Life's Little Annoyances :)

My pet peeve is when people feel the need to park in the middle of the aisle and block me in when they are "just dropping someone off", even though they are gobs of spaces within 10 feet of where they are. The same goes for people who temporarily park in the emergency lanes or handicap parking (or the do not park space between handicap parking).

Today, I was trying to back out of my space and a pick-up truck stopped right behind me and the two occupants started chatting. So I honked my horn, they acknowledged that I wanted to leave, yet still continued their conversation. She was dropping her friend off for work and she just needed to pull up a bit (or maybe into one of the many open spots) to get out of the way. Then I honked again. The person got out of the car, the truck pulled away, and the person casually walked through the lot so I had to wait for her to get out of my way. I really think she tried to be in my way because it wasn't the most direct path to her place of employment.

People should have some consideration for the people around them...and not be so lazy.

Getting up at 2am would ruin most people for several days afterwards. I honestly don't know how you do it. I'd ask them the last time they got up at 2am and stayed up for x many hours...

My pet peeve are the moms I know who always have it the hardest. If they're a SAHM, I don't understand bc staying home is so much harder than working. Then when they are working, it switches to how hard it is on them bc they work. No matter what - they have it the hardest. Then I find out how they also go work out, go on girls' weekends frequently etc. They fail to mention that stuff.

I hate condescending (Sp?) people. I'm a part time nanny and one of the families has the geandmother staying with them for a while... She is SO 'Im better than you'...

Why is the room so messy?... Because I usually let the kids "trash" the playroom and then we pick everything up about a half hour before mom and dad get home... Well, I had 5 kids and my house was always spotless.

Why do you use that baby gate?... Because I don't want the kids to go in that room or get too close to the stairs... Well, I had 5 kids and I never used a baby gate.

Why aren't you going to college?... Because the books are too expensive and I lost my grant by failing a class (My aunt passed away and I got married all during this one class and it was a hard class to begin with. I fell just short of passing)... Well, I had 5 kids, two full time jobs, and I was going to school full time and I didn't need a grant and I got straight A's.

... I will jump for joy the day this woman moves out and I don't have to deal with her anymore!!!

Not that you really need to justify yourself, but you can say, wow, I was in California on Tuesday, Texas on Wednesday and PA today. What time zone am I in?

My pet peeve - I don't like people commenting on what I eat if it is weird to 'them' - like soup for breakfast or just cottage cheese in general (who knew cottage cheese brought out such emotions!)

I am annoyed that people feel that it is there business if I want to stay at home with my family for a night. We always had a "family" night with my kids. When they were small it was Friday nights. we would play games, watch a movie, let kids pick the menu etc. As they got older it shifted somewhat to accommodate everyones schedules. Now that all of them except the youngest are out in there own homes it takes a little more work to get family days. we have as a family chosen Sundays as our family day. not sure why I get the comments "aren't your kids old enough to do there own stuff now"? I like to spend time with my kids and husband and don't want to explain to anyone. its not there business. so yes I do infact let the answering machine screen calls. I do infact sometimes ignore calls from my mom and friends. I want to spend time with my kids lol

Wow, even if you weren't pregnant--and travelling all that much--you would probably still want to stay home. I'd just hold my head up and smile. I bechya the folks who make these comments don't know how to put themselves in someone's shoes, pregnant or not!

Pet peeves: People who use up all my text messaging but won't call. If you can send that many texts than obviously you need to talk!

You should let some of your comments fly, IMO. I'm an introvert and my DH would happily be out every night during the week but not me. I need time to recharge. So when he said friends wanted to do dinner one night next week, I went "urg" instead of "yay".

You can also say, "Thursdays are out and have been for years. If you can't remember that it's not a good night for me, then it is not me who has the problem."

My whine would really be that some of my extended family acts like I moved to Timbuktu and won't visit. I always have to go to them. Why it takes them 4 hours to make the same trip we make in less than 3, I do not know. But it ticks me off that they want to vacation with us...under these prescribed guidelines...in their state. I offered to play tour guide here and got turned down because they can't find a babysitter for their dog for one weekend. Or so they say. Alternately hurts my feelings and ticks me off.

Aren't people like that a thrill to be around? I think we all have a few of them in our lives at some point.

My biggest peeve: people mindlessly using their shopping carts to block store aisles. Most often it's men, whom I assume are accustomed to taking up space in the world, but women on cell phones are a big problem, too. I've developed severe foot/leg/back pain in recent years, and shopping is difficult for me even when it goes smoothly.

Sometimes I have this secret dream of giving a blood-curdling scream while crashing my cart into theirs. This was the case just last week, when a woman, aisle after aisle, got in front of me and parked her cart diagonally while she scanned shelves, happily chatting on her phone, for at least half an hour. I'll bet she added at LEAST 5 minutes of sheer misery, physical and emotional, to my shopping trip.

Oh, and there are at least two drivers of big pickups in our town who think nothing of taking up two (or more) of the few shady spots in a parking lot on a hot day. (I don't have AC in my old car.)

I'm irritated for you.
Dont'cha just hate those canned responses, you've gotten?
As though they are better or never felt like that themselves, ever.
Yah, as thought they are just SO full of energy 24/7 and never have felt tired or burnt out a day of their life.
Yah, right.

I hate things like that too.
Sometimes a women just needs to vent.
Not get holier than thou, responses from friends/family.

My annoyance is when you are standing in line and waiting for a cashier to open up. Instead of respecting the single line which has formed there is always that one entitled person who marches past everyone to be checked out next. Ahhhh...that one gets me every time. It takes all of my good manners to refrain from shouting at the person - What?!?! You think I like standing in line to be waited on? You think I have nothing better to do but what for you to be checked out first? Sheesh...some people...

I hated those people too. But more than that I hated the ones that felt because I was pregnant I was crippled. Yeah I get tired but that doesnt mean that I cannot walk through the grocery store to pick out my own food.

The other thing that annoys me is the pregnant woman that think because they are pregnant they are crippled... I understand that some woman are high risk and that doing to much can be dangerous. but really is getting up to make your own supper when you have had no complications really that hard? I watched my sister not do a dish through out her whole pregnancy... Mind you she had not a one problem in the world, not even morning sickness.

Also annoying is the family that has to say that they are better than you no matter if you say your dog took a poop! I avoid these people at all times or I tend to get mouthy!

A.V. - my family is the same way. And some of them only live an hour away. Very irritating!

God bless you. My comments to others would certainly not be printable. How dare they!!!! I do not know how you do it. I am up everyday at 6am, drive 25 miles, put one grandaughter on the bus, dressthe other and head back another 25 miles Then the daily normal everyday stuff. Then late afternoon I drive down and back again. 100 miles a day. I am exhausted and not pregnant, but I am 62. I mean I have lots of energy but I am done at the end of the day. Oh and three days a week I babysit a 6 year old for a few hours a day. Hopefully my son and DIL will be moving closer to me late spring. I hope you take some time to yourself before your little one arrives. Good luck to you and don't let people get to you.

Many people "HATE" something before it ACTUALLY happens to THEM. If you feel like you need some down time (this or that) just give yourself what you need.