# Personal habits of your family that you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173 "2003-12-20T14:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Harlow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harlow)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/1 "2003-12-20T14:42:56Z")
I hate that my dad takes a giant dump in the morning right on cue and stinks up the bathroom for a long time. He brings in the morning paper and reads in there. Anyone else have stories to share? ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/2 "2003-12-20T15:21:37Z")
They read over my shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/3 "2003-12-20T15:27:48Z")
My sister has this twitch thing she does with her nose. It’s constant and I asked her one time if she had something stuck and needed a kleenex and she couldn’t figure out what I was talking about. She’s been doing it for years and never realized. It still drives me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/4 "2003-12-20T16:09:13Z")
My dad says “EYE-talian” dressing. I wouldn’t say I HATE it, it is just annoying to a slight degree. My mom is super generous to other people, but a complete miser when it comes to buying things for herself. I had to spend 15 minutes arguing with her once to buy a $20 lamp at a discount store because she was re-doing her room. That was nearly 10 years ago and she still talks about how glad she is she spent $20 on that great lamp! We were in Vegas together last year and were tired from walking around so I suggested we stop for a drink. We walked up to the bar and ordered and she took $2 out for her beer then grimaced at them, clutching them with a death grip almost. I could just see her trying to work out if paying this outrageous price for a beer would be worth it to her. I said “Geez mom, I got it!” and her whole body unclenched, seemed like. She was always “thrifty” and smart about money growing up, but this super-paranoia about wasting money has gotten worse in the last few years. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/5 "2003-12-20T16:30:17Z")
When my father wants the bill at a restaurant, he waits until he has the eye of the server, who could be well across the room, and then draws an imaginary “Check” mark in the air. I don’t really hate that too much. It’s fun to mock. ---
**Author:** ![Snuggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Snuggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snuggles)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/6 "2003-12-20T16:32:23Z")
My Papa says “EYE-talian” too. LOL. As a matter of fact, he says a LOT of words strangly. I asked my dad about it the other day, and he said papa does it on purpose to annoy people, but none of us call it on him because we’re not totally sure if it’s all a gag or not. Another word he says is “cam” instead of “calm”. (ex. Boy is that lake water ever _cam_ this morning!). And besides his silly wordings, he puts garlic powder and cranberries on EVERYTHING (not both at the same time mind you). As for other people in my family… I have this one uncle who sings ALL the time and thinks he’s fabulous, when he so isn’t. Wait until he’s drunk, he’s kept everyone up for a long long time, when he’s over at our house. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/7 "2003-12-20T16:40:01Z")
In the past few years, my mother has picked up the habit of clearing her throat repeatedly when I’m talking to her on the phone. Friggin annoying. I don’t even know where to start when it comes to my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Harlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Harlow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harlow)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/8 "2003-12-20T16:43:00Z")
I hate hearing the microwave beep constantly every morning. My dad microwaves every damn thing he eats. Maybe because he can’t cook and won’t learn. I even had to vacuum and wash his clothes when mom left us for a week. :wally ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/9 "2003-12-20T16:43:09Z")
Does glurge count as a habit? I’ve got a sister who believes and shares glurge. I have to admit, tho, since I usually replied with snopes links, it’s cut way back. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/10 "2003-12-20T17:06:15Z")
My mom crunches ice and always has. God, I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/11 "2003-12-20T17:32:37Z")
When my aunt spends the night at my house, she walks around talking and flossing her teeth. Eeewww. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/12 "2003-12-20T17:38:21Z")
Glurge so counts, **FairyChatMom**. Recycled glurging from family members too dumb to read the CC list on their emails has to be an even more annoying version. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/13 "2003-12-20T20:47:22Z")
My mom takes THE longest pauses in the middle of sentences, it’s like Captain Kirk in a coma. It irks me to the nth degree ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/14 "2003-12-20T20:51:35Z")
My mom smokes like a friggin’ chimney, coughs her god damn brains out and is obsessed with where her next cup of coffee is coming from - and it better not be that fancy flavored stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/15 "2003-12-20T20:53:03Z")
Oh, and I forgot my dad. He talks and talks and talks - mostly about who is a facist and how the republicans are responsible for the price of gas these days. ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/16 "2003-12-20T20:58:44Z")
My brother is obnoxious like Cliff Claven (sp?). When I get online and see he is there, I wince and hope I can log off before he notices me. Good thing is, he lives 1100 miles from me. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/17 "2003-12-20T23:38:18Z")
I love my dad to pieces, but he does not lift his feet when he walks. His slippers make this horrendous scraping sound as he drags them across the tile kitchen floor. It’s impossible to sleep while this racket is going on. I got a white noise machine to drown out the sounds of my cats making a ruckus, and this has the fortunate side effect of also drowning out the slippers on the rare occasions when I’m at his house. Also, he always says the same things to me when I come home: “don’t overload the washing machine,” “when are you going to clean your car?” and “I have NO idea what to make you for dinner” (I’m a vegetarian). That said, I’m looking forward to seeing him for Xmas next week. As dads go, I could have done a lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/18 "2003-12-21T00:03:25Z")
Got another one: My mom and sister cannot move to the room the other person is in to talk to each other. They have to bellow across the house. Sample conversation: “Be quiet! **GMRyujin** is sleeping!” "WHAT? “I SAID, YOUR BROTHER IS SLEEPING!” "SO? “SO BE QUIET!” “OK!” If you’ve ever seen the Dexter’s Lab where Dee Dee is trying to get everyone to be quiet, it’s kind of like that. ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/19 "2003-12-21T00:46:32Z")
My mom always assumes the worst about me. A few days ago, she found a Kinko’s card in my room (I got it a few years ago when I needed to make a school project and never took it out of my wallet). Then one day, I get home from school and she’s standing with her arms folded at the door. “What are you doing at Kinko’s? When are you going there? And WHAT are you doing there?” (Yes I knew i repeated myself) I put my arms up in the air and said, “Congratulations Mom, you caught me. I’m at Kinko’s making copies of drugs” She never brought it up again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173/20 "2003-12-21T02:49:15Z")
My 10 year old brother puts his feet on the table. I don’t know why, but for some reason this habit drives me CRAZY. Playing soccer in the house? Fine. Blasting Blink182 so high my ears ring for days? Go right ahead. Using all the hair gel within a 30 mile radius and hogging the bathroom until his hair is taller than a New York skyscraper? Be my guest. But feet on the coffee table? GET OUTTA MY APARTMENT BABY! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-habits-of-your-family-that-you-hate/220173.md?page=2)