My husband and I have been thinking about taking a trip to Dublin. Neither one of us has ever been to Ireland and it’s someplace that we’d both really like to go. Ever since we started talking about it a few weeks ago, my husband has started to say everything in an Irish brogue. The problem is that his accent isn’t very good and I’m pretty sure that he’s actually doing some kind of Scottish accent instead.
Maybe I could get him one of these?
I’m convinced that when we do actually go to Dublin, he’ll insist on talking to everybody there in that awful accent because he’ll think he can pass himself off as a local. (“I’ll have a pint of Guinness, lad”) The good news? We’ll be able to get more pictures of him holding up beer. Because we definitely don’t have enough of those.
So why did you marry this man in the first place? So you would have someone to write spiteful things about?
You have the title of this blog wrong. It should have been called ‘I AM EVEN MORE ANNOYING AND NEED TO GET OVER MYSELF AND/OR DIVORCE THIS HEN-PECKED MAN.’
Why’d you even bother marrying him?
She obviously loves him. This blog has quickly become a favorite among all my married friends…MEN and women alike. Even the best husbands are annoying. Some men are so controlling that their wives are too afraid to vent. THAT is sad.
To those who are so judgemental enough to hate on this blog, you all need to take a look at your own marriages and stop taking it out on this one. It is EXTREMELY obvious that everything the author writes is out of fun for her and her husband.
It is also quite clear that her husband is a very willing and active participant in this blog.
To repliers like Chad Sosna….You obviously have ZERO wit, and ZERO humor full of MUCH idiocy that you have to tear down someone and her husband for blogging about stuff your wife probably thinks about you…
Oh – and if you’re not married, you may need to start wondering why…
Jen, Don’t hate like that. This is one of my fave sites and I can’t wait till each new entry. These two are obviously in love and the fact that you can not tell the difference between spiteful and everyday life tells me you don’t have much of one.
You must be getting famous because I went to this blog after seeing it on NBC. Your husband is not good looking and truly IS annoying. Is it worth it? Why don’t you get a divorce? Or at least burn the green sweater and take an unannounced vacation by yourself. Also, in one blog you said he is a writer. Is he someone famous? Surely not.
Of course he will–when my husband speaks to anyone with an accent–foreign or regional–he takes on the accent of that person, usually badly. In addition, the volume of his speaking goes up a couple of notches, too, as if speaking loudly with a bad version of a foreign accent will make the other person understand him better. I find it rude, condescending and utterly humiliating. I’ve mentioned it more than once to no avail.
Hi,
I’ve read every recent entry on your home page and I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that your hubby is probably “suffering” from Asperger’s Syndrome. He’s exhibiting a ton of exemplary signs. My husband has it and if I were to start a blog, it would be entitled, myhusbandisannoying.com as well. You just beat me to the draw on that!
With proper diagnosis and meaningful therapy if he indeed is “on the spectrum” as they say, there could be some mutual understanding that probably doesn’t exist for you guys right now. As the spouse in such a marriage, (again if it’s true) your job would be pretty damn stressful, aggravating and just plain hard work.
I can relate to the tone and timbre of your posts, so I thought I should maybe offer a heads-up. There are books about Adult Aspergers (check out Tony Attwood at Amazon.com) but not many and it is a syndrome that has only been officially recognized by the medical establishment just in the last 10 years or so, so info and support are in short supply. You say you live in NYC so your chances are much greater that there will be services and support groups to help you cope.
Please consider looking into Asperger’s. You may find some answers you probably are getting desperate for.
Good luck and feel free to contact me if you need someone to talk to about this. You can also find me as Feyhera at wrongplanet.net (an Asperger’s support site) if you find you’d like to learn more.
Lea
One of the absolute worst things you can do to kill your marriage is to constantly publicly humiliate your spouse. And you do it on a world-wide scale.
You should be thanking him everyday for putting up with you. Treat others as you’d like to be treated… if you treat him like garbage, you’re not gonna get much in return.
Enjoy the eventual divorce, lady.
Im sure that it was this post badmouthing beer that go you on fark
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4586400&tt=s
I’ve been happily married for almost 20 years now and I can say without the least bit of doubt, that this blog WILL cause your marriage harm….nobody, man or woman, will submit to public humiliation for very long. Your husband may be willing to go along with the joke for a while, but he will tire of it and then you will have problems. I don’t wish you any ill will, but you are setting the stage for a disaster……Think how you would feel if your husband posted all your annoying habits (and yes, you do have many) for the world to see….The “joke” will get old, quick….
Charlie, extolling a successful marriage while being utterly ignorant of human nature and of the people you criticize is not a recipe for solid advice.
I can say without the least bit of doubt that this blog WILL NOT cause their marriage harm. As you well know, since you’re happily married, a strong marriage is about being a team. This blog is a team activity fully encouraged by the husband who joins in on the fun.
I can say this because I know Tiff and Mark personally, and also because I’ve been happily married for 16 years. (When I’m as old as you are, it will have been longer than 20, no doubt).
Oh people get a life, this is fun, FUN DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THAT !!!! Couples that have a solid relationship withou fear of losing the other person can do things like this. I am sure that he tells her how annoying she is too.
Yay Nancie!!
Agreed. This site is funny because she says all the same stuff that we say in our blogs or to our girlfriends only she’s on a bigger scale. Husbands ARE annoying. Marriage isn’t always rose petals and compliments. Sometimes its fart jokes and irritation. And I can not think of a better way to deal with those things that to laugh about it! If her husband is anything like mine, he probably thinks its funny too! It’s not humiliation, it’s just a little bit of good hearted teasing. I think this blog is great and I’m glad that my marriage is like yours and we don’t have to pretend like we are perfect to have a happy loving relationship.
Yeah Nancie … turn the table for a minute maybe it would be fun to post about how big your ass, take pictures of it, bring it up everytime your out to dinner with friends … it’s “fun” the first 2 or 3 times … then it gets old and you just end up looking like a total bitch. So keep having “fun” in your marriage ladies … Like Charlie said … it won’t last long!
Wow, there are a lot of literal-minded people making comments on this blog, who (1) are apparently incapable of recognizing the affectionate, teasing tone of the blog, and (2) are strangely compelled to hurl insults. I assure you that those of us who understand humor are really enjoying your posts.
Nancie and TK…..you’re both idiots….LOL, not really, JK….
now, multiply that by everyday for the next week…..it will get old, quick…..
I have a very good sense of humor as does my wife…and we make jokes at each others expense regularly, but there is a difference in that and subjecting your spouse to public ridicule…..again, her husband will laugh at the joke, for awhile, but he WILL tire of it….as would anybody
1 – thank you, nancie!
2 – i agree w/ jayelzee. it’s so insulting to talk to locals with fake accents. i hope for the sake of his vacation he wont. but for now, i would film him and laugh.
3 – i like those beer pictures! he looks really happy
We have a lot in common! =
http://www.filthyrichmond.com/2009/08/men-cant-do-anything-right.html
OH MY GOSH PEOPLE! Get a life!! And a sense of humor. My friends and I love this blog- and so do our husbands. We can relate to everything and laugh hysterically. Keep it coming- and don’t let these frigid people get you down. ie. jen, chad, jenny & jason. Good grief people!
Perhaps I am missing something here but why are you two even married? It sounds like you are annoyed with everything your husband does and just annoyed by your husband period. Although, in all honesty, it seems like you lack a sense of humor. Your husband seems like a pretty funny guy. I’m not trying to be mean or rude but do you find anything to be funny? Just curious. Although, the content on your blog would make a good stand up comedy bit. Makes me wonder though if some of what you have written is even true or partly made up as part of some hoax.
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We just plugged you: http://datedaily.com/news/dating-scoop/my-husband-is-annoying-blog/
If you come over here to Ireland, divide your time between Dublin and Galway (just wanted to get that suggestion in!)
Just found my new favorite blog. I thought I was reading about my own life as I read through your entries. haha.
Exactly why did you marry him? I mean to go to the trouble of setting up a blog to tell the world how annoying you think he is, what does that say about the realtionship? Perhaps a better question is why did he marry shrewish nag like you? He’s not a really an attractive guy, maybe he has self esteem issues…
When you get to Galway, have him buy you a Claddagh ring. If he doesn’t, have him call me and I’ll square him away. Great Blog.
Wow! It never ceases to amaze me how many people lack a sense of humor that understand this blog. I think it is absolutely hysterical! Why should they get a divorce! I would NOT mind if my husband wrote a blog about me…in fact, I think they could record our house as a sitcom. My husband and I get along because we can make fun of each other! We make fun of each other to to one another’s face, to our family, friends, etc. There is nothing harmful being said here or in this blog, just simple observations. This is great…keep blogging!!
I’ll bet you and your husband are so funny. You probably joke around about the funny clothes you used to wear, maybe some annoying habits, like the way he drinks or you eat. However, I would love to see your face when he drops a comment about how crappy your hair looks when you think it looks great … or maybe how much weight you’ve gained since you’ve been married … and then talk about how “fat” you’ve really gotten over the years and remind you of this everyday, every single time you sit down to eat … trust me … you won’t be laughing long … who know’s though … maybe you do have that kind of sense of humor??? You’re freakin’ human … I know for a fact that you, like most women and men, would get sick of this really quick!!
She has not said anything about the way he looks! She talks about the green sweater, but not about how ugly he is or how fat he is. In fact she talks about how skinny he is! There is a big difference between joking around with one another about annoying habits and degrading someone. I cannot state anything for a fact about you, since I don’t know you, but I would assume that you, like most women and men who get so upset about this, are very insecure about yourself and your relationships.
Matt, I’m sorry you don’t get this. Honestly, I’m not trying to be mean, but once you find yourself in a healthy relationship, you will understand. My WONDERFUL husband of nearly 13 years is so incredibly annoying at times. And yes, he shares many stories about MY antics to our friends…it’s embarrassing often, but everyone (including me!) gets a laugh. No one is perfect. Notice she is never mean spirited in her blog. They obviously have a strong bond; I suspect she would end this quickly if he really objected.
This site is hilarious! My boyfriend and I were reading it together.
This blog sucks. j/k LOL
No really, it sucks and it’s annoying.
j/k.
Wow… all this negetivity is annoying! Lighten up!!
I enjoy this blog – it’s sad so many people leave such nasty comments.
To quote Nancie above “Couples that have a solid relationship withou fear of losing the other person can do things like this.” Well said!
These posts are meant to be funny – I bet you if her husband asked her to stop, she would! I even bet you she runs her ideas by him before she posts them for the world to see. I think they have a great relationship, and one that a LOT of us wives-to-funny-men can relate to…
And btw (in response to other’s comments)- your husband is an attractive guy, and anyone who agrees to let their wife do this blog obviously has lots of self confidence!
Comment that this lady left on another of her blog posts:
Dave, the quality of the company is definitely more important which is why I married my husband who, despite having flaws (and don’t we all? I certainly do, but luckily my husband doesn’t blog about them) is one of the best people I know.
…seriously, if her husband did have a blog to talk about how annoying she is when she sleeps, how much he hates it when she nags, etc, I doubt she’d appreciate it very much.
Seriously, I give it 2 years. I’ll come back later to laugh and say “I told you so”.
(To the above poster: He either has alot of self confidence, or he’s afraid to tell his overbearing wife that she needs to stop talking about his flaws to the world)
My husband thinks your husband is awesome.
He went out of his way to show me this blog. He also giggles every time one says “poop” to him. He’ll repeat it a few times, and giggle some more.
My new favorite blog- I relate completely and totally. Can’t wait to read on
I am constantly amazed by the number of people in today’s society who have absolutely no sense of humor. Also, it seems that most of the negative comments come from women.
I have a great sense of humor. I just don’t consider publicly emasculating my husband humorous. Nor would I think he would appreciate it, even if he said it didn’t bother him.
Your husband seems just like my husband-completely awesome (except the “Where are you going?” thing)!
Jenny, I don’t mean to imply that if you don’t enjoy the blog that you don’t have a sense of humor. I only mean to say that if you don’t get the blog, you don’t get mine and my husband’s sense of humor, which is fine because obviously we’re a little weird and not everybody should be like us or get us.
Hey Jenny, if you don’t or won’t emasculate your husband publicly, I can only imagine how you have emasculated (definition to castrate) him in private!
Man, too bad with the 20,000 you’ve amassed in the past couple days you’ve also acquired a steady stream of bickery divorce comments.
Sucks. The blog’s great, though.
I just showed my husband your blog – he laughed hysterically at the fart post… among others! Your husband and mine would great friends!
Randy: I’m sure you know that words have more than one meaning. Maybe you should look into that.
And I treat my husband the way I’d like to be treated. With love and respect. Thanks.
Jenny,
If you hate the blog so much, then why the heck are you on here all the time? Why do you continue to post comments? Why are you reading the blog still? Get a life, leave the negativity at your own house (exactly where i assume it comes from). This is a great blog that happens to be quite humorous to the people who can relate. Get a sense of humor and live life to the fullest.
A few years ago my husband decided we should take a family trip to Jamaica. Of course, for weeks in advance, that meant he added, “Ja-MAY-ka, mon,’ to just about every sentence uttered. By the time we got there, I’d forbidden him from using it — and the doofy faux accent he said it in. I could tell when he was even thinking about saying it, and silenced him w/ the raise of an eyebrow, which always elicited a groan/laugh from him.
The marrieds in our family have a saying: If I’d killed you when I met you, I’d be out by now. Which probably is why my husband sent me the link to your blog today with the subject line: For your reading pleasure.
I think I’ll send the link to our couples’ therapist…
It’s funny that so many folks are angry about this blog. I think the pros call that “projection” errr sumthin’. You guys are great and it’s clear to anyone with their glands connected that you crazy kids are going to be together for a long time!
A word of advice to mrsstandupkid – farts are funny, beer is good, a man’s best sweater is his best friend and please don’t touch me lucky charms.
Your pal,
Homer Fink
http://brooklynheightsblog.com
You have the sort of love I aspire to have: loving but realistic without the depressing pessimism.
As far as Jenny’s comments are concerned – I agree…
‘Its always something cruel that laughter drowns’
-EC
Your husband sounds hilarious! Hope when I get married I find someone who’s like that. (funny) He obviously loves to make you laugh and you obviously think the world of him to spend all this time writing about him. It’s refreshing to have an honest couple who is not pretentious.
This blog is a mistake, someday you will post something that will cross the line and cause real harm to your marriage. If you love him like you say end this now.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Thank You!
Hey, I absolutely love your blog. I am not married but can relate to your feelings towards your husbands foibles. Forget the haters, keep posting!
I just read this blog for the first time and find it very funny. I think it’s written with a sense of love and humor and as long as your husband is okay with it…..what’s the harm? I was married to someone who was always holding up a beer in any pic of him. And don’t men in general think they’re “dying” if they sniffle a little bit? As for the fart jokes….well…I have to confess I find it amusing myself. I live close to a little town called “Shartlesville.” You can imagine all the fun we’ve had with that.
Hey great blog, I saw you on AOL, I am a newlywed myself. Yes mine can be annoying too but I love him! Is there a spot on your page to subscribe?
Ya know, My husband just called me from work and said, “you have to click onto this blog, it is sooo funny!”
My husband is into the scare tactics.
I take a shower and out of no where comes this hand around the curtian…I scream bloody murder..and all he can do is say, “A BOO!”
God I love this man!!
This doesn’t have anything to do with annoying husbands (Oh, the stories I could tell!) but it does have something to do with annoying accents. I recently went to a summer-stock youth production of West Side Story and realized the young woman playing Maria was doing a sort of Eastern-European instead of Puerto Rican accent. And doing it very sssllooowwwllly, too. Sigh.
Cracking me up – my boyfriend is great for giving thumbs up-beer holding pictures. I might have hundreds of him like that until i started to fake take pictures of him. You know, hold the camera up and say “great! all done.” Keep it up.
hahahahahaha! i love this comment by clare. i read the entire blog, and at times i found the author to just be bitchy and unreasonable, and i felt pretty bad for the poor husband. but, all in all, he’s clearly aware of the blog and if she didn’t love him, she wouldn’t be with him. it’s just married life, is all! love is not the honeymoon phase. love is when you can see all the annoying crap your lover does and still be happy to go to sleep with them each night. however, it is pretty passive-aggressive to air it out to the whole world. i hope he has a blog bemoaning all of her negative qualities too! because i’m pretty positive she has them (like, i don’t know, writing a blog about how annoying her husband is?)
I have the ultima annoyance – my husband Frank found this blog and has read me EVERY entry with emphasis on the farts and overeating despite the fact that I asked for mercy — I got NONE — just kept on reading and following me throughout the house to show me the pix. I am convinced that most men failed to emerge from adolescence . Frank and his reind are constantly exchanging fart jokes worthy of boys between the ages of 5 and 12 — Sigh!
wait….women STILL haven’t figured out that men don’t really mature past the age of 18??? seriously?? how many years of human history have we accumulated??? come on, ladies. cut us some slack. we’re just men. we’re not your girlfriends.
This is fake, I bet he doesn’t do have this stuff or act like that. You have to be a pretty big nerd to act how she describes him. She just makes most of this stuff up to write in her blog and get famous. DON’T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS BLOG!
I LOVE it!!! However…I can tell you that mine is worse:)…When we were first married, I said..”You know honey, we should get a mixer, so that I can make cakes etc..>I’m thinking Kitchen Aide right??….You know what he brought me the next day…And was super proud of it??? A Whisk!!LOL!! I almost died laughing….We’ve been married 20 years this year. He’s done some other doozies too, but it’s wonderful and annoying too:)
Love your writings…and I’m sorry, but I must have a elementary school frame of mind, because those “fart” things are hilarious….
Take care:)
Just found this – very funny! I had to comment about the Scottish/Irish thing, since my husband does something similar. Our last name is often mis-spelled on mail – so that it appears to be a Scottish spelling. DH invariably comments on it with a poor accent…but calls it Irish. Not only is the accent poor (and would be insulting if anyone Irish or Scottish would hear it), but for some reason, he can’t quite grasp the difference between the two nationalities!
But…I still love him.
What difference? There is no dif between Scots and Irish.
This blog is HILARIOUS! And the people commenting mean things: Why? You don’t have anything better to do? Don’t inflict your negative views on other people. If they want to do this, they will. I think it’s a great idea and I wish I had thought of something like this. I found this site on AOL.COM! Keep it up!
Why can’t women at least make an effort to understand men? We’re not you’re girl friends. If you want us in your lives at all, you want us for different elements than those supplied by other women, or other friends not so intimate. Why not make an effort to appreciate our pluses, and discount our minuses? And there’s plenty of minuses; we’re human, after all. In relationships, we sometimes add up the deficiencies of a partner just to remind ourselves that this person in whom we’ve invested so much isn’t Lord of the Universe, doesn’t control our lives. Relax. Does he snore? No? You’re lucky.
As a man going through a divorce, I’ve come to an ‘aha’ moment where I’ve realized how cruel my wife has been to me over the years, and wonder why I didn’t see the glaring signs of that side of her even when we began dating.
I guarantee your husband will have the same sort of moment a few years down the road. He’ll say to his friends and family ‘for christ sakes, she writes a blog about how annoying I am; why did I subject myself to this?’
Your blog is funny. It’s entertaining. I’m sure your husband can appreciate that. But the humor can’t overcome the cumulative effect of your daily disdain for the guy. it’s going to affect your marriage, and only in a negative way. Divorce sucks. It’s painful. Spare yourself the trauma – learn to accept his flaws and appreciate your differences. Notice the good things he does, not just the bad.
I sincerely hope you don’t end up divorced, but if you do, you’ve definitely earned it.
Recommended reading (for BOTH of you, because it doesn’t seem like he ‘gets’ you either):
‘His Needs, Her Needs’ and ‘Love Busters’ by Wiliam F Hartley
‘The 5 Love Languages’
‘The Dance of Intimacy’
‘The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work’ by Gottman
Wow, this is hilarious! When I first saw the link I thought ‘oh no, another angry wife talking about leaving the toilet seat up’…..this is FUNNY STUFF! Love it, keep up the good work! Very entertaining…yes, I get the ‘no deal’ stuff too…it gets old….FAST.
I’m a woman and I have a similar sense of humor as your husband. While I do find a lot of what’s written on your blog funny, I’d be offended if my husband made a website dedicated to my annoying traits . You need to lighten up a bit and be glad your husband isn’t high strung and controlling like the majority of married men these days.
Hi — just found your blog through Lemondrop and LOVE it!
This blog is just delightfully cute and funny. I don’t agree it will cause harm and I’m sure that if the hub does start to get upset about it, she would stop posting. Just enjoy the light-hearted humor of newlyweds. I’m heading down that path myself in the not-so-distant future, so this is fun reading! Keep up the funnies!
I love it! My husband and I have the same sense of humor about life and we have been married 25 years!
I don’t understand all the hate you are getting. It seems like you husband is a very humorous man that can laugh at himself and along with you.
As long as you don’t grow to resent his stuff and laugh with it and have fun.
Good God people marriage should be fun and not so serious all the time. Have any of you critical of this even read all of these? I love the “No Tresspassing” he yells out at you when you come home! He obviously has a great sense of humor.
Thanks for making me laugh this morning! This is a great blog that I’ll share with my husband tonight when we get home. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years and we still annoy one another is a fun loving way. Bottom line, as long as you can laugh and cry together all is grand.
Wishing you two many, many years of joy, love and laughter!
I ‘WAS’ married to a guy who was just as bad at getting gifts for me as your husband. He bought me an adding machine for Christmas one year, I was not happy about that one, so I figured when my birthday rolled around I would go buy something really nice and wrap it and put a card on it from him!
When I opened it along with my other gifts that family had brought to me, he was really shocked and said, “I bought that for you? I must have been really drunk” That is just one reason why he is the ‘ex’ now and I am happily married to a man I met on line 8 years ago who knows how to treat a lady and buy nice gifts<<I also do the same for him…Good luck with your life,,,,a good sense of humor is great! 1 out of 2 ain't bad!
Were you still married to #1 when you met #2 online?
Yes, I was still married to #1 when I met #2 on line, #1 kind of forced me to get on line and learn how to use the pc, but like I said that was only ONE of the reasons why he is the “ex”.
Honey, if you are so overly concerned about the gifts you receive from your man between Thanksgiving and New Years, and mention nothing about the gifts you receive between the sheets from your man, I figure you must be a real DUD in bed. I feel sorry for your SECOND husband.
I was not overly concerned about the gifts…I just mentioned it because an adding machine is an odd gift! And as for the gifts I received between the sheets? How can a woman enjoy sex when the man always has a drunken gift giver?
Do you get the point now? He was a drunk who liked to abuse,,,,,need I explain more? And #2 started out to be just a friendship on line and when stuff went down on his end and my life was so miserable, he asked me to move to Michigan to be with him and we have hit it off great!
Just out of curiosity,,,,are you married? Husband #2 is 11 years younger than I am and by no means am I a DUD in bed,,,,,if I was, I guess he wouldn’t have married me,,,,,,,,,lol
I feel sorry for your wife, IF, you have one.
I absolutely love your blog. I am recently married, and my huband and I could not stop laughing reading this.
To all the haters, what you don’t get, is that everything that she finds annoying is exactly why she loves him. I truly believe he loves the fact that you know these things about them and find them annoying in a really cute way.
I think you guys are awesome. We totally identify! I dated my husaband for 10 years before we got married. And our reltationship is solid because we can totally laugh at each other.
One annoying thing with my husband. When any appliance, computer, TV, etc is not working properly he yells at it! It is SOOOOOOOOO funny and annoying. I walk in the room all the time and hear him yelling the computer!
I do not think that you are a woman. I think that you are male (but not a man). I think that you are a liar and I do not believe you.
I was laughing at the way you write about your hubby, but then I started to think that if this stuff was about me that my spouse posted, I wouldn’t be laughing so hard. Your husband may laugh now, but it will probably be enough at some point. We all know there is truth in jest, and sometimes it’s easy to cross the line from humor to humiliation.
The first Christmas my mom and dad were married he bought her an electric can opener. She didn’t think that was very romantic, so she got rid of it. To this day she will not permit an electric can opener in her house.
Hi! I came upon your blog b/c of AOL news. Mark, if you’re reading this, don’t listen to other people’s comments. They’re just being dumb. You must be a really nice guy if you let your wife blog like this. But seriously, if you’re upset by it, you should let her know, because I sure would be upset if my spouse wrote that about me after only being married a few months (we’re recently married too)
I hope you see this, amid all of the responses, but I absolutely love your blog! It is HILARIOUS! And obviously since your husband has veto power over what is posted, he must be enjoying this as well. In between the annoyance, I can sense lots of love and laughter, which is priceless! Thank you for sharing and keep the laughter (posts) coming! lol
Very interesting reading… your blog seems to be a great outlet for the normal everyday frustrations in marriage. Your husband doesn’t seem annoying to me… just “normal.” LOL
Well, your husband and my husband appear to have been separated at birth. LOVE YOUR BLOG, keep em coming!!!
The rest of us with a sense of humor are on stand-by.
I’ve been married for 3 + years, so I’m still in the relatively newlywed stage, and I think I tell my husband at least twice to three times a week that he’s the most annoying person I know. Sometimes I intermix that with irritating. He’s my best friend and I wouldn’t change anything about him…annoyance and all
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Relating to this blog, my husband does the exact same thing…but with people. We play volleyball with an Asian guy named Tom. It took me a few months to figure out that my husband was actually calling him TONG because the guy is Asian. It took me a good week and some phone calls with other friends for him to believe me that the guys actual name was Tom.
So your husband is annoying. I am a husband and also quite annoying. My wife is much less annoying, but annoying nonetheless. We love each other and have done so for over 16 years wiith no end in sight. To publicly air my wife’s little foibles and quirks would be unthinkable. I know she would never do it to me. When my wife and I talk to each other, we constantly play around and laugh at ourselves and each other. We may even do this among our friends Doing this publicly is a passive-aggressive kick to the crotch that my wife would never deliver to me. I wouldn’t do this kind of crap to her, either. If this man doesn’t care or thinks that it is funny, he has self esteem issues that need a hard look. You’re not Stiller & Meara or Burns & Allen. You are a couple of urban doofuses who are not fitting together well and you are using the internet to try to capitalize on your ire, somehow. It is sad and I hope it stops. I’m not religious, but I think marriage is sacred and should be a little more respected.
oh wow! i totally get it! i think our husbands may be twins separated at birth. my last birthday present was a compound miter saw. yeah right?
but he used it to build me a huge deck around my pool-annoying yet pragmatic!
ignore the naysayers-they don’t “get us”
If this site were “mywifeisannoying.com,” do you think NBC, AOL, etc. would even mention it?
Thanks to an enormous double standard in our society, people here on “myhusbandisannoying.com” can go on and on about just how annoying their husbands are without worrying whether or not their comments are politically correct. Methinks this site isn’t gonna get shut down by NOW anytime soon.
It is sites like this one that constitute a big reason why I’m not getting married anytime soon. And people wonder why guys are afraid of commitment! Quite frankly, I’d support any guy’s decision to remain unmarried as long as there are sites out there that expose husbands’ flaws for all the world to see.
Oh ma GOD — it’s supposed to be FUNNY people, stop getting all Oprah on this blogger’s ass! She didn’t ask you for your opinion on the state of her DAMN MARRIAGE, for crying out loud. One of the great tragedies of the Internet is that it’s allowed fundamentally stupid, humorless people a forum to be judgmental and, oh wait, ANNOYING. But not in the way this blogger’s husband is, which is pretty normal (could the non-medical doctors also stop with the knee jerk diagnoses? Again, no one asked for your opinion!). Seriously, if this was my blog, I’d find a way to take down the message board option.
This blog is just fun. She’s not saying anything most women couldn’t say about their husbands (although I now love mine just a little more because he’s never told a fart joke. True story). And hey — if she gets divorced (hope not!), guess what, critics? Fifty percent of all marriages crash and burn (including some of yours, I’m betting) with or without a blog.
This is fun. Lighten up. You go, girl! Don’t let the haters get you down — know that some people think you’re funny! Even if we’re drowned out by crazy!
Bunny, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Ditto the sentiment over here.
But isn’t the fact that there are the same haters commenting on different postings a little strange? Like they’re reading every post and coming back to read everyone’s comments and repost their comeback? Why?
Personally, I read a blog because it’s interesting and I come back to read it regularly if I really like it (like this blog). If I’m not into the subject matter or object to the content, I usually don’t read or follow the blog. I generally don’t comment, especially if I am offended by the blogger. I just move on, never to return! But all of the haters here are really disturbing.
You Go Girl! You Go Girl! You Go Girl!
Hi! Found you via a tweet from @redeyechicago. My hubby is stuck at about age 12– at his own admission!
Enjoyed your posts, and am adding you to my RSS reader. Cheers! 
Love your postings. Found it off the yahoo news page. Of all the response I saw I manage to stop at the negative one by the name of Jenny. lol I don’t understand why people assume that only certain behavior in relationships are acceptable. To me what’s acceptable is all the things that made the relationship work. Like you had said in your article, if you have to pretend to be someone to the person you’re going to spend your life with then you’re wasting your own time. Look forward to more fun posts!
This blog is brilliant. It’s funny how many people think there’s something wrong with it. I wonder, if this is “humiliating” to the husband as so many people have posted, why do I find him to be so immensely likable?? I’d bet money that this marriage will last a long, long time.
First off, just found your site and I think its really funny. Wanted to post because my husband always wants pictures of him with his beer, too! What is with that? The worst thing is, then he wants to take a picture of me with my drink. I’m glad that I’m not the only one who finds this behavior ridiculous.
The Irish accent. My fiance does the same damned thing. But his thing is after watching a movie with any sort of Irish or Scottish accent, and then for the rest of the day talking in said accent. Highly annoying, but I love him. Love the website, I think it’s a great idea.
My husband started speaking in an Irish accent to our baby when I was pregnant. “Son, can ya hear me son?!” His family is German. Go figure?
Okay, maybe I missed something, but I didn’t get “henpecked husband” out of these posts at all. I got the sense of a lighthearted, funny and quirky guy who feels secure enough to be himself. I think that’s wonderful and says volumes about the quality of their relationship. I’ve been with an annoying and funny man for 21 years and wouldn’t trade him for the world. When it comes down to it, I’d much rather have a man with a sense of humor at my side instead of a boring old stick who bleats about the sanctity and sacredness of marriage. Yawn. You keep up the hilarious writing and ignore the naysayers.
Oh, and here’s my accent story: On our first Christmas together, I refused to use blinking lights on our tree because they’ve always bugged me. For that Christmas and every Christmas that’s followed, I’ve had to endure my husband talking about “blinkin’ lights” in a horrible Cockney accent. He’s now taught our son to do the same. Why do I have a feeling our husbands would get along famously?
I told my husband all about this blog and my post about him using an Irish accent while I was pregnant. But… I will not tell him Ginny’s annecdote about the “blinkin’ lights” because if I do he’ll say that to me every Christmas for the rest of our lives!
I’m fine with blinking lights, but only the clear lights while he likes the colored ones. We compromised on half of each. I wonder what kind of pun or other annoying phrase he could come up with for the colored lights if he thought about it? Actually, I think I was the one who started singing “colored lights that hypnotize…” I guess I’m the annoying one!
I just have to say to the people that think this guy is ‘hen-pecked’ or whatever, you obviously don’t have the sense of humor these people do. I’d be willing to bet he gives as good as he gets, and may even do some of the things he does because he knows he’s going to get the response from his wife that he does! And to those who question why this couple is married and then go on to state that it may be because her husband’s ‘not very good looking’ and must have self-esteem issues – WOW! Way to kick a man when he’s ‘down’, guys!
Love the blog – its hilarious! Keep it up, and by the way, anyone else out there have a husband with ‘man-eyes’? You know – eyes that can’t find anything if it involves moving something else to find what you’re looking for? My husband and all four of my brothers suffer from that. And for all the guys out there – my husband even JOKES about it when I mention that he has man-eyes! But then, he has a sense of humor too…..
This blog is hilarious. Totally make the trip to Dublin. I’m going there this fall for an International Journalism MA. Best place for a writer, alcohol and chit chat!
Oh God; dont let him do the Irish brogue thing, Im Irish and we really really do NOT find it funny in the slightest.
I love the blog though! Have a great trip, the city is nice but get out to the countryside asap, its stunning.
If he does insist on the brogue head to Johnny foxes pub. Its the highest pub in Ireland and, used to tourists, they might not feel compelled to kill him.
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GO YANKEES
Oh and if he wants a beer, head to Nearys off Grafton Street (On of main streets in Dublin), Or the Stags Head, Mulligans or the The Long Haul on South Great Georges Street.
Those are really nice proper Irish pubs with great atmosphere.
If you want Irish music, there is the Temple Bar area but its very touristy.
Meanwhile I would well recomments getting the Dart, the irish metro, from the city centre to Dalky, you’ll see some of the most DIVINE scenery, its where some the U2 guys live. Flannigans is the pub to hit there.
If these recommendations are a bit pub heavy , it is Irelands afterall.
Oh dear, I read over my post, I’m not illiterate, I just type too quickly. Try and hit the West Cork countryside, beyond stunning!
And keep your radio off, the incessant news about the recession while impell you off one of the fabulous cliffs!
I just watched you on Sunrise, in New Zealand, and I think your husband is extremely funny. You are a lovely couple and it is a refreshing change to see people who can talk openly but also love each other for their quirks.
If people don’t like what you are “doing” to your husband, why do they continue to read the blog? I think you guys are hilarious, you have a great sense of humor and your husband is, obviously, the man. Now If you’ll excuse me, it’s time for me to get my CSI: Miami on.
I like Your style guys