Pet Peeves {GTT}

I believe that getting your bitch on is part of the human condition. That’s why I just couldn’t pass up this Girl Talk Thursday topic – Pet Peeves.

Here’s a short (ahem) list of mine:

Breathing Very Loudly: If you didn’t just participate in a foot race, I should not be able to hear you breathing from across the room. Stop it. Stop it now. I would rather see you passed out from lack of oxygen than hear you breathe like that even one. more. time.

Related: Breathing Very Loudly WHILE Eating: This is even worse than just Breathing Very Loudly. Unless you just hunted and killed your meal after nearly starving to death (without stopping to cook it, because that would have given you a chance to catch your damn breath), you need to stop.  So unless you are Breathing Very Loudly While Eating With Blood Dripping Down Your Chin, it’s unacceptable.

Almost Putting Things Away: If you got up off your fat, lazy ass long enough to pick up your glass and walk it over to the kitchen, don’t you dare put that next to the sink on the counter. You either put it in the dishwasher, or IN the sink. If the sink is so full of dirty dishes that you cannot fit it into the sink, then guess what? IT’S TIME TO DO SOME FUCKING DISHES ASSWIPE.

Related: Almost Putting Away: groceries, toys, toiletries, laundry, papers to be filed, etc etc. {yes, I am totally guilty of most of this. And it pisses me off when I do it, I don’t need you doing it too, ok buddy?}

Yawning Without Covering Your Mouth: This is not your annual physical. I am not your doctor, nor your dentist, nor your prey. Cover your damn mouth when you yawn, I can see all the way to your tonsils and it’s just indecent!

Arguing About “Over” or “Under” re: Toilet Paper: Who the FUCK cares? Seriously? Is your life SO MUNDANE?! {not YOU, of course. I can understand why YOU care.}

Nicknames When You Don’t Know Me: Don’t nickname me. You don’t know me. And if you continue to call me whatever stupid nickname you’ve chose, you never will. Possibly because you’ll spend the rest of your days in a coma.

Wiggling Your Toes Within My Line of Vision While I Watch TV: Yes I know this one is a little insane. But if you are sitting on the couch next to me, and your legs are crossed such that your foot is next to me, please do not wiggle your toes. It’s all I can see and it’s driving me fucking batty.

Breathing On Me: When you breathe on me it makes my soul shrivel up into a tiny, wrinkly, crushed version of it’s former self, and that allows me to do horrible things to you. Don’t breathe on me.

Related: Breathing On Me While I Am Trying To Sleep: I cannot sleep if you are facing me and if I can feel your breath on my face. It will keep me awake. Please turn the other way, I like to lay facing this side.

Exemptions: Breathing On Me While I Am Trying To Sleep If I Gave Birth To You: You are adorable. Breathe where ever you want. But stop kicking me, you little fucker, or I’ll shove you off the bed.

Not Calling When You Said You Would: I understand, life gets in the way. But if I expect you to call and then you don’t, my mind goes bad places and I start to panic and consider calling hospitals and patrolling the dark alleys to find your rotting corpse. So call me when you say you will, OKAY?! ::crazy eyes::

Catty Behavior: Everyone hates high school for a reason. It sucked, everyone acted immature and petty, and you weren’t as cool as you wanted to be. Yes, I understand that the blogosphere brings up all those emotions that you repressed after you got to college because you wanted to be more adult. I don’t care. Repress them again, go to therapy, whatever.  Just stop sniping at each other, ok? We’re all human, we all fuck up, we all have our own issues. We get attitudes, we make rude comments… Do Unto Others, y’all. Just be nice.

Touching My Eyebrows: Don’t touch my eyebrows. It’s a thing with me. And don’t touch YOUR eyebrows while I’m looking. That’s a thing with me, too.

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Runners up: judging my list of pet peeves, reading over my shoulder, not saying please and thank you, leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the grocery store which makes me wonder whether I can take it or whether you’ve left it there for a reason, leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot so I hit it when it’s dark and scratch my car, leaving your shopping cart in the parking lot in an open space which means that a) I can’t park there or b) I can’t pull through YOU WHORE, obvious twitter ads filling up my twitter stream all the time don’t you ever tweet ANYTHING else?, following me on twitter and then not accepting my follow back request because you are protected, MySpace just as a general rule, people who want to purchase something from me on Craigslist as a general rule, overuse of hashtags, using IM/Twitter speak in a real conversation (i.e. SAYING “lol”)

54 Responses to Pet Peeves {GTT}
  1. pamela
    January 21, 2010 | 3:42 PM

    LMAO! @ the breathing.

    I LOVE you!
    pamela´s last blog ..Peevin’ On

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  2. Katie
    January 21, 2010 | 3:47 PM

    I got a kick out of the exemption of the breathing on you thing, esp. when you threaten to push them off the bed! Hahaha!

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  3. Becky Mochaface
    January 21, 2010 | 3:49 PM

    Damn it! I totally forgot about my peevishness related to shopping carts left in parking lots. The fucking corral is right there! Is it too late to update my list?
    Becky Mochaface´s last blog ..Pet Peeves

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  4. Danielle (Left of Lost)
    January 21, 2010 | 4:33 PM

    LMAO! I love the runner-ups! Bwahahaha! (“YOU WHORE”)

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  5. jules
    January 21, 2010 | 4:40 PM

    This is hilarious.

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  6. Diane
    January 21, 2010 | 4:40 PM

    Breathing in my face while I sleep! I forgot that one! And yes, the kids are exempt, but barely. And they’re allowed to snore, too, because they do it so peacefully.
    Diane´s last blog ..Girl Talk Thursday – My body is a wonderland

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Diane, girl, they can do ANYTHING as long as they do it peacefully….

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  7. foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog)
    January 21, 2010 | 6:13 PM

    Ha! I have the ‘almost putting things away’ peeve, too! Living with three males does not make having this particular one easy at all. Couple it with ‘not taking your dirty laundry down to the laundry room’ and I’m a bit crazy!

    I’m also crazed by loud chewers, and I hate to say that yesterday afternoon, while my husband was eating a lunch that included baby carrots and a few baked chips, I was ready to go over the banister and whip that plate away!

    Sigh…I feel better now… ;)

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog), you didn’t, which shows that you are clearly a better woman than I. I give looks of death that can be FELT across the room until he goes somewhere else to eat…. yeah I’m a bad wife ;-)

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  8. Miss Grace
    January 21, 2010 | 6:23 PM

    OOH I forgot the nickname one!! That bus the JEEZUS out of me. Especially since people always shorten it to Jen. I don’t go by Jen. Assfuck.

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    Miss Grace Reply:

    @Miss Grace, Bus=bugs

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  9. The Ranting Mommy
    January 21, 2010 | 6:31 PM

    Marry me? Seriously, we would get along like rice and peas. Though I occasionally yawn and forget to cover up *hangs head in shame*. But I promise, no toes in your line of sight. I might just love ya cuz that is plain weird. HIGH-LARRY-US!

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @The Ranting Mommy, I will marry you for “HIGH-LARRY-US” alone. You iz Awesome.

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  10. Maria @BOREDmommy
    January 21, 2010 | 6:44 PM

    The wiggling of the toes is hilarious – I can just picture it. I feel the same way about someone’s feet coming anywhere near me. If anyone dares touch me (especially my bare feet) with their feet, someone will die.
    Maria @BOREDmommy´s last blog ..Peeved: A Story of Pet Peeves

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Maria @BOREDmommy, well hopefully not you, b/c I could use a few more kindred spirits around these here parts…

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  11. Chibi Jeebs
    January 21, 2010 | 7:26 PM

    This may have only served to further cement my love for you. <3 Right there with you on the not calling when you say you will and morbid thoughts and crazy eyes.

    But! You don't like my #hashtags?!? #OMG! #butthurt ;)

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  12. Melanie
    January 21, 2010 | 8:04 PM

    I love this post! I share…ALL of these pet peeves.
    Melanie´s last blog ..In Misfortune Unshaken

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Melanie, even the eyebrow thing? SOULMATES!

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  13. Tatiana
    January 21, 2010 | 8:39 PM

    Hahaha, you’re awesome :) Related to your Craigslist thing, I’m kind of REALLY annoyed by people who love eBay. I don’t get it.
    Tatiana´s last blog ..GTT: Pet Peeves

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Tatiana, haha… I do enjoy a good eBay deal once in a while, but most of the postings make very heavy use of BAD things to do in marketing, and it sort of makes me die a little inside.

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  14. The Redhead Riter
    January 21, 2010 | 8:54 PM

    LMBO! Wiggling the toes…OMG too funny

    Loved the catty behavior one! SO FREAKIN’ TRUE!
    The Redhead Riter´s last blog ..When It’s Over…

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  15. Kami
    January 21, 2010 | 9:21 PM

    Yes to all of these. This was awesome.
    Kami´s last blog ..Pet Peeves or Please Stop Doing That!

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  16. Teija
    January 22, 2010 | 12:06 AM

    Breathing in my face when I’m trying to sleep! It bugs me the most in the mornings — everyone has morning breath, dude, I don’t care how intimate we are with each other, I don’t want to smell that.
    Teija´s last blog ..Peeves is not just a ghost at Hogwarts.

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  17. Colleen
    January 22, 2010 | 12:08 AM

    Ok your entire Runners Up List? Priceless. I don’t get the eyebrows thing… but that’s why it’s not on my list.

    I love you! You’re hilarious!
    Colleen´s last blog ..Pet Peeves

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Colleen, teehee.. yeah the eyebrows thing is clearly my own… THING. Probably a good thing.

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  18. Superjules
    January 22, 2010 | 1:33 AM

    AHAHAHAHA. Very nice list. You are a wonderful brand of crazy.

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Superjules, I’m putting that shit on my resume. “A wonderful brand of crazy.”

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    Superjules Reply:

    @MommyGeek,
    Do it. Also add:
    Mad Computah Skillz
    Scrumptious Arse
    Lover of teh Kink

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  19. Adrenalynn
    January 22, 2010 | 4:17 AM

    Ohmygod, how hilarious. People *cough* my husband *ahem* almost putting things away drives me insane. When I tell you to clean up the mess on the living room table, I do NOT mean put it somewhere else where it doesn’t belong! Oh, and I’m constantly touching my own eyebrows, so I don’t think we should ever meet in person.
    Adrenalynn´s last blog ..Confessions

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Adrenalynn, haha… perhaps, because the eyebrow thing is apparently my major neurotic trait. I’m so freaking weird.

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  20. scadventuregal
    January 22, 2010 | 12:04 PM

    amazing! best list ever!

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @scadventuregal, thanks!

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  21. Claudia
    January 22, 2010 | 1:16 PM

    Mmmm, all that hot moist air being breathed into your face/neck/clothes. Ugh, gives me the heebie jeebies.
    Claudia´s last blog ..girl talk thursday: pet peeves

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Claudia, ahhhh! You said MOIST and mentioned breathing on me. I think I just died.

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  22. Kel
    January 22, 2010 | 10:37 PM

    OMG-I shouldn’t laugh, but right now this list is too funny! :) The breathing thing while sleeping…check. Listening to you breath…check. But mine is not quite as long as yours. Just one question though…do people really want to touch your eyebrows?? Seriously…thats just weird!
    ~K
    Kel´s last blog ..Is the Want worth it?

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Kel, they do? Sometimes? Mostly my family, and I think they do it to torture me.

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  23. Beth
    January 22, 2010 | 11:44 PM

    Okay, I”m guilty of the first one, but only when I’m having an asthma attack. Are medical excuses allowable?

    All in all, though, hilarious list, especially the runners up list.

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Beth, medical excuses are completely acceptable. If you are possibly dying or can’t get enough air, go ahead and gasp, breathe heavily or loudly, or wheeze. ;-) But when it’s over you better cut that shit out.

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  24. Winsome Lily
    January 23, 2010 | 4:41 AM

    I yawned while reading this and covered my mouth> It’s 3:40 am and I’m sitting here ALONE. Heh.

    I thought I was the only one with the breathing-on-me-while-I’m-sleeping thing! I HATE that. I don’t want to smell his nasty night breath and breathe in his carbon dioxide. I feel like I’m being smothered.
    Winsome Lily´s last blog ..Girl Talk Thursday! On a Friday, because that’s how I roll.

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Winsome Lily, EXACTLY! I feel like I have no “clean” air, even though that’s sort of crazy. And I love you for covering your mouth even when a lone. A sign of a true lady, I say! ;-)

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  25. Trish
    January 23, 2010 | 9:19 AM

    lol…..you are so funny. Great way to start a busy saturday..
    Trish´s last blog ..==>Tooth Fairy Auctions<==

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  26. Marinka
    January 25, 2010 | 10:01 AM

    Yawning without covering the mouth should be a felony, punishable by being forced other people do that. The world is not your dentist, cover up!

    Great list!
    xo
    Marinka´s last blog ..Obviously

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Marinka, agreed! Let’s kill ‘em all. Oh, you didn’t say kill? Scratch that then…

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  27. Issa
    January 25, 2010 | 5:26 PM

    I am laughing my ass off. So breathing in particular is a bad thing. *holds breath*

    *passes out*

    *dies*
    Issa´s last blog ..I’d like to be this strong one day

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  28. Issa
    January 25, 2010 | 5:27 PM

    I’m with you on the toilet paper. As long as it’s in the bathroom when i need it, I could care less where it is.
    Issa´s last blog ..I’d like to be this strong one day

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Issa, OH NOES! ISSA I SAVE YOU!

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @MommyGeek, wait, hold on. You aren’t dead AND you like my toilet paper placement? Marry me.

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    Issa Reply:

    @MommyGeek, Well, in say 4 months or so, I will be divorced…so hit me up then. :)

    Okay, I is alive. But I’m breathing really quietly. Swears.
    Issa´s last blog ..I’d like to be this strong one day

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    MommyGeek Reply:

    @Issa, it’s totally a date. And I don’t care how you breathe as long as you don’t breathe on me! Wheee!

  29. denise
    January 25, 2010 | 10:52 PM

    Oh my goodness, you are too funny! I hate breath on my neck, I think that’s why women invented the love of spooning to avoid hot man breath on their neck.
    denise ´s last blog ..Snippets From London, The Photos, part 1

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  30. Clair
    January 28, 2010 | 6:35 PM

    We could pretty much be like pet-peeve twins. Except eybrows, I’m pretty much cool with eyebrows. Unless I haven’t groomed them recently. Then pretty much everyone is staring at them accusingly, and I cry a little on the inside.

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  31. Kim @ Beautiful Wreck
    January 30, 2010 | 7:15 PM

    Loved your list. I am one of those people that hate the mouth noises and the heavy breathing.
    Kim @ Beautiful Wreck´s last blog ..Supporting Tim Tebow: One pro-choice woman’s perspective

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  32. Mary @ Holy Mackerel
    February 2, 2010 | 5:33 PM

    Yup, yup, yupyup and yup. That about covers them all for me too! Thanks for that!!

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  33. Kellee
    February 4, 2010 | 3:21 AM

    Oh these were good, oh yes they were. LOL ANd I agree with most of them, especially the breathing thing. Blech.
    Kellee´s last blog ..Pardon my dust

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