simple solution... the LID/TOP should ALWAYS be down! that way EVERYBODY gets the joy of lifting and closing the lid... 8^)
Posted on 05/15/2005 4:55:32 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Leaving a wet towel on the bathroom floor may seem a minor issue but it could wreck a relationship. Scientists have identified a list of the most annoying habits that can cause rifts between couples.
The study of minor irritations in domestic life has found that people can almost become "allergic" to a partner's foibles. Failure to control that shrill laugh might end in marriage-destroying fury. Among the most annoying habits are failing to hang up towels, leaving a new loo roll on top of the empty one and using a fork as a back-scratcher.
Cringe-inducing endearments such as "babykins" can also cause an adverse reaction. When repeated, a couple can reach snapping point.
Many of the habits detailed in the study, published in the academic journal Personal Relationships, are the familiar fibre of male-female interaction. They include nose-picking, burping and tatty clothes in men and lateness, verbosity and demands for reassurance about clothing in women.
The study, funded by the US government's health research arm and conducted at Louisville University, charted the grim "deromanticisation" of more than 160 relationships. It also compared what was termed "social allergen frequency" (nasty habits) with relationship satisfaction and failure in a further 274 people. The report, Social Allergies in Romantic Relationships, aims to establish the nature of the link between nasty habits and nasty divorce. Some of the issues raised will provide bored couples with a new range of things to complain about.
No playboy magazines... I forgot that. No Sports Illustrated...
OMG...I'm committing that sin and I'm not even married yet!
Leave the seat up! The woman will get a 'wettie' one way or another:)
Nam Vet
Go for a ride on my boat. Much more entertaining. LOL.
OK, whatever works for you is fine I'm sure.
Why are you living with your mother and your sister and still referring to yourself as a "man?"????
At Walmart the sign said "Wet Floor".
So I did.
I wouldn't mind deep sea fishing as long as I don't have to fish. I'll just watch from a lounge chair :D
simple solution... the LID/TOP should ALWAYS be down! that way EVERYBODY gets the joy of lifting and closing the lid... 8^)
Do you get extra points when you hit one of them?
I don't think it's just what suits me... Have you ever had ~any~ success in getting men to agree to this?
Some things are simply against nature aren't they?
Men don't stop to ask directions and they don't sit to pee.
No matter how many brownie points are at stake.
Y'all go ahead, I will sit on the deck with a nice drink.
LOL!
But seriously, at work, by the end of the day, if you're not standing from 5 feet away, then you're standing in it.
LOL
No, I need to hit two.
After a few beers, I'm sure some guys can pee from five feet away.
Men generally look before sitting down. Why that has not occurred to women is a shock to me. It is proof against evolution.
Guest stumbles out into the dining room - "Everything ok?" "Yes, but I really don't reccomend the fish."
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