ROTFL! Reminded me of something I saw at DUhmmyland.
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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.
I get zero, since I always put it down. Maybe I need to leave it up a few times so Mrs. FR2003 appreciates my caring ways.
Yeah, well, I and another geek got chewed out one day, by the Army Science board, because we were running around the pentagon with no shoes. Oooooops.
My husband does the same thing. Ewwww. He leaves them in the car that way, too.
ROTFL! Reminded me of something I saw at DUhmmyland.
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True.
And, sitting in the middle of the night beats having to wake up enough to aim.
One night, amidst being ill of something or other,
I happened to
--snort my sinuses
--belch loudly
--fart uncommonly loudly
all at the same time.
It was a bit much for the not so little wifey
Sounds like bragging to me.
Your posts are NEVER bothersome. I'm sorry if I came across wrong ... this is the truth: Often when I see really long posts, I skim them quickly (though I'm as guilty as anyone of writing novelette posts!). But when I saw that Quix had authored it, I went back and read it in full.
One other thought to ponder -- food. My first husband (whom I divorced after a very brief time because I was immature and stupid; I take full responsibility) was pleasant and even-tempered as could be until about 5:30, when we were both home after work. Then he was ... well, a pr*ck. He was argumentative, irritable, mean, fussy.
Of course as a newlywed I wondered, "What am I doing wrong to make him angry?" Then I realized that same power of food that affects me so profoundly, probably affected him, skinny as he was, buring calories at the rate of an average sea otter and having eaten nothing since lunch. So I'd make sure that after work he'd have a little snack plate of healthy protein-rich foods like cheese, meat cuts, nuts (though nuts metabolize much more slowly), or maybe a slice boiled egg, and crackers. He'd eat the food and *voila*! Within five minutes, his irritable mood disappeared. I have often wondered since how many chronic arguments and divorces have been caused by that simple little thing -- lack of decent food to the brain, affecting one's mood.
As you wish.
Now that conjures up a funny image.
“With the appearance of the two bathroom home, Americans forget how to cooperate. With the appearance of the two car family, we forgot how to associate. With the coming of the two television home, we forgot how to communicate.” - Dr. John Bachom
Damn, spilled my coffee, LOL
Hi again, Sweet! Here in the woods in rural KY we guys in my family whiz off of the porch and hope it rains in a day or two. It usually does!
I learned soon enough.
Wife is now on hubby #3. She tends to trade em in at 9 years.
LOL.
I think Newsweek should be hung out to dry for treason.
Hey; nice to see you. The men in my Kentucky family didn't do that....least ways not so's the women would know about it. Now what they did when they went off to the hills and caves, that's another matter altogether.
You are one brave man - or a masochist.
Especially for some skin conditions according to the Chinese.
Bosco, that's a great statement.
But if I may be so bold as to be quite candid, if you've ever been married and/or had children; then you must know that when there is an illness (like the flu) or pregnancy; a second bathroom becomes a very important commodity.
Right you are.
Wife and I learned to avoid a conversation unless we'd at least had some orange juice and/or graham crackers.
BTW, I didn't mean anything even slightly negative--I was blush, blessed that you'd take the time to read the long post.
Thanks tons for your kind words.
Have a blessed week and summer.
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