If you're looking for perfection in a partner, you will only find disappointment.
We all have to find compromise, especially when it comes to daily behaviors.
Or do we?
Some behaviors may be classified as too much to handle.
Redditor WeedFairie wanted to hear from all the stressed-out married people out there, so they asked:
"What disgusting habit have you learned to overlook in a spouse?"
Wake Up
"Some people look peaceful when they sleep, my spouse looks like she needs an ambulance. Just limbs and hair everywhere, contorted positions like she fell off the roof, drool, and as much as she denies it, snoring. It’s fine I really don’t care. I just think she sleeps funny."
- lk05321
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Origins
"My husband is fine if the house is messy and cluttered. Or if the bathroom is nasty and has never been cleaned. I've been to his parent's hoarder house so I've seen how he grew up. Their restroom is dirtier than a gas station restroom 🤢. I overlook it because he's willing to do the cooking. So I'll clean."
- manimopo
"As a child of hoarders, thank you for dealing with him. He appreciates it more than he can probably describe! I know for me, the trigger of 'this is a mess and I need to clean' happens way after it happens for normal folks."
- LetThemEatVeganCake
Openings
"He's like living with a poltergeist. My cabinets are constantly left open."
- SarahAB227
"After 14 years of living together, when I first gave birth, I stopped closing the cabinets after he left them open. He spent an entire month hitting his head on open cabinet doors and swore our apartment was haunted and couldn't figure out why the cabinets were suddenly always open. It finally clicked for him and he now closes the cabinets. lol."
- 2baverage
Kitchen Bomb
"The husband's art of making a sandwich while dirtying half the dishes."
- Kind-Engineering5861
"My wife always cooks amazing food, and in no time, she will have dinner ready. the problem is that she makes so many dishes and cutlery dirty, and it used to drive me nuts. I've learned to overlook it by now, but it is still annoying when I have to clean 4 pots and 2 frying pans for rice and meat. lol."
- Sea_Improvement1820
Empties
"Inability to throw out something that is empty - cereal boxes, inhalers, water bottles, toiletries, etc. Doesn't matter. My favorite is going to grab cereal from the cabinet only to find out that it is completely empty, and he had put the box back despite that."
- misskittee
"My ex would leave like one potato chip in the bag. Or one slice of bread. Or two tablespoons of milk. I think he didn’t want to be scolded for taking the last of something. I’d bring the container to him. Just finish it! I said you could have it. Leaving me one goddamn chip pisses me off way more than if you just ate the whole bag."
- Dogzillas_Mom
Brushed Away
"LOL... my fiancé brushes his teeth bent over the sink with his mouth open and toothpaste just pouring out all over his hand, arm, and sink. It’s so bizarre to just stand up and have your mouth slightly open like a normal person. It makes me laugh every time."
- SEND_NOODLESZ
"He should brush in the shower. I've done it for years to protect my chest from toothpaste - got my husband to do it too and our bathroom mirror has never been cleaner."
- ash-leg2
"I am this person. I close the bathroom door because I don't like to be watched while brushing my teeth. I just need to get all the areas, thoroughly, and keeping my mouth open helps. Plus, the build-up of foamy toothpaste makes me gag, specifically, in the morning."
- Own-Introduction6830
Quiet Please
"Why she slurps her toothbrush after brushing is something I cannot understand."
- I_love_hiromi
"I used to rinse my mouth by using my toothbrush like a spoon to slurp water from the faucet when I was a kid. Totally forgot about that."
- taactfulcaactus
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Everywhere
"In my case, I learned to ignore my husband's habit of leaving used socks everywhere."
- HeavilyInfix632
"Growing up my mom always yelled at me for doing this and said my future husband would never tolerate it. But my current partner does this too. So now we have sock roundup once a week."
- girlwithcowpup
I Can't Breathe
"So many things but mostly his vile, foul farts that could suffocate a room."
- ottersandgoats
"Does he have IBS or something? I used to have absolutely appalling farts that made me miserable and embarrassed to sleep with anyone in case I let one rip while asleep. I didn't realize how abnormal it was. Turns out I have IBS. Anything sulfurous or legumes...onions, cauliflower, beans, etc. They absolutely give me the worst farts. I avoid them as much as possible."
"If I'm going to eat something with those ingredients, there's an enzyme you can take that I find helpful too. As well if there's no avoiding a meal heavy in that kind of stuff, I'll down a dose of Pepto about 12 hours beforehand. It doesn't stop the farts, but the Pepto absolutely kills the smell; though I don't do that very often - I understand there might be issues with long-term Pepto use."
- Fireantstirfry
Gag!
"My wife, who is stunningly beautiful and way out of my league, so I keep my mouth shut as much as I can about it, clears her throat and nose just like John Candy in planes, trains, and automobiles. It's the most disgusting thing I've ever heard. My mother-in-law and aunt and uncles-in-law all do it too. It's so friggin bizarre and makes me gag upon hearing it. literal skin crawling stuff."
- GoodLibrarian100
Stoned
"My husband is the most neurotic clean freak so there isn't much. Seriously, I think he's farted outside of the bathroom like 3 times in the last 12 years. However! He gets tonsil stones. The noise that comes out of that bathroom when he's gagging trying to clean them out. I just can not."
- JustGenericName
It Blows
"Snorting (clearing his sinuses). Not just when he has a cold but ALL THE TIME."
- JellyfishEastern8184
"I think my husband's used to it but my dad and I sniffle and snort all the time. We have similar issues. I'm not sorry anymore, I know it's annoying but I have to live with it. All my life, as my dad took until he almost died of pneumonia to be taken real seriously, while no one seems to be able to identify the cause of my swollen sinuses and nasal drip. Had it since I was ten. In my 30's now. It blows. Sometimes literally."
- prometheuses_liver
Rinse and Repeat
"Not quite disgusting, but it bothers me sooooooo badly. Whenever my husband spends any length of time in the kitchen, the dishcloth (the one for washing dishes with, not the towel) ends up a soggy crumpled mess in the sink. Why can’t he rinse it and hang it to dry on the handy bar thingy? No idea. I’ve just learned to accept it."
- outcastspice
The Spitter
"My boyfriend spits his loogies out of the window while driving so it clings to the rear passenger window. He leaves used tissues in his jeans pockets for me to find while doing laundry, and worst of all snot rockets on the sidewalk when we walk the dogs, I’ve been hit with flying boogers before and I’ve threatened to leave him over it, He laughs but always apologized. He has always had issues with his sinuses, but it is gross. Still makes me gag after 12 years together."
- RollercoasterMama
Why Lord?!
"His snoring. Dear God his snoring. I just go sleep in the guest room now when it starts."
- SnarkyPickles
"My fiancèe and I sleep in separate rooms thanks to her snoring. However even before that started we agreed to have our own separate bedrooms, so it wasn't a big deal to have to sleep separately. Having your own place just for yourself is important in a relationship, IMO."
- TechnoMagi
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No Luck
"My wife will not pick up after herself to save her life. 12 years I've tried with absolutely no luck. So because I love her and I still require my sanity, I've given up. She's my little garbage muffin, and I adore her, so we'll be garbage muffins together."
- JennyC4me
Well, I couldn't live with these issues. Could you?
I'll just live alone with my dog and maybe some fish.
What happened to telling each other off and clearing the air about one another's faults?
I always thought that was part of the fun.
I know I'm not perfect but it seems like a lot of people are making a lot of compromises.
But that's not my business.
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