People Break Down The Things Their Significant Others Do That Drive Them Insane

We've all heard of relationship deal breakers and likely know what would ruin a relationship for us or would effectively place someone into the "would not date" column.

But there are other things that are wildly annoying but not worth ending a perfectly good in every other way relationship for.

That doesn't mean the habit doesn't drive us nuts, though.

Already cringing, Redditor Darzin asked:

"What is something your spouse or significant other does that isn't a deal breaker but drives you absolutely insane?"

Hair Everywhere

"Leaving hair in the sink after shaving. Eww. Just eww."

- Substantial-Path-525

"He leaves his f**king hair EVERYWHERE. Like, why am I pulling your hair out of the fridge?? Out of my clothes?? Out of my A** CRACK??"

"God forbid (because I love to cook and feed people) I cook for a friend and they never eat my food again cause they pulled his hair out of a casserole. I love him, but I want to shave him bald. And he’s got gorgeous curls that he simply doesn’t take care of and I’m too busy to do it for him (he’s also a grown-a** man)."

- naaur

For The Love Of Cooking

"Passively hates my cooking. I used to love to cook, especially for my past girlfriends. I’m an okay home cook. My past partners have loved it when I cook, but my present partner seems to make a point of disliking everything."

"She’ll pick out ingredients and leave them on the side of the plate, or question me about what I put in the food in a tone that is suspicious. I have to use seasoning without telling her because she hates when I use garlic or chili (yet will eat it and love it elsewhere when others cook)."

"I no longer like cooking for my partner and I hate it."

- Dr_momo

"Oof, that would absolutely devastate me. I love cooking and grilling and smoking food for us, and her reactions make me keep going, and she's been constructive when it's not the best, but overall that's been a cornerstone of our relationship."

"I handle most of the cooking and I love it. I would not be able to handle it if she started doing that s**t."

- papapapapalpatine

"Yeah this isn’t a minor inconvenience… this is straight-up rude and ungrateful behaviour. I’d leave her if I were you, lol (laughing out loud). Have you tried talking to her about WHY she does this, and explaining how it makes you feel?"

- Kiki98_

Both Valid Points

"His driving. His driving has gotten better, because I nag him about the bad habits he has. Like driving WAY too close to other cards. God, that one makes me so nervous."

"Also... leaving his dirty dishes beside the sink. Why?? WHY?????"

- SaveusJebus

Just A Little Teapot

"He whistles continually."

- abrit_abroad

"Have you tried tipping him over and pouring him out?"

- FourCatsAndCounting

Do Not Comment On The Hot Flashes, Sir

"He tells me that I act dramatic in the midst of a hot flash."

- Immediate-Ad7753

"The greatest hot flash I ever saw was my grandma smoking a cigarette while it was snowing. She was wearing a tank top, shorts, no shoes, and was sweating like she was standing in the Sahara."

"I do not envy that experience."

- Spddracer

Were You Saying Something?

"Constant interruptions. It's fun to never be able to finish a thought."

- NoStupidQuestion

"My ex-husband was the same way. I’d complain about it constantly."

"After I met my now-fiance, he and I would have long conversations each night, about what we wanted out of life, how to run the business, how to handle the children, just anything and everything (we still do this), and at first I’d ask, 'Why do you need my input on everything?'"

"And he told me that he didn’t NEED my input on things, but that I was his partner and he WANTED my input and to know my thoughts on the situations."

"I was slightly caught off-guard after almost 20 years of never being able to finish a complete sentence without being interrupted. But you know what, it’s rather nice."

- PottyMouthedMom3

False Alarm

"She leaves a tiny little bit of food in the container each time. Jam, mayo, mustard, cereal, chips. Never enough for a serving."

"Oh wait. That’s me. What a d**k."

- tacomeat247

Drinks... Everywhere

"She’s stopped this, but she would drink half a Diet Coke and then forget about it. I would find all these half-full Diet Cokes around the house, lol (laughing out loud)."

- JakobeHolmBoy20

"My wife is like that. When they started making those sip cans, I bought her some, and she cried because of how thoughtful I was. I was like, 'Baby, I just want to stop the waste!' lol (laughing out loud)!"

- badgerbiscuitbeard

Use Those Fitting Rooms!

"She buys clothes without trying them on and then gets home to find out they 'don't fit the way she likes.' Then they spend a year or two in the closet before she inevitably sells them for a fraction of what she paid."

- Ordinary_Age87

Snack Stealing

"He eats my snacks and never replaces them."

"That ice cream I was saving for when I have PMS? Gone. The Cheetos I was craving all day? Gone. The Girl Scout cookies you can only get once a year? HE ATE THE WHOLE BOX WITHOUT ME GETTING A SINGLE ONE."

- shippfaced

"I have a crazily sweet tooth but my wife is all about savory things."

"Work colleagues will get her sweets, chocolates, and other nice things semi-regularly, and they'll sit there for months, taunting me. She might have a square of chocolate every few weeks, but most of it goes off. However, she guards it like some kind of sugar Smaug. It's insane."

"But if I should touch it or eat some if it's near the gone-off date? I'm a food-stealing hobbit..."

"However, I can't let a bag of crisps sit for more than a few minutes before it's reduced to crumbs, and if she hears crinkling, she'll appear out of nowhere to 'help' me."

"I've taken to purposely picking up savory stuff I wouldn't usually be fussed about so I can negotiate an exchange."

- Megamoss

Laundry Basketball Hoop

"He puts dirty clothes ON TOP of the hamper instead of inside. Like, dude... just open the freaking lid."

- nicolynna_530

"I'd be tempted to just remove the lid."

- FerricDonkey

"I removed the lid. Don’t do it, friends. It just results in the clothes being flung in a direction vaguely hamper-ish. At least the lid keeps it in one place."

- Elexandros

Five Minutes Is How Many Seconds Again?

"When we need to leave and he says he just needs 'five minutes' in the bathroom. It's never five minutes."

- FortuneTellingBoobs

"I stopped telling her the real time to leave. She usually makes us 30 minutes late, so I lie and say the event is 30 minutes sooner than the scheduled time. Even if she's seen the invitation, she's likely forgotten by the week of."

- Haemwich

Sloppy Floppy Love

"She is incredibly sloppy and unorganized. No matter how much I try to keep things neat, our countertops and dinner table are essentially shelves for anything she doesn’t feel like putting away, and her side of the bedroom is a disaster. I can’t stand it."

"Also, she refuses to flush the toilet at night, for any reason. It’s like a complex. I’ve asked her why, but she doesn’t seem to know herself."

"Anyway, I love her. Sloppy as she may be."

- FloppyPoppy

A Negative Attitude

"My husband complains a lot, he’s pretty pessimistic."

"It’s not that bad because I always knew I’d marry a grouchy dude. Raphael from the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' was my first crush because I loved his personality. I think the Hound from 'Game of Thrones' and Bane and Guts are the hottest fictional dudes ever."

"I got exactly what I asked for, but sometimes I just have to say, 'Hey, life is so sweet, some inconvenient rain isn’t that bad,' or 'Calm down, don’t let that a**hole’s driving p**s you off so much.'"

- Mushrooming247

"My wife has become this! I noticed it was a trait her parents have. Everything has to be negative or interpreted in a negative way. Her brother has been pulled away by his wife from them because she saw the effect they were having on his life."

"I'm fighting a losing battle trying to do the same as she's much closer with them. Now she's getting older, she's starting to become much more negative, too. I've always been an optimist but it's having massive toll on my mental health trying to maintain a positive environment when my wife and her parents are always trying to drag it down."

- TheOriginalPB

"My husband can be like that, due to how he was raised and his anxiety. He immediately jumps to the worst possible outcome and then spirals."

"I have to regularly remind him-we have to just wait and see what happens. Everything works itself out, it always does."

"He is a very deep-feeling person and I'm just... not. He gets annoyed sometimes because I don't want or need to discuss everything to death. It's hard because I just don't think life is THAT deep."

- vk2786

Fair Rule To Go By

"My good friend told me her philosophy on love is to name 10 things that drive you insane about your partner. If you can look at those things and still say you love them, it's true love."

"My wife does multiple little things that do, in fact, drive me insane. These things are nothing bad or crossing any lines, just little things that you get to know after knowing someone for so long. I love her now more than ever, and our connection continues to grow. She is the best thing to ever walk into my life."

- ColoradoCowboy

From making messes to leaving food everywhere to being a little too negative, it's clear why these habits would be annoying for these Redditors to live with full-time. What's interesting is that some fellow Redditors said that these points would be deal breakers for them.

It's a great reminder that we all have different thresholds for pet peeves, and where some of us would end a relationship over our partner clicking pens too often, others would stay in until their partner totaled five cars. It's all about perspective.