway, you have a solid lump of tea stained sugar with a metal bit sticking out the top.

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    #22

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    EEF🤓
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This is unacceptable

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    #23

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    ToGo
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I'll agree on the basis that I HATE when people nix ideas without offering a suggestion. I'm not your hired "idea's person".

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    #24

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    Donna Any
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Separate bedrooms.

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    #25

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    No you can't have my name
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Because it's in a cabinet.

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    #26

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    Karen Tyas
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Meanwhile he’s like “My wife is great, always puts gas in my car for me!”

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    #27

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    Green Machine
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's domestic terrorism!

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Pretend you didn't hear that he said something and keep pretending until he speaks so you can understand him. Rinse and repeat for as long as it takes to get the message home. I took me 6 weeks to teach my wife that, since I'm getting deaf, I can't hear her when she's whispering from the other side of the room.

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    #29

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    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    I am sorry for op. That sounds like an awful partner

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    #30

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    Green Machine
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oof. I feel this.

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    #31

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    Buren
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Agree to disagree and adopt new pronounciation such as cow-poo to save your marriage.

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    #32

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Um, that's frugality.

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    Frances M
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You have 21 cups to spare?

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    Belinda Matson
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Put it in random places. On his pillow, his dashboard, in his drawers, at a crime scene.

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    #35

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    Leo Domitrix
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I've learned to preface some questions with "It's yes or no question. One-word answer only. (Fill in question)." B/c I got tired of essay answers to yes-no questions. We've gotten around it over the years, but twenty-five years ago? It'd take him ten minutes to answer "yes" or "no" or for me to work out which it was. And the question would be something like, "Do you want dessert?"

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    Tami
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Use sandpaper on dry feet. Outside though, please.

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    #37

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You can't put a mat by the shower?

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    #38

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    Madzdad the Bard
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    My ex said it was an "accident" when she slept with someone else. What does that mean? He tripped and his d**k fell into your vagina?

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    #39

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    DuchessDegu
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Wanna swap? I'm like that, if it's important put it away. My partner leaves everything anywhere and when he can't find it, he'd buy a new one or ask for a copy. Then leaves it anywhere and buys a third one when he can't find the previous two. I lost count of how many superglue, toothpick packs, torches, sealants and tin openers I found last time I went on a cleanup bender

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    LH25
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So buy her a pair of her own. If she wants to wear the old ones, you wear the new ones.

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You also leave them there and just watch them piling up.

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    Whodathunkit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I often don't close cabinets. I don't even realize I'm doing it. Sometimes I wonder if this stems from when I was young. My father was a bit of an a*****e so I used to get up earlier than him for school so I didn't have to deal with him. His bedroom was right near the kitchen, so I tried to be very quiet and didn't close cabinets.

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    #43

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    finisz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    No problem, till you also do just your stuff: washing just your clothes, cooking just for you and so on....

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    #44

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    Pan dulce
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    If you do the laundry, Don't wash them & tell him they weren't in the hamper so... they must be clean? Maybe he'll have better aim next time

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    #45

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    Donna Any
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Pretty

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    #46

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    Lady Goldberry
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    She just needs to buy mens boxers of her own. I get it, they're comfy as.

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    #47

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    William Arndt
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Human presence light switches turn off after no motion. I installed in garage, walk ins, bathrooms and kitchen.

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    #48

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    Marshall Leonardo Matthers III
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    O.O

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    #49

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    Ogre Juan Canolli
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Face It---You Both Love To Argue

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    #50

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    Fox Smith
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Why can't he? I'd like to know his reasoning.

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    #51

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    JJ
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ah, yes, when I got married, I never thought "What's for dinner?" would be the most discussed topic in my marriage... 😆

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    #52

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    Fox Smith
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    The correct answer is: separate bedrooms. You are obviously not compatible to share a place meant for sleep.

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    #53

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Protocol dictates that your farts should always be directed away from your partner. It also dictates that you sniff your own farts.

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    #54

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    Green Machine
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Both of these are fair.

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    #55

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    Rijkærd
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ya'll stupid in that house.

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    #56

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    SuePrew
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Yeah, it's just shitty not to

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    #57

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    Laura Ketteridge
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's where they will stay, until he starts picking them up.

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    #58

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    ToGo
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Funniest? Eek! A) It's not a laughing matter, B) if this tragedy actually happens to you and your husband is worried about if you have nipples or not, you're with the wrong guy.

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    #59

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    finisz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Separate beds....

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    #60

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    Donna Clanclan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    OOf. Mine tosses them in the sink with no thought to what might already be in the sink. We've lost so many glass dishes this way.

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    #61

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    Jo Morris
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Solve the laundry problem by only washing in cold water. No need to separate clothing.

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    #62

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    Memere
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That's some passive-aggressive sh*t.

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    #63

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Sounds like OP married a child.

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    #64

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    Kay blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    If he's anything like me, he needs on his nightstand so he doesn't forget to take it.

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    #65

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    DuchessDegu
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    What's a cheese drawer?

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    #66

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Looks like there could be pixies and fairies making little homes in the grass...

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    #67

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    nini
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    We also sometimes have similar discussions about the proper "crunchiness" of cookedvegetables. He likes them basically raw, I prefer them "al dente". So we take his badge out and let mine cook for a little longer 😋

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    Ghosts
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    What's wrong with that? I wouldn't be drinking water from the bathroom sink either. I've got a perfectly good kitchen.

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    #69

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    Heather Glomb
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    4 years ago

    So, take an extra 5 seconds to check the counter and wipe up the excess water...

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    #70

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Your first mistake was putting bread in the fridge.

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    #71

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    Bobby
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Because small cereal still falls through it and can cause backups later? Just eat the last 7 pieces of cereal left in the bowl so there aren't any solids that need to be filtered

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    #72

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    Trisha Howson
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I know I know

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    #74

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    Littlemiss
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    4 years ago

    Yeah she and my husband do this

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    4 years ago

    Fair enough too

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    #76

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I'd like to see an inventory of all towels and bed linens in the house before commenting.

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    #77

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Depends on the presence of cats in your household.

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    DragonsCrushesCatsMe
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    4 years ago

    hey, that's what my sink looks like everytime I do the dishes!

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    #79

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    Donna Clanclan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    His plate is set before him, then mine in front of me. He will have cut into his dinner and have a fork of his food ready for me to try before I've gotten mine started. Drives me crazy. AT LEAST LET ME HAVE A BITE OF MY OWN FOOD BEFORE YOU DEMAND I HAVE SOME OF YOURS. He has gone so far as to keep the pepper out of my reach to make sure I can't try my food before he passes me some of his.

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    Felicia Dale
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    4 years ago

    Separate rooms.

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Sounds those two don't know how to communicate or would rather die on their hills than to talk.

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    #82

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    Hawkmoon
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I do that too... I think it's easier to put things in designated places when they're out of a bag and you can see what goes where at once (and not open the fridge , close it, open a cupboard, close it, reopen the fridge,...).

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    Lady Goldberry
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Bit of vinegar in this one...

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    #85

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    For some people it's the only place where they can get some R&R without someone constantly nagging them.

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    #86

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    Marshall Leonardo Matthers III
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    ?

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    Steve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Defffffffffintely overcompensating for something.

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    #88

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    Phil Vaive
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Dirty dishes do NOT go in the sink. When you fill it with soap and water, you can't see what you're sticking your hands into and you could really injure yourself.

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    #89

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    Jo Morris
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    Put it in the microwave for a minute instead.

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    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Maybe dont be a child and cook from time to time?

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    Stephanie A Mutti
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I guess it depends on how much you value the word COAST in East Coast. I agree that Ohio is NOT on the East Coast because it is not on the coast. BUT there is neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple so....

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    LandAhoy
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    4 years ago

    Rinse of course. (I'm British, so that's no excuse. )

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    #93

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    Tom Drummer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    there's a lever or slide on the tongs that keeps them closed.

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    Ghosts
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    4 years ago

    It would make zero difference if you pre-sort or post-sort. You still have to sort.

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    David Woollands
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    4 years ago

    No garden…. No dog would be my law

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    Phil Vaive
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    4 years ago

    Yep, that's basic math. If you take a 2x2 square, the sum of the sides is 8. If you cut it in half, you have two 1x2 rectangles, and the sum of the sides is 6x2=12.

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    4 years ago

    Wobbles the spoons up and down too much?

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    Fox Smith
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    4 years ago

    You don't have to.

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    Ernesto
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    4 years ago

    #102: "He never puts dishes in the sink!" ... #103: "He always puts dishes in the sink!"

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    Sally Kerr
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    4 years ago

    They're actually supposed to be loaded handle down

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    Ogre Juan Canolli
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    4 years ago

    EEWW

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