ANNOYING things my wife does - Part 2

Last year I made a video complaining about

things my wife does, and it did really

well and people really seemed to like it.

So I'm going to be super original and just

make a part 2 version of it. And to be

honest, the things I complained about in

last year's video were kind of silly. I

complained about her leaving fingerprint

smudges on the mirror, and leaving the

hairdryer lying around on the floor. And

those complaints were just kind of silly,

nitpicky, not really important. But it's

been a year later and I've discovered a

few extra things that she does that annoy

me. And these things are a little bit more

critical. So let's get straight into— now

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As someone who walks very quickly, people

who walk very slowly irritate me a lot.

When I have a destination that I want to

get to, I usually want to get to that

destination as quickly as possible, and I

walk pretty fast. However, the problem is

my wife walks extremely slowly, and it's

something I've noticed living in Japan.

Japanese people walk very, very slowly.

It's just kind of irritating when there's

groups of people walking at 1 mile per

hour in front of you blocking the way and

they won't move. It's not really a problem

when you're by yourself because you can

walk at your own pace, but when you're

stuck with someone and they walk very

slowly, it forces you to also walk very

slowly and And crowds of people make me

feel very stressed out, and I like to just

walk past crowds of people as quickly as

possible. But that's difficult to do when

I'm out and about with my wife. For

example, if there's crowds and crowds of

people and we're trying to get out of a

shopping complex, my wife walks very

slowly, and I just want to get out of the

shopping complex as quickly as possible.

So usually I just power walk ahead, and

then I have to wait for her to catch up.

Walk so slow.

So slow.

Also, stairs are kind of a problem. She

walks up the stairs one step at a time,

whereas I, I leap up the stairs 3 steps at

a time. I can get up a flight of stairs in

10 seconds and it will take her a minute.

And then I'm just waiting at the top of

the stairs for her to catch up.

My wife loves clean clothes and she'll

wear a shirt, for example, she'll wear

shirts for only one day and then put it

into the washing machine the very same

day. I think that's a little bit

over-excessive. I don't think you need to

wash clothing after using it once. I can

wear the same clothes for weeks. For

example, I've been wearing this shirt and

these shorts for at least 2 weeks now

without washing them and I think it's

fine. Sometimes my wife just takes my

clothing and puts into the washing machine

and washes it, which is fine. I like clean

clothing as well. The problem is sometimes

I put tissues into my pockets and she

doesn't check the pockets and she puts it

straight into the washing machine. And

look what happens.

Look at this. She forgot to check my

pockets, didn't take the tissue paper out,

and now there's bits of tissue paper Now

there's bits of tissue paper inside of all

of my pockets because she didn't check the

pockets. I'm very grateful that you washed

my clothing, but it would be nice if you

just checked the pockets to see if there's

tissues in them before washing them. And

you might be thinking, why don't I check

the pockets? And I do check the pockets if

I'm putting my own clothing into the

washing machine. The problem is she just

puts my clothing into the washing machine

without telling me.

Now in general, my wife is pretty good at

cooking. She cooks a wide variety of

dishes and I enjoy her cooking, but

sometimes we have frozen food. For

example, these frozen broccoli, and we

have frozen vegetables, and we had frozen

hash potatoes— hash browns— and she puts

them into the microwave and it's warm on

the outside but the inside is still

frozen. There's been several times where

she made me lunch or she made me dinner

and she gave me frozen broccoli. It was

warm on the outside, but then when you

bite into it, it's all frozen and cold on

the inside. It was disgusting. One time we

had breakfast, she gave me a hash potato

and it was all crunchy and frozen.

Absolutely covered it in ice. And then

sometimes she makes soup. For example,

she'll make Japanese-style miso soup in a

big pot, and then she'll only dish out her

own bowl And then she'll just throw the

rest of the soup down the sink. Um,

excuse me, I would also like to have a

bowl of miso soup, please.

Okay, lastly, problem number 5: chaotic

mornings. My wife usually wakes up at 8 AM

in the morning to get ready for work.

Usually takes her about an hour and a half

to get ready, and every morning is just

complete chaos. She'll be running up and

down doing so many things, knocking stuff

over, spilling stuff. She'll be stuffing

things into her bag for work. She'll be

making breakfast, making lunch. She makes

a little packed lunch for work. She'll be

cooking, frying stuff, wrapping it into

different compartments, putting it into

her lunchbox. She'll be putting her makeup

on, putting her accessories, her

bracelets, her earrings on. And I'm just

sitting in the bed or on my chair just

watching her rush up and down for over an

hour And I have no idea what she's doing.

I cannot believe it takes her so long and

it looks like she's doing so much work

just to get ready in the morning. It takes

me about 10 minutes to get ready. I'll

jump out of bed, hop into the shower,

have a shower for about 5 minutes, brush

my teeth, get dressed, and then I'm ready

to go. If I'm feeling hungry, I'll just

have a banana, but she makes this big

extravagant meal for breakfast every day

using this plate. She'll have some toast,

She'll have scrambled eggs, she'll have

bacon, sausages, she'll have some fruit,

and then she'll have a bowl of yogurt.

And then I suggest to her, why don't you

just prepare a few things in the evening

before the next day so you don't have to

rush around like a lunatic every morning?

And she just says, oh, I don't live like

that. I don't like having to get things

ready in the evening. She says she wants

to relax in the evening, not get things

ready. I just think with a little bit of

planning and foresight, her mornings won't

be so chaotic and You know, she won't be

rushing around so much. But if that's how

she wants to do things, then well, it's

her life, I guess.

Okay, so problem number one. This actually

happened a few weeks ago. We were at the

supermarket buying stuff, and we were at

the checkout. The sales assistant was

scanning our items, and then my wife just

suddenly runs off. To go and get eggs.

And it was so embarrassing for me. She

just ran off suddenly, left me there all

by myself. I didn't know what to say. I

didn't know what to do. The sales

assistant was really confused, and she

asked me something in Japanese, but I

didn't quite catch what she said because

her voice was so small and quiet, and

there was this irritating music playing

really loudly in the background. I didn't

quite catch what she said, and I just

ignored her, and I looked at the ground.

It was so awkward. She was probably asking

me if my wife was going to come back or if

she should put our items on hold. I didn't

know what to say, and I just kind of shut

down mentally, and I just stared at the

floor hoping that my wife would come back

as quickly as possible. And then

afterwards, we had this massive argument

because I was really angry and irritated

and grumpy about the whole situation. I

said to my wife, could you not just

suddenly run off when we're checking— when

we're at the checkout scanning items?

It's really annoying. It would have been

nice if my wife explained to the sales

assistant that she was just going to get

eggs and she'll be back in a few minutes.

Or it would have been nicer if she asked

me to go and get the eggs. I was thinking

about trying to explain to the sales

assistant that my wife was just going to

get eggs and she'll be back, but I wasn't

sure if the sales assistant already knew

that. Also, I was feeling very nervous

about the whole thing, and when I feel

nervous, my Japanese language ability just

goes all the way down to basic level and

it's pretty bad. So I find it very

difficult to explain things in those kind

of situations, and usually if I was by

myself, I would never get myself into that

kind of situation. If I was by myself and

I forgot to pick up something at the shop,

I wouldn't just run off. I would wait

until they finished scanning my items, I

would pay, and then I'd go back into the

store and then pick up what I forgot,

line up again, and then pay again. I would

never want to just run off and hold

everyone up behind me and cause a delay

and be a burden. One of the most

irritating things customers used to do

when I worked at a petrol station was

right before they had to pay, they would

just run off to go and get something else.

It was so annoying. Everyone else would be

waiting in the line waiting for them to

come back. I don't understand why it's so

difficult for some people to just check to

make sure they have everything before they

queue up. I tried explaining to my wife

that because I have social anxiety,

situations like that really trigger me and

make me feel very uncomfortable. And then

she got angry saying, how come I can meet

up with random girls for cereal when

simple situations like that make me feel

extremely uncomfortable? And then I had to

explain that those 2 situations are

completely different. Yes, it's true, I

met up with dozens of girls because I

wanted to have cereal, but that doesn't

mean I felt comfortable with it. I didn't

enjoy having to go on dates and sit in

restaurants. I found it very boring, very

uncomfortable, very awkward. But because I

wanted to have cereal so badly, I just

grit my teeth and I bared it and I forced

myself to sit through the whole dating

process and, you know, having lunch

together and talking so I could get to the

end, to the good bit. It kind of hurts me

that my wife has absolutely no

understanding of what it's like to have

social anxiety, and she doesn't even try

and understand, and she just calls me

weird or she gets angry at me because I

find certain social interactions and

situations very stressful. And I got angry

with her and I scolded her because I felt

like I had to tell her that I don't, I

don't like those situations and I don't

want that situation to ever happen again.

So those were the 5 things that I've

recently discovered that I find irritating

about her. Hope you enjoyed them. I'm

gonna go and have a shower and then play

some Rainbow Six.