What Guy Mannerisms Drive You Nuts?

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  Posted by laura_bailes Mon Jul 6, 2009 11:13pm PDT

  An ex boyfriend had the WORST habit of biting his nails. It drove me crazy and his nails were nubbed down to the bone, it looked disgusting. He would always start biting if there was a "crucial moment" in a baseball, basketball, or football game. His hands in general were odd looking to me, didn't seem large enough compared to the rest of him.

  Same ex: he had to watch EVERY friggin sports game that came on television. I love sports, but do I need to watch every Astros game they televise? Heck no. That's what ESPN news and the internet is for, you jackass.

  My current boyfriend is pretty well tamed! The only thing he does that I've noticed is pick his nose, but it's not like he sticks his finger up there and digs. He uses his thumb to kind of scratch the inside of it, and shoot, everybody has a scratch now and then, right? :) Doesn't bother me, but sometimes I wonder if others think he's openly picking his nose during conversation, haha.

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  Posted by allee Tue Jul 7, 2009 4:14am PDT

  A few days ago while in the grocery store with my 3yr old, and my hubby. I turned to say something to him, and there he was with his hand in his pants. I thought he was scratching himself "there". My jaw dropped I said his name, and a what the hell are you doing. He looks at me and saYS he has a mosquito bite , but was not scratching "there". I did not totally beliave him, but later on yes, i did see the bug bite for myself. lol.

  but he is a guy and will give himself a scratch at random. haha. But heck, i have been known to get a wedgie every now and then myself.

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  Posted by lypglossqueen Tue Jul 7, 2009 4:19am PDT

  Yeah.. this was a total waste of space for an article. Why do woman constantly complain that they can't find a great guy and when they do, they pick him apart and try to rebuild him into what their "ideal man" man is? WTF?? No one is perfect, maybe the author was trying to be funny, but jeez, the comments are just mean. My BF does the change jingling thing, and while it is annoying while we are having a conversation I tune it out; when he yawns he never covers his mouth, he looks like a lion when he does it which I think is endearing, so I don't say anything. Let the small things go, there will be a time when he does something that is so ridiculously stupid you will have no choice but to bust his chops. Save your ammo!

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  Posted by J~Bean Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:40am PDT

  LMAO... I love this article & I'm so happy I have all you people to tell this too! Never in any other relationship I've been in have I noticed a repetative habit from the guy.... until now. :) My BF does this thing w/ his hands where he rubs them together really quickly for a few seconds.. kinda looks like he's about to dive into a huge plate of dinner or something lol. But this happens quite frequently... whenever he gets excited about something, is thinking bout something, or just basically getting ready to do something. I noticed this from him kinda right off the bat, but it took me a while to call him out on it. Now it's been over a year & I love to tease him & give him a hard time about it... but honestly I think it's kinda cute. :o)

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  Posted by Common Sense Tue Jul 7, 2009 9:58am PDT

  Its the same for men and women. But, here are the most annoying to me, mostly because they are all things your mom taught you when you were 3 years old but somehow, adults lose their basic kindergarten manners at some point:

  1) Talking while you are yawning.

  2) Chewing gum loudly enough that people can hear it.

  3) Talking on a cell phone when you are in line somewhere, especially restaurants

  4) waiting until you get to the front of the line at a restaurant and then start looking at the menu. You should know what you want when its time to order (ditto if you are in the front of the line and then ask your kids what they want).

  5) 3 and 4 together.

  6) People who never take their ipods out of their ears and act like its a big deal to do so. Yes, we all love music just as much as you do....

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  Posted by InLove Tue Jul 7, 2009 10:45am PDT

  Knuckle cracking! It makes me cringe. I would say the belching, but when it's just me and my husband I have been known to break that rule too.

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  Posted by Dubs Tue Jul 7, 2009 11:44am PDT

  Here's one that I know most of you love.....it isn't really gender specific...but.

  You know "like" when I talk "like" this and um "like" use vocal fillers in a way that "like" totally annoys any person within earshot.

  One day before class I was sitting in a lounge area and these three younger girls where just compounding their vocal fillers off one another. They were "like" clones...zomg. They looked over at me while I was attempting to hit an imaginary remote button in their general direction and gave me the sneering "what the hell is he doing look".

  They said..."What the hell are you doing?"

  I replied...."Trying to hit the mute button to "like" save my sanity."

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  Posted by pwsgirl Tue Jul 7, 2009 1:07pm PDT

  For either gender, I am bothered when people crack their knuckles or bite their nails/fingers. There are a few people in my church who do this during the service, and it's all I can do to keep my mind on the sermon because it really annoys me.

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  Posted by none Tue Jul 7, 2009 7:10pm PDT

  Two things- my husband double clicks his mouse to highlight text as he reads at his computer... all I hear is "clicky-clicky, clicky-clicky.." And, he doesn't clear his throat all the time when he obviously needs to, so he talks in this gurgly voice for a while.... ugh.

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  Posted by Dubs Tue Jul 7, 2009 8:23pm PDT

  Ok, I do have one that might be interpreted as annoying. I am a habitual channel surfer. My girlfriend yells at me "Just pick something and stay there!!!". Thats when I start using the PIP feature to surf. Its just a little less irritating....until I start relocating it around the tv corners to drive her nuts lol. Yea its immature...but...sometimes we play games. *shrug*

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