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.
LOL! Been married twice, and both women did (do) this. Also, not putting the new roll of TP on the roll and leaving it on the vanity.
We don't have a problem leaving the seat up, we HAVE TO close it, because our cat loves to throw things in the toilet! Try to top that! Whatever is on the counter next to the toilet gets pushed in there or some of her toys too...
We (dog & I) just got rid of the wife.
If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
Learn to work the toilet seat; if it's up, put it down.
Birthdays, Valentines and anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present once again.
Sometimes we're not thinking about you. Live with it.
If you think you're fat, you may be. Don't ask us. (besides, we're not suicidal enough to answer anything other than "no" anyway)
Sunday Sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. It can't be altered so just let be.
Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as sex, shortstops and carburetors.
Shopping is not a sport
Anything you wear is fine. Really
You have enough clothes
You have too many shoes
Ask for what you want. Subtle hints don't work.
No, we don't know what day it is. We never will. Mark anniversaries on a calendar.
Yes, peeing standing up is more difficult than peeing from point blank range. We're bound to miss sometime.
Most guys own two or three pairs of shoes -- what makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don't expect us to like it.
"Yes" and "No" are perfectly acceptable answers.
A headache that last for 17 days is a problem. See a doctor.
Your mom doesn't have to be our best friend.
The man is ALWAYS in charge of poking the campfire with a stick and/or tending the grill.
Those male models with perfect bodies are all gay. Accept it.
Don't fake it. We'd rather be ineffective than deceived.
Let us ogle. If we don't look at other women, how can we know how pretty you are.
You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both.
Christopher Columbus didn't need directions, neither do we.
You know, YOU can ask HIM out too... Let's spread the rejection around a little.
Men are from earth; women are from earth. Deal with it.
Anything we said 6 or 8 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after 7 days.
If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad and angry, we meant the other one.
We're not telepathic. We can't read your mind, so don't blame us for not knowing something you expected us to know without telling us. Conversely, you aren't telepathic either, so don't get mad about what you think we're thinking, because your guess is probably wrong.
He said it does not he checked it before. It just means the emergency brake is not working.
I got out checked the master cylinder WHICH WAS WAY LOW and he then added fluid. Funny how that red brake light went out.
THEY WASTED TAXPAYERS' MONEY ON THIS????????? GIVE ME A BREAK!
Your future awaits, enjoy.
Must be weird to be owned by a cat. I have no sympathy for you.
If women could fully understand that sometimes it is IMPOSSIBLE for men to sit down to pee... unless you enjoy urine all over the floor.
Men needing to urinate have a... plumbing difficulty that absolutely precludes sitting to pee! (I hope I don't have to draw you a picture.)
And given that most of them wear their fingernails long, their success rate is no doubt substantially higher than the average guy's.
How about the loss of sex drive in the husband???
Oops.
Getting really uptight about things like towels on the floor is mine.
I can end this toilet seat controversy once and for all.
When I was on submarines (DBF) we were told to always leave the seat up so no one would pee on it. There it's done. LEAVE THE SEAT UP.
There is the right way. The wrong way. And the Navy way! The Navy wins. Hands down. Seat UP.
Yes, we know, the car is spoiled, but we love her anyway! She will also fetch a ball for you.....
We have two cats. We love them dearly and they entertain us to no end.
OOOOOOps1
car=cat
Sorry!
I just went and picked mine up.
Cool Car! ;-)
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