Things That Your Partner Might Find Annoying

Hey! Pay Attention! Being ignored is no fun when you’re a kid, and is really annoying as an adult. If you do all the talking, will you even notice when your date gets up and walks away? And they will. Listen to what they have to say. Ask pertinent questions to show that you really are listening and not just zoning out. When you and your partner both get home from work, don’t go and surf the web rather than spend time with your partner. Pay Attention!

Table Manners, Please. Chew with your mouth closed. Don’t talk with your mouth full. The silverware provided for you next to your plate is not just there to dress up the table. Use them! If you were provided with a napkin, use that as well!

Personal Hygiene. You don’t need expensive clothes and you don’t need to be on the cutting edge of style. Makeup-take it or leave it. You don’t need to be totally in shape in every way, not the end of the world if you’re not. But, for the love of deodorant, take a shower! You can, at the very least, be clean.

Don’t be Lazy! Taking a break is okay, and someone who can balance work and a social life is very desirable to the opposite sex. Staying on the couch all day, every day playing video games while there is a sink full of dishes or children who need attention, or just not using your free time well-bleh! You don’t have to be employed in a conventional job, or even at all, but you do have to get off your ass occasionally.

Don’t Order! If you want something, ask. Don’t tell your partner to get you a beer or to pick something up from the dry cleaners. They are not your maid or your mother. Ask.

Don’t Take Them For Granted! Don’t take it for granted that just because they did the dishes last night that they should be doing the dishes every night. Responsibilities should be discussed and shared in every aspect of a relationship, not just housework.

NO Whining! And none of that passive-aggressive crap. If you have a problem, do not politely hint at it, or try to ‘get back’ in little ways. Grow up and grow a pair, especially you ladies out there. Society has taught us that we need to be the weaker sex, and that leads us to behave in ways that are simply aggravating. If you have a problem, don’t let it fester for two weeks and then explode about it. You can actually discuss things like adults, and if they can’t, well, that’s pretty annoying too.

Little Things Can Really Build Up. Do you leave the cap off the toothpaste? Do you leave used tissues about? Do you never pick up after yourself, say chip bags and pop cans? Do you want to wake up on fire? Take a look at your own personal space and say to yourself “Hmmm, I wonder if leaving those toenail clippings in bed is going to come back to haunt me?” Or whatever odious personal habit you KNOW that you have. We all have them, and they can be annoying to other people. Work on yourself.

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This is, of course, an incomplete list of those annoying things, those things that can drive the perfect person away, but not to worry. Once you start to think about how your own life is, you can fix it.
Other relationship articles by me:
http://www.socyberty.com/Relationships/How-to-Break-Up-with-a-Girl–The-Dos-and-Donts.687623